After their second place in Ghent, Mark Cavendish and Iljo Keisse have got the Six-Days of Zürich off to a perfect start. The pair is 27 points ahead of Silvan Dillier and Leif Lampater after the first day of the four-day race.

Mark Cavendish and Iljo Keisse have taken the lead on the openingb day of the Six-Days of Zürich that is held over four days. The British-Belgian duo have a 27-point lead over Swiss Silvan Dillier and his German Leif Lampater who like third-ranked Spaniards David Muntaner and Albert Torres are equal on laps with Cavendish and Keisse

In fourth place, Belgians Kenny De Ketele and Jasper De Buyst who won last week's race in Ghent, are one lap behind the leading pair.

Overall standings:

1. Mark Cavendish / Iljo Keisse 74pt 

2. Leif Lampater / Silvan Dillier 60pt 

3. Albert Torres / David Muntaner 47pt 

1 lap:

4. Jasper de Buyst / Kenny De Ketele 62pt

5. Tristan Marguet / Marcel Kalz 53pt

6. Alex Rasmussen / Marc Hester 48pt

7. Andreas Müller / Andreas Graf 18pt

2 laps:

8. Claudio Imhof / Gaël Suter 23pt 

9. Roger Kluge / Jesper Morkov 23pt

10. Luke Roberts / Glenn O'Shea 21pt

11. Christian Grassmann / Jan-André Freuler 19pt

12. Morgan Kneisky / Vivien Brisse 14pt