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| Matt Gilmore and Bradley Wiggins wave their flowers at the crowd in Ghent. | Matt Gilmore | Robert Sassone leads partner Scott McGrory into a flying lap time trial in the Ghent Six. | Rob Slippens and Danny Stam at the top of the Ghent banking | World points race champion Franz Stocher of Austria throws partner Iljo Keisse of Belgium into the race. |
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| Gerratit! A madison change in the middle of the bunch. This is the Danish pairing of Jimmi Madsen and Michael Sandstod. | Shall we dance? Matt Gilmore delicately holds hands with Bradley Wiggins during a Madison change. | Bradley Wiggins in full flight at Ghent. The young British world pursuit champion is hungry for his first six-day win. | Brad Wiggins hurls Matt Gilmore into the race. | Big Franco Marvulli lays down the power during the Ghent Six. |
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| Andreas Beikirch goes for it. | Alexander Aeschbach at speed in Ghent. | Belgium's Iljo Keisse during the 2003 Gentse Zesdaagse. | Rob Hayles chucks America's Marty Nothstein into the race. The Cofidis pro has been struggling this week with a bug. | Matt Gilmore in full flight at Ghent. |
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| Slippens and Stam change on the Ghent banking. | Jean-Pierre van Zyl chucks Italy's Marco Villa into the race. | Franco Marvulli slings partner Alex Aeschbach into the race. | Steven Deneef and Wouter van Mechelen show how to do a madison change during the Ghent six-day bike race. | Andreas Beikirch in full flight at Ghent. |
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| Marco Villa throws J-P van Zyl into the race. | Top dogs: Switzerland's Kurt Betschart gives a handsling to partner Bruno Risi. | Full-on action: Pain shows on the face of Matt Gilmore (green jersey) and Anreas Beikirch (yellow). Behind, Kurt Betschart (bottom) and Marco Villa shelter in the wheels. | Andreas Beikirch throws Andreas Kappes into the madison at Ghent. | Robert Sassone responds to an attack, bridging the gap. |
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| The bunch in full flight during the Ghent six-day race. | Concentration on the face of experienced German pro Gerd Dörich as he is thrown into the race. | Scott McGrory chasing down a break. In the background, partner Sassone has just thrown him in. | Alex Aeschbach hands over to Franco Marvulli in the closing stages of a madison during the 2003 Gentse Zesdaagse. | Devastating effect: Bruno Risi launches a blistering attack, whilst Andreas Kappes grits his teeth behind. |
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| Big boys rules: Big tall Marty Nothstein throws big, tall Rob Hayles into the fray. | Scott McGrory tucks in behind Danish six-day rider to take a lap gain. | Showing the strain: Iljo Keisse slings Franz Stocher in during the final minutes of a hectic 40-minute madison, | Matt Gilmore and Bradley Wiggins celebrate a win in the Friday night Madison |