Six Days of Rotterdam

Six Days of Rotterdam
Race details
Date	Early January (since 1971)
Region	Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Discipline	Track
Type	Six-day racing
Web site	www.zesdaagserotterdam.nl
History
First edition	1936
Editions	40 (as of 2023)
Most recent	Jan-Willem van Schip (NED) ; Yoeri Havik (NED)

The Six Days of Rotterdam is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Rotterdam, the Netherlands at the Rotterdam Ahoy. The event was first held in 1936.^[1]

Winners

Eddy Merckx during the 1974 Six Days of Rotterdam

Year	Winners	Second	Third
1936	Jan Pijnenburg (NED) Cor Wals (NED)	Adolphe Charlier (BEL) Frans Slaats (NED)	Kees Pellenaars (NED) Adolf Schön (GER)
1937	Albert Buysse (BEL) Albert Billiet (BEL)	Kees Pellenaars (NED) Adolf Schön (GER)	Louis van Schjindel (NED) Frans van den Broeck (NED)
1938-67	Not raced
1968	Peter Post (NED) Patrick Sercu (BEL)	Klaus Bugdahl (FRG) Léo Duyndam (NED)	Gérard Koel (NED) Sigi Renz (FRG)
1969	Romain Deloof (BEL) Peter Post (NED)	Klaus Bugdahl (FRG) Gérard Koel (NED)	Freddy Eugen (DEN) Graeme Gilmore (AUS)
1970	Not raced
1971	Peter Post (NED) Patrick Sercu (BEL)	Léo Duyndam (NED) René Pijnen (NED)	Sigi Renz (FRG) Theo Verschueren (BEL)
1972	Léo Duyndam (NED) René Pijnen (NED)	Klaus Bugdahl (FRG) Dieter Kemper (FRG)	Graeme Gilmore (AUS) Alain Van Lancker (FRA)
1973	Léo Duyndam (NED) René Pijnen (NED)	Eddy Merckx (BEL) Patrick Sercu (BEL)	Albert Fritz (FRG) Dieter Kemper (FRG)
1974	Léo Duyndam (NED) René Pijnen (NED)	Eddy Merckx (BEL) Patrick Sercu (BEL)	Jacky Mourioux (FRA) Alain Van Lancker (FRA)
1975	Léo Duyndam (NED) Gerben Karstens (NED)	René Pijnen (NED) Roy Schuiten (NED)	Patrick Sercu (BEL) Alain Van Lancker (FRA)
1976	Eddy Merckx (BEL) Patrick Sercu (BEL)	Günter Haritz (FRG) René Pijnen (NED)	Léo Duyndam (NED) Gerben Karstens (NED)
1977	Danny Clark (AUS) René Pijnen (NED)	Günter Haritz (FRG) Dietrich Thurau (FRG)	Freddy Maertens (BEL) Patrick Sercu (BEL)
1978	Danny Clark (AUS) René Pijnen (NED)	Albert Fritz (FRG) Wilfried Peffgen (FRG)	Gerben Karstens (NED) Roy Schuiten (NED)
1979	Albert Fritz (FRG) Patrick Sercu (BEL)	Gerrie Knetemann (NED) René Pijnen (NED)	Donald Allan (AUS) Danny Clark (AUS)
1980	René Pijnen (NED) Jan Raas (NED)	Donald Allan (AUS) Danny Clark (AUS)	Albert Fritz (FRG) Patrick Sercu (BEL)
1981	Donald Allan (AUS) Danny Clark (AUS)	René Pijnen (NED) Jan Raas (NED)	Albert Fritz (FRG) Patrick Sercu (BEL)
1982	René Pijnen (NED) Patrick Sercu (BEL)	Albert Fritz (FRG) Dietrich Thurau (FRG)	Donald Allan (AUS) Danny Clark (AUS)
1983	René Pijnen (NED) Patrick Sercu (BEL)	Gert Frank (DEN) Jan Raas (NED)	Donald Allan (AUS) Danny Clark (AUS)
1984	Urs Freuler (SUI) René Pijnen (NED)	Horst Schütz (FRG) Gary Wiggins (AUS)	Albert Fritz (FRG) Dietrich Thurau (FRG)
1985	Danny Clark (AUS) René Pijnen (NED)	Stan Tourné (BEL) Etienne De Wilde (BEL)	Roman Hermann (LIE) Gerrie Knetemann (NED)
1986	Danny Clark (AUS) Francesco Moser (ITA)	René Pijnen (NED) Eric Vanderaerden (BEL)	Bert Oosterbosch (NED) Dietrich Thurau (FRG)
1987	Pierangelo Bincoletto (ITA) Danny Clark (AUS)	Josef Kristen (FRG) Teun van Vliet (NED)	Roman Hermann (LIE) Peter Stevenhaagen (NED)
1988	Danny Clark (AUS) Tony Doyle (GBR)	Roman Hermann (LIE) Teun van Vliet (NED)	Stan Tourné (BEL) Etienne De Wilde (BEL)
2005	Robert Slippens (NED) Danny Stam (NED)	Bruno Risi (SUI) Kurt Betschart (SUI)	Jimmi Madsen (DEN) Jakob Piil (DEN)
2006	Robert Slippens (NED) Danny Stam (NED)	Matthew Gilmore (BEL) Iljo Keisse (BEL)	Robert Bartko (GER) Andreas Beikirch (GER)
2007	Robert Bartko (GER) Iljo Keisse (BEL)	Danny Stam (NED) Marco Villa (ITA)	Bruno Risi (SUI) Franco Marvulli (SUI)
2008	Danny Stam (NED) Leif Lampater (GER)	Bruno Risi (SUI) Franco Marvulli (SUI)	Iljo Keisse (BEL) Robert Bartko (GER)
2009	Peter Schep (NED) Juan Llaneras (ESP)	Bruno Risi (SUI) Danny Stam (NED)	Leif Lampater (GER) Franco Marvulli (SUI)
2010	Danny Stam (NED) Iljo Keisse (BEL)	Bruno Risi (SUI) Franco Marvulli (SUI)	Michael Mørkøv (DEN) Alex Rasmussen (DEN)
2011	Danny Stam (NED) Léon van Bon (NED)	Robert Bartko (GER) Pim Ligthart (NED)	Michael Mørkøv (DEN) Jens-Erik Madsen (DEN)
2012	Peter Schep (NED) Wim Stroetinga (NED)	Jens Mouris (NED) Franco Marvulli (SUI)	Yoeri Havik (NED) Danny Stam (NED)
2013	Iljo Keisse (BEL) Niki Terpstra (NED)	Peter Schep (NED) Wim Stroetinga (NED)	Yoeri Havik (NED) Nick Stöpler (NED)
2014	Niki Terpstra (NED) Iljo Keisse (BEL)	Kenny De Ketele (BEL) Jasper De Buyst (BEL)	Michael Mørkøv (DEN) Alex Rasmussen (DEN)
2015	Niki Terpstra (NED) Iljo Keisse (BEL)	Michael Mørkøv (DEN) Alex Rasmussen (DEN)	David Muntaner (ESP) Albert Torres (ESP)
2016	Sebastian Mora (ESP) Albert Torres (ESP)	Morgan Kneisky (FRA) Christian Grasmann (GER)	Niki Terpstra (NED) Yoeri Havik (NED)
2017	Christian Grasmann (GER) Roger Kluge (GER)	Michael Mørkøv (DEN) Lasse Norman Hansen (DEN)	Dylan van Baarle (NED) Wim Stroetinga (NED)
2018	Kenny de Ketele (BEL) Moreno de Pauw (BEL)	Yoeri Havik (NED) Wim Stroetinga (NED)	Morgan Kniesky (FRA) Benjamin Thomas (FRA)
2019	Niki Terpstra (NED) Thomas Boudat (FRA)	Lasse Norman Hansen (DEN) Marc Hester (DEN)	Yoeri Havik (NED) Wim Stroetinga (NED)