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Six Days of Hanover

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Six Days of Hanover
Race details
RegionHanover, Germany
Local name(s)Sechstagerennen von Hannover (in German)
DisciplineTrack
TypeSix-day racing
History
First edition1913 (1913)
Editions10
Final edition1981
First winner Willy Lorenz (GER)
 Karl Saldow (GER)
Most wins Émile Carrara (FRA) (2)
Final winner Roman Hermann (LIE)
 Horst Schütz (FRG)

The Six Days of Hanover was a six-day track cycling race held annually in Hanover, Germany until 1981.[1]

Émile Carrara won in two editions.[2]

In 2011, 30 years after the last edition, an attempt to reorganize the event failed.[3]

Winners

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Year Winner Second Third
1913 Germany Willy Lorenz
Germany Karl Saldow
Germany Erich Aberger
Germany Willy Techmer
Germany Willy Arend
Germany Karl Ehlert
1914-1949 no edition
1950 (1) Luxembourg Gustav Kilian
West Germany Heinz Vopel
Italy Severino Rigoni
Italy Ferdinando Terruzzi
West Germany Harry Saager
West Germany Heinrich Schwarzer
1950 (2) Switzerland Hugo Koblet
Switzerland Armin von Büren
Luxembourg Gustav Kilian
Switzerland Jean Roth
West Germany Harry Saager
France Guy Lapebie
1951 (1) France Émile Carrara
France Guy Lapebie
Italy Severino Rigoni
Italy Ferdinando Terruzzi
Luxembourg Gustav Kilian
West Germany Heinz Vöpel
1951 (2) West Germany Ludwig Hörmann
West Germany Jean Schorn
West Germany Theo Intra
Switzerland Jean Roth
Switzerland Ferdi Kübler
West Germany Harry Saager
1952 France Émile Carrara
France Georges Senfftleben
Luxembourg Lucien Gillen
Germany Gustav Kilian
France Dominique Forlini
West Germany Hans Preiskeit
1953 Switzerland Oskar Plattner
Germany Hans Preiskeit
Belgium Lucien Acou
Netherlands Arie van Vliet
West Germany Waldemar Knoke
Switzerland Armin von Büren
1954-1978 no edition
1979 West Germany Albert Fritz
Belgium Patrick Sercu
West Germany Günther Schumacher
Netherlands René Pijnen
Germany Wilfried Peffgen
Germany Horst Schütz
1980 Australia Donald Allan
Australia Danny Clark
West Germany Dietrich Thurau
Belgium Patrick Sercu
West Germany Albert Fritz
West Germany Günther Schumacher
1981 Liechtenstein Roman Hermann
West Germany Horst Schütz
Denmark Gert Frank
Belgium Patrick Sercu
West Germany Udo Hempel
West Germany Günther Schumacher

References

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  1. ^ "6 jours de Hanovre / Hanover (Allemagne)". Memoire-du-cyclisme.eu (in French). Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Hannover Six Days". FirstCycling.com. 21 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Hannover Six Day race cancelled due to organiser's illness". cyclingarchives.com. 4 November 2011.