SIXDAYS Weekend draws a positive conclusion for 2025: Increase in spectators and sponsorship income
After the SIXDAYS Weekend 2025 comes the SIXDAYS Weekend 2026: "We are very satisfied with the results and believe in the event. The six-day race in January is simply part of Berlin," said Valts Miltovics, Managing Director of Madison Sports GmbH, after the 112th Berlin Six-Day Race.
6,500 spectators on Friday (January 31) and a sold-out velodrome with 8,000 spectators on Saturday (February 1) not only created a goosebump atmosphere in the arena on Landsberger Allee for minutes at the home victory and the farewell performance of local heroes Roger Kluge/Theo Reinhardt, but also satisfied faces among the organizing team. "This time we already felt in advance that the Sixdays would be a hit again. Above all, our audience is getting younger and younger," said Miltovics, pleased with the great response. The number of spectators rose by around 15 percent compared to 2024, when the Berlin Six-Day Race was first held over two days as the "SIXDAYS Weekend". Miltovics even recorded an increase of around 20 percent in sponsorship income. This made it possible to put together a budget of 800,000 euros despite cost increases. In addition, many partners helped with passion and without payment to implement this top-class sporting event.
Despite the positive development, a return to a real six-day race like the one last seen in 2020 before the outbreak of Corona is not yet in sight. In 2019 and 2020, more than 50,000 visitors flocked to the Landsberger Alles over six days each. "We want to develop further and will continue. Probably at the end of January 2026. But it's rather unlikely at the moment that it will be three days," said Miltovics, who has been responsible for the Berlin Six-Day Race since 2017.
For women, Madison Sports GmbH wants to offer its own new format with the "Sixdays Women" from 2026. This year, only the sprinters were on the program. "But it's unlikely that this will take place in Berlin. It's easier to work in other cities and countries," explained Miltovics. For the first time since he took office, the organization had to do without financial support from the Berlin Senate administration. "Of course we hope that something will happen with the Senate at some point. But we're not making any accusations - we're going our own way," explained Valts Miltovics.
The almost 15,000 spectators on the two days of the event did not regret coming and experienced two extremely exciting and first-class days of racing with the well-deserved victory of Roger Kluge and Theo Reinhardt. And the highly emotional farewell of the 34-year-old Reinhardt, who said goodbye to the audience in tears after two world championship titles, three European Championship victories and his third Berlin victory. The athletes were unanimous in their praise for the atmosphere in the Velodrom: "It was insane. The mood was simply unbelievable - only Berlin can do that. I hope it continues like this in the Velodrom for the next few years, but then unfortunately without me," said Theo Reinhardt on his behalf.
Roger Kluge and Theo Reinhardt win the 112th Berlin Six-Day Race
Local heroes Roger Kluge and Theo Reinhardt won the SIXDAYS Weekend 2025 on Saturday evening in the Berlin Velodrome, which was sold out with 8,000 spectators. The two-time Berlin winners prevailed in a highly dramatic final with 176 points ahead of the Dutch Yoeri Havik/Philip Heijnen (167) and the Italians Elia Viviani/Michelle Scartezzini (163), giving Reinhardt a fitting farewell. Reinhardt, two-time world champion and three-time European champion, ended his successful career on Saturday evening at the age of 34.
Roger Kluge and Theo Reinhardt crossed the finish line hand in hand, cheering, Reinhardt clenched his fist again and again and triumphantly pushed his FES bike towards the roof of the hall: With a fantastic energy performance in the last 20 laps, Kluge/Reinhardt secured their third overall victory in the Berlin Six-Day Race after 2019 and 2023. "I'm glad we did it again. That was unique. We were riding a wave of euphoria from the fans - that was such a boost. Theo will definitely not forget this evening," said Kluge happily after crossing the finish line. Reinhardt also praised the euphoric audience, which provided many goosebump moments. "It was insane. I hope it continues like this here for the next few years. It was a great atmosphere - you only get that in Berlin," said Reinhardt happily.
The local heroes Kluge and Reinhardt (77) went into the decisive evening five points behind the leaders Elia Viviani and Michelle Scartezzini from Italy (82 points). The Dutchmen Yoeri Havik/Philip Heijnen (68) also had a chance of winning the overall victory in the field of twelve teams. After the points race and the first small chase (80 laps), Kluge/Reinhardt's deficit even increased slightly. After the first part of the Derny race, however, Kluge/Reinhardt were able to catch up with the clear lap after Reinhardt's victory. In the final big chase over 120 laps, the showdown between the three top teams took place, with Roger Kluge and Theo Reinhardt coming out on top.
The emotional highlight of the evening came about an hour earlier, when Theo Reinhardt was ceremoniously bid farewell with a standing ovation from the audience. The 34-year-old ended his successful career at the SIXDAYS Weekend and will now work as a trainer for German Cycling. Even before Reinhardt went on his lap of honor with his son Pepe and rode through the guard of honor of his colleagues into the arms of his wife Jane, the Berliner was overcome by emotion. "You can't buy a farewell like that. It's amazing. Thank you Berlin!" said Reinhardt through tears. Valts Miltovics, Managing Director of the organizer Madison Sports GmbH, presented Reinhardt with a commemorative plaque made of original wood from the velodrome, whose track was renovated in 2017. "We will miss you and wish you all the best," it read.
In the women's sprint, Lea Sophie Friedrich from Cottbus won by a whisker. The eight-time world champion and Olympic silver medalist in Paris repeated her victory from the previous year. In the decisive final sprint of the evening, Friedrich beat Emma Hinze from Cottbus, who had won the keirin at the start of the evening and thus brought excitement to the competition. Friedrich won with 101 points ahead of Hinze (100) and five-time world champion Pauline Grabosch (68). In the time trial, Friedrich also set another track record with 13.154 seconds. "The form is already good. That was a welcome assessment of the situation. The audience was great again," said Friedrich, giving her competitors a champagne shower. Lea Sophie Friedrich will be competing in the European Championships in Heusden/Zolder (Belgium) from February 12th.
In the men's sprint, last year's winner Mateusz Rudyk from Poland also won. The fifth-place finisher at the Paris 2024 Olympics won with 95 points, ahead of Maximilian Dörnbach (87) from Cottbus and Robert Förstemann (80) from Berlin. In the supporting program, Förstemann, who has already won the sprint tournament in Berlin four times, set a new German record in the 500-meter time trial (flying start) together with his visually impaired partner Thomas Ulbricht. The duo, who won the bronze medal at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, completed the two laps in 25.970 seconds. "The atmosphere was great - Paris can learn a thing or two from that," said the Berlin resident enthusiastically.
Viviani / Scartezzini lead ahead of Kluge / Reinhardt after the first evening
The local heroes Roger Kluge and Theo Reinhardt will be starting the decisive evening on Saturday at the SIXDAYS Weekend in the Berlin Velodrome from second place. After a very good start, the two-time world champions, three-time European champions and two-time Berlin winners had to give up the lead to the Italians Elia Viviani / Michele Scartezzini after the final big chase. The Dutch Yoeri Havik / Philip Heijnen are also in the so-called zero round. Viviani / Scartezzini lead with 82 points ahead of Kluge / Reinhardt (77) and Havik / Heijnen (68). All other teams are already one lap behind.
Berlin. At 6:55 p.m. Dr. Wolfgang Thierse (former President of the Bundestag) and Valts Miltovics (Managing Director Sixdays Weekend) together with Oliver Bähr (Marketing Communications Manager Knalle Popcornditorei) fired the starting signal for the 112th Berlin Six-Day Race, which will again be held as the SIXDAYS Weekend this year. 6,500 spectators provided an atmospheric backdrop on the first day in the Berlin Velodrome, and on Saturday the organizers are expecting a sold-out hall on Landsberger Allee. A few remaining tickets are still available at the box office.
At their home race, Roger Kluge and Theo Reinhardt initially set the pace and, after the first points race, took the lead in the field of twelve teams. "Our plan was to go into the race aggressively from the start," said Reinhardt, who, together with partner Kluge, triumphed twice at the SIXDAYS Berlin in 2019 and 2023. "It's worked wonderfully so far," Reinhardt summed up after winning the first Kleine Jagd (80 laps). The 34-year-old pushed aside thoughts of his farewell on Saturday, when Reinhardt ends his career at the SIXDAYS Berlin in the Berlin Velodrome after more than ten years in the national team and, among other things, two world championship and three European championship titles in the Madison (with Kluge): "So far I've been completely in racing mode," said Reinhardt.
In the 500-meter Madison Time Trial, the Italians Elia Viviani and Michele Scartezzini made their first mark, winning in 26.367 seconds. Viviani is one of the world's best sprinters, with victories in the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia and an Olympic victory on the track in 2016. In the final big chase (120 laps), Viviani/Scartezzini confirmed their top form and took the win and 15 points after a brilliant final sprint to the finish line. Second and third places went to Yoeri Havik/Philip Heijnen (both Netherlands) and Tobias Müller/Matteo Donega (Hagen/Italy). Kluge/Reinhardt came in fourth here and lost their lead in the overall ranking. "The Italians were of course to be reckoned with. But we are doing well and will go on the attack again on the final evening - a win with Theo in his farewell race remains the goal," said Roger Kluge.
In the women's sprint, everything comes down to a duel between the multiple world champions and Olympic medalists Lea Sophie Friedrich (55 points) and Emma Hinze (50 points). Friedrich was the strongest in the keirin and the 250-meter time trial (with a new track record of 13.239 seconds), while in the sprint, Hinze was just ahead in the direct duel on the finish line. Before the final evening, Friedrich, for whom Berlin is a stopover on the way to the European Championships in mid-February in Heusden/Zolder (Belgium), leads with 55 points ahead of Hinze (50 points), followed by Pauline Grabosch and Clara Schneider (all Cottbus/both 32 points) on equal points. Friedrich won the SIXDAYS Berlin in 2023, and in 2020 the overall victory went to Emma Hinze.
In the men's sprint, there is a three-way battle for the overall victory. After three of six competitions, the Cottbus Olympic participant Maximilian Dörnbach (47 points) is in the lead, having started the evening with a victory in the time trial. Second place went to Olympic fourth-place finisher Mateusz Rudyk from Poland (43 points), who won the final sprint. Robert Förstemann from Berlin also still has a chance and follows in third place (40). Even at the age of 38, the "old master" showed his full class in his Keirin victory.
All results:
www.sixdayresults.com
Livestream:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s1PSmSbO-E
Admission for the SIXDAYS weekend on Saturday is at 6:00 p.m., the first race starts 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.
Update: All riders of the Sixdays Weekend
Olympic champions, world and European champions, Asian champions and many other record and medal holders are at the start of the SIXDAYS weekend. Here is the updated overview of the field of riders.
1 Roger Kluge GER
1 Theo Reinhardt GER
2 Philip Heijnen NED
2 Yoeri Havik NED
3 Shunsuke Imamura JAP
3 Kazushige Kuboki JAP
4 Moritz Malcharek GER
4 Raphael Kokas GER
5 Matteo Constant SUI
5 Alex Vogel SUI
6 Matyas Koblizek CZE
6 Adam Krenek CZE
7 Justus Willemsen NED
7 Felix Ritzinger AUT
8 Konrad Waliniak POL
8 Wojciech Pszczolarski POL
9 Tom Ward UK
9 Frank Longstaff UK
10 Felix Groß GER
10 Roy Eefting-Bloem NED
11 Tobias Müller GER
11 Matteo Donega ITA
12 Elia Viviani ITA
12 Michele Scartezzini ITA
Sprint Frauen
1 Emma Hinze GER
2 Pauline Grabosch GER
3 Lea Sophie Friedrich GER
4 Alessa-Catriona Pröpster GER
5 Clara Schneider GER
6 Anastasia Kuniß GER
Sprint Herren
1 Roy van den Berg NED
2 Mateusz Rudyk POL
3 Luca Nissel GER
4 Robert Förstemann GER
5 Luca Spiegel GER
6 Maximilian Dörnbach GER
Kluge/ Reinhardt for the last time |
Everything is ready. The SIXDAYS Weekend in the Velodrom Berlin is ready for Theo Reinhardt's farewell race. Together with his long-time partner Roger Kluge, the successful duo want to race across the finish line as winners once again. The sprinters also want to test their form one last time in competition in Berlin a few days before the European Championships in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium (12-15 February). Spectator interest is high, almost all seat tickets for Saturday have already been sold and only flex tickets are available. The accident involving the national track cycling team on Monday has an impact on the 112th Berlin Six-Day Race. Three riders cannot start and had to be replaced. The final information on the race was given today at a press conference in the Velodrom.
Valts Miltovics, Managing Director of the Sixdays Weekend: “When Theo Reinhardt, a Berliner, ends his career on the Berlin track, in his living room, then that is something very special. For track cycling and for the many fans. And it is a great honor for us as Sixdays Weekend.”
Dieter Stein, Sports Director of the Sixdays Weekend: “The top team of the Sixdays Weekend are Theo Reinhardt and Roger Kluge. They are the best team in the Madison in recent years. They will face competition from the Dutch Yoeri Havik and Philip Heijnen and the Italians Elia Viviani and Michele Scartezzini. I am also excited to see what Moritz Malcharek can achieve together with Raphael Kokas. These four teams are fighting for the podium.”
Theo Reinhardt: “I grew up with the Berlin Six-Day Race. As a young guy I watched and then had the great fortune to be able to ride here for years. The velodrome is shaped like a cauldron and when the atmosphere here is really good, it's a witch's cauldron. Then it's incredible to be a rider on this track. There were quite a few moments when I actually had goosebumps on the bike because the atmosphere was so great."
Roger Kluge: "We're here to win again. We rode through the six-day season together and are fit. Now at home we are particularly motivated. Theo fought through the winter for Berlin. I'm sure he's in good shape and so the conditions are already in place for us to be able to compete for victory."
Sprinter Robert Förstemann: "Berlin is the epitome of the six-day race. The track is fantastic. The crowd is great and cheers the riders on and the starting field is always top class. The people here simply live track cycling and it is always an honour to be able to be at the start here.” Looking at the field of riders, he added: “Maybe we will even break the track record.”
After the serious accident involving the national track cycling team on Mallorca, the organisers of the Sixdays Weekend had to re-plan because Moritz Augenstein, Benjamin Boos and Bruno Kessler cannot ride in the velodrome. Valts Miltovics, Managing Director of the Sixdays Weekend: “The accident was shocking news for us. The three of them were firmly planned to be with us. We have nominated three riders at short notice: Raphael Kokas from Austria, Matteo Donega from Italy and Matteo Constant from Switzerland.”
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 organisers expect the velodrome to be sold out on Saturday. Those interested in tickets should therefore not wait any longer if they do not 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. Races will run until midnight. As always, in addition to the sport, there will be plenty of music, drinks, food and plenty of entertainment at the Berlin Six-Day Race.
Italy's Olympic champion Elia Viviani at the start of the SIXDAYS Weekend |
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.
Outstanding field of riders at the Sixdays Weekend in the Velodrom Berlin
The world elite of track cycling will be at the start of the SIXDAYS WEEKEND on January 31 and February 1, 2025, just a few days before the European Championships. Led by Olympic champion, world and European champion Roy von den Berg (NED), world and European champion and Sixdays defending champion Yoeri Havik (NED), German legends Roger Kluge, Theo Reinhardt and Robert Förstemann, an outstanding field of riders is waiting for the starting signal. An unofficial German championship will be held for the sprinters. One of the highlights of the 112th Berlin Six-Day Race will be Theo Reinhardt's last race.
"For many athletes, the Sixdays Weekend will be the last big test before the European Championships, which will take place from February 12 to 15 in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium. The riders will arrive at the Berlin Velodrome in top shape and will use the 112th Berlin Six-Day Race as a final assessment of their position. Spectators can therefore look forward to outstanding track cycling," said Valts Miltovics, Managing Director of the Sixdays Weekend.
Theo Reinhardt before his last race
A total of 12 endurance teams and 6 sprinters will ensure plenty of action on the 250-meter oval. The focus this year is again on the men's elite field. The two local heroes Roger Kluge and Theo Reinhardt want to repeat their Sixdays success from 2019 and 2023. It will be a special race for both of them, because Theo Reinhardt is ending his impressive career with the Sixdays Weekend. "I expect it will be very emotional. As a little kid, I sat in the stands in the Berlin Velodrome and cheered on the big boys at the six-day race, developed dreams and visions that I was fortunately able to realize. And if it now ends in the same place, it will certainly be a very moving moment." Kluge/Reinhardt finished second at the Sixdays Bremen last weekend.
The opponents
The toughest rivals could come from the Netherlands: the duo Philip Heijnen and Yoeri Havik. Heijnen won the bronze medal at the World Championships last year, Havik is world and European champion and comes to Berlin as defending champion. The second German team also has a chance of overall victory: Moritz Malcharek and Moritz Augenstein are three-time German champions on the track, they finished third in the Velodrome in 2024. The 2024 Asian champions are also traveling to the Spree with a chance of winning: Shunsuke Imamura and Kazushige Kuboki.
The sprinters
The men's sprint field is led by an Olympic, world and European champion: Roy van den Berg. The Dutchman collected all the titles last year and is currently considered the measure of all things in the sprint. His toughest rivals are Mateusz Rudyk (POL) and Robert Förstemann. Rudyk won two silver medals at the 2024 European Championships and won the Berlin Six-Day Race in 2023. Robert Förstemann is travelling to the Velodrome with the bronze medal from the 2024 Paralympics in his luggage. The man with the "monster thighs", also known as "Quadzilla", is certainly far from being past his prime.
The women's sprinters
The women's sprint field is like the who's who of German track cycling and is therefore becoming the unofficial German championship. Pauline Grabosch, Emma Hinze and Lea Sophie Friedrich are the reigning European champions and together won the bronze medal in the team sprint at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Lea Sophie Friedrich also won the silver medal in the sprint at the Olympic Games. Alessa-Catriona Pröpster, Clara Schneider and Anastasia Kuniß complete the field of riders.
Admission for the Sixdays Weekend is at 6:00 p.m. on both days, 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,
Havik/Politt win Bremen Sixdays - Kluge/Reinhardt in second place
He wanted revenge and used it successfully: The Dutchman Yoeri Havik wins the SIXDAYS BREMEN 2025 alongside Cologne's Nils Politt. Last year's winners Roger Kluge and Theo Reinhardt follow in second place, ahead of Simone Consonni and Elia Viviani. "For me, a small dream has come true," reveals Havik. "As a little boy, I was a big fan of Danny Stam, who won twice here in Bremen. Since then, it has been my goal to stand at the top of the podium myself." Last year, he narrowly missed out on victory and this time, too, the competition did not make it easy for him. Over four days, the three top teams fought a tough battle.
Last year's winners Roger Kluge and Theo Reinhardt started the hunt for the final as favorites with a one-lap lead. They were able to withstand the attacks of the competition for a long time, but Consonni/Viviani and Politt/Havik applied pressure. With 30 laps to go, the German-Dutch duo set off for the decisive doublet and thus won the overall ranking on points.
It was the last race in Bremen for cycling professional Theo Reinhardt. The 34-year-old recently announced his retirement. "Of course I would have liked to say goodbye to the Bremen audience with a win, but I still had a great four days," says Reinhardt, who won the Bremen SIXDAYS in 2018 alongside Kenny De Ketele and in 2024 with Roger Kluge.
Yoeri Havik, Theo Reinhardt and Roger Kluge will start on January 31 and February 1 at the SIXDAYS Weekend in the Velodrom Berlin.
All results and more information at www.sixdays.de. The 2026 Bremen Six-Day Race will take place from January 9 to 12.
Sixdays Bremen starts with a strong field of riders
In the 2024 final, Theo Reinhardt and Roger Kluge pushed the long-leading Dutchmen Yoeri Havik and Jan-Willem van Schip out of first place in the last big chase. Now it's time for revenge. With crowd favorite Nils Politt, Havik has a strong partner at his side. The Cologne native is entering the Bremen Oval for the third time and has already recorded one victory. Politt comes to Bremen as the Tour de France team winner. At the famous Tour of France, he also made a name for himself as a helper to teammate and overall winner Tadej Pogačar.
The sporting director Erik Weispfennig is delighted to be able to sign World Tour rider Simone Consonni for the 58th edition of the Antenne Schlager Sixdays Bremen. The 30-year-old is an Olympic, World and European champion. Most recently he won silver and bronze at the Olympics in Paris. He will be competing alongside fellow countryman Michele Scartezzini. Scartezzini was a three-time Italian champion in 2023 and, together with Consonni, was second in the European Championships in the Madison.
The duo Matias Malmberg and Moritz Augenstein could cause a surprise this year. Malmberg is considered brave, competitive and focused - Augenstein is the reigning German champion in points races, scratch and two-man team races (with Moritz Malcharek).
This four-day title fight will not be an easy one, as last year's winner Roger Kluge knows: "Of course Theo and I want to defend our title, but that's easy to say. The competition is tough. In any case, we want to have a say in the overall victory and then we'll see where it ends up."
The Sixdays Bremen will take place from Friday to Monday, January 10th to 13th, 2025, in the ÖVB Arena and the adjacent halls. More information at www.sixdays.de.
The last laps: Theo Reinhardt ends his impressive career at the 112th Berlin Six-Day Race
It will be a tearful farewell in the Berlin Velodrome. One of Germany's most successful track cyclists is retiring. Theo Reinhardt will ride his last laps at the SIXDAYS WEEKEND on January 31 and February 1, 2025. Together with Henning Bommel, he won his first World Championship bronze in 2013. He celebrated his greatest successes in the two-man team race on the track together with his partner Roger Kluge. In 2018 and 2019 they became world champions, third in the World Championship in 2020 and European champions 2022-2024. After the 112th Berlin Six-Day Race, it is now finally over. The SIXDAYS WEEKEND will give him an unforgettable farewell.
Theo Reinhardt: "I am very proud of what I have achieved in my career. Every title, every success has its own story and will always be remembered. But at the age of 34, the time has now come to step down. The Berlin Six-Day Race has held a special place in my heart over the years. Feeling the incredible atmosphere in the Velodrome one last time will be the perfect ending. Together with my long-time cycling partner and friend, Roger Kluge, I will do everything in my power to repeat our success from 2023 and win the Sixdays Weekend. Being able to end my career in my hometown of Berlin is a great gift.” Theo Reinhardt will remain in cycling, but he has not yet decided in what capacity. “Cycling has given me so much, I want to give something back. I cannot say exactly what that will look like at the moment. The first positive discussions have already taken place with German Cycling, formerly the German Cycling Association. I'm sure you'll see me on the bike again somewhere."
Valts Miltovics, Managing Director of the SIXDAYS WEEKEND: "I can already promise today that Theo Reinhardt will receive a spectacular farewell at the Sixdays Weekend. He is an exceptional athlete and has been one of the biggest figureheads of the Berlin Six-Day Race for many years. Track cycling will miss this incredible fighter and rider on the track. That's why we want to make sure that he can enjoy his last laps in his home town and never forget them."
The world elite of track cycling will compete at the SIXDAYS WEEKEND on January 31 and February 1, 2025 in the Berlin Velodrome. In addition to Theo Rheinhardt and Roger Kluge, Sixdays legend Robert Förstemann, world and European champion Yoeri Havik (NED) and Olympic champion Roy van den Berg (NED) have also confirmed their attendance. A total of 12 endurance teams and 6 sprinters will ensure plenty of action on the two evenings of the event.
The six best German sprinters will also be at the start, including Emma Hinze, Pauline Grabosch and Lea Sophie Friedrich. Admission is at 6:00 p.m. on both days, and the races start at 6:40 p.m. Races will run until midnight. As always, in addition to the sport, there will be plenty of music, drinks and food as well as plenty of entertainment at the Berlin Six-Day Race.