Going into the final day of the Ghent Six Days, four teams nurtured realistic chances of winning but in the end pre-race favourites Iljo Keisse and Michael Mørkøv walked away with the honours. On Saturday, the Belgian/Danish team won a lap to cancel the lead of De Ketele/Van Hoecke and De Buyst/Vergaerde and on Sunday, the team repeated the feat, gaining a decisive lap with just a few kilometres remaining of the race.
Van Hoecke/De Ketele provided tough opposition and were trailing by just two points with two sprints to go but then Keisse/Mørkøv launched the decisive attack.
Final overall standings:
1. Michael Mørkøv (Denmark) - Iljo Keisse (Belgium) 457
At 1 lap:
2. Gijs Van Hoecke - Kenny De Ketele (Belgium) 449
3. Otto Vergaerde - Jasper De Buyst (Belgium) 442
At 2 laps:
4. Marc Hester - Alex Rasmussen (Denmark) 212
At 14 laps:
5. Moreno De Pauw (Belgium) - Morgan Kneisky (France) 371
At 16 laps:
6. Jesper Mørkøv (Denmark) - Nick Stöpler (Holland) 156
At 20 laps:
7. Melvin Van Zijl - Yoeri Havik (Holland) 138
8. Christian Grasmann - Marcel Kalz (Germany) 122
At 45 laps:
9. Stijn Steels (Belgium) - Andreas Müller (Austria) 76
At 49 laps:
10. David Muntaner (Spain) - Lindsay De Vilder (Belgium) 79
At 52 laps:
11. Christopher Lawless (Great Britain) - Roy Pieters (Holland) 83
At 62 laps:
12. Benjamin Thomas (France) - Tristan Marguet (Switzerland) 62
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