Six Days of Amsterdam
Race details | |
---|---|
Date | October |
Region | Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
Local name(s) | Zesdaagse van Amsterdam (in Dutch) |
Discipline | Track |
Type | Six-day racing |
Web site | www |
History | |
First edition | 1932 |
Editions | 23 (as of 2016) |
First winner |
|
Most wins | Danny Stam (NED) (4 wins) |
Most recent |
|
The Six Days of Amsterdam (Dutch: Zesdaagse van Amsterdam) is a six-day track cycling race held at the in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
The recordholder for the Six Days of Amsterdam is the Dutch cyclist Danny Stam with four victories.
The most recent edition took place in 2016 and was won by Belgians Kenny De Ketele and Moreno De Pauw, their third Six Day victory as a duo.
History[]
The first edition was between 18 and 24 November 1932, in the old building of the Amsterdam RAI on the Ferdinand Bolstraat on a 166.6 metre track. This first edition was won by the Dutch couple Jan Pijnenburg and . The year afterwards the Dutch couple Jan Pijnenburg/ beat the French couple / and the year later during the third edition it was the other way around and the French couple won. After and Frans Slaats won the fourth edition in 1936 there were no more Six Days held in Amsterdam for thirty years. Due to the large unemployment and later also due to the second world war, the National Cycling Union (NWU) prohibited to organise Six Day races. There were many proposals to organise a Six Day race after the second world war but the fifth edition was years later in 1966, in the new RAI building located on the . After four editions in this building there were again about thirty years without the event organised in Amsterdam. Since 2001 the race takes place in the new build located in Sportpark Sloten, with a 200-metre track and a capacity for 2000 spectators.[1] World Champion Ellen van Dijk fired the starting shot for the 21st edition in October 2013.[2]
List of winning teams of the Six Days of Amsterdam[]
Year | Team | |
---|---|---|
2016 | Kenny De Ketele (BEL) | Moreno De Pauw (BEL) |
2014 | Niki Terpstra (NED) | Yoeri Havik (NED) |
2013 | Kenny De Ketele (BEL) | Gijs Van Hoecke (BEL) |
2012 | Pim Ligthart (NED) | Michael Mørkøv (DEN) |
2011 | Iljo Keisse (BEL) | Niki Terpstra (NED) |
2010 | Robert Bartko (GER) | Roger Kluge (GER) |
2009 | Robert Bartko (GER) | Roger Kluge (GER) |
2008 | Robert Slippens (NED) | Danny Stam (NED) |
2007 | Iljo Keisse (BEL) | Robert Bartko (GER) |
2006 | Peter Schep (NED) | Danny Stam (NED) |
2005 | Bruno Risi (SUI) | Kurt Betschart (SUI) |
2004 | Robert Slippens (NED) | Danny Stam (NED) |
2003 | Robert Slippens (NED) | Danny Stam (NED) |
2002 | Silvio Martinello (ITA) | Marco Villa (ITA) |
2001 | Scott McGrory (AUS) | Matthew Gilmore (BEL) |
1969 | Peter Post (NED) | Romain Deloof (BEL) |
1968 | Klaus Bugdahl (GER) | Jan Janssen (NED) |
1967 | Freddy Eugen (DEN) | Palle Lykke (DEN) |
1966 | Peter Post (NED) | Fritz Pfenninger (SUI) |
1936 | (FRA) | Frans Slaats (NED) |
1934 | (FRA) | (FRA) |
1933 | Jan Pijnenburg (NED) | (NED) |
1932 | Jan Pijnenburg (NED) | (NED) |
Source[3]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ History Archived 2013-10-23 at the Wayback Machine, www.zesdaagseamsterdam.nl. Retrieved 22 October 2013 (in Dutch)
- ^ "Van Dijk schiet zesdaagse op gang" (in Dutch). cyclingonline.nl. 18 October 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
- ^ Winners Archived 2013-10-23 at the Wayback Machine, www.zesdaagseamsterdam.nl. Retrieved 22 October 2013 (in Dutch)
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Zesdaagse van Amsterdam. |
- Official website (in Dutch)
- Official website (in Dutch)
- Sports competitions in Amsterdam
- Cycle races in the Netherlands
- Recurring sporting events established in 1932
- 1932 establishments in the Netherlands
- Six-day races
- Six Day Series