43. Bremer 6-Tage-Rennen, Day 5

Monday night at the Bremen Sixdays is "Bremer Nacht." That means that as opposed to people coming in from all over the region to watch the races, Monday night is local, and the corporate sponsorships come to the fore. According to our local newspaper, last night saw an attendance of 24,800. That's about 100 people for every person we get on our best night at the NSC Velodrome. This huge attendance was in no way reflected in the number of seats that were occupied in the hall; the party was elsewhere.

Bob and Constanze were once again part of the crew.

The race
Once again, the results can be found here. The racing today was harder than before, it was really quite exciting. The first four teams are now all within a few points of each other, and anything will go tomorrow. Or so they say. Kappes/Mohs once again took the flying lap, but Stam/Marvulli had a word to say about the flying 500 today. Actually, it was mostly Marvulli who did the talking, as Stam threw him in after only half a lap (out of three on the 166m track). That's all I have to report of the racing from last night, and I did not really take many pictures either. Except for this one, which shows Michael Arends on a wheelset that looks remarkably familiar.

Michael Arends and I have the same taste in wheels.

In the old days. . .
While Klaus und Klaus were doing their thing again (which is getting to be a little bit too much, to be honest), we had some time to check out the action in Halle 5 and I managed to get an exclusive interview with the man himself.

Bob Williams on Europe, serious bike racing, sixdays, and women.

Bonnie Tyler and Klaus und Klaus
Finally, as promised, Day 5 was Skibby's lucky day. This gem shows Bonnie Tyler on stage together with Klaus und Klaus, singing It's a Heartache. It doesn't get any better than that. Well, actually it does. Like when Bonnie starts singing without actually singing, about 44 sec into the video. Enjoy!