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

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)

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