Result: London Six Day Day 1

Defending champions Kenny De Ketele and Moreno De Pauw lead London Six day after day 1

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Result: London Six Day Day 1

After taking the win in the opening 40-minute Madison, the Belgians Kenny De Ketele and Moreno De Pauw backed that up with a 40-lap derny victory and second in the night’s closing Madison – won by Sebastian Mora Vedri and Albert Torres.

The achievement is all the more remarkable considering de Ketele suffered a fractured hip just last month, but he and de Pauw know the racing has only just begun. “My hip is okay, I don’t have much reaction in it so I think it has healed perfectly, I had a lot of support from physios and doctors so I’m really happy with that,” he said.

“The top form sometimes looks easier than it is, I suffer with the top speed so I’m really lucky to have Moreno with me.” With de Pauw adding: “I’m feeling really good, the derny was fast after the first Madison but the legs still felt really good. It’s important to start with a win, leading after the first day is always nice but as we say every year, there are still five days to go.”

The night opened with a 40-minute Madison and immediately home favourites Mark Cavendish and Pete Kennaugh were on the attack, taking a lap solo on the rest of the field. They could not hold their lead until the finish though, with six more teams lapping the field to leave seven duos fighting it out for the final sprint. And unsurprisingly it was reigning champions de Ketele and de Pauw who got the sprint to start their title defence in the best possible way.
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De Pauw was not done there, either, going on to win the second Six Day race of the night with a virtuoso performance in the 40-lap derny – taking it ahead of Felix English and Callum Scotson. The next race saw the first four teams take their shot at the two-lap Madison time trial with the Danes of Casper von Folsach and Niklas Larsen setting the fastest time so far of 26.930s – but with 12 teams still to go over the next three days, will they stay in the leader’s hot seat?

But it was the team elimination race that really got the crowd on their feet as Steven Burke took a remarkable victory in the final sprint, with he and partner Chris Latham winning ahead of Spain’s Sebastian Mora and Albert Torres.

And Spain recorded a second consecutive second place as Mora came home behind Larsen in the 10km scratch race, before Cavendish staged a stunning last-lap attack to take a thrilling 40-lap derny victory. “I just let them race and everyone was pretty much attacking each other,” said the Brit. “When you’ve got a motorbike you’ve got much more shelter, then I pulled my foot out and all that energy I saved went. But that adrenaline can run a long time.”

Away from the endurance riders it was Olympic silver medallist Ethan Mitchell, of New Zealand, who shone brightest in the sprinters’ competition, leading the overall standings at the end of Day 1. He set the fastest 200m flying lap time trial, clocking in at 10.337s before going on to lose the sprint final to Spain’s Juan Peralta – who recorded the second fastest time trial.

And although Mitchell again did not take the final race of the sprinters’ night – the keirin – it was consistency that put him in the overall lead with a third-place finish. The keirin win instead went to crowd favourite, Matt Rotherham, who got Britain’s second win of the night.

“I didn’t go my fastest earlier in the night but I could really feel myself going better and better as it went through,” said the man from Bolton.

“I got lucky, Max [Levy] going late on in the sprint race meant I got a free ride up to the front and it was perfect for me, with a half-lap to go I was nice and fresh and had it in it the bag.”

The night opened with the first race of the U21 Talent Cup and it was Bryan Boussaer and Jules Hesters who drew first blood in the Madison, racking up 34 points – the most of the nine teams that all finished on zero laps.
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Six Day Results – Day 1

Overall
1 DE KETELE / DE PAUW 0 103 –
2 TORRES / MORA VEDRI 0 101 –
3 CAVENDISH / KENNAUGH -1 72 –
4 MEYER / SCOTSON -1 72 –
5 HAVIK / PIETERS -1 68 –
6 REINHARDT / THIELE -1 54 –
7 KNEISKY / THOMAS -1 34 –
8 LARSEN / VON FOLSACH -2 62 –
9 PEDERSEN / HESTER -2 50 –
10 ENGLISH / DOWNEY -2 45 –
11 WOOD / STEWART -2 45 –
12 STOPLER / VAN ZIJL -2 29 –
13 BURKE / LATHAM -3 46 –
14 PSZCZOLARSKI / TEKLINSKI -3 23 –
15 SCHMIEDEL / BEYER -4 19 –
16 HACECKY / KANKOVSKY -6 14 –

Madison Chase 1
1 DE KETELE / DE PAUW 0 16 30
2 TORRES / MORA VEDRI 0 14 25
3 REINHARDT / THIELE 0 5 22
4 HAVIK / PIETERS 0 3 20
5 MEYER / SCOTSON 0 – 18
6 CAVENDISH / KENNAUGH 0 – 16
7 KNEISKY / THOMAS 0 – 14
8 LARSEN / VON FOLSACH -1 2 12
9 PEDERSEN / HESTER -1 – 10
10 STÖPLER / VAN ZIJL -1 – 8
11 WOOD / STEWART -1 – 7
12 ENGLISH / DOWNEY -1 – 6
13 BURKE / LATHAM -2 4 5
14 PSZCZOLARSKI / TEKLINSKI -2 – 4
15 SCHMIEDEL / BEYER -3 – 3
16 HACECKY / KANKOVSKY -4 – 2

Madison Chase 2
1 TORRES / MORA VEDRI 30
2 DE KETELE / DE PAUW 25
3 HAVIK / PIETERS 22
4 LARSEN / VON FOLSACH 20
5 MEYER / SCOTSON 18
6 ENGLISH / DOWNEY 16
7 PEDERSEN / HESTER 14
8 CAVENDISH / KENNAUGH 12
9 REINHARDT / THIELE 10
10 WOOD / STEWART
11 BURKE / LATHAM 7
12 PSZCZOLARSKI / TEKLINSKI 6
13 STOPLER / VAN ZIJL 5
14 SCHMIEDEL / BEYER 4
15 KNEISKY / THOMAS 3
16 HACECKY / KANKOVSKY 2

10 Km Derny 1
1 Mark CAVENDISH 20 20
2 Ollie WOOD 15 15
3 Yoeri HAVIK 12 12
4 Morgan KNEISKY 10 10
5 Casper VON FOLSACH 8 8
6 Kersten THIELE 6 6
7 Melvin VAN ZIJL 4 4
8 Alois KANKOVSKY 2 2

10 km Derny 2
1 Moreno DE PAUW 20
2 Felix ENGLISH 15
3 Callum SCOTSON 12
4 Wojciech PSZCZOLARSKI 10
5 Marc HESTER 8
6 Albert TORRES 6
7 Chris LATHAM 4
8 Sebastian SCHMIEDEL 2

Two Lap Madison TT
1 LARSEN / VON FOLSACH DEN 26.930
2 ENGLISH / DOWNEY IRL 27.294
3 HACECKY / KANKOVSKY CZE 29.189
4 TORRES / MORA VEDRI ESP 29.920

Team Elimination
1 BURKE / LATHAM 30
2 TORRES / MORA VEDRI 25
3 CAVENDISH / KENNAUGH 22
4 DE KETELE / DE PAUW 20
5 MEYER / SCOTSON 18
6 REINHARDT / THIELE 16
7 HAVIK / PIETERS 14
8 STOPLER / VAN ZIJL 12
9 SCHMIEDEL / BEYER 10
10 HACECKY / KANKOVSKY 8
11 KNEISKY / THOMAS 7
12 PEDERSEN / HESTER 6
13 WOOD / STEWART 5
14 ENGLISH / DOWNEY 4
15 PSZCZOLARSKI / TEKLINSKI 3
16 LARSEN / VON FOLSACH 2

10km Scratch
1 Niklas LARSEN 20
2 Sebastian MORA VEDRI 15
3 Casper PEDERSEN 12
4 Mark STEWART 10
5 Kenny DE KETELE 8
6 Cameron MEYER 6
7 Mark DOWNEY 4
8 Peter KENNAUGH 2
9 Roy PIETERS –
10 Adrian TEKLINSKI –
11 Steven BURKE –
12 Theo REINHARDT –
13 Maximilian BEYER –
14 Vojtech HACECKY –
15 Nick STOPLER –
16 Benjamin THOMAS –

Other Events

Under 21 – 25km Madison
1 BOUSSAER / HESTERS 34
2 FYNBO / BIRKEMOSE 24
3 LONGSTAFF / VAUGHAN 24
4 AUGENSTEIN / WEISPFENNIG 20
5 MEW JENSON / MOLLERUP 11
6 PAGE / ROSE-DAVIES 3
7 MEYERS / HEINDERSON
8 ROTHERHAM / PARTINGTON
9 MACKAY / GUGGEMOS
10 WALTERS / HAMES 3
11 CADAVID / RAYMOND
12 DRAPER / COOPER
13 DAVIES / TILLETT
14 ROSING / BRADSHAW
15 GRAY / LORD
16 MULLIGAN / KNIGHT

Sprinters Overall
1 Ethan MITCHELL 47 –
2 Juan PERALTA 43 –
3 Matthew ROTHERHAM 36 –
4 Max LEVY 35 –
5 Edward DAWKINS 30 –
6 Nate KOCH 22 –

Keirin Final
1 Matthew ROTHERHAM 20
2 Max LEVY 15
3 Ethan MITCHELL 12
4 Nate KOCH 10
5 Juan PERALTA 8
6 Edward DAWKINS 6

Sprinters Final
1 Juan PERALTA 20
2 Ethan MITCHELL 15
3 Edward DAWKINS 12
4 Max LEVY 10
5 Matthew ROTHERHAM 8
6 Nate KOCH 6

Sprinters Flying 200m
1 Ethan MITCHELL NZL 10.337 69.652 km.h 20
2 Juan PERALTA ESP 10.362 69.484 km.h 15
3 Edward DAWKINS NZL 10.394 69.270 km.h 12
4 Max LEVY GER 10.463 68.813 km.h 10
5 Matthew ROTHERHAM GBR 10.905 66.024 km.h 8
6 Nate KOCH USA 11.233 64.096 km.h 6

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