The Belgian duo of Iljo Keisse and Gijs Van Hoecke stormed into the lead of the London Six Day after four days of racing at the Lee Valley VeloPark having replaced previous leaders, British team Chris Latham and Ollie Wood who gained a bonus lap on day 3 as they reached 100 points, as the duo in charge.

Steadiness played a vital role on Wednesday night for Keisse and Van Hoecke, and after the final Madison Keisse, who is the most successful active Six Day rider, explained that aggressive tactics in the final Madison paid dividends as the Belgian duo managed to successfully lap the field twice in succession with just a handful of laps to go before the finish of the concluding Madison.

“It's always better to be in the lead rather than having to chase the other guys down,” said Keisse according to Cyclingnews.com. He also stressed, though, that being in the lead with two days to go does entail some pitfalls. “But sometimes it's also not the best position with two days to go because then everyone is watching us, even more than they already do now. It will be harder racing tomorrow for us.” 

“In the final chase we tried to surprise everybody with taking two laps immediately after each other, and then we were lucky that Latham and Wood were with us and together we could take the lap with, I don’t know, four or five to go.”