Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish retained the lead on Saturday during the fifth night of the Six Days of Ghent. The British duo are one lap ahead of De Ketele – De Pauw and Keisse - Viviani. The race will be decided on Sundy.
The top teams continued their hard fight in the final race, a madison over 25 minutes, on the peultimate night. Cavendish-Wiggins De Pauw-De Ketele were the main protagonists while Keisse-Viviani hung on.
In the finale, the Brits attacked again. De Ketele-De Pauw responded but could not prevent the British pair for gaining a lap with one minute left. Keisse-Viviani took a final lap in no time. In the sprint, Keisse beat Cavendish and so set the scene for an interesting final day.
Overall standing
1 Bradley Wiggins - Mark Cavendish 358
1 lap
2 Kenny De Ketele - Moreno De Pauw 385
3 Elia Viviani - Iljo Keisse 370
4 laps
4 Callum Scotson - Cameron Meyer 196
6 laps
5 Lindsat De Vylder - Leif Lampater 223
7 laps
6 Otto Vergaerde - Morgan Kneisky 178
7 Jesper Mørkøv - Marc Hester 106
26 laps
8 Roy Pieters - Jonas Rickaert 97
9 Nick Stopler - Tristan Marguet 97
39 laps
10 Ollie Wood - Mark Stewart 46
41 laps
11 Alex Rasmussen - Yoeri Havik 55
51 laps
12 Marcel Kalz - Robbe Ghys 120
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