Six Days of Antwerp

Six Days of Antwerp
Race details
RegionAntwerp, Belgium
DisciplineTrack
TypeSix-day racing
History
First edition1934 (1934)
Editions52 (as of 1994)
Final edition1994
First winner Jan Pijnenburg (NED)
 Cor Wals (NED)
Most wins Peter Post (NED) (11 wins)
Final winner Etienne De Wilde (BEL)
 Jens Veggerby (DEN)

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

The Six Days has seen 55 editions, was organized from 1934 with interruptions during World War II and the years 1984 to 1986 and last held in 1994.

The Six Days of Antwerp was held at the Antwerp Sportpaleis in Merksem on a wooden indoor track, initially 132m long, after a reconstruction in 1968 it was given a length of 250m.

Record winner is Peter Post with 11 victories, five of them in consecutive years.[2]

Winners

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Kees Pellenaars changes a wheel during the 1947 Six Days of Antwerp
Jan Derksen (center) with Rik Van Steenbergen (right) in the 1958 Six Days of Antwerp
Year Winner Second Third
1934 Netherlands Jan Pijnenburg
Netherlands Cor Wals
Belgium Albert Buysse
Belgium Roger Deneef
Switzerland Emil Richli
Germany Adolf Schön
1935 Italy Learco Guerra
Belgium Adolf Van Nevele
Belgium René Martin
Belgium Dieudonné Smets
Belgium Frans Bonduel
Belgium Constant Huys
1936 Belgium Kamiel Dekuysscher
Belgium Roger Deneef
France Adolphe Charlier
Belgium Maurice Depauw
Belgium Georges Ronsse
Germany Adolf Schön
1937 Netherlands Jan Pijnenburg
Netherlands Frans Slaats
Belgium Albert Billiet
Belgium Albert Buysse
Belgium Maurice Depauw
Belgium Georges Ronsse
1938 Belgium Albert Billiet
Belgium Albert Buysse
Netherlands Cees Pellenaars
Netherlands Frans Slaats
Netherlands Jan Pijnenburg
Netherlands Cor Wals
1939 Belgium Albert Billiet
Belgium Albert Buysse
Netherlands Gerrit Boeyen
Netherlands Cor Wals
Belgium Karel Kaers
Belgium Omer De Bruycker
1940 Netherlands Gerrit Boeyen
Netherlands Gerrit Schulte
Belgium Achiel Bruneel
Belgium Roger Deneef
Belgium Robert Naeye
Belgium Adelin Van Simaeys
1941–
1946
No race
1947 Belgium Achiel Bruneel
Belgium Omer De Bruycker
Netherlands Gerrit Boeyen
Netherlands Gerrit Schulte
France Guy Lapébie
Belgium Arthur Sérès
1948 Belgium René Adriaenssens
Albert Bruylandt
Belgium Maurice Depauw
Belgium Edward Thyssen
Belgium Stan Ockers
Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
1949 Netherlands Gerrit Boeyen
Netherlands Gerrit Schulte
Netherlands Cees Pellenaars
Netherlands Gerrit Peters
Belgium Maurice Depauw jr.
Belgium Robert Naeye
1950 Belgium Achiel Bruneel
Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
Netherlands Gerrit Peters
Netherlands Gerrit Schulte
Belgium Edward Thyssen
Netherlands Arie van Vliet
1951 Australia Reginald Arnold
Australia Alfred Strom
Belgium René Adriaenssens
Belgium Albert Bruylandt
Belgium Achiel Bruneel
Belgium Josef De Beuckelaer
1952 Australia Reginald Arnold
Australia Alfred Strom
Belgium Achiel Bruneel
Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
Netherlands Gerrit Peters
Netherlands Gerrit Schulte
1953 Belgium Achiel Bruneel
Switzerland Oskar Plattner
Netherlands Gerrit Peters
Netherlands Gerrit Schulte
France Dominique Forlini
Italy Ferdinando Terruzzi
1954 Netherlands Gerrit Peters
Netherlands Gerrit Schulte
Switzerland Oskar Plattner
Switzerland Armin Von Büren
Belgium Stan Ockers
Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
1955 Belgium Stan Ockers
Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
Netherlands Gerrit Peters
Netherlands Gerrit Schulte
Switzerland Walter Bucher
Switzerland Jean Roth
1956 Australia Reginald Arnold
Belgium Stan Ockers
Switzerland Jean Roth
Belgium Arsène Rijckaert
Belgium Emiel Severeyns
Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
Netherlands Jan Derksen
Netherlands Gerrit Peters
Netherlands Gerrit Schulte
1957 Australia Reginald Arnold
Belgium Willy Lauwers
Italy Ferdinando Terruzzi
Luxembourg Lucien Gillen
Netherlands Gerrit Schulte
Switzerland Armin Von Büren
Belgium Emiel Severeyns
Belgium Willy Vannitsen
Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
1958 Australia Reginald Arnold
Belgium Emiel Severeyns
Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
West Germany Klaus Bugdahl
Switzerland Jean Roth
Netherlands Gerrit Schulte
Netherlands Jan Derksen
Netherlands Wout Wagtmans
Netherlands Wim van Est
1959 (I) West Germany Klaus Bugdahl
Netherlands Gerrit Schulte
Netherlands Peter Post
Australia Reginald Arnold
Belgium Paul Depaepe
Italy Ferdinando Terruzzi
Belgium Emiel Severeyns
Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
Belgium Willy Lauwers
1959 (II) Netherlands Jo de Roo
Belgium Jan Palmans
Belgium Maurice Joossen
Belgium Jos Verachtert
Belgium August Peeters
Belgium Leo Proost
1960 Netherlands Jan Plantaz
Netherlands Peter Post
Netherlands Gerrit Schulte
Belgium Léo Proost
Belgium Emiel Severeyns
Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
Denmark Frans Aerenhouts
Australia Reginald Arnold
Italy Ferdinando Terruzzi
1961 Netherlands Peter Post
Belgium Willy Vannitsen
Belgium Rik Van Looy
Belgium Gilbert Maes
Belgium Emiel Severeyns
Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
Denmark Palle Lykke Jensen
Denmark Kay Werner Nielsen
Belgium Léo Proost
1962 Switzerland Oscar Plattner
Netherlands Peter Post
Belgium Rik Van Looy
Denmark Palle Lykke Jensen
Belgium Emiel Severeyns
Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
Australia Reginald Arnold
West Germany Klaus Bugdahl
Switzerland Fritz Pfenninger
1963 Denmark Palle Lykke Jensen
Belgium Léo Proost
Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
Australia Reginald Arnold
Netherlands Peter Post
Belgium Willy Vannitsen
West Germany Klaus Bugdahl
Switzerland Fritz Pfenninger
Belgium Hugo Scrayen
1964 Belgium Noël Foré
Switzerland Fritz Pfenninger
Netherlands Peter Post
Denmark Palle Lykke Jensen
Belgium Léo Proost
Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
West Germany Klaus Bugdahl
West Germany Sigi Renz
Belgium Hugo Scrayen
1965 West Germany Klaus Bugdahl
Netherlands Jan Janssen
Netherlands Peter Post
Denmark Freddy Eugen
Denmark Palle Lykke Jensen
Belgium Rik Van Steenbergen
Belgium Patrick Sercu
Belgium Emiel Severeyns
Belgium Théo Verschueren
1966 Netherlands Jan Janssen
Netherlands Peter Post
Switzerland Fritz Pfenninger
West Germany Klaus Bugdahl
Belgium Eddy Merckx
Belgium Patrick Sercu
Australia Ron Baensch
Belgium Léo Proost
Belgium Joseph Verachtert
1967 Netherlands Jan Janssen
Netherlands Peter Post
Switzerland Fritz Pfenninger
West Germany Klaus Bugdahl
Belgium Eddy Merckx
Belgium Patrick Sercu
Belgium Léo Proost
Belgium Emiel Severeyns
United Kingdom Tom Simpson
1968 West Germany Sigi Renz
Belgium Emiel Severeyns
Belgium Théo Verschueren
Switzerland Fritz Pfenninger
Netherlands Peter Post
Netherlands Rik Van Looy
West Germany Klaus Bugdahl
Netherlands Jan Janssen
Belgium Patrick Sercu
1969 Netherlands Peter Post
Belgium Patrick Sercu
Belgium Rik Van Looy
Netherlands Léo Duyndam
Switzerland Fritz Pfenninger
Belgium Léo Proost
West Germany Sigi Renz
Belgium Emiel Severeyns
Belgium Théo Verschueren
1970 West Germany Klaus Bugdahl
Netherlands René Pijnen
Netherlands Peter Post
Belgium Romain Deloof
Belgium Patrick Sercu
France Alain Van Lancker
West Germany Sigi Renz
Belgium Théo Verschueren
Belgium Rik Van Looy
1971 Netherlands Léo Duyndam
Netherlands René Pijnen
Netherlands Peter Post
West Germany Dieter Kemper
Belgium Jean-Pierre Monséré
Belgium Julien Stevens
Belgium Walter Godefroot
West Germany Sigi Renz
Belgium Théo Verschueren
1972 Netherlands Léo Duyndam
Netherlands René Pijnen
Belgium Théo Verschueren
Belgium Patrick Sercu
France Alain Van Lancker
Belgium Rik Van Linden
Australia Graeme Gilmore
West Germany Wolfgang Schulze
Belgium Julien Stevens
1973 Netherlands Léo Duyndam
Netherlands Gérard Koel
Netherlands René Pijnen
West Germany Klaus Bugdahl
Australia Graeme Gilmore
France Cyrille Guimard
Belgium Walter Godefroot
Belgium Norbert Seeuws
BelgiumThéo Verschueren
1974 Belgium Eddy Merckx
Belgium Patrick Sercu
Netherlands René Pijnen
Belgium Rik Van Linden
Netherlands Léo Duyndam
Netherlands Gerben Karstens
1975 Belgium Eddy Merckx
Belgium Patrick Sercu
Australia Graeme Gilmore
Belgium Julien Stevens
Netherlands René Pijnen
Belgium Alain Van Lancker
1976 Belgium Eddy Merckx
Belgium Patrick Sercu
West Germany Dieter Kemper
Belgium Freddy Maertens
Australia Graeme Gilmore
Belgium Rik Van Linden
1977 Belgium Freddy Maertens
Belgium Patrick Sercu
West Germany Albert Fritz
Belgium Marc Demeyer
Netherlands René Pijnen
Belgium Rik Van Linden
1978 Australia Danny Clark
Belgium Freddy Maertens
Australia Donald Allan
Netherlands René Pijnen
Liechtenstein Roman Hermann
Belgium Marc Demeyer
1979 West Germany Albert Fritz
Netherlands René Pijnen
Netherlands Michel Vaarten
Belgium Patrick Sercu
Belgium Roger De Vlaeminck
Belgium Rik Van Linden
Belgium Ferdinand Bracke
West Germany Wilfried Peffgen
Belgium Stan Tourné
1980 West Germany Wilfried Peffgen
Netherlands René Pijnen
Belgium Roger De Vlaeminck
Australia Donald Allan
Australia Danny Clark
Belgium Fons De Wolf
Liechtenstein Roman Hermann
West Germany Horst Schütz
Belgium Gery Verlinden
1981 Netherlands René Pijnen
Belgium Fons De Wolf
West Germany Wilfried Peffgen
Belgium Stan Tourné
Liechtenstein Roman Hermann
Netherlands Michel Vaarten
1982 Belgium Patrick Sercu
Belgium Roger De Vlaeminck
Denmark Gert Frank
Netherlands René Pijnen
Australia Donald Allan
Belgium Stan Tourné
1983 Netherlands René Pijnen
Belgium Stan Tourné
Belgium Patrick Sercu
Belgium Etienne De Wilde
Liechtenstein Roman Hermann
Netherlands Michel Vaarten
1984–
1986
No race
1987 Australia Danny Clark
Belgium Etienne De Wilde
Liechtenstein Roman Hermann
Belgium Stan Tourné
United Kingdom Anthony Doyle
Belgium Eric Vanderaerden
1988 Belgium Stan Tourné
BelgiumEtienne De Wilde
Australia Danny Clark
Belgium Roger Ilegems
Italy Adriano Baffi
United Kingdom Anthony Doyle
1989 No race
1990 Belgium Eric Vanderaerden
Belgium Etienne De Wilde
Italy Pierangelo Bincoletto
Italy Guido Bontempi
Belgium Johan Bruyneel
Australia Danny Clark
1991 Belgium Rudy Dhaenens
Belgium Etienne De Wilde
Belgium Stan Tourné
Denmark Jens Veggerby
Belgium Johan Bruyneel
Australia Danny Clark
1992 Belgium Stan Tourné
Denmark Jens Veggerby
Switzerland Urs Freuler
Netherlands Peter Pieters
Italy Adriano Baffi
Italy Pierangelo Bincoletto
1993 Russia Konstantín Khrabtsov
Belgium Etienne De Wilde
Switzerland Urs Freuler
Netherlands Peter Pieters
Italy Pierangelo Bincoletto
Italy Guido Bontempi
1994 Denmark Jens Veggerby
Belgium Etienne De Wilde
Italy Adriano Baffi
Italy Pierangelo Bincoletto
Switzerland Kurt Betschart
Switzerland Bruno Risi

References

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  1. ^ "6 jours du Antwerpen". Memoire du Cyclisme. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Antwerp Six Days". FirstCycling.com. 2022.
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