The 6-day race in Berlin is currently experiencing a show from Leif Lampater and Jasper de Buyst. Even after the third night both are in the front. In the Big Chase, the German-Belgian duo was the only pairing to win a round, overcoming a deficit they had incurred when Andreas Müller and Kenny de Ketele won the Small Chase. Lampater and De Buyst now have 176 points in the overall standings, ahead of Müller and De Ketele (147 points) as well as Robert Bartko and Theo Reinhardt (120 points). The first five teams are in one round, but Henning Bommel and Kersten Thiele, who are sixth, are already six rounds behind.
“That was cycling at its finest. For the third time, our athletes were able to showcase their skills in front of a sold-out crowd,” said Sixdays sports director Dieter Stein, delighted after the Golden Night early Sunday morning. “The women, in particular, proved with fantastic races that they were right there at our Berlin Six-Day Race. It was superb publicity for track cycling.”
The final day of competition for the women in the Keine Bange! – Axel Lange – Generali Ladies Cup has already taken place. With today's second and third place finishes in the points race and elimination race respectively, last year's winner Stephanie Pohl secured the overall victory again this year with a total of 17 points. Slovakian Alzbeta Pavlendova finished second with 22 points, and Mieke Kröger came in third with 26 points. Lisa Küllmer, who was second in the overall standings yesterday, did not compete today due to illness.
In the motor-paced racing category, the European champion from Switzerland, Mario Birrer, with pacemaker Helmut Baur, took over the overall lead from Robert Retschke. Birrer won the third round of the Esso Motor-Paced World Cup in the evening in front of a fantastic crowd , ahead of local favorite Florian Fernow and Patrick Kos from the Netherlands. The Swiss rider had only fought his way from the back of the field to the front in the final laps and narrowly held onto his lead in the battle against Fernow.
One of the highlights of the evening was again the sprint competition. In the lap record setting, Maximilian Levy first broke the track record set by Robert Förstemann last year with 12,582 seconds, a few minutes later Förstemann fought back and regained his record with a flying time of 12,441 seconds for the 250 meters. In the overall standings, Förstemann continues to lead with 46 points ahead of Levy (45) and Erik Balzer (33rd).
//Result
1. Leif Lampater (Germany) / Jasper de Buyst (Belgium) 176 points
2. Kenny de Ketele (Belgium) / Andreas Müller (Austria) 147 points
3. Robert Bartko (Germany) / Theo Reinhardt (Germany) 120 points
4. Yoeri Havik (Netherlands) / Vojtech Hacecky (Czech Republic) 109 points
5. Vivien Brissé (France) / Christian Grasmann (Germany) 102 points