2018–19 Six Day Series

The 2018–19 Six Day Series (also known as the Six Day Cycling Series is a multi six-day track cycling race tournament over a season. It is the 3rd series organised by the Madison Sports Group (MSG). This season consists of 7 events across 5 countries.

2018–2019 Six Day Series
Third edition of the Six Day Series
Details
Dates23 October 2018 – 14 April 2019
LocationLondon
Berlin
Copenhagen
Melbourne
Hong Kong
Manchester
Brisbane
Races7

It was the first edition of the World Cup to feature countries in Asia-Pacific. with two events held in Melbourne and Brisbane as the final in Australia.[1] In January 2019, Hong Kong was announced as a new stage to introduce 6-day racing in Asia as the latest frontier.[2] Those three stages were raced during 3-day weekends instead of the standard 6-day format.

Series

In August 2018 the MSG revealed the location and dates of the Six Day Series meetings for the season. Six rounds were scheduled in London, United Kingdom; Berlin, Germany; Copenhagen, Denmark; Melbourne, Australia; Manchester and Brisbane.[3] In January, a round in Hong Kong was added into the schedule.

London, United Kingdom

Round 1 was held at the Lee Valley VeloPark, on October 23-28 October 2018. Completed in 2011, the velodrome was the site of the 2012 Olympic Games and 2012 Paralympic Games track events. It has hosted the UCI Track Cycling World Cup (2011-12, 2014-15), and the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. The 6750-capacity velodrome has also been used for the British Revolution track series, British National Track Championships and was the site of Sir Bradley Wiggins' successful Hour Record ride in 2015.[4]

Berlin, Germany

Round 2, to be held in Velodrom from January 24-29 January 2019. The velodrome was designed by internationally-renowned French architect Dominique Perrault for Berlin's 2000 Olympic Games bid. It was built in 1997 on the site of the former Werner-Seelenbinder-Halle. Since opening, it has played host to the 2017 European Track Championships, the 1998 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics and the 1999 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. Since 1997, the traditional Six Days of Berlin has also taken place here. In preparation for the 2017 European Track Championships, the track was rebuilt.[5]

Copenhagen, Denmark

Denmark's Ballerup Super Arena is situated in the capital. It will host the third round, on January 31-February 5. The velodrome was completed in 2001 and hosted the 2002 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. It can hold 6,500 spectators.

Melbourne, Australia

The fourth round will be hosted on between 7-9 February at the Melbourne Arena. It hosted the UCI Track Cycling World Championships (2004, 2012), in addition to the 2006 Commonwealth Games track events and numerous rounds of the UCI Track World Cup.[6]

Hong Kong

The fifth round of this Six Day Series will be hosted in Hong Kong between 8-10 March at the Hong Kong Velodrome. Opened in 2013, the velodrome hosted the final round of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup (2015-16, 2018-19), as well as the 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, which is the first one in Asia in the 21st Century. It has permanent seating for 2,000 spectators, expandable to 3,000 for events such as the World Cup.[7]

Manchester, United Kingdom

The sixth round was hosted in Manchester, a big northwestern city of the United Kingdom. This round will be held between 22-24 March. The Manchester Velodrome was completed in 1994 and is the home of British Cycling's National Cycling Centre.[8] The Manchester Velodrome already hosted the 2002 Commonwealth Games, UCI Track Cycling World Championships (1996, 2000, 2008), British National Track Championships and Revolution Cycling series.

Brisbane, Australia

The final would be held in Brisbane, Eastern city in Queensland during 12-14 April. Anna Meares Velodrome was completed in 2016 and named after Olympic gold medallist Anna Meares. It hosted the track cycling events at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[9] Offices of Cycling Queensland are incorporated in the velodrome.

Format

The men compete in teams of two across the six days and women’s event across three days for the first three rounds. Sprinters will also compete for 6 days. There are certain differences in the races between 6 Day Series and UCI Track Cycling World Cup and UCI Track Cycling World Championships

The following events will be raced in the series:[3]

  • Derny, men
  • Team elimination, men and women
  • Sprint finals, men and women
  • Keirin, men and women
  • 200m flying time trial, men and women
  • Omnium, women
  • The Longest lap, men
  • Lap Record, men and women
  • Madison, men and women
  • 2 Lap madison time trial, men
  • 10 km scratch race, women

Results

Men

Germany Berlin | 24-29 January 2019[10]
Rank Riders Day 1 Pts Day 2 Pts Day 3 Pts Day 4 Pts Day 5 Pts Day 6 Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s) Germany Roger Kluge/Theo Reinhardt90 158
(-1 lap)
246 289358
(-1 lap)
470
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Denmark Marc Hester/Jesper Morkov 83161 237299 357
(-1 lap)
482
(-1 lap)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Austria Andreas Graf/Andreas Muller 53 130 206 273 324
(-1 lap)
414
(-1 lap)
4 BelgiumNetherlands Robbe Ghys/Wim Stroetinga 66 153
(-1 lap)
234 289 372 463
(-2 laps)
5 Poland Wojciech Pszczolarski/Daniel Staniszewski 68 125
(-1 lap)
220 290 355
(-1 lap)
437
(-2 laps)
6 Germany Henning Bommel/Kersten Thiele 71 137
(-1 lap)
215
(-2 laps)
296
(-2 laps)
340
(-4 laps)
406
(-6 laps)
7 BelgiumNetherlands Jules Hesters/Melvin Van Zijl 66 129
(-1 lap)
171
(-3 laps)
244
(-2 laps)
305
(-4 laps)
331
(-7 laps)
8 Germany Moritz Augenstein/Sebastian Schmiedel 70
(-1 lap)
134
(-4 laps)
181
(-6 laps)
237
(-6 laps)
271
(-10 laps)
323
(-13 laps)
9 Germany Maximilian Beyer/Achim Burkart 49
(-1 lap)
107
(-4 laps)
142
(-6 laps)
192
(-7 laps)
211
(-10 laps)
269
(-15 laps)
10 United Kingdom Chris Latham/Andrew Tennant
Australia Stephen Hall/Joshua Harrison
40
44
(-1 lap)
91
(-5 laps)
76
(-6 laps)
150
(-6 laps)
102
(-9 laps)
197
(-7 laps)
142
(-11 laps)
201
(-12 laps)
249
(-15 laps)
11 Netherlands Nick Stöpler/Maikel Zijlaard 34
(-1 lap)
70
(-6 laps)
122
(-7 laps)
170
(-8 laps)
212
(-12 laps)
237
(-15 laps)
12 Denmark Sebastian Lander/Matias Malmberg 37
(-1 laps)
62
(-7 laps)
95
(-11 laps)
130
(-11 laps)
162
(-17 laps)
196
(-21 laps)
13 Russia Denis Nekrasov/Sergey Rostovtsev 28
(-2 laps)
62
(-9 laps)
74
(-14 laps)
113
(-16 laps)
133
(-22 laps)
158
(-26 laps)
14 Germany Calvin Dik/Nils Weispfennig 30
(-4 laps)
57
(-12 laps)
130
(-15 laps)
76
(-17 laps)
135
(-23 laps)
147
(-28 laps)
15 Czech Republic Daniel Babor/Luděk Lichnovský 4
(-5 laps)
12
(-15 laps)
30
(-19 laps)
51
(-22 laps)
72
(-28 laps)
100
(-34 laps)
Hong Kong Hong Kong | 8-10 March 2019[11]
Rank Riders Day 1 Pts Day 2 Pts Day 3 Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s) BelgiumNetherlands Kenny De Ketele/Yoeri Havik93 197 246
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Austria Andreas Graf/Andreas Muller 42 109 157
(-1 lap)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) United States Daniel Holloway/Adrian Hegyvary 60
(-1 lap)
120
(-1 lap)
226
(-2 laps)
4 Denmark Marc Hester/Jesper Morkov 66
(-1 lap)
141
(-1 lap)
222
(-2 laps)
5 Switzerland Tristan Marguet/Nico Selenati 65
(-1 lap)
145
(-1 lap)
189
(-2 laps)
6 Netherlands Nick Stöpler/Melvin Van Zijl 61 113 168
(-2 laps)
7 Hong Kong Cheung King Lok/Leung Chun Wing 62
(-2 laps)
157
(-2 laps)
226
(-3 laps)
8 Germany Henning Bommel/Kersten Thiele 31
(-3 laps)
110
(-3 laps)
167
(-5 laps)

Women

Germany Berlin | January 24-29 January 2019[10]
Rank Riders Day 1 Pts Day 2 Pts Day 3 Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s) Denmark Trine Schmidt90 190 290
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Denmark Julie Leth 82 182 264
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Russia Tamara Dronova 66 144 228
4 France Pascale Jeuland 74 150 228
5 Italy Elena Cecchini 60 138 206
Hong Kong Hong Kong | 8-10 March 2019[11]
Rank Riders Day 1 Pts Day 2 Pts Day 3 Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s) United Kingdom Neah Evans90 178 272
2nd place, silver medalist(s) United Kingdom Emily Nelson 82 170 270
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Republic of Ireland Shannon McCurley 66 148 232
4 United Kingdom Manon Lloyd 74 130 198
5 Russia Maria Averina 44 122 188
6 Australia Lauren Perry 17 99 175
7 Hong Kong Leung Bo Yee 60 130 174
8 Denmark Josefine Huitfeldt 40 118 159

Sprinters (Men)

Germany Berlin | 24-29 January 2019[10]
Rank Riders Day 1 Pts Day 2 Pts Day 3 Pts Day 4 Pts Day 5 Pts Day 6 Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s) Germany Maximilian Levy50 98 148 198 223 273
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Russia Denis Dmitriev 41 77 113 191 357
(-1 lap)
233
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Russia Shane Perkins 26 65 102 137 169 211
4 Russia Nikita Shurshin 42 66 96 116 143 173
5 Germany Anton Höhne 30 70 98 124 140 169
6 France Francois Pervis 24 50 82 116 128 148
Hong Kong Hong Kong | 8-10 March 2019[11]
Rank Riders Day 1 Pts Day 2 Pts Day 3 Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s) Czech Republic Pavel Kelemen50 102 152
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Russia Shane Perkins 45 90 140
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Malaysia Azizulhasni Awang 44 74 110
4 France Francois Pervis 26 60 86
5 Chinese Taipei Kang Shih Feng 28 50 81
6 Hong Kong Law Tsz Chun 20 50 70

Sprinters (Women)

Hong Kong Hong Kong | 8-10 March 2019[11]
Rank Riders Day 1 Pts Day 2 Pts Day 3 Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hong Kong Lee Wai Sze55 103 158
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Germany Miriam Welte 50 94 136
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Poland Urszula Los 28 73 105
4 Belgium Nicky Degrendele 34 66 102
5 Hong Kong Li Yin Yin 26 48 78
6 Hong Kong Lee Sze Wing 20 42 60

Series Standings

At the end of each Six Day event the Series Standings are updated. Riders are aiming to secure enough points throughout the Series to reach the Six Day Final in Brisbane and a chance to be crowned 2018/19 Series Champions.[12]

Legend
Top riders qualify to 2019 Six Day Brisbane Final

Men

Rank Riders Points[12]
1 Netherlands Yoeri Havik/Wim Stroetinga 100
2 Australia Leigh Howard/Kelland O'Brien 80
3 Germany Roger Kluge/Theo Reinhardt 65
4 United Kingdom Chris Latham/Andy Tennant 50
5 Poland Wojciech Pszczolarski/Daniel Staniszewski 40
6 Denmark Marc Hester/Jesper Morkov 30
7 Belgium Jules Hesters/Otto Vergaerde 25
8 Austria Andreas Graf/Andreas Muller 20
9 Netherlands Nick Stöpler/Melvin Van Zijl 16
10 New Zealand Shane Archbold/Aaron Gate 12
11 Germany Henning Bommel/Kersten Thiele 10
12 Czech Republic Daniel Babor/Luděk Lichnovský 8

Women

Rank Riders Points[12]
1 Australia Georgia Baker 140
2 United Kingdom Emily Nelson 130
3 United Kingdom Neah Evans 100
3 Australia Annette Edmondson 100
3 Denmark Trine Schmidt 100
6 Australia Ashlee Ankudinoff 100
7 Australia Kristina Clonan 95
8 Australia Amy Pauwels 90
9 Australia Alex Manly 80
10 Denmark Julie Leth 80

References

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  2. "Nieuw evenement: 'Six Day Hong Kong". Baanwacht. Archived from the original on 22 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  3. "What is Six Day?". Six Day Series. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  4. "Sir Bradley Wiggins believes his hour record will be beaten next year". Berlin.de. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  5. "Six Day Berlin 2019". Berlin.de. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  6. "Six Day racing comes to Melbourne: What you need to know". Cycling Tips. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  7. "UCI Track Cycling World Cup - Hong Kong - Information Bulletin" (pdf). UCI. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  8. "Manchester Velodrome 'track of champions' for sale". BBC News. 15 April 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  9. "Anna Meares Velodrome: World's newest indoor cycling venue unveiled". SMH. 12 November 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  10. "2019 Six Day Berlin Results". Six Day Series. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  11. "2019 Six Day Hong Kong Results". Six Day Series. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
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