Michael Mørkøv and Tobias Aagaard Hansen have won the Cycling Six Days Rotterdam. After six days of top-class sport, the race in Rotterdam Ahoy was only decided in the final sprint. For Mørkøv, the Olympic champion in the pairs race in Tokyo 2020, it was the last six days of his career. It is the first Danish victory on the track in Rotterdam!

After five days, Rotterdam Ahoy was able to prepare for a sensational showdown with three pairs in the preliminary round: Jan-Willem van SchipYoeri Havik, Michael Mørkøv-Tobias Hansen and Vincent Hoppezak with Philip Heijnen. The difference between the first two pairs was only four points. Number four Lindsay De Vylder and Fabio Van den Bossche were not excluded from the overall victory, even though they were one lap behind.

The final day began with a short two-man race, with the retiring Mørkøv and Hansen taking the win after a great effort. The pair drop was then a prey for Van Schip-Havik, with Havik taking the lead in the sprint to Mørkøv. The final of the Derny Cup was set to be a thrilling duel between Havik and Heijnen, until Heijnen lost touch with his pacer and had to settle for second place.

With Van Schip-Havik at the top of the standings and a total of four pairs within one lap, the final team race over fifty minutes and fifty laps was started. The last part of the six-day event saw a thrilling battle with all four top pairs taking the final victory. In the end, Mørkøv-Hansen and Van Schip, with Havik trying for a double victory, proved to be the best pairs and the final sprint had to decide. There the Danes won.

You can find all the results from Rotterdam here.

Next up is the Sixdays Bremen from January 10th to 13th, before the SIXDAYS WEEKEND starts at the end of January in the Velodrom Berlin.