Bradley Wiggins and Mark Cavendish retained the lead on Saturday during the fifth night of the Six Days of Ghent. The British duo are one lap ahead of De Ketele – De Pauw and Keisse - Viviani. The race will be decided on Sundy.

The top teams continued their hard fight in the final race, a madison over 25 minutes, on the peultimate night. Cavendish-Wiggins De Pauw-De Ketele were the main protagonists while Keisse-Viviani hung on.

In the finale, the Brits attacked again. De Ketele-De Pauw responded but could not prevent the British pair for gaining a lap with one minute left. Keisse-Viviani took a final lap in no time. In the sprint, Keisse beat Cavendish and so set the scene for an interesting final day.

Overall standing

1 Bradley Wiggins - Mark Cavendish 358

1 lap

2 Kenny De Ketele - Moreno De Pauw 385

3 Elia Viviani - Iljo Keisse 370

4 laps

4 Callum Scotson - Cameron Meyer 196

6 laps

5 Lindsat De Vylder - Leif Lampater 223

7 laps

6 Otto Vergaerde - Morgan Kneisky 178

7 Jesper Mørkøv - Marc Hester 106

26 laps

8 Roy Pieters - Jonas Rickaert 97

9 Nick Stopler - Tristan Marguet 97

39 laps

10 Ollie Wood - Mark Stewart 46

41 laps

11 Alex Rasmussen - Yoeri Havik 55

51 laps

12 Marcel Kalz - Robbe Ghys 120