Six Days of Buenos Aires

Six Days of Buenos Aires
Race details
RegionBuenos Aires, Argentina
DisciplineTrack
TypeSix-day racing
History
First edition1936 (1936)
Editions27

The Six Days of Buenos Aires was a former six-day cycling event, held in Luna Park stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina. As many as 27 editions took place from 1936 until 2000, though there were at times single years or even long gaps (such as 1950-55 and 1965-82) when the event was not raced.

Winners

Edition Winners Second Third
1936 Spain Antonio Prior
Spain Rafael Ramos
United States Bobby Echeverria
Republic of Ireland Jackie Sheehan
Nazi Germany Willy Korsmeier
Nazi Germany Karl Kretschmer
1937 I Nazi Germany Gottfried Hürtgen
Nazi Germany Karl Göbel
Spain Vicente Demetrio
Spain Antonio Prior
Nazi Germany Willy Korsmeier
Spain Luciano Montero Hernandez
1937 II Nazi Germany Gottfried Hürtgen
Nazi Germany Karl Göbel
Italy Gino Banbagiotti
United States Ferdinand Grillo
Belgium Jean Van Buggenhout
Belgium Michel Van Vlockhoven
1938 Not raced
1939 Argentina Remigio Saavedra
Belgium Camiel Dekuysscher
United States Ferdinand Grillo
Italy Raffaele Di Paco
Nazi Germany Karl Göbel
Nazi Germany Gottfried Hürtgen
1940 Nazi Germany Gottfried Hürtgen
Italy Raffaele Di Paco
Denmark Erland Christensen
Argentina Mario Mathieu
Belgium Roger Deneef
Belgium Constant Huys
1941 Not raced
1942 France Fernand Wambst
Italy Antonio Bertola
Argentina Mario Mathieu
Argentina Remigio Saavedra
Belgium Constant Huys
Netherlands Frans Slaats
1943 Argentina Remigio Saavedra
Argentina Mario Mathieu
Italy Antonio Bertola
Italy Raffaele Di Paco
Belgium Constant Huys
Netherlands Frans Slaats
1944 Netherlands Frans Slaats
Italy Raffaele Di Paco
Argentina Mario Mathieu
Argentina Remigio Saavedra
Italy Antonio Bertola
Belgium Constant Huys
1945 Argentina Remigio Saavedra
Argentina Mario Mathieu
Italy Antonio Bertola
Italy Raffaele Di Paco
Belgium Constant Huys
Italy Bruno Loatti
1946 France Émile Ignat
France Gilbert Doré
Argentina Angel Castellani
Argentina Mario Mathieu
Belgium Raoul Breuskin
Belgium Emile Bruneau
1947 France Alvaro Giorgetti
Italy Antonio Bertola
France Gilbert Doré
France Émile Ignat
Belgium Emile Bruneau
Argentina Remigio Saavedra
1948 Argentina Ángel Castellani
Italy Antonio Bertola
France Alvaro Giorgetti
France Robert Vercellone
Spain Alejandro Fombellida
France Raoul Martin
1949 I France Alvaro Giorgetti
France Robert Vercellone
Spain Alejandro Fombellida
France Raoul Martin
Italy Antonio Bertola
Argentina Angel Castellani
1949 II France Raoul Martin
Spain Alejandro Fombellida
1950-55 Not raced
1956 Argentina Héctor Acosta
Argentina Bruno Sivilotti
Argentina Antonio Alexandre
Argentina Rodolfo Caccavo
Argentina Elvio Giacche
Argentina Oscar Giacche
1957 Not raced
1958 Italy Fausto Coppi
Argentina Jorge Batiz
Spain Alfredo Estmatges
Spain Gabriel Saura
Argentina Antonio Alexandre
Argentina Ramon Vazquez
1959 Argentina Jorge Batiz
Italy Mino De Rossi
France Jacques Bellenger
France Bernard Bouvard
Argentina Antonio Alexandre
Argentina Dulio Biganzoli
1960 Italy Enzo Sacchi
Italy Ferdinando Terruzzi
Argentina Jorge Batiz
Argentina Ramon Vazquez
France Bernard Bouvard
France Jean Raynal
1961 Spain Miguel Poblet
Argentina Jorge Batiz
Italy Leandro Faggin
Italy Guido Messina
Germany Manfred Donike
Germany Edy Gieseler
1962 Not raced
1963 Argentina Ricardo Senn
Argentina Jorge Batiz
Spain Guillermo Timoner
Spain Francisco Tortella
Germany Willi Altig
Belgium Leo Sterckx
1964 Argentina Ricardo Senn
Argentina Jorge Batiz
Germany Gustav Kilian
Belgium Robert Lelangue
Argentina Carlos Roqueiro
Italy Mino De Rossi
1965-82 Not raced
1983 Belgium Willy Debosscher
Germany Stefan Schröpfer
Spain Avelino Perea
Spain Modesto Urrutibeazcoa
Argentina Marcelo Alexandre
Argentina Eduardo Trillini
1984 Liechtenstein Roman Hermann
Argentina Eduardo Trillini
Spain Avelino Perea
Spain Modesto Urrutibeazcoa
Belgium Willy Debosscher
Netherlands Rene Kos
1985-86 Not raced
1987 Argentina Marcelo Alexandre
Argentina Eduardo Trillini
1988-92 Not raced
1993 Argentina Marcelo Alexandre
Australia Danny Clark
Argentina Gabriel Curuchet
Argentina Juan Curuchet
Argentina Hugo Patissoli
Argentina Erminio Suarez
1994-98 Not raced
1999 Argentina Juan Curuchet
Argentina Gabriel Curuchet
Italy Adriano Baffi
Italy Andrea Collinelli
Denmark Jimmi Madsen
Switzerland Bruno Risi
2000 Argentina Juan Curuchet
Argentina Gabriel Curuchet
Spain Juan Llaneras
Argentina Walter Perez
Argentina Gustavo Artacho
Switzerland Bruno Risi

References

http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/piste_6jours/6j_buenos_aires.php

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