The SIXDAYS Weekend 2026 is already on the horizon. Ticket sales are in full swing, and alongside the grandstands, the rider line-up is also filling up. Among the top starters are Roger Kluge and Moritz Augenstein. Robert Förstemann will also return to the Velodrom—both in individual events and on the tandem. By his side will be a new partner: former para-rower Marc Lembeck, who will now be joining Förstemann on the tandem. “We’ve completed our first training sessions, and it already feels very good. I’m looking forward to showing the public what we can do together with Marc at the SIXDAYS Weekend 2026 on January 30 and 31,” says Robert Förstemann.

The 113th Berlin Six-Day Race will take place on Friday and Saturday, January 30 and 31, 2026. “The anticipation is already huge, but we still have a lot of work ahead of us. The first top riders have confirmed their participation, and more will follow very soon,” says Valts Miltovičs, Managing Director of Madison Sports GmbH. “It is a special pleasure for me that Robert Förstemann will also be competing with his new tandem partner Marc Lembeck. Inclusion is an important area in track cycling that deserves greater attention, and we are very happy to integrate it into our program at the Sixdays Weekend.”

Robert Förstemann has achieved everything in track cycling: Junior World Champion in 2004 in L.A., Olympic bronze in the team sprint in 2012 in London, Paralympic bronze in 2024 in Paris in the 1000-meter time trial, World Champion in the team sprint in 2010, as well as European Champion in the team sprint in 2010, 2013, and 2016. But the Berlin Six-Day legend remains hungry and ambitious. “I’m not done yet. Track cycling has given me so much, and I still feel a great drive to push myself to the limit and beyond. At the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympics, I want to win gold with Marc. He has what it takes and is already breaking all the records on the ergometer. For me, Los Angeles brings things full circle, because it was there that I became Junior World Champion in 2004,” says Quadzilla, the affectionate nickname given to Förstemann because of his massive thighs.

Visually impaired athlete Marc Lembeck has already competed at the Paralympic Games—first as a track and field athlete in 2008 in Beijing and later as a rower in 2024 in Paris. He has won both silver and bronze medals at World and European Championships in rowing. Now he is switching to cycling with Robert Förstemann. “I love sports and I love challenges. Getting on the tandem with Robert is a great honor for me, but also an enormous motivation. We have big goals together, and at the Sixdays Weekend we will show for the first time what we are capable of and why people should keep an eye on us.”