Crowd favourites Niki Terpstra and Yeori Havik entered the third day of competition at Amsterdam Six in the pole position, but it was a combination of experience and strength brought on board by Leif Lampater and Nick Stöpler what proved to be the most valuable on Wednesday evening. By winning an opening madison and showing tactical astuteness in the closing one, the German-Dutch duo took over the lead halfway through.

Since the first day of competition in Amsterday it has been clear that a battle for a victory will come down do only four pairs of Terpstra/ Havik, Lampater/ Stöpler, De Buyst/ Ligthart and Rasmussen/ Hester.

After a rivalry in the second day was prematurely halted due to a dangerous accident of a derny driver Cees Stam, the Dutch pair lined up as leaders on Wednesday, carrying a pressure of being home crowd favourites.

Lampater and Stöpler were the only duo to enter the third day of competition at the same lap as the Dutchmen, and they made a great use of it by winning the opening madison and perfectly controlling a situation in the same kind of race, which closed the rivalry on Wednesday.

Terpstra and Havik dutifully carried leadership responsibilities on their shoulders and tried to respond to countless attacks from other three pairs remaining in contention, but were doomed to fail as they clearly had ganged up against them. Eventually, the Dutchmen finished the final madison one lap down to Lampater/ Stöpler, De Buyst/ Ligthart and Rasmussen/ Hester, and with the same result to the leading German-Dutch pair after three days.

Second after Wednesday night rivalry, De Buyst and Ligthart once again dominated other concurrences, winning the elimination race, the first derny and the final madison. This way, the Belgian-Dutch pair significantly increased their lead in points and will be the first team to be granted a bonus lap by passing a 200-points mark on Thursday.

Danes Rasmussen and Hester definitely lacked a spark on Wednesday, riding defensively in both madison races and maintaining their fourth spot after three days. However, they were a team which prevented Terpstra and Havik from counter-attacking on the final laps of the 40-kilometre long race.  

Six Days of Amsterdam 2014, standings after day three:

1. Nick Stöpler/Leif Lampater 134 pt

2. Pim Ligthart/Jasper De Buyst 180 pt +1 lap

3. Niki Terpstra/Yoeri Havik 142 pt +1 lap

4. Alex Rasmussen/Marc Hester 132 pt +1 lap

5. Denis Rugovac/Sebastian Wotschke 37 pt +8 laps

6. Didier Caspers/Melvin van Zijl 30 pt +9 laps

7. Tim Veldt/Luke Roberts 71 pt +11 laps

8. Melvin Boskamp/Jesper Asselman 68 pt +11 laps

9. Dylan Groenewegen/Nolan Hoffmann 58 pt +12 laps

10. Guy East/Daniel Holloway 22 pt +12 laps

11. Mitchell Huenders/Marco Zanotti 1 pt +13 laps

12. Patrick Kos/Christian Kos 25 pt +14 laps