The Six Days of Berlin is a two-day, formerly six-day track cycling race held annually in Berlin, Germany. The event was first held in 1909. In its first edition, 15 teams of two cyclists each competed in the exhibition hall at Berlin Zoo for glory and, not least, 5000 Goldmarks. Klaus Bugdahl holds the record of victories with nine.
The time when the 6 day race is held is sometimes just in the middle of the football season, the winter is severe, and football league in Germany had rather long winter break. In the past Bundesliga was suspended from mid December to mid February. Therefore, 6-day races were considered major entertainment events at that time (handball was to some extent).
In particular, the Berlin 6-day race, which has reached the 100th race at the 2011 competition, still has a large audience, and in the heyday it was held twice a season. Due to the race format declines in popularity and 2008 financial crisis, Six Days of Dortmund, Stuttgart and Munich folded successively. Another surviving 6 day cycling in Germany is Six Days of Bremen.
Starting from 2017, 6 Days of Berlin was incorporated into the Six Day Series organized by Madison Sports Group in attempting to rejuvenate the race format.
The event was cancelled in 2021 and 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2023, it was shortened to a 3-day race because of a decrease in budget, and was further shortened to 2 days in 2024. The name remains as Six Days of Berlin.
Winners Year Winners Second Third1909 1910 1911 1912 (I) 1912 (II) 1913 1914 1915–1918 Not raced1919 1920–1921 Not raced1922 1923 1924 (I) 1924 (II) 1925 (I) 1925 (II) 1926 (I) 1926 (II) 1926 (III) 1927 (I) 1927 (II) 1928 1929 (I) 1929 (II) 1930 (I) 1930 (II) 1931 (I) 1931 (II) 1932 (I) 1932 (II) 1933 1934 1935–1948 Not raced1949 1950 (I) 1950 (II) 1951 (I) 1951 (II) 1952 (I) 1952 (II) 1953 1954 (I) 1954 (II) 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 (I) 1961 (II) 1962 (I) 1962 (II) 1963 1964 (I) 1964 (II) 1965 (I) 1965 (II) 1966 (I) 1966 (II) 1967 (I) 1967 (II) 1968 (I) 1968 (II) 1969 (I) 1969 (II) 1970 (I) 1970 (II) 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Not raced1990 1991–1996 Not raced1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021–2022 Not raced 2023 Theo Reinhardt Roger Kluge Yoeri Havik Vincent Hoppezak Moritz Malcharek Tim Torn Teutenberg 2024 Yoeri HavikJan-Willem van Schip Theo Reinhardt Roger Kluge Moritz Malcharek Moritz Augenstein 2025 Theo Reinhardt Roger Kluge Yoeri Havik Philip Heijnen Elia Viviani Michele Scartezzini
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Six Day Berlin