Six Days of Atlantic City

Six Days of Atlantic City
Race details
Date	July
Region	Atlantic City, United States
Discipline	Track
Type	Six-day racing
History
First edition	1909
Editions	2
Final edition	1932
First winner	Paddy Hehir ; Eddy Root;
Final winner	William Peden ; Franco Giorgetti;

The Six Days of Atlantic City was a six-day cycling event, held in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Two editions of the event were held; the first in 1909 and the second in 1932, won by track stars William Peden and Franco Giorgetti.^[1]^[2]

Roll of honor

Edition	Winners	Second	Third
1909	Paddy Hehir Eddy Root
1932	William Peden Franco Giorgetti	Reggie McNamara Xavier Van Slembroeck^{[N 1]}	Louis Cohen Alfred Crossley

^ Van Slembroeck was born in Belgium in 1912, but became a naturalized American citizen in 1930.^[3]

1. William "Torchy" Peden (Can) - Franco Giorgeti (Ita) 1208 points

2. Reginald McNamara (Aus) - Xavier Van Slembroeck (Usa) 592 à 2 tours

3. Alfred Crossley (Usa) - Louis Cohen (Usa) 537

4. Laurent Gadou (Can) - Harry Horan (Usa) 757 à 3 tours

5. Willy Grimm (Usa) - Henri Lepage (Can) 653

6. Robert Walthour junior (Usa) - Norman Hill (Usa) 540

7. Dave Lands (Usa) - Anthony Beckman (Usa) 550 à 5 tours

^ Gabriele, Michael C. (2011), The Golden Age of Bicycle Racing in New Jersey, History Press, London, ISBN 978-16-142350-64, p 68
^ "6 jours d'Atlantic City (États-Unis)". mémoire-dy-cyclisme.net. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
^ "Xavier Van Slembroeck". museociclismo.it. Retrieved 10 March 2016.