Van Avermaet to fire starting shot for Gent Six Day
Cavendish/Wiggins number 1 team in Belgian event
Olympic champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Greg Van Avermaet will fire the pistol to begin the 76th edition of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Gent Six Day in 't Kuipke velodrome in Belgium on Tuesday.
Top of the start list are Madison World Champions 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mark Cavendish and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Bradley Wiggins, who will wear th💞e number 1 dossards for the week.
The Britons were ousted from the race lead in last month's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Six Day in London by Moreno De Pauw and Kenny De Ketele in a dramatic turn in the even🐠t's final Madison. Down a lap on Cavendish and Wiggins b🦄ut up on points, the Belgians conserved their efforts until the final 10 laps and then pounced, taking out the victory with a stolen lap to win the overall by 11 points.
While Cavendish and Wiggins will be out for🐽 revenge c𝔉ome Tuesday, they will have a stacked field against them. Hometown star Iljo Keisse is paired with Olympic Omnium champion Elia Viviani as team number 2.
De Pauw and De Ketele, the latter coming fresh oꩲff a World Cup victory in the Madison in Apeldo🍬orn, will be team number 3. De Ketele has two Gent Six Day victories to his name and is in fine form.
Australians Cameron Meyer and Callum Scotson who were third in London will wear the number four. Team 5 is the experienced driver Marc Hester with Je🌳sper Morkov, while Apeldoorn Madison bronze medallists Mark Stewart and Ollie Wood are team 6.
Robbe Ghys, who won the Madison in Apeldoorꦡn with De Ketele, is paired with German Christian Grassmann as team 7, Otto Vergaerde and Frenchman Morgan Kneisky make up team 8, and Jonas Rickaert with Dutchman Roy Pieters are team 9.
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Foreign teams make up the remainder of the field, with Swiss rider Trisan Marguet and Dutchman Nick Stöpler as team 10, Yoeri Ha♕vik and Alex Rasmussen team 11, and former Gent Six Day winner Leif Lampater and Belgian Lindsay De Vylder team 12.
Van Avermaet will fire the 🌳gun to start the racing at 20:25 CET on Tuesday.
On the penultimate night, there will be a ceremony to♏ honour Olympic bronze m🐓edalist Jolien D'hoore. The women's racing that evening will include a women's Madison, new to the UCI World Championships programme.
