Munich - Final

[Davey Crockett]

It looks like Zabel/Risi were not doing as well as they would have
liked in the Points department and successfully stole a lap to lock up
top spot on the podium

1. Erik Zabel/Bruno Risi (D/CH) 349 points
down 1 lap:
2. Iljo Keisse/Franco Marvulli (BEL/CH) 343 points
down 2 laps:
3. Danny Stam/Peter Schep (Ned) 256
down 3 laps:
4. Juan Llaneras/Isaac Galvez (Spa) 175
down 8 laps:
5. Robert Bartko/Andreas Beikirch (D) 124
down 11 laps:
6. Christian Grasmann/Christian Lademann (D) 166
down 14 laps:
7. Andreas Müller/Alexander Aeschbach (D/CH) 141
down 16 laps:
8. Paolo Bettini/Marco Villa (Ita) 145
down 18 laps:
9. Stefan Löffler/Sebastian Frey (D) 114
down 19 laps:
10. Andreas Kappes/Erik Mohs (D) 124
down 22 laps:
11. Marc Hester/Matthé Pronk (Den/Ned) 105
down 24 laps:
12. Gerd Dörich/Frank Kowatschitsch (D) 70
down 28 laps:
13. Christian Bach/Roger Kluge (D) 155
14. Angelo Ciccone/Fabio Masotti (Ita) 138

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Davey

[Kyle Legate]

Davey Crockett wrote:
> It looks like Zabel/Risi were not doing as well as they would have
> liked in the Points department and successfully stole a lap to lock up
> top spot on the podium
>
Throughout the evening it was a dead heat between Zabel/Risi and
Marvulli/Keisse, with the two teams trading the lead by a single point
or two such that, by the final madison, both teams were about 30 points
ahead of where they were at the beginning of the night but on equal
points. In the final race Marvulli drew first blood, but Risi responded
a few laps later by leaving the bunch when Marvulli was only a few
metres from tagging back on. Thereafter, one team couldn't leave without
the other team joining, with Stam/Schep and Llaneras/Galvez shadowing
each other for third. With 50 laps to go (of the 300 lap race) it was
Zabel and Keisse closing on the field for yet another lap gained. When
Zabel slung in Risi, Risi immediately shot through the field and off the
front again; the crowd went wild, of course. Keisse slung in Marvulli
but Marvulli had no answer and could only hold his position. Zabel and
Risi worked frantically (Zabel had a huge grin on his face as he
responded to the crowd's enthusiasm and knew that this bold move would
seal the victory) and caught the bunch as Marvulli/Keisse slowly worked
their way into attacking position again. M/K tried attacking a few more
times but didn't have the legs as they would gain 50 metres and then
gradually fall back to the group again, usually led by Risi or Zabel.
The points differences come solely from the last 50 laps, which gave
points bonuses every 10 laps. Marvulli won one, Zabel came close on
another, and Risi sprinted hard to win the last points, the madison, and
the Munich 6-days for the 7th time.

[Davey Crockett]

Kyle Legate > writes:

> Davey Crockett wrote:
> > It looks like Zabel/Risi were not doing as well as they would have
> > liked in the Points department and successfully stole a lap to lock up
> > top spot on the podium
> >
> Throughout the evening it was a dead heat between Zabel/Risi and
> Marvulli/Keisse, with the two teams trading the lead by a single point
> or two such that, by the final madison, both teams were about 30
> points ahead of where they were at the beginning of the night but on
> equal points. In the final race Marvulli drew first blood, but Risi
> responded a few laps later by leaving the bunch when Marvulli was only
> a few metres from tagging back on. Thereafter, one team couldn't leave
> without the other team joining, with Stam/Schep and Llaneras/Galvez
> shadowing each other for third. With 50 laps to go (of the 300 lap
> race) it was Zabel and Keisse closing on the field for yet another lap
> gained. When Zabel slung in Risi, Risi immediately shot through the
> field and off the front again; the crowd went wild, of course. Keisse
> slung in Marvulli but Marvulli had no answer and could only hold his
> position. Zabel and Risi worked frantically (Zabel had a huge grin on
> his face as he responded to the crowd's enthusiasm and knew that this
> bold move would seal the victory) and caught the bunch as
> Marvulli/Keisse slowly worked their way into attacking position
> again. M/K tried attacking a few more times but didn't have the legs
> as they would gain 50 metres and then gradually fall back to the group
> again, usually led by Risi or Zabel. The points differences come
> solely from the last 50 laps, which gave points bonuses every 10
> laps. Marvulli won one, Zabel came close on another, and Risi sprinted
> hard to win the last points, the madison, and the Munich 6-days for
> the 7th time.

Great report Kyle

It was apparently a real cliff hanger

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Davey