{"id":6536,"date":"2025-11-24T15:22:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T14:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sixdayweekend.com\/?p=6536"},"modified":"2025-11-25T09:57:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T08:57:53","slug":"robert-foerstemann-new-tandem-partner-mission-gold-la2028-first-start-at-the-sixdays-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sixdayweekend.com\/en\/2025\/11\/24\/robert-foerstemann-new-tandem-partner-mission-gold-la2028-first-start-at-the-sixdays-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert F\u00f6rstemann: New Tandem Partner \u2013 Mission Gold LA2028 | First Start at the SIXDAYS Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>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 F\u00f6rstemann will also return to the Velodrom\u2014both 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 F\u00f6rstemann on the tandem. \u201cWe\u2019ve completed our first training sessions, and it already feels very good. I\u2019m looking forward to showing the public what we can do together with Marc at the SIXDAYS Weekend 2026 on January 30 and 31,\u201d says Robert F\u00f6rstemann.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 113th Berlin Six-Day Race will take place on Friday and Saturday, January 30 and 31, 2026. \u201cThe 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,\u201d says <strong>Valts Miltovi\u010ds<\/strong>, Managing Director of Madison Sports GmbH. \u201cIt is a special pleasure for me that Robert F\u00f6rstemann 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Robert F\u00f6rstemann<\/strong> 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. \u201cI\u2019m 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,\u201d says Quadzilla, the affectionate nickname given to F\u00f6rstemann because of his massive thighs.<\/p>\n<p>Visually impaired athlete <strong>Marc Lembeck<\/strong> has already competed at the Paralympic Games\u2014first 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 F\u00f6rstemann. \u201cI 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.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SIXDAYS Weekend 2026 is already on the horizon. 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