final day

The Ghent 6

The UIV Cup – Memorial Foré

The last two nights in the “Toekomst zesdaagse” promised firework! And that is what happened too. The leading teams made it a thriller. It started on Saturday night with Alex and Jackson winning the 500 meter time trial in 28”81. Beating the Belgians Ligneel-Deweer, their time 28”91. Ten points for the winners, so the Cyclones came 1 point ahead of the Swiss riders but still one lap down on the Britisch!

The 200 laps madison with five point-sprints had to decide who would start on sunday, the final race, in yellow! The British team had to keep the one lap advantage cause they were short on points. But it were the Danish guys that went away first, they took one lap back but would loose two later on in the race. They payed a lot for that effort. For the Aussies and the Swiss every sprint counted and on top they had to take that lap back of the Brits. And it happened! Imhof-Dillier and Carver-Law tried to get away, and a bad change of Mould and Yates gave them a small gap. The next lap Yates went down as well and we had three teams in the same lap.

In the sprints it was a hard battle for points, with the Swiss winning three and the Aussies only one. That meant we went to the “finale” on sunday with following General Classement:

1. Imhof-Dillier (95 pts)
2. Carver-Law (93 pts)
3. Mould-Yates (53 pts)
4. Lander-Kreutzfeldt (-2 laps / 38 pts)

On Sunday, with a big crowd on the stands, we had only one event on the program, a 240 laps Madison with six sprints.

The assignment was simple. The Swiss had to control the race and win few sprints, Alex and his mate had to win sprints or take a lap and for the Brits the most important task was to take a lap. Mould and Yates started pretty relaxed in the race, Alex, Jackson, Claudio and Silvan tried to get points. But after the third sprint it was over for the Aussies. There was no way they could win on points anymore, and to take a lap, the Swiss were to strong.

The final race was won by the Danish team Lander-Kreutzfeldt. After a great week of cycling this was the final ranking:

1. Claudio Imhof – Silvan Dillier (121 pts)
2. Alex Carver – Jackson Law (101 pts)
3. Jonathan Mould – Simon Yates (66 pts)
4. Sebastian Lander – Christian Kreutzfeldt (-1 lap)
5. Daniel Mc Lay – Owan Doull (-5 laps)