2018–19 Six Day Series
| Third edition of the Six Day Series | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 23 October 2018 – 14 April 2019 |
| Location | London Berlin Copenhagen Melbourne Hong Kong Manchester Brisbane |
| Races | 7 |
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. 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 Reinhardt | 90 | 158 (-1 lap) | 246 | 289 | 358 (-1 lap) | 470 |
| 2nd place, silver medalist(s) | Denmark Marc Hester/Jesper Morkov | 83 | 161 | 237 | 299 | 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) |
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| 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 Havik | 93 | 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) | |||
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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 Schmidt | 90 | 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 Evans | 90 | 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 Levy | 50 | 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 Kelemen | 50 | 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 Sze | 55 | 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
- ↑ "Track Cycling: Brisbane Secures Six Day Track Series World Final". Bicycling Australia. July 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ↑ "Nieuw evenement: 'Six Day Hong Kong". Baanwacht. Archived from the original on 22 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "What is Six Day?". Six Day Series. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ↑ "Sir Bradley Wiggins believes his hour record will be beaten next year". Berlin.de. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ↑ "Six Day Berlin 2019". Berlin.de. 19 July 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ↑ "Six Day racing comes to Melbourne: What you need to know". Cycling Tips. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ↑ "UCI Track Cycling World Cup - Hong Kong - Information Bulletin" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ↑ "Manchester Velodrome 'track of champions' for sale". BBC News. 15 April 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ↑ "Anna Meares Velodrome: World's newest indoor cycling venue unveiled". SMH. 12 November 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "2019 Six Day Berlin Results". Six Day Series. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 "2019 Six Day Hong Kong Results". Six Day Series. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "2018/19 Series Standings". Six Day Series. Retrieved 7 February 2019.