S9 Ep200: The Ghent Six

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4.7 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2021

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

This week's episode comes from the Six Days of Ghent, which is back this week after a year's absence.

Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie report from a familiarly busy and raucous 't Kuipke on the opening night and speak to some of the star names, including Olympic Madison champion Michael Mørkøv and local favourite Iljo Keisse.

We also hear from Maikel Zijlaard, riding his first senior Ghent Six and remembering his grandfather, who was one of track cycling's legendary derny riders. The director of the race, Christophe Sercu – son of the late Patrick – also tells us about this year's race and his hopes for six day racing.

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0:00.0	The cycling podcast powered by SuperSapiens. Energy management for committed athletes and coaches.
0:18.0	A beer at the track is the perfect match to be able to wear the World Championships right here.
0:28.0	It's a really proud moment for me.
0:31.0	Everyone says in your case it's been a lot not true.
0:33.0	The candidate is the very best here.
0:36.0	My grandfather used to ride here a lot and now my father as well.
0:39.0	So you can say it's in the family.
0:42.0	Wearing a sweatshirt that announces you is a Mark Camden's fan.
0:45.0	Mark, on Wednesday after the Tour de France, he came to Dames at two metres with Peter and his four children.
0:52.0	So that was the day of his life.
0:58.0	Who are we Lionel?
0:59.0	We are outside the Quipka track.
1:02.0	He's spelled that for me.
1:03.0	It's Q-U-I-P-K-E. It's a tricky word for English speakers to get their tongues around really because it's very flemish.
1:12.0	But it means the tub basically.
1:15.0	And it's the name of the track here in the Citadel Park in the centre of Gent.
1:20.0	We're not far from the centre of Gent.
1:22.0	It's fairly unassuming building isn't it?
1:24.0	It's sort of not quite Art Deco, not quite brutalist.
1:28.0	It's a sort of ex-po centre with a little velodrome.
1:33.0	166 metre track.
1:36.0	Very steep-sided.
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