Thanks to a sharp race the German-Dutch duo rose to the top position yesterday evening. The two riders have a one-lap advantage over the rest of the field heading into Wednesday’s Madisons, sprints etc.

“We actually only wanted to stay in the same lap as the competition, but in the final we were able to take an additional one,” said Kreder. “In the end, we started to get tired but we managed to hold on. Kenny De Ketele and Gijs Van Hoecke are very strong but we now have an advantage that we can defend.”

Lampater and Kreder was the only couple who was able to sneak along with Marcel Kalz and Pim Ligthart in the final of the second Madison. The latter duo moved clear for the victory while also helping their German and Dutch colleagues to take lead. The two riders were rewarded for their attacking spirit on the Amsterdam woodwork with the sprint win.

Lap loss

Kalz and Ligthart tried to make up for their lap loss on the opening day during the first Madison. Initially, it looked like if they’d actually go free but the high-paced peloton reeled them in. Lampater and Kreder took the plunge a few laps later but couldn’t keep up their efforts until the line. The spoils went to Melvin Boskamp and Jesper Asselman, who had gathered enough points along the way to begin day-two in the best possible way.

Tristan Marguet and Marc Hester couldn’t improve their time trial. During the opening day they got the crowd roaring thanks to a 21:528. Yesterday, they still managed to win with 21:684 but they couldn’t close in on Jimi Madsen’s and Marthy Northstein’s track record of 21:490. The Swiss-Danish duo still has four days to re-write the Amsterdam history books.

The sprinters

Hugo Haak is leading the Sprint Masters GC after day two. With four points, he has a one-point advantage over Jeffrey Hoogland, who’s second. Teun Mulder is the new leader in the Keirin Masters. The winner of Olympic bronze at the 2012 London Games won and took over the top spot from Matthijs Büchli in the Keirin.

General classification after day 2:

1 Lampater - Kreder 89 points, at one lap: 2 De Ketele – Van Hoecke 99, 3 Stöpler - Havik 89,  

4 Mouris - Stroetinga 73, 5 Ligthart - Kalz 59 at two laps: 6 Marguet - Hester 58, 7 Markus - Bartko 10

At five laps: 8 Hochmann - Hacecky 57, 9 Kreder - Hoffmann 30, 10 Gate - Roberts 25 at 6 laps: 11 Boskamp - Asselman 50 at 8 laps: 12 Caspers - Van Zijl 15, at 9 laps: 13 East - Holloway 6

Live stream

You can follow the Amsterdam Six Day 2013 via the livestream at www.sixdayracing.com from 19:20cet with English commentary by Carlton Kirby and former world champion Tony Doyle. Eurosport commentator Martijn Berkhout and Vacansoleil-DCM Sports Director Michel Cornelisse are responsible for the Dutch commentary.

The Amsterdam Six Day ends on Saturday 26 October 2013.