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| South Africa's Jean-Pierre
Van Zijl and Robert Hunter share a joke as the teams are introduced to
the crowd.
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Sprinter-turned-six-day-man
Marty Nothstein piles on the pressure, and Bruno Risi has to work
hard!
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Job satisfaction: Smiles
all round as Servais Knaven leads Leon Van Bon into a flying 500m
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Dutch heros: Danny Stam
throws Robert Slippens into the action during the Amsterdam Six.
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Top dogs: Matt Gilmore
leads Scott McGrory into a flying 500m
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| Matt Gilmore slings Scott
McGrory into the action during a flying 500 m
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Achter de Derny: Matt
Gilmore tucks in behind the Derny (here behind Joop Zijlaard)
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Dutch fast-man Rob
Slippens celebrates a win.
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Masterclass: Germany's
Gerd Dörich shows how to get real close
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Knaven passes Dörich
during the final Madison race of the evening.
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| Old friends: Bruno Risi
and Joop Zijlaard celebrate winning a Derny race.
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Dancing in the dark: Gerd
Dörich demonstrates his superb bike-handling skills as he leads the
riders in a Mexican wave. At 45 km/h....
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Funtime: The riders follow
dancemaster Gerd Dörich as he leads them around the track.
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Leon van Bon takes a
breather whilst waiting for the 45-minute Madison to start.
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Full-on: Van Bon makes a
break for it during the Madison.
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| Slippens takes a quick
look at the scoreboard during the Madison, whilst waiting for his
partner to throw him in.
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Madison change: Holland's
Jos Pronk gives big brother Matthé a hand-sling.
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Bruno Risi at speed,
twiddling a low gear to great effect.
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Madison change: Danny Stam
slings Robert Slippens into the race during the Madison.
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Learning the ropes: Wilco
Zuijderwijk throws Britain's Tony Gibb into the action.
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| Australia's Scott McGrory
throws Belgium's Matt Gilmore into the action, and has a quick word.
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High-speed action: Van
Zijl throws Hunter into the race, as the pack breathes down their
necks.
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Unsung hero: Switzerland's
Kurt Betschart is perfectly matched with his partner Bruno Risi.
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Bruno Risi up close.
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Brothers in arms: Bruno
Risi and Kurt Betschart take the overall lead at the end of the third
night.
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| Quiet time: Matthé Pronk
and Wilco Zuijderwijk take a break in the cabins between races.
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Top 6-day star Silvio
Martinello will be retiring from Six-Day racing in November 2002.
Riders and fans alike will miss the quiet, classy Italian. Grazie,
Silvio!
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Domo-Farm Frites pro
Servais Knaven goes back to his track roots in the Amsterdam Six.
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Three-abreast Derny
action: Knaven makes his winning move.
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Dutch pro Servais Knaven
and his pacer Sam Mooij celebrate victory in the evening's Derny competition.
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