Six Days of Berlin

Six Days of Berlin
	Six Days of Berlin logo during 1998–2016 season
Race details
Region	Berlin, Germany
Discipline	Track
Competition	Six Day Series (2017–)
Type	Six-day racing
Web site	www.sechstagerennen-berlin.de
History
First edition	1909
Editions	108 (as of 2019)
Most wins	Klaus Bugdahl (GER) (9)
Most recent	Roger Kluge (GER) ; Theo Reinhardt (GER)

The Six Days of Berlin is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Berlin, Germany. The event was first held in 1909.^[1] In its first edition, 15 teams of two cyclists each competed in the exhibition hall at Berlin Zoo for glory and, not least, 5000 Goldmarks.^[2] Klaus Bugdahl holds the record of victories with nine.

The time when the 6 day race is held is sometimes just in the middle of the football season, the winter is severe, and football league in Germany had rather long winter break. In the past Bundesliga was suspended from mid December to mid February. Therefore, 6-day races were considered major entertainment events at that time (handball was to some extent).

In particular, the Berlin 6-day race, which has reached the 100th race at the 2011 competition, still has a large audience, and in the heyday it was held twice a season. Due to the race format declines in popularity and Global financial crisis in 2009, Six Days of Dortmund, Stuttgart and Munich folded successively. Another surviving 6 day cycling in Germany is Six Days of Bremen.

Starting from 2017, 6 Days of Berlin was incorporated into the Six Day Series organized by in attempting to rejuvenate the race format.^[3]

Winners[]

Year	Winners	Second	Third
1909	(USA) Floyd MacFarland (USA)	(NED) Marcel Berthet (FRA)	Georges Passerieu (FRA) Maurice Brocco (FRA)
1910	(GER) (AUS)	(NED) Robert Walthour (USA)	Marcel Berthet (FRA) Maurice Brocco (FRA)
1911	(NED) (GER)	(USA) (USA)	Guus Schilling (NED) Maurice Brocco (FRA)
1912 (I)	(NED) (GER)	(USA) (USA)	(USA) (USA)
1912 (II)	(NED) (GER)	(GER) (GER)	(USA) (USA)
1913	(USA) (AUS)	(FRA) (NED)	(GER) (GER)
1914	(GER) (GER)	(FRA) (NED)	(GER) (GER)
1915– 1918	Not raced
1919	(GER) (GER)	Walter Sawall (GER) (GER)	(GER) (GER)
1920– 1921	Not raced
1922	(GER) (GER)	(GER) (GER)	(NED) Richard Huschke (GER)
1923	(GER) Oskar Tietz (GER)	Adolf Huschke (GER) Richard Huschke (GER)	(GER) (GER)
1924 (I)	(GER) (GER)	(GER) (GER)	(GER) (GER)
1924 (II)	Richard Huschke (GER) (GER)	(ITA) (ITA)	(GER) (GER)
1925 (I)	(GER) (BEL)	(GER) Oskar Tietz (GER)	(AUS) (AUS)
1925 (II)	(BEL) (BEL)	(GER) Oskar Tietz (GER)	(BEL) (BEL)
1926 (I)	(USA) Reginald McNamara (AUS)	Franco Giorgetti (ITA) (GER)	(GER) Oskar Tietz (GER)
1926 (II)	(FRA) (FRA)	(USA) (USA)	(GER) (GER)
1926 (III)	Georges Wambst (FRA) Charles Lacquehay (FRA)	(GER) (FRA)	(BEL) Jules Van Hevel (BEL)
1927 (I)	(GER) (ITA)	(GER) (BEL)	Paul Koch (GER) (BEL)
1927 (II)	(NED) (BEL)	Oskar Tietz (GER) (BEL)	(GER) (GER)
1928	(GER) (GER)	Oskar Tietz (GER) (GER)	Emil Richli (SUI) (NED)
1929 (I)	(GER) (GER)	(BEL) Gérard Debaets (BEL)	(GER) (GER)
1929 (II)	(GER) (GER)	(GER) (GER)	(GER) (GER)
1930 (I)	(NED) (GER)	(GER) (GER)	Jan Pijnenburg (NED) (GER)
1930 (II)	(GER) (GER)	(NED) Adolf Schön (GER)	(GER) (GER)
1931 (I)	Jan Pijnenburg (NED) Adolf Schön (GER)	(BEL) Oskar Tietz (GER)	(GER) Alfredo Dinale (ITA)
1931 (II)	(FRA) Oskar Tietz (GER)	(GER) Adolf Schön (GER)	(GER) (BEL)
1932 (I)	(FRA) Oskar Tietz (GER)	(GER) (GER)	(BEL) (BEL)
1932 (II)	(FRA) (FRA)	(GER) Adolf Schön (GER)	(GER) (GER)
1933	(BEL) (BEL)	(BEL) Oskar Tietz (GER)	(GER) Adolf Schön (GER)
1934	Walter Lohmann (GER) (GER)	Frans Slaats (BEL) (BEL)	(GER) (GER)
1935– 1948	Not raced
1949	Ferdinando Terruzzi (ITA) Severino Rigoni (ITA)	(AUS) Reginald Arnold (AUS)	Ludwig Hörmann (FRG) Lucien Gillen (LUX)
1950 (I)	(AUS) Reginald Arnold (AUS)	Jean Roth (SUI) (FRG)	Robert Naeye (BEL) Ludwig Hörmann (FRG)
1950 (II)	(AUS) Reginald Arnold (AUS)	(FRA) Henri Surbatis (FRA)	(FRG) Hans Preiskeit (FRG)
1951 (I)	(FRG) (FRG)	Severino Rigoni (ITA) Ferdinando Terruzzi (ITA)	Guy Lapébie (FRA) Lucien Gillen (LUX)
1951 (II)	Guy Lapébie (FRA) Émile Carrara (FRA)	(AUS) Reginald Arnold (AUS)	Walter Bucher (SUI) (SUI)
1952 (I)	Guy Lapébie (FRA) Émile Carrara (FRA)	Jean Roth (SUI) (SUI)	(FRG) (FRG)
1952 (II)	(FRG) Émile Carrara (FRA)	Jean Roth (SUI) Walter Bucher (SUI)	Hans Preiskeit (FRG) (SUI)
1953	Jean Roth (SUI) Walter Bucher (SUI)	(FRG) (FRG)	Ferdinand Kübler (SUI) Oscar Plattner (SUI)
1954 (I)	Gerrit Peters (NED) Gerrit Schulte (NED)	(FRA) Georges Senfftleben (FRA)	Jean Roth (SUI) Walter Bucher (SUI)
1954 (II)	Dominique Forlini (FRA) Émile Carrara (FRA)	Constant Ockers (BEL) Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)	(FRG) (FRG)
1955	Ferdinando Terruzzi (ITA) Lucien Gillen (LUX)	(DEN) Evan Klamer (DEN)	Sid Patterson (AUS) Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)
1956	Jean Roth (SUI) Walter Bucher (SUI)	(FRG) Ferdinando Terruzzi (ITA)	(DEN) Evan Klamer (DEN)
1957	(BEL) Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)	Reginald Arnold (AUS) Ferdinando Terruzzi (ITA)	Klaus Bugdahl (FRG) Gerrit Schulte (NED)
1958	Klaus Bugdahl (FRG) Gerrit Schulte (NED)	(BEL) Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)	(DEN) Palle Lykke Jensen (DEN)
1959	(DEN) Palle Lykke Jensen (DEN)	(BEL) Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)	Klaus Bugdahl (FRG) (FRG)
1960	Peter Post (NED) Rik Van Looy (BEL)	Klaus Bugdahl (FRG) Hans Junkermann (FRG)	(DEN) Palle Lykke Jensen (DEN)
1961 (I)	Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) Klaus Bugdahl (FRG)	Peter Post (NED) Rik Van Looy (BEL)	(DEN) Palle Lykke Jensen (DEN)
1961 (II)	Klaus Bugdahl (FRG) Fritz Pfenninger (SUI)	Peter Post (NED) Rik Van Looy (BEL)	(BEL) Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)
1962 (I)	Peter Post (NED) Rik Van Looy (BEL)	Klaus Bugdahl (FRG) Fritz Pfenninger (SUI)	(BEL) Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)
1962 (II)	Rudi Altig (FRG) Hans Junkermann (FRG)	Rik Van Looy (BEL) Peter Post (NED)	(BEL) Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)
1963	Sigi Renz (FRG) Klaus Bugdahl (FRG)	Rik Van Looy (BEL) Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL)	Freddy Eugen (DEN) Palle Lykke Jensen (DEN)
1964 (I)	Sigi Renz (FRG) Klaus Bugdahl (FRG)	Freddy Eugen (DEN) Palle Lykke Jensen (DEN)	(FRG) Fritz Pfenninger (SUI)
1964 (II)	Peter Post (NED) Fritz Pfenninger (SUI)	Freddy Eugen (DEN) Hans Junkermann (FRG)	Sigi Renz (FRG) Klemens Grossimlinghaus (FRG)
1965 (I)	Fritz Pfenninger (SUI) Peter Post (NED)	Sigi Renz (FRG) Klaus Bugdahl (FRG)	Dieter Kemper (FRG) Horst Oldenburg (FRG)
1965 (II)	Dieter Kemper (FRG) Rudi Altig (FRG)	Sigi Renz (FRG) (FRG)	Fritz Pfenninger (SUI) Peter Post (NED)
1966 (I)	Sigi Renz (FRG) Klaus Bugdahl (FRG)	Fritz Pfenninger (SUI) Peter Post (NED)	Freddy Eugen (DEN) Palle Lykke Jensen (DEN)
1966 (II)	Sigi Renz (FRG) Rudi Altig (FRG)	Freddy Eugen (DEN) Palle Lykke Jensen (DEN)	(FRG) Klaus Bugdahl (FRG)
1967 (I)	Horst Oldenburg (FRG) Dieter Kemper (FRG)	(FRG) Sigi Renz (FRG)	Patrick Sercu (BEL) Klaus Bugdahl (FRG)
1967 (II)	Peter Post (NED) Klaus Bugdahl (FRG)	Patrick Sercu (BEL) Eddy Merckx (BEL)	Horst Oldenburg (FRG) Dieter Kemper (FRG)
1968 (I)	Freddy Eugen (DEN) Palle Lykke Jensen (DEN)	Horst Oldenburg (FRG) Dieter Kemper (FRG)	(FRG) Sigi Renz (FRG)
1968 (II)	Peter Post (NED) (FRG)	Klaus Bugdahl (FRG) Rolf Wolfshohl (FRG)	Freddy Eugen (DEN) Palle Lykke Jensen (DEN)
1969 (I)	Horst Oldenburg (FRG) (FRG)	Peter Post (NED) Patrick Sercu (BEL)	Klaus Bugdahl (FRG) Sigi Renz (FRG)
1969 (II)	Klaus Bugdahl (FRG) Dieter Kemper (FRG)	Horst Oldenburg (FRG) (FRG)	Peter Post (NED) (NED)
1970 (I)	Sigi Renz (FRG) (FRG)	Alain Van Lancker (FRA) Peter Post (NED)	Dieter Puschel (FRG) Albert Fritz (FRG)
1970 (II)	Klaus Bugdahl (FRG) Jürgen Tschan (FRG)	Patrick Sercu (BEL) Albert Fritz (FRG)	Albert Fritz (SUI) Peter Post (NED)
1971	Patrick Sercu (BEL) Peter Post (NED)	Sigi Renz (FRG) (FRG)	Wilfried Peffgen (FRG) René Pijnen (NED)
1972	René Pijnen (NED) (NED)	Sigi Renz (FRG) (FRG)	Wilfried Peffgen (FRG) Albert Fritz (FRG)
1973	Sigi Renz (FRG) (FRG)	Graeme Gilmore (AUS) Dieter Kemper (FRG)	(NED) Piet De Wit (NED)
1974	René Pijnen (NED) Roy Schuiten (NED)	Wilfried Peffgen (FRG) Jürgen Tschan (FRG)	Klaus Bugdahl (FRG) Dieter Kemper (FRG)
1975	Patrick Sercu (BEL) Dietrich Thurau (FRG)	Wilfried Peffgen (FRG) Jürgen Tschan (FRG)	(FRG) Albert Fritz (FRG)
1976	Dietrich Thurau (FRG) Günter Haritz (FRG)	René Pijnen (NED) Patrick Sercu (BEL)	Donald Allan (AUS) Danny Clark (AUS)
1977	Patrick Sercu (BEL) Eddy Merckx (BEL)	René Pijnen (NED) Dietrich Thurau (FRG)	Wilfried Peffgen (FRG) Albert Fritz (FRG)
1978	Patrick Sercu (BEL) Dietrich Thurau (FRG)	Wilfried Peffgen (FRG) Albert Fritz (FRG)	Günter Haritz (FRG) René Pijnen (NED)
1979	Patrick Sercu (BEL) Dietrich Thurau (FRG)	Wilfried Peffgen (FRG) Albert Fritz (FRG)	Donald Allan (AUS) Danny Clark (AUS)
1980	Patrick Sercu (BEL) Gregor Braun (FRG)	Donald Allan (AUS) Danny Clark (AUS)	Wilfried Peffgen (FRG) René Pijnen (NED)
1981	Dietrich Thurau (FRG) Gregor Braun (FRG)	Gert Frank (DEN) Hans-Henrik Ørsted (DEN)	Wilfried Peffgen (FRG) Horst Schütz (FRG)
1982	Patrick Sercu (BEL) Maurizio Bidinost (ITA)	Wilfried Peffgen (FRG) Horst Schütz (FRG)	Dietrich Thurau (FRG) Albert Fritz (FRG)
1983	Tony Doyle (GBR) Danny Clark (AUS)	Gert Frank (DEN) Hans-Henrik Ørsted (DEN)	Gregor Braun (FRG) Henry Rinklin (FRG)
1984	Danny Clark (AUS) Horst Schütz (FRG)	Gert Frank (DEN) Hans-Henrik Ørsted (DEN)	Josef Kristen (FRG) Henry Rinklin (FRG)
1985	Danny Clark (AUS) Hans-Henrik Ørsted (DEN)	Constant Tourné (BEL) Etienne De Wilde (BEL)	Tony Doyle (GBR) (FRG)
1986	Tony Doyle (GBR) Danny Clark (AUS)	René Pijnen (NED) Urs Freuler (SUI)	Constant Tourné (BEL) Etienne De Wilde (BEL)
1987	Dietrich Thurau (FRG) Urs Freuler (SUI)	Tony Doyle (GBR) Danny Clark (AUS)	Roland Günther (FRG) Roman Hermann (LIE)
1988	Tony Doyle (GBR) Danny Clark (AUS)	Dietrich Thurau (FRG) Urs Freuler (SUI)	Pierangelo Bincoletto (ITA) Roman Hermann (LIE)
1989	Not raced
1990	(FRG) (SUI)	Roland Günther (FRG) Danny Clark (AUS)	Pierangelo Bincoletto (ITA) (FRG)
1991– 1996	Not raced
1997	Olaf Ludwig (GER) Jens Veggerby (DEN)	Marco Villa (ITA) Adriano Baffi (ITA)	Andreas Kappes (GER) Carsten Wolf (GER)
1998	Marco Villa (ITA) Silvio Martinello (ITA)	Adriano Baffi (ITA) Andreas Kappes (GER)	Gerd Dörich (GER) Carsten Wolf (GER)
1999	Etienne De Wilde (BEL) Andreas Kappes (GER)	Jimmi Madsen (DEN) Carsten Wolf (GER)	Adriano Baffi (ITA) Andrea Collinelli (ITA)
2000	Marco Villa (ITA) Silvio Martinello (ITA)	Andreas Kappes (GER) Olaf Pollack (GER)	Robert Bartko (GER) Scott McGrory (AUS)
2001	Rolf Aldag (GER) Silvio Martinello (ITA)	Andreas Kappes (GER) Andreas Beikirch (GER)	Stefan Steinweg (GER) Erik Weispfennig (GER)
2002	Rolf Aldag (GER) Silvio Martinello (ITA)	Matthew Gilmore (BEL) Scott McGrory (AUS)	Robert Bartko (GER) Andreas Beikirch (GER)
2003	Kurt Betschart (SUI) Bruno Risi (SUI)	Marco Villa (ITA) Silvio Martinello (ITA)	Andreas Beikirch (GER) Andreas Kappes (GER)
2004	Robert Bartko (GER) Guido Fulst (GER)	Marco Villa (ITA) Franco Marvulli (SUI)	Andreas Beikirch (GER) Andreas Kappes (GER)
2005	Kurt Betschart (SUI) Bruno Risi (SUI)	Robert Bartko (GER) Guido Fulst (GER)	Danny Stam (NED) Robert Slippens (NED)
2006	Danny Stam (NED) Robert Slippens (NED)	Marco Villa (ITA) Franco Marvulli (SUI)	Leif Lampater (GER) Guido Fulst (GER)
2007	Leif Lampater (GER) Guido Fulst (GER)	Andreas Beikirch (GER) Robert Bartko (GER)	Bruno Risi (SUI) Franco Marvulli (SUI)
2008	Bruno Risi (SUI) Franco Marvulli (SUI)	Leif Lampater (GER) Guido Fulst (GER)	Christian Lademann (GER) Alexander Aeschbach (BEL)
2009	Erik Zabel (GER) Robert Bartko (GER)	Bruno Risi (SUI) Franco Marvulli (SUI)	Kenny De Ketele (BEL) Roger Kluge (GER)
2010	Alex Rasmussen (DEN) Michael Mørkøv (DEN)	Robert Bartko (GER) Roger Kluge (GER)	Danny Stam (NED) Peter Schep (NED)
2011	Robert Bartko (GER) Roger Kluge (GER)	Leigh Howard (AUS) Cameron Meyer (AUS)	Alex Rasmussen (DEN) Michael Mørkøv (DEN)
2012	Leigh Howard (AUS) Cameron Meyer (AUS)	Franco Marvulli (SUI) Silvan Dillier (SUI)	Iljo Keisse (BEL) Kenny De Ketele (BEL)
2013	Roger Kluge (GER) Peter Schep (NED)	Kenny De Ketele (BEL) (AUS)	Franco Marvulli (SUI) Andreas Müller (AUT)
2014	Kenny De Ketele (BEL) Andreas Müller (AUT)	Leif Lampater (GER) Jasper De Buyst (BEL)	Robert Bartko (GER) Theo Reinhardt (GER)
2015	Leif Lampater (GER) Marcel Kalz (GER)	Kenny De Ketele (BEL) David Muntaner (ESP)	Alex Rasmussen (DEN) Marc Hester (DEN)
2016	Kenny De Ketele (BEL) Moreno De Pauw (BEL)	Roger Kluge (GER) Marcel Kalz (GER)	Yoeri Havik (NED) Nick Stopler (NED)
2017	Yoeri Havik (NED) Wim Stroetinga (NED)	Kenny De Ketele (BEL) Moreno De Pauw (BEL)	Pim Ligthart (NED) Jens Mouris (NED)
2018	Yoeri Havik (NED) Wim Stroetinga (NED)	Kenny De Ketele (BEL) Moreno De Pauw (BEL)	Roger Kluge (GER) Theo Reinhardt (GER)
2019^[4]	Roger Kluge (GER) Theo Reinhardt (GER)	Marc Hester (DEN) Jesper Mørkøv (DEN)	Andreas Müller (AUT) Andreas Graf (AUT)
2020	Wim Stroetinga (NED) Moreno De Pauw (BEL)	Marc Hester (DEN) (DEN)	Morgan Kneisky (FRA) Theo Reinhardt (GER)
2021	Not raced

References[]

^ "6 jours de Berlin (Allemagne)". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
^ "Six Day Berlin 2019". Berlin.de. 2018-07-19. Retrieved 2019-01-21.
^ "Six Day Berlin mit neuem Konzept". Tour Magazin. 2016-10-30. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
^ "Kluge/Reinhardt gewinnen Sixdays in Berlin" [Kluge / Reinhardt win Six Days of Berlin]. schwaebische.de (in German). 29 January 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2019.

External links[]

Six Day Berlin (in German)
Official website (in German)

[1] "6 jours de Berlin (Allemagne)". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu. Retrieved 2016-03-19.

[2] "Six Day Berlin 2019". Berlin.de. 2018-07-19. Retrieved 2019-01-21.

[3] "Six Day Berlin mit neuem Konzept". Tour Magazin. 2016-10-30. Retrieved 2017-01-15.

[4] "Kluge/Reinhardt gewinnen Sixdays in Berlin" [Kluge / Reinhardt win Six Days of Berlin]. schwaebische.de (in German). 29 January 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2019.

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