Six day races

[Dean1234]

Hi guys, I'm a pretty new road cycling fan, been watching since roughly 2011, but mainly on the road. Seeing as the road season is soon to come to a close i have decided to watch some track cycling, but i am a bit confused as to what 6 day races invoke and how they are run. Does someone think that they could explain what they are, what they invoke, how someone wins them, where they take place and who rides in them. Many thanks

 

[Buffalo Soldier]

Short story: the team with the most laps after 6 days wins.
You can also score points. For every 100 points you get a bonus lap.
If 2 team end within the same lap, the points are the tie breaker

Longer story:
-Six days are raced by teams of 2 (composed by the organizers, rather than by the riders)
-Every day, the teams have to ride different disciplines (mostly every day the same ones)
-Most of these disciplines are done by 1 of the 2 team members, some are with two (with only one racing at a time, as in the Madison, constantly relieving each other)
-Standard disciplines are: Madison, Sprint, Time Trial (one lap, flying start), motor (derny) paced, (team) elemination
-Except for the sprint, theoretically the teams can gain rounds in every discipline. In practice, you'll notice this is only done in Madison, and sometimes in the derny race
-6 days is folklore. It's a sport for the people. There's beer, there's music. But there's also sport. (although some of the disciplines sometimes look more like entertainment acts than competition).

Try to catch a real live 6 day race, rather than watching it on a screen.


Oh: and the CX season is starting. No reason to worry