Six Days of Maastricht

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

Six Days of Maastricht

Race details
Region	Maastricht, Netherlands
Local name(s)	Zesdaagse van Maastricht (in Dutch)
Discipline	Track
Type	Six-day racing
History
First edition	1976 (1976)
Editions	13
Final edition	2006
First winner	Patrick Sercu (BEL)  Graeme Gilmore (AUS)
Most wins	René Pijnen (NED) (6 wins)
Final winner	Franco Marvulli (SUI)  Bruno Risi (SUI)

It was contested in the MECC Maastricht from 1976 to 1987.^[2] In 2006, the event was organized again, but the 2007 edition had to be cancelled due to financial difficulties.

The competition's roll of honor includes victories by Eddy Merckx and Danny Clark. The record of victories, however, belongs to René Pijnen.

Winners

Year	Winner	Second	Third
1976	Graeme Gilmore Patrick Sercu	Günther Haritz René Pijnen	Albert Fritz Wilfried Peffgen
1977	Eddy Merckx Patrick Sercu	Gerben Karstens René Pijnen	Donald Allan Danny Clark
1978	Gerrie Knetemann René Pijnen	Albert Fritz Wilfried Peffgen	Danny Clark Gerben Karstens
1979	Donald Allan Danny Clark	René Pijnen Jan Raas	Albert Fritz Patrick Sercu
1980	Gerrie Knetemann René Pijnen	Albert Fritz Patrick Sercu	Gert Frank Roman Hermann
1981	René Pijnen Ad Wijnands	Albert Fritz Günther Schumacher	Udo Hempel Josef Kristen
1982	René Pijnen Ad Wijnands	Albert Fritz Wilfried Peffgen	Gerrie Knetemann Patrick Sercu
1983	Albert Fritz Dietrich Thurau	Josef Kristen René Pijnen	Robert Dill-Bundi Gert Frank
1984	Danny Clark René Pijnen	Gert Frank Horst Schütz	Albert Fritz Dietrich Thurau
1985	Danny Clark Anthony Doyle	Gert Frank René Pijnen	Roman Hermann Gerrie Knetemann
1986	René Pijnen Dietrich Thurau	Danny Clark Anthony Doyle	Roman Hermann Josef Kristen
1987	Danny Clark Anthony Doyle	Etienne De Wilde Teun van Vliet	Roman Hermann Joop Zoetemelk
1988-2005	No edition
2006	Franco Marvulli Bruno Risi	Iljo Keisse Marco Villa	Danny Stam Peter Schep

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