Six Days of Münster

The Six Days of Münster was a six-day track cycling race held annually in Münster, Germany from 1950 to 1981.[1][2] Gustav Kilian, who had become renowned for his successes at other six-day races, entered as favourite and ended up winning the 1950 race.[3][4]

Six Days of Münster
1973 Six Days of Münster race
Race details
RegionMünster, Germany
Local name(s)Sechstagerennen von Münster (in German)
DisciplineTrack
TypeSix-day racing
History
First edition1950 (1950)
Editions34
Final edition1988
First winner Gustav Kilian (LUX)
 Jean Roth (SUI)
Most wins Jean Roth (SUI) (5)
Final winner Anthony Doyle (GBR)
 Danny Clark (AUS)

In 1987 and 1988, the organizers tried unsuccessfully to relaunch the Six Days.[5]

Jean Roth won in five editions.[6]

Winners

Year Winner Second Third
1950 Luxembourg Gustav Kilian
Switzerland Jean Roth
Netherlands Cor Bakker
Netherlands Henk Lakeman
Germany Ludwig Hörmann
Germany Jean Schorn
1951 (1) Italy Ferdinando Terruzzi
Italy Severino Rigoni
Germany Ludwig Hörmann
Germany Hans Hörmann
Germany Rudi Mirke
Switzerland Jean Roth
1951 (2) Italy Ferdinando Terruzzi
Italy Severino Rigoni
France Émile Carrara
France Guy Lapebie
Belgium Robert Naeye
Belgium Ernest Thyssen
1952 Switzerland Walter Bucher
Switzerland Jean Roth
Italy Ferdinando Terruzzi
Italy Severino Rigoni
Australia Reginald Arnold
Australia Alfred Strom
1953 Switzerland Walter Bucher
Switzerland Jean Roth
Germany Werner Holthöfer
Germany Hans Preiskeit
Germany Waldemar Knocke
Germany Heinz Zoll
1954 Germany Ludwig Hörmann
Germany Hans Preiskeit
Luxembourg Lucien Gillen
Italy Ferdinando Terruzzi
Switzerland Walter Bucher
Switzerland Jean Roth
1955 Netherlands Gerrit Peters
Netherlands Gerrit Schulte
Germany Valentin Petry
Germany Walter Schurmann
Switzerland Walter Bucher
Switzerland Jean Roth
1956 Germany Manfred Donike
Germany Edi Gieseler
France Dominique Forlini
France Georges Senfftleben
Germany Valentin Petry
Germany Walter Schurmann
1957 Switzerland Armin von Büren
Switzerland Jean Roth
Germany Heinz Scholl
Germany Günther Ziegler
Germany Herbert Weinrich
Germany Heinz Zoll
1958 Switzerland Fritz Pfenninger
Switzerland Jean Roth
Germany Valentin Petry
Germany Klaus Bugdahl
Denmark Even Klamer
Denmark Knud Lynge
1959 Luxembourg Lucien Gillen
Netherlands Peter Post
Germany Hans Junkermann
Italy Ferdinando Terruzzi
Switzerland Fritz Pfenninger
Italy Mino De Rossi
1960 Germany Hans Junkermann
Switzerland Fritz Pfenninger
Germany Manfred Donike
Germany Rolf Roggendorf
Switzerland Walter Bucher
Switzerland Oskar Plattner
1961 no edition
1962 Germany Rudi Altig
Germany Hans Junkermann
Belgium Emile Severeyns
Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
Germany Klaus Bugdahl
Switzerland Fritz Pfenninger
1963 Denmark Freddy Eugen
Denmark Palle Lykke
Netherlands Peter Post
Switzerland Fritz Pfenninger
Germany Dieter Kemper
Germany Horst Oldenburg
1964 Germany Dieter Kemper
Germany Horst Oldenburg
Germany Klemens Grossimlinghaus
Germany Rolf Roggendorf
Denmark Freddy Eugen
Denmark Palle Lykke
1965 Denmark Freddy Eugen
Denmark Palle Lykke
Germany Klaus Bugdahl
Germany Klaus May
Germany Hans Junkermann
Germany Horst Oldenburg
1966 Germany Dieter Kemper
Germany Horst Oldenburg
Germany Klaus Bugdahl
United Kingdom Tom Simpson
Germany Klemens Grossimlinghaus
Germany Wilfried Boelke
1967 Germany Klaus Bugdahl
Belgium Patrick Sercu
Germany Dieter Kemper
Germany Horst Oldenburg
Germany Hans Junkermann
Germany Wolfgang Schulze
1968 Germany Rudi Altig
Germany Klaus Bugdahl
Germany Dieter Kemper
Germany Horst Oldenburg
Denmark Freddy Eugen
Denmark Palle Lykke
1969 Germany Wolfgang Schulze
Germany Horst Oldenburg
Germany Wilfried Boelke
Germany Wilfried Peffgen
Denmark Freddy Eugen
Germany Albert Fritz
1970 France Alain Van Lancker
Germany Klaus Bugdahl
Germany Rudi Altig
Germany Albert Fritz
Germany Wolfgang Schulze
Germany Wilfried Peffgen
1971 Germany Dieter Kemper
Germany Klaus Bugdahl
Germany Wolfgang Schulze
Germany Wilfried Peffgen
France Alain Van Lancker
Germany Jürgen Tschan
1972 Germany Wilfried Peffgen
Germany Albert Fritz
Germany Wolfgang Schulze
Germany Jürgen Tschan
Netherlands Leo Duyndam
Netherlands René Pijnen
1973 Germany Wilfried Peffgen
Germany Albert Fritz
Germany Dieter Kemper
Germany Klaus Bugdahl
Germany Günther Haritz
Germany Udo Hempel
1974 Germany Wolfgang Schulze
Germany Jürgen Tschan
Germany Dieter Kemper
Germany Klaus Bugdahl
Germany Günther Haritz
Germany Udo Hempel
1975 Germany Günther Haritz
Netherlands René Pijnen
Germany Wolfgang Schulze
Germany Jürgen Tschan
Germany Dieter Kemper
Germany Udo Hempel
1976 Germany Günther Haritz
Netherlands René Pijnen
Germany Wilfried Peffgen
Germany Albert Fritz
Germany Wolfgang Schulze
Germany Jürgen Tschan
1977 Australia Donald Allan
Australia Danny Clark
Germany Günther Haritz
Netherlands René Pijnen
Germany Wilfried Peffgen
Germany Albert Fritz
1978 Germany Wilfried Peffgen
Germany Albert Fritz
Liechtenstein Roman Hermann
Germany Horst Schütz
Germany Günther Schumacher
Germany Udo Hempel
1979 Germany Wilfried Peffgen
Germany Albert Fritz
Germany Günther Schumacher
Germany Udo Hempel
Denmark Gert Frank
Switzerland René Savary
1980 Australia Donald Allan
Australia Danny Clark
Liechtenstein Roman Hermann
Germany Horst Schütz
Germany Wilfried Peffgen
Germany Albert Fritz
1981 Denmark Gert Frank
Netherlands René Pijnen
Liechtenstein Roman Hermann
Germany Horst Schütz
Germany Wilfried Peffgen
Germany Albert Fritz
1982-1986 no edition
1987 Liechtenstein Roman Hermann
Germany Josef Kristen
Germany Dietrich Thurau
Australia Danny Clark
Germany Dieter Giebken
Netherlands René Pijnen
1988 United Kingdom Anthony Doyle
Australia Danny Clark
Germany Volker Diehl
Germany Roland Günther
Liechtenstein Roman Hermann
Germany Dietrich Thurau

References

  1. "6 jours de Münster (Allemagne)". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  2. wn. "Grenzerfahrungen bei den Sechstagerennen". www.wn.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-21.
  3. "Ka-ke-ko-ku-Kilian". Der Spiegel (in German). 1950-03-22. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
  4. "So was zehrt". Der Spiegel (in German). 1951-01-09. ISSN 2195-1349. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
  5. "Münster Six Days". FirstCycling.com. 21 July 2023.
  6. "Münster, Six Days 1967". cyclingarchives.com. 2023.
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