Six Days of Bremen

Six Days of Bremen
Race details
Region	Bremen, Germany
Discipline	Track
Type	Six-day racing
History
First edition	1910
First winner	Willy Arend (GER) ; Eugen Stabe (GER)
Most wins	René Pijnen (NED) (7)
Most recent	Kenny De Ketele (BEL) ; Nils Politt (GER)

The Six Days of Bremen is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Bremen, Germany. The event was first held in 1910 as a one-off event and has been a regular event since 1965.^[1] It is held at the ÖVB Arena. The event was cancelled in 2021 and 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2] The next event is planned for January 12–15, 2024.^[3]

Winners

Year	Winners	Second	Third
1910	Willy Arend (GER) Eugen Stabe (GER)	Otto Pawke (GER) Carl Rudel (GER)	Anteo Carapezzi (ITA) Willy Techmer (GER)
1965	Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) Palle Lykke (DEN)	Rolf Roggendorf (GER) Rudi Altig (GER)	Dieter Kemper (GER) Horst Oldenburg (GER)
1966	Dieter Kemper (GER) Rudi Altig (GER)	Fritz Pfenninger (SUI) Peter Post (NED)	Klaus Bugdahl (GER) Sigi Renz (GER)
1967	Peter Post (NED) Fritz Pfenninger (SUI)	Dieter Kemper (GER) Horst Oldenburg (GER)	Klaus Bugdahl (GER) Patrick Sercu (BEL)
1968	Sigi Renz (GER) Rudi Altig (GER)	Freddy Eugen (DEN) Palle Lykke (DEN)	Dieter Kemper (GER) Horst Oldenburg (GER)
1969	Peter Post (NED) Patrick Sercu (BEL)	Dieter Kemper (GER) Horst Oldenburg (GER)	Freddy Eugen (DEN) Palle Lykke (DEN)
1970	Peter Post (NED) Patrick Sercu (BEL)	Sigi Renz (GER) Wolfgang Schulze (GER)	Klaus Bugdahl (GER) Julien Stevens (BEL)
1971	Albert Fritz (GER) Rudi Altig (GER)	Peter Post (NED) Patrick Sercu (BEL)	Klaus Bugdahl (GER) Alain van Lancker (FRA)
1972	Sigi Renz (GER) Wolfgang Schulze (GER)	Peter Post (NED) Patrick Sercu (BEL)	Dieter Kemper (GER) Klaus Bugdahl (GER)
1973	Dieter Kemper (GER) Graeme Gilmore (AUS)	René Pijnen (NED) Leo Duyndam (NED)	Albert Fritz (GER) Wilfried Peffgen (GER)
1974	René Pijnen (NED) Leo Duyndam (NED)	Albert Fritz (GER) Wilfried Peffgen (GER)	Graeme Gilmore (AUS) Patrick Sercu (BEL)
1975	René Pijnen (NED) Patrick Sercu (BEL)	Albert Fritz (GER) Wilfried Peffgen (GER)	Udo Hempel (GER) Günter Haritz (GER)
1976	René Pijnen (NED) Günter Haritz (GER)	Dieter Kemper (GER) Sigi Renz (GER)	Patrick Sercu (BEL) Graeme Gilmore (AUS)
1977	Wilfried Peffgen (GER) Albert Fritz (GER)	Klaus Bugdahl (GER) Dietrich Thurau (GER)	René Pijnen (NED) Günter Haritz (GER)
1978	Wilfried Peffgen (GER) Albert Fritz (GER)	Jürgen Tschan (GER) Gregor Braun (GER)	Donald Allan (AUS) Danny Clark (AUS)
1979	René Pijnen (NED) Danny Clark (AUS)	Wilfried Peffgen (GER) Albert Fritz (GER)	Patrick Sercu (BEL) Dietrich Thurau (GER)
1980	Patrick Sercu (BEL) Albert Fritz (GER)	Wilfried Peffgen (GER) Gregor Braun (GER)	Roman Hermann (LIE) Horst Schütz (GER)
1981	René Pijnen (NED) Gregor Braun (GER)	Albert Fritz (GER) Patrick Sercu (BEL)	Donald Allan (AUS) Danny Clark (AUS)
1982	René Pijnen (NED) Albert Fritz (GER)	Gert Frank (DEN) Patrick Sercu (BEL)	Dietrich Thurau (GER) Gregor Braun (GER)
1983	René Pijnen (NED) Gregor Braun (GER)	Albert Fritz (GER) Patrick Sercu (BEL)	Gert Frank (DEN) Jan Raas (NED)
1984	Albert Fritz (GER) Dietrich Thurau (GER)	Gary Wiggins (AUS) Tony Doyle (GBR)	Gert Frank (DEN) Hans-Henrik Ørsted (DEN)
1985	Gary Wiggins (AUS) Tony Doyle (GBR)	Danny Clark (AUS) Dietrich Thurau (GER)	Josef Kristen (GER) Henry Rinklin (GER)
1986	Josef Kristen (GER) Dietrich Thurau (GER)	Gert Frank (DEN) René Pijnen (NED)	Roman Hermann (GER) Urs Freuler (SUI)
1987	Danny Clark (AUS) Dietrich Thurau (GER)	Josef Kristen (GER) Roman Hermann (GER)	Constant Tourné (BEL) Etienne De Wilde (BEL)
1988	Danny Clark (AUS) Tony Doyle (GBR)	Andreas Kappes (GER) Roman Hermann (GER)	Constant Tourné (BEL) Etienne De Wilde (BEL)
1989	Andreas Kappes (GER) Roman Hermann (GER)	Roger Ilegems (BEL) Roland Günther (GER)	Danny Clark (AUS) Urs Freuler (SUI)
1990	Danny Clark (AUS) Roland Günther (GER)	Andreas Kappes (GER) Etienne De Wilde (BEL)	Urs Freuler (SUI) Volker Diehl (GER)
1991	Andreas Kappes (GER) Etienne De Wilde (BEL)	Danny Clark (AUS) Urs Freuler (SUI)	Bruno Holenweger (GER) Volker Diehl (GER)
1992	Andreas Kappes (GER) Etienne De Wilde (BEL)	Bruno Holenweger (GER) Urs Freuler (SUI)	Danny Clark (AUS) Tony Doyle (GBR)
1993	Peter Pieters (NED) Urs Freuler (SUI)	Danny Clark (AUS) Remig Stumpf (GER)	Bruno Risi (SUI) Kurt Betschart (SUI)
1994	Andreas Kappes (GER) Danny Clark (AUS)	Bruno Risi (SUI) Kurt Betschart (SUI)	Urs Freuler (SUI) Carsten Wolf (GER)
1995	Bruno Risi (SUI) Kurt Betschart (SUI)	Adriano Baffi (ITA) Pierangelo Bincoletto (ITA)	Andreas Kappes (GER) Etienne De Wilde (BEL)
1996	Marco Villa (ITA) Silvio Martinello (ITA)	Bruno Risi (SUI) Kurt Betschart (SUI)	Jimmi Madsen (DEN) Jens Veggerby (DEN)
1997	Andreas Kappes (GER) Carsten Wolf (GER)	Marco Villa (ITA) Silvio Martinello (ITA)	Bruno Risi (SUI) Kurt Betschart (SUI)
1998	Jimmi Madsen (DEN) Jens Veggerby (DEN)	Andreas Kappes (GER) Adriano Baffi (ITA)	Bruno Risi (SUI) Kurt Betschart (SUI)
1999	Bruno Risi (SUI) Kurt Betschart (SUI)	Andreas Kappes (GER) Etienne De Wilde (BEL)	Marco Villa (ITA) Adriano Baffi (ITA)
2000	Andreas Kappes (GER) Silvio Martinello (ITA)	Marco Villa (ITA) Adriano Baffi (ITA)	Jimmi Madsen (DEN) Scott McGrory (AUS)
2001	Matthew Gilmore (BEL) Scott McGrory (AUS)	Rolf Aldag (GER) Silvio Martinello (ITA)	Andreas Beikirch (GER) Andreas Kappes (GER)
2002	Bruno Risi (SUI) Kurt Betschart (SUI)	Matthew Gilmore (BEL) Scott McGrory (AUS)	Marco Villa (ITA) Silvio Martinello (ITA)
2003	Danny Stam (NED) Robert Slippens (NED)	Andreas Beikirch (GER) Andreas Kappes (GER)	Matthew Gilmore (BEL) Scott McGrory (AUS)
2004	Bruno Risi (SUI) Kurt Betschart (SUI)	Danny Stam (NED) Robert Slippens (NED)	Andreas Beikirch (GER) Andreas Kappes (GER)
2005	Andreas Beikirch (GER) Robert Bartko (GER)	Bruno Risi (SUI) Kurt Betschart (SUI)	Marco Villa (ITA) Iljo Keisse (BEL)
2006	Danny Stam (NED) Robert Slippens (NED)	Marco Villa (ITA) Erik Zabel (GER)	Robert Bartko (GER) Andreas Beikirch (GER)
2007	Bruno Risi (SUI) Erik Zabel (GER)	Guido Fulst (GER) Leif Lampater (GER)	Robert Bartko (GER) Iljo Keisse (BEL)
2008	Iljo Keisse (BEL) Robert Bartko (GER)	Erik Zabel (GER) Leif Lampater (GER)	Bruno Risi (SUI) Franco Marvulli (SUI)
2009	Erik Zabel (GER) Leif Lampater (GER)	Olaf Pollack (GER) Franco Marvulli (SUI)	Bruno Risi (SUI) Danny Stam (NED)
2010	Bruno Risi (SUI) Franco Marvulli (SUI)	Robert Bartko (GER) Iljo Keisse (BEL)	Leif Lampater (GER) Christian Grasmann (GER)
2011	Robert Bengsch (GER) Robert Bartko (GER)	Alexander Äschbach (SUI) Franco Marvulli (SUI)	Jens-Erik Madsen (DEN) Marc Hester (DEN)
2012	Peter Schep (NED) Robert Bartko (GER)	Marcel Kalz (GER) Franco Marvulli (SUI)	Leif Lampater (GER) Iljo Keisse (BEL)
2013	Franco Marvulli (SUI) Marcel Kalz (GER)	Leif Lampater (GER) Luke Roberts (AUS)	Robert Bartko (GER) Peter Schep (NED)
2014	Leif Lampater (GER) Wim Stroetinga (NED)	Marcel Kalz (GER) Robert Bartko (GER)	Andreas Müller (AUT) Marc Hester (DEN)
2015	Marcel Kalz (GER) Alex Rasmussen (DEN)	Morgan Kneisky (FRA) Jesper Mørkøv (DEN)	Leif Lampater (GER) Wim Stroetinga (NED)
2016	Kenny De Ketele (BEL) Christian Grassmann (GER)	Morgan Kneisky (FRA) Jesper Mørkøv (DEN)	Alex Rasmussen (DEN) Marcel Kalz (GER)
2017	Marcel Kalz (GER) Iljo Keisse (BEL)	Leif Lampater (GER) Wim Stroetinga (NED)	Jesper Mørkøv (DEN) Yoeri Havik (NED)
2018	Kenny De Ketele (BEL) Theo Reinhardt (GER)	Achim Burkart (GER) Yoeri Havik (NED)	Christian Grasmann (GER) Jesper Mørkøv (DEN)
2019	Iljo Keisse (BEL) Jasper De Buyst (NED)	Mark Hester (DEN) Theo Reinhardt (GER)	Simone Consonni (ITA) Tristan Marguet (SUI)
2020	Kenny De Ketele (BEL) Nils Politt (GER)	Theo Reinhardt (GER) Morgan Kneisky (FRA)	Andreas Graf (AUT) Mark Hester (DEN)

References

^ "6 jours de Bremen / Brême (Allemagne)".
^ "Bremen Sixdays are cancelled again (originally in German, "Bremer Sixdays fallen erneut aus")". radiobremen. 7 September 2021. Archived from the original on June 30, 2022.
^ "Six Day Bremen". koobit.com. Archived from the original on 2023-01-17. Retrieved 2023-01-17.

[1] "6 jours de Bremen / Brême (Allemagne)".

[2] "Bremen Sixdays are cancelled again (originally in German, "Bremer Sixdays fallen erneut aus")". radiobremen. 7 September 2021. Archived from the original on June 30, 2022.

[3] "Six Day Bremen". koobit.com. Archived from the original on 2023-01-17. Retrieved 2023-01-17.

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