The elite field of riders at the SIXDAYS Weekend on January 31 and February 1 is now even stronger. Two top Italian riders have confirmed their participation at short notice: Elia Viviani and Michele Scartezzini are coming to the Velodrom Berlin. They are in top form and want to use the 112th Berlin Six-Day Race as optimal preparation for the European Championships (February 12-15 in Belgium). Theo Reinhardt’s farewell race with Roger Kluge will therefore not be a sure-fire success and interest in it is huge. More than 90 percent of the seat tickets for Saturday have currently been sold.

Elia Viviani is an outstanding cyclist, on the track and on the road. His impressive career has taken him to the Olympic Games three times. He won gold, silver and bronze in Rio, Tokyo and Paris. The two-time world champion from Italy has also won five stages of the Giro d’Italia and one stage of the Tour de France. Riding alongside him is his compatriot Michele Scartezzini, who won two medals at world championships and was European champion in the team pursuit in 2018, together with Viviani.

For the two local heroes Roger Kluge and Theo Reinhardt, this means that the competition is even tougher and stronger. If the two want to repeat their Six Days success from 2019 and 2023 in Theo Reinhardt’s last race, they will have to really put in the effort. In addition to the Dutch duo Philip Heijnen and Yoeri Havik, Elia Viviani and Michele Scartezzini are now also hot contenders for overall victory. In addition, the three-time German champions Moritz Malcharek and Moritz Augenstein are just as highly rated as the Asian champions of 2024: Shunsuke Imamura and Kazushige Kuboki.

In addition to the elite men’s field, the sprinters are also competing at the SIXDAYS Weekend with a top-class field. As things stand, more than 90 percent of the seats and weekend tickets for Saturday have already been sold. The organizers are expecting the velodrome to be sold out on Saturday. Those interested in buying tickets should therefore not wait any longer if they don’t want to end up empty-handed. Ticket sales are also going very well on Friday, with seats still available in some blocks.
Admission to the SIXDAYS Weekend is at 6:00 p.m. on both days, and the races start at 6:40 p.m. The races will run until midnight. In addition to the sport, as always at the Berlin Six-Day Race, there will be plenty of music, drinks, food and plenty of entertainment.