Benjamin Thomas and Fabio Van Den Bossche win Gent Six Day with stunning late attack
Week-long leaders Lindsay De Vyld🥀er and Robbe Ghys fi♔nally finish second

Olympic Omnium champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Benjamin Thomas and bronze medalist 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fabio Van den Bossche charged to the victory in the 66th edition of the Gent Six Day on Sunday, launching a ✤late attack to st📖eal a lap in 't Kuipke.
Lindsay De Vylder and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Robbe Ghys led the Six Day from the first night and headed into the final Madison with a 44-p🔜oint lead over Thomas and Van den Bossche.
However, there were two other teams on the same lap: Jules Hesters and Aaron Gate, who were nine points further down in third and Madison World Champions 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Roger Kluge and Theo Reinhardt in fourth.
While Hesters launched an attack to try to take a lap late in the final Madison, Thomas and Van den Bossche were t𒆙he ones who profited. They sat back and let De Vylder and Ghys do the chasing and then launched a devastating final blow when Hesters was re🐠eled in.
"We were the hunters this week. Jules (Hesters) rode a heroic team race and put a lot of pressure on the leaders," Thomas said. "We took advantage of that♍. We knew we had a bu🍨llet and we had to use it at the right moment."
The victory was 💧a first for Fabio Van den Bossche, who said the team always kept some energy in reserve until the final race.
"Today we tried to play out that Lindsay and Robbe as leaders had to control three duos. We waited 🎃and looked for the right moment. We succeeded," Van den Bosscꦬhe said.
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"It's impressive how the winners still got a lap at the end. It was a very hard race, Ghys and De Vylder had to close everything," Hesters🤪 said.
"Thomas took the lap with Van den Bossche that we couldn't take. That was at the most difficult moment of the race. You co🐼uld see that Thomas still had some left and he made the most of it."
De Vylder gave credit to the winning team foꦺr coming out strong on the las🍒t day.
"We've been very dominant this week," De Vylder said. "But the winners rode a fantastic final day. Over the whole week we were perhaps the strongest pair, [but] they ๊were today."
Results
Rank | Team | Points |
---|---|---|
1 | Benjamin Thomas (Fra) / Fabio Van den Bossche (Bel) | 338 |
2 (+1 lap) | Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) / Robbe Ghys (Bel) | 370 |
3 | Jules Hesters (Bel) / Aaron Gate (NZl) | 317 |
4 (+2 laps) | Roger Kluge (Ger) / Theo Reinhardt (Ger) | 134 |
5 (+15 laps) | Mark Stewart (GBr) / Philip Heijnen (Ned) | 150 |
6 (+19 laps) | Jan-Willem van Schip (Ned) / Yanne Dorenbos (Ned) | 169 |
7 (+33 laps) | Oscar Nilsson-Julien (Fra) / Valentin Tablion (Fra) | 144 |
8 (+34 laps) | Noah Vandenbranden (Bel) / Gianluca Pollefliet (Bel) | 243 |
9 (+37 laps) | Clément Petit (Fra) / Michele Scartezzini (Ita) | 69 |
10 (+38 laps) | Milan Van Den Haute (Bel) / Sebastian Mora Vedri (Spa) | 82 |

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