Six Days of Antwerp

The Six Days of Antwerp was a six-day track cycling race held annually in Antwerp, Belgium.[1]

Six Days of Antwerp

Race details
Region	Antwerp, Belgium
Discipline	Track
Type	Six-day racing
History
First edition	1934 (1934)
Editions	52 (as of 1994)
Final edition	1994
First winner	Jan Pijnenburg (NED)  Cor Wals (NED)
Most wins	Peter Post (NED) (11 wins)
Final winner	Etienne De Wilde (BEL)  Jens Veggerby (DEN)

The Six Days has seen 55 editions, was organized from 1934 with interruptions during World War II and the years 1984 to 1986 and last held in 1994.

The Six Days of Antwerp was held at the Antwerp Sportpaleis in Merksem on a wooden indoor track, initially 132m long, after a reconstruction in 1968 it was given a length of 250m.

Record winner is Peter Post with 11 victories, five of them in consecutive years.[2]