Six Days of Ghent

Template:Short description Template:Template other The Six Days of Ghent (Template:Langx) is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Ghent, Belgium.

It takes place in the Kuipke velodrome in Ghent's Citadelpark.

The 66th running of this event from 21 to 26 November 2006 was marred by the death of one of the riders. During the fifth day's racing, Isaac Gálvez of Spain rode into the barrier edging the outside of the track and died on his way to hospital.

The event includes the Memorial Patrick Sercu madison, named after the former race director at Ghent and holder of the world record for number of six-day victories, Patrick Sercu, who died in 2019.

The 69th running took place from 24 to 29 November 2009. A Danish team formed by Alex Rasmussen and his companion Michael Mørkøv won with a 3-point difference. The previous year's winner, Iljo Keisse, ended second.

The 70th running was held from 23 to 28 November 2010.

The track used for the event, the Kuipke, is measured at 166.66 m, with steep side banks surrounding the track.

List of winning teams

Year	Winners	Second	Third
1922	Template:Flagicon Marcel Buysse Template:Flagicon Oscar Egg	Template:Flagicon Lucien Buysse Template:Flagicon Henri Van Lerberghe	Template:Flagicon Henri Wynsdau Template:Flagicon Théodore Wynsdau
1923	Template:Flagicon Lucien Buysse Template:Flagicon Victor Standaert	Template:Flagicon Henri Frederickx Template:Flagicon John Van Ruysseveldt	Template:Flagicon André Narcy Template:Flagicon Camille Narcy
1924	Template:Flagicon Aloïs Persijn Template:Flagicon Jules Verschelden	Template:Flagicon Lucien Buysse Template:Flagicon Jules Van Hevel	Template:Flagicon Kamiel De Clercq Template:Flagicon Julien Delbecque
1925	Template:Flagicon César Debaets Template:Flagicon Jules Van Hevel	Template:Flagicon Aloïs Persijn Template:Flagicon Jules Verschelden	Template:Flagicon Lucien Buysse Template:Flagicon Emile Thollembeek
1926	Template:Flagicon César Debaets Template:Flagicon Emile Thollembeek	Template:Flagicon Victor Standaert Template:Flagicon René Vermandel	Template:Flagicon Louis Maes Template:Flagicon Isidoor Méchant
1927	Template:Flagicon Maurice Dewolf Template:Flagicon Hilaire Hellebaut	Template:Flagicon Oscar Daemers Template:Flagicon Albert Maes	Template:Flagicon Raphaël Fonteyne Template:Flagicon Karel Clapdorp
1928-1935	No race
1936	Template:Flagicon Albert Billiet Template:Flagicon Camile Dekuysscher	Template:Flagicon Kees Pellenaars Template:Flagicon Frans Slaats	Template:Flagicon Gustav Kilian Template:Flagicon Heinz Vöpel
1937	No race
1938	Template:Flagicon Kees Pellenaars Template:Flagicon Frans Slaats	Template:Flagicon Albert Billiet Template:Flagicon Albert Buysse	Template:Flagicon Frans van den Broek Template:Flagicon Louis van Schijndel
1939-1946	No race due to World War II
1947	Template:Flagicon Gerrit Boeijen Template:Flagicon Gerrit Schulte	Template:Flagicon Robert Naeye Template:Flagicon Rik Van Steenbergen	Template:Flagicon Camile Dekuysscher Template:Flagicon Albert Sercu
1948	Template:Flagicon Achiel Bruneel Template:Flagicon Camile Dekuysscher	Template:Flagicon René Adriaenssens Template:Flagicon Albert Bruylandt	Template:Flagicon Albert Sercu Template:Flagicon Fernand Spelte
1949	Template:Flagicon Gerrit Boeijen Template:Flagicon Gerrit Schulte	Template:Flagicon Marcel Kint Template:Flagicon Rik Van Steenbergen	Template:Flagicon Reginald Arnold Template:Flagicon Alfred Strom
1950	Template:Flagicon Gerrit Peters Template:Flagicon Gerrit Schulte	Template:Flagicon Robert Naeye Template:Flagicon Rik Van Steenbergen	Template:Flagicon Achiel Bruneel Template:Flagicon Albert Bruylandt
1951	Template:Flagicon René Adriaenssens Template:Flagicon Albert Bruylandt	Template:Flagicon Achiel Bruneel Template:Flagicon Rik Van Steenbergen	Template:Flagicon Reginald Arnold Template:Flagicon Alfred Strom
1952	Template:Flagicon Walter Bucher Template:Flagicon Armin Von Bueren	Template:Flagicon Gérard Buyl Template:Flagicon Valère Ollivier	Template:Flagicon Arthur Mommerency Template:Flagicon Henri Tytgat
1953	Template:Flagicon Achiel Bruneel Template:Flagicon Arsène Rijckaert	Template:Flagicon Reginald Arnold Template:Flagicon Alfred Strom	Template:Flagicon Gerrit Peters Template:Flagicon Gerrit Schulte
1954	Template:Flagicon Stan Ockers Template:Flagicon Rik Van Steenbergen	Template:Flagicon Lucien Acou Template:Flagicon Achiel Bruneel	Template:Flagicon Lucien Gillen Template:Flagicon Ferdinando Terruzzi
1955 (1)	Template:Flagicon Lucien Gillen Template:Flagicon Ferdinando Terruzzi	Template:Flagicon Dominique Forlini Template:Flagicon Georges Senfftleben	Template:Flagicon Stan Ockers Template:Flagicon Rik Van Steenbergen
1955 (2)	Template:Flagicon Emile Severeyns Template:Flagicon Rik Van Steenbergen	Template:Flagicon Stan Ockers Template:Flagicon Ferdinando Terruzzi	Template:Flagicon Reginald Arnold Template:Flagicon Fred De Bruyne
1956	Template:Flagicon Reginald Arnold Template:Flagicon Ferdinando Terruzzi	Template:Flagicon Emile Severeyns Template:Flagicon Rik Van Steenbergen	Template:Flagicon Walter Bucher Template:Flagicon Jean Roth
1957	Template:Flagicon Fred De Bruyne Template:Flagicon Rik Van Steenbergen	Template:Flagicon Reginald Arnold Template:Flagicon Ferdinando Terruzzi	Template:Flagicon Gerrit Schulte Template:Flagicon Willy Vannitsen
1958	Template:Flagicon Reginald Arnold Template:Flagicon Rik Van Looy	Template:Flagicon Emile Severeyns Template:Flagicon Rik Van Steenbergen	Template:Flagicon Gerrit Schulte Template:Flagicon Ferdinando Terruzzi
1959	Template:Flagicon Fred De Bruyne Template:Flagicon Rik Van Steenbergen	Template:Flagicon André Darrigade Template:Flagicon Gerrit Schulte	Template:Flagicon Reginald Arnold Template:Flagicon Michel Van Aerde
1960	Template:Flagicon Peter Post Template:Flagicon Rik Van Looy	Template:Flagicon Emile Severeyns Template:Flagicon Rik Van Steenbergen	Template:Flagicon Reginald Arnold Template:Flagicon José Denoyette
1961	Template:Flagicon Peter Post Template:Flagicon Rik Van Looy	Template:Flagicon Emile Severeyns Template:Flagicon Rik Van Steenbergen	Template:Flagicon Klaus Bugdahl Template:Flagicon Arthur De Cabooter
1962-1964	No editions due to the destruction of the Sportpaleis Gent by a fire and the construction of 't Kuipke
1965	Template:Flagicon Eddy Merckx Template:Flagicon Patrick Sercu	Template:Flagicon Peter Post Template:Flagicon Tom Simpson	Template:Flagicon Emile Severeyns Template:Flagicon Rik Van Steenbergen
1966	Template:Flagicon Fritz Pfenninger Template:Flagicon Peter Post	Template:Flagicon Klaus Bugdahl Template:Flagicon Patrick Sercu	Template:Flagicon Rudi Altig Template:Flagicon Sigi Renz
1967	Template:Flagicon Eddy Merckx Template:Flagicon Patrick Sercu	Template:Flagicon Freddy Eugen Template:Flagicon Palle Lykke Jensen	Template:Flagicon Fritz Pfenninger Template:Flagicon Peter Post
1968	Template:Flagicon Leo Duyndam Template:Flagicon Peter Post	Template:Flagicon Patrick Sercu Template:Flagicon Rik Van Looy	Template:Flagicon Fritz Pfenninger Template:Flagicon Louis Pfenninger
1969	Template:Flagicon Rudi Altig Template:Flagicon Sigi Renz	Template:Flagicon Patrick Sercu Template:Flagicon Alain Van Lancker	Template:Flagicon Peter Post Template:Flagicon Norbert Seeuws
1970	Template:Flagicon Jean-Pierre Monseré Template:Flagicon Patrick Sercu	Template:Flagicon Roger De Vlaeminck Template:Flagicon Peter Post	Template:Flagicon Graeme Gilmore Template:Flagicon Julien Stevens
1971	Template:Flagicon Roger De Vlaeminck Template:Flagicon Patrick Sercu	Template:Flagicon Ferdinand Bracke Template:Flagicon Peter Post	Template:Flagicon Julien Stevens Template:Flagicon Théo Verschueren
1972	Template:Flagicon Patrick Sercu Template:Flagicon Julien Stevens	Template:Flagicon Norbert Seeuws Template:Flagicon Alain Van Lancker	Template:Flagicon Graeme Gilmore Template:Flagicon Walter Godefroot
1973	Template:Flagicon Graeme Gilmore Template:Flagicon Patrick Sercu	Template:Flagicon Leo Duyndam Template:Flagicon René Pijnen	Template:Flagicon Cees Stam Template:Flagicon Théo Verschueren
1974	Template:Flagicon Graeme Gilmore Template:Flagicon Julien Stevens	Template:Flagicon Sigi Renz Template:Flagicon Patrick Sercu	Template:Flagicon René Pijnen Template:Flagicon Roy Schuiten
1975	Template:Flagicon Eddy Merckx Template:Flagicon Patrick Sercu	Template:Flagicon Graeme Gilmore Template:Flagicon Julien Stevens	Template:Flagicon Klaus Bugdahl Template:Flagicon Alain Van Lancker
1976	Template:Flagicon Donald Allan Template:Flagicon Danny Clark	Template:Flagicon Patrick Sercu Template:Flagicon Ferdi Van Den Haute	Template:Flagicon Graeme Gilmore Template:Flagicon Julien Stevens
1977	Template:Flagicon Eddy Merckx Template:Flagicon Patrick Sercu	Template:Flagicon Danny Clark Template:Flagicon Freddy Maertens	Template:Flagicon Albert Fritz Template:Flagicon Wilfried Peffgen
1978	Template:Flagicon Gerrie Knetemann Template:Flagicon Patrick Sercu	Template:Flagicon Danny Clark Template:Flagicon Ferdi Van Den Haute	Template:Flagicon Roman Hermann Template:Flagicon Stan Tourné
1979	Template:Flagicon Donald Allan Template:Flagicon Danny Clark	Template:Flagicon Patrick Sercu Template:Flagicon Stan Tourné	Template:Flagicon René Pijnen Template:Flagicon Michel Vaarten
1980	Template:Flagicon Albert Fritz Template:Flagicon Patrick Sercu	Template:Flagicon Donald Allan Template:Flagicon Danny Clark	Template:Flagicon Willy Debosscher Template:Flagicon René Pijnen
1981	Template:Flagicon Gert Frank Template:Flagicon Patrick Sercu	Template:Flagicon Danny Clark Template:Flagicon Etienne De Wilde	Template:Flagicon Willy Debosscher Template:Flagicon René Pijnen
1982	Template:Flagicon Donald Allan Template:Flagicon Danny Clark	Template:Flagicon Robert Dill-Bundi Template:Flagicon Urs Freuler	Template:Flagicon Roger De Vlaeminck Template:Flagicon Patrick Sercu
1983	Template:Flagicon Etienne De Wilde Template:Flagicon René Pijnen	Template:Flagicon Albert Fritz Template:Flagicon Dietrich Thurau	Template:Flagicon Romain Costermans Template:Flagicon Michel Vaarten
1984	Template:Flagicon Gert Frank Template:Flagicon Hans-Henrik Ørsted	Template:Flagicon Etienne De Wilde Template:Flagicon Stan Tourné	Template:Flagicon Danny Clark Template:Flagicon Anthony Doyle
1985	Template:Flagicon Etienne De Wilde Template:Flagicon Stan Tourné	Template:Flagicon Anthony Doyle Template:Flagicon Michel Vaarten	Template:Flagicon Rudy Dhaenens Template:Flagicon Roman Hermann
1986	Template:Flagicon Danny Clark Template:Flagicon Anthony Doyle	Template:Flagicon Etienne De Wilde Template:Flagicon Stan Tourné	Template:Flagicon Gert Frank Template:Flagicon Michel Vaarten
1987	Template:Flagicon Danny Clark Template:Flagicon Etienne De Wilde	Template:Flagicon Roman Hermann Template:Flagicon Stan Tourné	Template:Flagicon Pierangelo Bincoletto Template:Flagicon Hans-Henrik Ørsted
1988	Template:Flagicon Urs Freuler Template:Flagicon Roman Hermann	Template:Flagicon Etienne De Wilde Template:Flagicon Stan Tourné	Template:Flagicon Danny Clark Template:Flagicon Anthony Doyle
1989	Template:Flagicon Etienne De Wilde Template:Flagicon Stan Tourné	Template:Flagicon Danny Clark Template:Flagicon Konstantin Khrabtsov	Template:Flagicon Urs Freuler Template:Flagicon Hans-Rüdi Märki
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2006	No winners Note: Robert Bartko and Iljo Keisse were leading when Isaac Gálvez crashed and died during the fifth day. Due to his death, the race was abandoned and no winners declared.
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2020	No race due to COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium
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See also

• Six Days of Brussels
• Six Days of Amsterdam
• Six Days of Grenoble
• Six Days of New York

External links

• Official site - primarily in Dutch