Six Days of Groningen
Race details
RegionGroningen, Netherlands
Local name(s)Groninger zesdaagse (in Dutch)
DisciplineTrack
TypeSix-day racing
History
First edition1970 (1970)
Editions4
Final edition1979
First winner Jan Janssen (NED)
 Peter Post (NED)
Most wins Klaus Bugdahl (FRG)
 Dieter Kemper (FRG) (2 wins)
Final winner Wilfried Peffgen (FRG)
 René Pijnen (NED)

The Six Days of Groningen was a short-lived six-day track cycling race held annually in Groningen, Netherlands.[1]

It was contested in the Martinihal Groningen from 1970 to 1972. After 2 successful editions, the public interest for the 1972 Six Days became so poor that the financial balance was negative.

In 1979, the race was organized again as part of an event Topsport' 79 (which also included basketball and athletics), but once more the public interest was minimal. It turned out to be the final edition.[2]

Winners

Year Winner Second Third
1970 Netherlands Jan Janssen
Netherlands Peter Post
West Germany Klaus Bugdahl
West Germany Dieter Kemper
Australia Graeme Gilmore
West Germany Sigi Renz
1971 West Germany Klaus Bugdahl
West Germany Dieter Kemper
Switzerland Fritz Pfenninger
Netherlands Peter Post
Netherlands Leo Duyndam
Netherlands René Pijnen
1972 West Germany Klaus Bugdahl
West Germany Dieter Kemper
Australia Graeme Gilmore
Belgium Theo Verschueren
Netherlands René Pijnen
Belgium Norbert Seeuws
1973-1978 No editions
1979 West Germany Wilfried Peffgen
Netherlands René Pijnen
West Germany Albert Fritz
Belgium Patrick Sercu
Liechtenstein Roman Hermann
West Germany Horst Schütz

References

  1. "Six-days Groningen". FirstCycling.com. 2022.
  2. "6 jours de Groningue / Groningen (Pays-Bas)". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 31 December 2021.


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