Danish riders Alex Rasmussen and Marc Hester sit third, one lap down. They have 190 points, but feel the hot breath of home favourites Niki Terpstra and Yoeri Havik (185 points) on the backs of their necks.

 

Millimetre sprint
De Buyst and Ligthart, teammates at Lotto-Belisol next year, started the fourth evening with two second places. In the spectacular first Madison they couldn’t prevent Rasmussen and Hester from taking the win in a millimetre sprint.  Terpstra and Havik outsprinted the two in the elimination race.

 

De Buyst and Ligthart followed up with two victories. First, the Belgian member of the duo triumphed in the first derny race and immediately after, the Dutch half claimed the victory in the first of two keirin races. 

 

Clash
As expected, the final Madison was a clash among the four strongest teams. Attacks followed each other in rapid succession, but as the race wore on, no other team was able to handle the speed of De Buyst and Ligthart. 

 

Island 200
The Americans of Island 200 showed their strongest form during Thursday’s racing. Daniel Holloway won the second derny race in phenomenal style, while his friend and teammate, Guy East, received flowers for taking the second keirin race.

 

1 Pim Ligthart - Jasper De Buyst 244 points

2 Leif Lampater - Nick Stöpler 168 points

 

1 lap:

3 Alex Rasmussen - Marc Hester 190 points

4 Niki Terpstra - Yoeri Havik 142 points

 

11 laps:

5 Denis Rugovac - Sebastian Wotschke 62 points

 

13 laps:

6 Melvin Boskamp - Jesper Asselman 103 points

 

14 laps:

7 Luke Roberts - Tim Veldt 111 points

 

18 laps:

8 Didier Caspers - Melvin van Zijl 32 points

 

19 laps

9 Dylan Groenewegen - Nolan Hoffmann 80 points

 

21 laps

10 Guy East - Daniel Holloway 32 points

11 Marco Zanotti - Mitchell Huenders 7 points

 

22 laps

12 Christian Kos - Patrick Kos 46 points