Niki Terpstra and Iljo Keisse recaptured the Rotterdam Six-Day lead during the third night. The Dutch-Belgian duo lost their first spot to Kenny De Ketele and Jasper De Buyst on day two but rebounded during Saturday’s final Madison.

The defending champions sat one lap down going into final 250-lap Madison but managed to turn the tables. They won thanks to a one-lap advantage but also cracked the 200-point barrier to earn a bonus lap and to take the overall lead. They’re now one lap ahead and have more points, 204, than their closest rival De Ketele and De Buyst, 197, and Stroetinga and Mouris, 111.

Enough power
“With 250 laps it was a tough race," said Keisse. “De Ketele and De Buyst wanted to level us and tried to take a lap in the final but fortunately we had enough power to keep up with them. In the end we kept our lead on them intact and also took an additional lap on the rest of the field.”

Easy
The leading couples took it easy during the first Madison of the night. Barry Markus and Leif Lampater won the chase. The Dutch-German duo collected enough points along the way to stay ahead of the other four couples who also took a lap.
 

Overall standings:

1. Niki Terpstra/Iljo Keisse 204

1 lap down

2. Kenny De Ketele/Jasper De Buyst 197 

3. Jens Mouris/Wim Stroetinga 111

2 laps down

4. Michael Mørkøv/Alex Rasmussen 173

3 laps down

5. Barry Markus/Leif Lampater 116

8 laps down

6. Yoeri Havik/Nick Stöpler 79

9 laps down

7. Franco Marvulli/Tristan Marguet 94

8. Robert Bartko/Marcel Kalz 60

12 laps down

9. Vivien Brisse/Marc Hester 62

14 laps down

10. Melvin Boskamp/Jesper Asselman 38

11. Guy East/Daniel Holloway 16

15 laps down

12. Theo Bos/Graeme Brown 46

13. Michel Kreder/Wesley Kreder 20

16 laps down

14. Arno van der Zwet/Nolan Hoffman 36

17 laps down

15. Didier Caspers/Melvin van Zijl 8