There was action aplenty on the final night in Stuttgart as the top two Trios, both on the Zero Lap,
simultaneously tried to gain a lap on each other and gain the points advantage which would win them
the race should they both finish on the same lap.
The pace in the chases was furious and in fact the German Kappes Trio and the Swiss Risi Brigade
took laps out of all the other trios but were unable to gain one on each other although they picked
up the major share of the points on offer on the final night.
The mixed Anglophone, Jean-Pierre van Zyjl (Zaf) - Matthew Gilmore (Bel) - Marty Nothstein (Usa),
squad lost two laps on the night, but their competition for third spot on the podium, German Trio
Lars Teutenberg - Sven Teutenberg - Frank Kowatschitsch lost three and with the two leading squads
grabbing most of the points, they failed to get the 300 point bonus lap which would have put them on
the same lap as Van Zijl and company. But even this would not have propelled them into third as the
Anglophone Trio was well ahead of them on points.
There were some interesting statistics when the cheers died down though: Kappes racked up his 24th
Six-Day victory and Beikirch his third whilst Dorich racked up his one and only win in 128 Six-Day
appearances.
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