Six Days of Antwerp
{{short description|Cycling race}}
{{Infobox cycling race
| name = Six Days of Antwerp
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| discipline = Track
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| type = Six-day racing
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| first = {{start date|1934}}
| number = 52 (as of 1994)
| final = 1994
| firstwinner = {{flagathlete|Jan Pijnenburg|NED}}
{{flagathlete|Cor Wals|NED}}
| mostwins = {{flagathlete|Peter Post|NED}} (11 wins)
| mostrecent = {{flagathlete|Etienne De Wilde|BEL}}
{{flagathlete|Jens Veggerby|DEN}}
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The Six Days of Antwerp was a six-day track cycling race held annually in Antwerp, Belgium.{{cite web | url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/piste_6jours/6j_antwerpen.php | title=6 jours du Antwerpen | work=Memoire du Cyclisme | accessdate=19 September 2016}}
The Six Days has seen 55 editions, was organized from 1934 with interruptions during World War II and the years 1984 to 1986 and last held in 1994.
The Six Days of Antwerp was held at the Antwerp Sportpaleis in Merksem on a wooden indoor track, initially 132m long, after a reconstruction in 1968 it was given a length of 250m.
Record winner is Peter Post with 11 victories, five of them in consecutive years.{{Cite web |date=2022 |title=Antwerp Six Days |url=https://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=3763&y=1994&e=01 |website=FirstCycling.com |language=en}}
Winners
File:Zesdaagse Antwerpen. Pellenaars wisselt van wieltje, Bestanddeelnr 902-0471.jpg changes a wheel during the 1947 Six Days of Antwerp]]
File:Wielerzesdaagse in het sportpaleis te Antwerpen Van links naar rechts Jan Derk, Bestanddeelnr 909-3571.jpg (center) with Rik Van Steenbergen (right) in the 1958 Six Days of Antwerp]]
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! Year ! Winner ! Second ! Third | |
| 1934
|{{Flagicon|NED}} Jan Pijnenburg |{{Flagicon|BEL}} Albert Buysse |{{Flagicon|SUI}} Emil Richli | |
| 1935
|{{Flagicon|ITA|1861}} Learco Guerra |{{Flagicon|BEL}} René Martin |{{Flagicon|BEL}} Frans Bonduel | |
| 1936
|{{Flagicon|BEL}} Kamiel Dekuysscher |{{Flagicon|FRA}} Adolphe Charlier |{{Flagicon|BEL}} Georges Ronsse | |
| 1937
|{{Flagicon|NED}} Jan Pijnenburg |{{Flagicon|BEL}} Albert Billiet |{{Flagicon|BEL}} Maurice Depauw | |
| 1938
|{{Flagicon|BEL}} Albert Billiet |{{Flagicon|NED}} Cees Pellenaars |{{Flagicon|NED}} Jan Pijnenburg | |
| 1939
|{{Flagicon|BEL}} Albert Billiet |{{Flagicon|NED}} Gerrit Boeyen |{{Flagicon|BEL}} Karel Kaers | |
| 1940
|{{Flagicon|NED}} Gerrit Boeyen |{{Flagicon|BEL}} Achiel Bruneel |{{Flagicon|BEL}} Robert Naeye | |
| 1941– 1946 | colspan=3 align=center|No race |
| 1947
|{{Flagicon|BEL}} Achiel Bruneel |{{Flagicon|NED}} Gerrit Boeyen |{{Flagicon|FRA}} Guy Lapébie | |
| 1948
|{{Flagicon|BEL}} René Adriaenssens |{{Flagicon|BEL}} Maurice Depauw |{{Flagicon|BEL}} Stan Ockers | |
| 1949
|{{Flagicon|NED}} Gerrit Boeyen |{{Flagicon|NED}} Cees Pellenaars |{{Flagicon|BEL}} Maurice Depauw jr. | |
| 1950
|{{Flagicon|BEL}} Achiel Bruneel |{{Flagicon|NED}} Gerrit Peters |{{Flagicon|BEL}} Edward Thyssen | |
| 1951
|{{Flagicon|AUS}} Reginald Arnold |{{Flagicon|BEL}} René Adriaenssens |{{Flagicon|BEL}} Achiel Bruneel | |
| 1952
|{{Flagicon|AUS}} Reginald Arnold |{{Flagicon|BEL}} Achiel Bruneel |{{Flagicon|NED}} Gerrit Peters | |
| 1953
|{{Flagicon|BEL}} Achiel Bruneel |{{Flagicon|NED}} Gerrit Peters |{{Flagicon|FRA}} Dominique Forlini | |
| 1954
|{{Flagicon|NED}} Gerrit Peters |{{Flagicon|SUI}} Oskar Plattner |{{Flagicon|BEL}} Stan Ockers | |
| 1955
|{{Flagicon|BEL}} Stan Ockers |{{Flagicon|NED}} Gerrit Peters |{{Flagicon|SUI}} Walter Bucher | |
| 1956
|{{Flagicon|AUS}} Reginald Arnold |{{Flagicon|BEL}} Arsène Rijckaert |{{Flagicon|NED}} Jan Derksen | |
| 1957
|{{Flagicon|AUS}} Reginald Arnold |{{Flagicon|LUX}} Lucien Gillen |{{Flagicon|BEL}} Emiel Severeyns | |
| 1958
|{{Flagicon|AUS}} Reginald Arnold |{{Flagicon|FRG}} Klaus Bugdahl |{{Flagicon|NED}} Jan Derksen | |
| 1959 (I)
|{{Flagicon|FRG}} Klaus Bugdahl |{{Flagicon|AUS}} Reginald Arnold |{{Flagicon|BEL}} Emiel Severeyns | |
| 1959 (II)
|{{Flagicon|NED}} Jo de Roo |{{Flagicon|BEL}} Maurice Joossen |{{Flagicon|BEL}} August Peeters | |
| 1960
|{{Flagicon|NED}} Jan Plantaz |{{Flagicon|BEL}} Léo Proost |{{Flagicon|DEN}} Frans Aerenhouts | |
| 1961
|{{Flagicon|NED}} Peter Post |{{Flagicon|BEL}} Gilbert Maes |{{Flagicon|DEN}} Palle Lykke Jensen | |
| 1962
|{{Flagicon|SUI}} Oscar Plattner |{{Flagicon|DEN}} Palle Lykke Jensen |{{Flagicon|AUS}} Reginald Arnold | |
| 1963
|{{Flagicon|DEN}} Palle Lykke Jensen |{{Flagicon|AUS}} Reginald Arnold |{{Flagicon|FRG}} Klaus Bugdahl | |
| 1964
|{{Flagicon|BEL}} Noël Foré |{{Flagicon|DEN}} Palle Lykke Jensen |{{Flagicon|FRG}} Klaus Bugdahl | |
| 1965
|{{Flagicon|FRG}} Klaus Bugdahl |{{Flagicon|DEN}} Freddy Eugen |{{Flagicon|BEL}} Patrick Sercu | |
| 1966
|{{Flagicon|NED}} Jan Janssen |{{Flagicon|FRG}} Klaus Bugdahl |{{Flagicon|AUS}} Ron Baensch | |
| 1967
|{{Flagicon|NED}} Jan Janssen |{{Flagicon|FRG}} Klaus Bugdahl |{{Flagicon|BEL}} Léo Proost | |
| 1968
|{{Flagicon|FRG}} Sigi Renz |{{Flagicon|SUI}} Fritz Pfenninger |{{Flagicon|FRG}} Klaus Bugdahl | |
| 1969
|{{Flagicon|NED}} Peter Post |{{Flagicon|NED}} Léo Duyndam |{{Flagicon|FRG}} Sigi Renz | |
| 1970
|{{Flagicon|FRG}} Klaus Bugdahl |{{Flagicon|BEL}} Romain Deloof |{{Flagicon|FRG}} Sigi Renz | |
| 1971
|{{Flagicon|NED}} Léo Duyndam |{{Flagicon|FRG}} Dieter Kemper |{{Flagicon|BEL}} Walter Godefroot | |
| 1972
|{{Flagicon|NED}} Léo Duyndam |{{Flagicon|BEL}} Patrick Sercu |{{Flagicon|AUS}} Graeme Gilmore | |
| 1973
|{{Flagicon|NED}} Léo Duyndam |{{Flagicon|FRG}} Klaus Bugdahl |{{Flagicon|BEL}} Walter Godefroot | |
| 1974
|{{Flagicon|BEL}} Eddy Merckx |{{Flagicon|NED}} René Pijnen |{{Flagicon|NED}} Léo Duyndam | |
| 1975
|{{Flagicon|BEL}} Eddy Merckx |{{Flagicon|AUS}} Graeme Gilmore |{{Flagicon|NED}} René Pijnen | |
| 1976
|{{Flagicon|BEL}} Eddy Merckx |{{Flagicon|FRG}} Dieter Kemper |{{Flagicon|AUS}} Graeme Gilmore | |
| 1977
|{{Flagicon|BEL}} Freddy Maertens |{{Flagicon|FRG}} Albert Fritz |{{Flagicon|NED}} René Pijnen | |
| 1978
|{{Flagicon|AUS}} Danny Clark |{{Flagicon|AUS}} Donald Allan |{{Flagicon|LIE}} Roman Hermann | |
| 1979
|{{Flagicon|FRG}} Albert Fritz |{{Flagicon|BEL}} Patrick Sercu |{{Flagicon|BEL}} Ferdinand Bracke | |
| 1980
|{{Flagicon|FRG}} Wilfried Peffgen |{{Flagicon|AUS}} Donald Allan |{{Flagicon|LIE}} Roman Hermann | |
| 1981
|{{Flagicon|NED}} René Pijnen |{{Flagicon|FRG}} Wilfried Peffgen |{{Flagicon|LIE}} Roman Hermann | |
| 1982
|{{Flagicon|BEL}} Patrick Sercu |{{Flagicon|DEN}} Gert Frank |{{Flagicon|AUS}} Donald Allan | |
| 1983
|{{Flagicon|NED}} René Pijnen |{{Flagicon|BEL}} Patrick Sercu |{{Flagicon|LIE}} Roman Hermann | |
| 1984– 1986 |colspan=3 align=center|No race | |
| 1987
|{{Flagicon|AUS}} Danny Clark |{{Flagicon|LIE}} Roman Hermann |{{Flagicon|GBR}} Anthony Doyle | |
| 1988
|{{Flagicon|BEL}} Stan Tourné |{{Flagicon|AUS}} Danny Clark |{{Flagicon|ITA}} Adriano Baffi | |
| 1989
|colspan=3 align=center|No race | |
| 1990
|{{Flagicon|BEL}} Eric Vanderaerden |{{Flagicon|ITA}} Pierangelo Bincoletto |{{Flagicon|BEL}} Johan Bruyneel | |
| 1991
|{{Flagicon|BEL}} Rudy Dhaenens |{{Flagicon|BEL}} Stan Tourné |{{Flagicon|BEL}} Johan Bruyneel | |
| 1992
|{{Flagicon|BEL}} Stan Tourné |{{Flagicon|SUI}} Urs Freuler |{{Flagicon|ITA}} Adriano Baffi | |
| 1993
|{{Flagicon|RUS}} Konstantín Khrabtsov |{{Flagicon|SUI}} Urs Freuler |{{Flagicon|ITA}} Pierangelo Bincoletto | |
| 1994
|{{Flagicon|DEN}} Jens Veggerby |{{Flagicon|ITA}} Adriano Baffi |{{Flagicon|SUI}} Kurt Betschart |
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