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Here’s the latest on the Ghent Six Day race from CyclingNews.com:

“Iljo Keisse and Robert Bartko continue to lead the Gent Six Days, with a one lap advantage over three teams after as many days. Erik Zabel and Leif Lampater continue to hold second with 172 points, while Kenny De Ketele and Andreas Beikirch sit firmly in third place with 156 points to fourth placed Bruno Risi and Alexander Aeschbach’s 118 points. The night concluded with a pair of Keirin races that hadn’t featured on the race program during the first two evenings.

Belgian pair Stijn Steels and Tosh van der Sande increased their lead over the United States of America duo of Austin Carroll and East Guy in the UIV Talents Cup, the Under 23 version of the Gent Six Day. The Belgians are one lap ahead over the Americans, with Gert Jan Van Immerseel and Maarten Vlasselaer in third.

Steels said after the race that he thought they could hang on until Sunday. “It looks like the Americans weren’t too good today and I think it will stay that way,” he said.

United States of America coach Clay Worthington didn’t quite see it the same way. “They just didn’t have it tonight,” he said. “You have those days once in a while and tonight was one of them.”

But Worthington agreed that it has been a long trip for the Americans, who are racing in their fourth UIV Cup race for the month, and the schedule has left its marks. The pair is going back to the United States after the Belgian experience.”

Results

Points race

1 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) / Andreas Beikirch (Ger) Capri-Sonne 11 pts

Team elimination

1 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 20 pts

Flying lap

1 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 0.09

Derny race

1 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK 5 pts

Team elimination

1 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso 10 pts

Derny

1 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 5 pts

500 metre sprint

1 Iljo Keisse (Bel) / Robert Bartko (Ger) Topsport Vlaanderen 0.28

Madison 2

1 Erik Zabel (Ger) / Leif Lampater (Ger) Mega Doe-Het-Zelf Deschacht 20 pts

Sprint

1 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer 20 pts

Scratch race

1 Tim Mertens (Bel) / Andreas Muller (Ger) JDK 10 pts

Derny

1 Bruno Risi (Swi) / Alexander Aeschbach (Swi) Mercator 5 pts

Team elimination

1 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS 10 pts

Derny

1 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) / Steven Deneef (Bel) Camoso 5 pts

Keirin 1

1 Leon Van Bon (Ned) / Pim Ligthart (Ned) Fischer 10 pts

Keirin 2

1 Nicky Cocquyt (Bel) / Ingmar Depoortere (Bel) AVS 10 pts

Tags: Alexander Aeschbach, Andreas Beikirch, Austin Carroll, Bruno Risi, Erik Zabel, Kenny de Ketele, Leif Lampater, Leif Lampater (Ger), Pim Ligthart, Robert Bartko, Robert Bartko (Ger), Steven Deneef, united states, United States Of America

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