Rasmussen and Mørkøv victorious in Ghent

November 29th, 2009 by Ron Callahan View Comments

Team Saxo Bank Danish World Champions on the track, Alex Rasmussen and Michael Mørkøv, took the overall victory of the six-day race in Ghent.

With a narrow margin of just three points ahead of the Belgian/German couple, Keisse/Kluge, the Danes took the gold when they won back yesterday’s lost lap by taking a bonus sprint:

“By winning a bonus sprint, we brought ourselves in a situation where we didn’t need to worry about struggling to gain a lap. We did a clever finale where the other couples were attacking one another. We could save our strength for the final. It is clearly the biggest victory we have won. It is incredibly difficult to win away and especially here in the strongest field of all, where the prestige is enormous. The victory means that we have shown the other riders that we have the stamimna for all six days. It gives us a strong confidence which can be used in future races,” said a delighted Michael Mørkøv after the victory.

The Danish couple has previously won the six-day race in Grenoble twice.

Final Results:

1. Rasmussen/Mørkøv (Danmark) 450 pts

2. Keisse (BELG)/Kluge (GER) 447 pts

3. Risi/Marvulli (Swiss) 408 pts

4. Stam (Holland)/Lampater (GER) 254 pts

1 lap behind:

5. De Ketele (Belg)/Schep (Holland) 235 pts

17 laps behind:

6. van Bon (Holland)/Muller(A) 159 pts

19 laps behind:

7. O’Shea/Howard (Aus) 200 pts