After six dramatic days of racing, Niki Terpstra and Yoeri Havik were crowned winners of their home Six-Day event in Amsterdam. Performing strongly the final two days, the Dutchmen moved into the lead halfway through the final night and defended their position in the final madison.

Niki Terpstra and Yoeri Havik have secured the overall win in the 22nd Amsterdam Six-Day on Saturday. The Dutch pair started the final day as overall third, but managed to move into the lead during the spectacular final night.

Jasper Buyst and Pim Ligthart (405 points) ended the race in second. The duo finished one lap down on winners Terpstra and Havik, who ended the race with a total of 340.

Leif Lampater and Nick Stöpler were the third duo to climb the stage. The Dutch-German pair admitted one lap as well. During the week they collected significantly less points than De Buyst and Ligthart, though: 256.

The first Madison of the night was won by De Buyst and Ligthart. Terpstra and Havik did well by claiming the second place. They gained some valuable points, which helped the duo make a big step towards the three hundred points.

They broke that barrier later on during the night with an second place in the super sprint. The corresponding bonus lap brought Terpstra and Havik the lead.

The Dutch duo held on that position during the final 200-lap Madison despite some heavy resistance by their rivals. De Buyst and Ligthart did what they could, but it wasn’t enough to keep Terpstra and Havik from winning their home race.

Results:

1 Niki Terpstra - Yoeri Havik 340 points

1 lap

2 Pim Ligthart - Jasper De Buyst 405 points

3 Leif Lampater - Nick Stöpler 256 points

4 laps

4 Alex Rasmussen - Marc Hester 269 points

23 laps

5 Melvin Boskamp - Jesper Asselman 159 points

6 Denis Rugovac - Sebastian Wotschke 89 points

29 laps

7 Luke Roberts - Tim Veldt 171 points

33 laps

8 Dylan Groenewegen - Nolan Hoffmann 128 points

35 laps

9 Marco Zanotti - Mitchell Huenders 37 points

38 laps

10 Christian Kos - Patrick Kos 88 point

11 Guy East - Daniel Holloway 47 point

DNF Didier Caspers - Melvin van Zijl