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Six Days of Maastricht
Race details
Region Maastricht, Netherlands
Local name(s)Zesdaagse van Maastricht (in Dutch)
Discipline Track
Type Six-day racing
History
First edition1976 (1976)
Editions13
Final edition2006
First winner  Patrick Sercu ( BEL)
  Graeme Gilmore ( AUS)
Most wins  René Pijnen ( NED) (6 wins)
Final winner  Franco Marvulli ( SUI)
  Bruno Risi ( SUI)

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

It was contested in the MECC Maastricht from 1976 to 1987. [2] In 2006, the event was organized again, but the 2007 edition had to be cancelled due to financial difficulties.

The competition's roll of honor includes victories by Eddy Merckx and Danny Clark. The record of victories, however, belongs to René Pijnen.

Winners

Year Winner Second Third
1976 Australia Graeme Gilmore
Belgium Patrick Sercu
West Germany Günther Haritz
Netherlands René Pijnen
West Germany Albert Fritz
West Germany Wilfried Peffgen
1977 Belgium Eddy Merckx
Belgium Patrick Sercu
Netherlands Gerben Karstens
Netherlands René Pijnen
Australia Donald Allan
Australia Danny Clark
1978 Netherlands Gerrie Knetemann
Netherlands René Pijnen
West Germany Albert Fritz
West Germany Wilfried Peffgen
Australia Danny Clark
Netherlands Gerben Karstens
1979 Australia Donald Allan
Australia Danny Clark
Netherlands René Pijnen
Netherlands Jan Raas
West Germany Albert Fritz
Belgium Patrick Sercu
1980 Netherlands Gerrie Knetemann
Netherlands René Pijnen
West Germany Albert Fritz
Belgium Patrick Sercu
Denmark Gert Frank
Liechtenstein Roman Hermann
1981 Netherlands René Pijnen
Netherlands Ad Wijnands
West Germany Albert Fritz
West Germany Günther Schumacher
West Germany Udo Hempel
West Germany Josef Kristen
1982 Netherlands René Pijnen
Netherlands Ad Wijnands
West Germany Albert Fritz
West Germany Wilfried Peffgen
Netherlands Gerrie Knetemann
Belgium Patrick Sercu
1983 West Germany Albert Fritz
West Germany Dietrich Thurau
West Germany Josef Kristen
Netherlands René Pijnen
Switzerland Robert Dill-Bundi
Denmark Gert Frank
1984 Australia Danny Clark
Netherlands René Pijnen
Denmark Gert Frank
West Germany Horst Schütz
West Germany Albert Fritz
West Germany Dietrich Thurau
1985 Australia Danny Clark
United Kingdom Anthony Doyle
Denmark Gert Frank
Netherlands René Pijnen
Liechtenstein Roman Hermann
Netherlands Gerrie Knetemann
1986 Netherlands René Pijnen
West Germany Dietrich Thurau
Australia Danny Clark
United Kingdom Anthony Doyle
Liechtenstein Roman Hermann
West Germany Josef Kristen
1987 Australia Danny Clark
United Kingdom Anthony Doyle
Belgium Etienne De Wilde
Netherlands Teun van Vliet
Liechtenstein Roman Hermann
Netherlands Joop Zoetemelk
1988-2005 No edition
2006 Switzerland Franco Marvulli
Switzerland Bruno Risi
Belgium Iljo Keisse
Italy Marco Villa
Netherlands Danny Stam
Netherlands Peter Schep

External links

References

  1. ^ "6 jours de Maastricht (Pays-Bas)". Memoire du Cyclisme. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Maastricht 6-Days". FirstCycling.com. 2022.