Dutchmen Yoeri Havik and Jan-Willem van Schip go into the third night of the 82nd Lotto Zesdaagse Vlaanderen-Gent at the top of the leaderboard. The Madison World Champions have a one-lap lead over four duos. Title defenders Lindsay De Vylder/Robbe Ghys and Fabio Van Den Bossche/Jules Hesters complete the virtual podium.
German Tim Torn Teutenberg and Lindsay De Vylder won the first bouquet of flowers of the evening in the points race. In the subsequent team elimination, Oscar Nilsson-Julien/Valentin Tabellion battled it out with Danish-New Zealand duo Matias Malberg/Aaron Gate. The French pair drew the longest straw.
In the fourth trial of the evening, the track lap, defending Champions Robbe Ghys and Lindsay De Vylder showed their supremacy once again. They grabbed the win for the third day in a row. With a time of 8.431, they set their best time of the week and stayed just under a tenth of their year-old track record (8.332).
In the first Madison of the evening, European Champions Roger Kluge and Theo Reinhardt put one or more laps on the competition.
Tuurminator strikes again
World Champions Yoeri Havik and Jan-Willem van Schip went into the second half of the evening as leaders and did not relinquish that lead.
Tuur Dens and Noah Vandenbranden stood out again breaking the track record in the 500m time trial for the third evening in a row. The new best time is 26.261. This puts Tuurminator Dens and Vandenbranden more than two tenths ahead of last year’s record (26.464), which was set by Dens and Van Schip.
The other victors were Fabio Van den Bossche (Derny), Tuur Dens (Supersprint), Lindsay De Vylder (Derny), Lasse Norman Hansen (Scratch) and Gianluca Pollefliet/Tim Torn Teutenberg (Madison).
Havik and Van Schip in the lead again
Havik/Van Schip are top of the leaderboard again (142 points) after three days. Four pairs follow with one lap. Defending Champions Lindsay De Vylder/Robbe Ghys (191 points) and Fabio Van Den Bossche/Jules Hesters (139 points) complete the virtual podium.
Following in fourth place are Dutchmen Vincent Hoppezak and Philip Heijnen with 125 points. Germany’s European Champions Roger Kluge and Theo Reinhardt have 66 points.
Rankings;
1. Yoeri Havik/Jan-Willem van Schip (Ned) 142 points
At 1 lap:
2. Robbe Ghys/Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) 191
3. Fabio Van Den Bossche/Jules Hesters (Bel) 139
4. Vincent Hoppezak/Philip Heijnen (Ned) 125
5. Roger Kluge/Theo Reinhardt (Ger) 66
At 2 laps:
6. Matias Malmberg/Aaron Gate (Den/NZe) 95
At 3 laps:
7. Noah Vandenbranden/Tuur Dens (Bel) 146
8. Gianluca Pollefliet/Tim Torn Teutenberg (Bel/Ger) 131
At 4 laps:
9. Oscar Nilsson-Julien/Valentin Tabellion (Fra) 97
At 10 laps:
10. Mark Stewart/Oliver Wood (GB) 19
At 16 laps:
11. Jonas Rickaert/Lasse Norman Hansen (Bel/Den) 62
At 19 laps:
12. Milan Van Den Haute/Michele Scartezzini (Bel/Ita) 37
