Six Days of Amsterdam
Ellen van Dijk fires the starting shot in 2013
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| Race details | |
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| Date | October |
| Region | Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| Local name(s) | Zesdaagse van Amsterdam (Dutch) |
| Discipline | Track |
| Type | Six-day racing |
| History | |
| First edition | 1932 |
| Editions | 22 (as of 2014) |
| First winner |
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| Most wins |  Danny Stam (NED) (4 wins) |
| Most recent |
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The Six Days of Amsterdam (Dutch: Zesdaagse van Amsterdam) is an annual six-day track cycling race held annually at the Amsterdam Velodrome in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
The recordholder for the Six Days of Amsterdam is the Dutch cyclist Danny Stam with four victories.
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History
The first edition was between 18 and 24 November 1932, in the old building of the Amsterdam RAI on the Ferdinand Bolstraat on a 166.6 metre track. This first edition was won by the Dutch couple Jan Pijnenburg and Piet van Kempen. The year afterwards the Dutch couple Jan Pijnenburg/Cor Wals beat the French couple Marcel Guimbretiere/Paul Broccado and the year later during the third edition it was the other way around and the French couple won. After Adolphe Charlier and Frans Slaats won the fourth edition in 1936 there were no more Six Days held in Amsterdam for thirty years. Due to the large unemployment and later also due to the second world war, the National Cycling Union (NWU) prohibited to organise Six Day races. There were many proposals to organise a Six Day race after the second world war but the fifth edition was years later in 1966, in the new RAI building located on the Europaplein. After four editions in this building there were again about thirty years without the event organised in Amsterdam. Since 2001 the race takes place in the new build Amsterdam Velodrome located in Sportparc Sloten, with a 200-metre track and a capacity for 2000 spectators.[1] Most recently World Champion Ellen van Dijk fired the starting shot for the 21st edition in October 2013.[2]
List of winning teams of the Six Days of Amsterdam
| Year | Couple | |
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| 2014 | Niki Terpstra (NED) |
Yoeri Havik (NED) |
| 2013 |  Kenny De Ketele (BEL) |
Gijs Van Hoecke (BEL) |
| 2012 | Pim Ligthart (NED) |
 Michael Mørkøv (DEN) |
| 2011 | Iljo Keisse (BEL) |
Niki Terpstra (NED) |
| 2010 |  Robert Bartko (GER) |
Roger Kluge (GER) |
| 2009 | Robert Bartko (GER) |
Roger Kluge (GER) |
| 2008 | Robert Slippens (NED) |
Danny Stam (NED) |
| 2007 | Iljo Keisse (BEL) |
Robert Bartko (GER) |
| 2006 | Peter Schep (NED) |
Danny Stam (NED) |
| 2005 |  Bruno Risi (SUI) |
Kurt Betschart (SUI) |
| 2004 | Robert Slippens (NED) |
Danny Stam (NED) |
| 2003 | Robert Slippens (NED) |
Danny Stam (NED) |
| 2002 |  Silvio Martinello (ITA) |
Marco Villa (ITA) |
| 2001 |  Scott McGrory (AUS) |
Matthew Gilmore (BEL) |
| 1969 | Peter Post (NED) |
Romain Deloof (BEL) |
| 1968 | Klaus Bugdahl (GER) |
Jan Janssen (NED) |
| 1967 | Freddy Eugen (DEN) |
Palle Lykke (DEN) |
| 1966 | Peter Post (NED) |
Fritz Pfenninger (SUI) |
| 1936 |  Adolphe Charlier (FRA) |
Frans Slaats (NED) |
| 1934 | Marcel Guimbretiere (FRA) |
Paul Broccado (FRA) |
| 1933 | Jan Pijnenburg (NED) |
Cor Wals (NED) |
| 1932 | Jan Pijnenburg (NED) |
Piet van Kempen (NED) |
Source[3]
See also
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References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Zesdaagse van Amsterdam. |
- Official website (Dutch)
- Articles with Dutch-language external links
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- Pages with broken file links
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- Official website not in Wikidata
- Sports events in Amsterdam
- Cycle races in the Netherlands
- Recurring sporting events established in 1932
- 1932 establishments in the Netherlands
- Six-day races
