Highlights SIXDAYS Weekend 2025 Berlin

On 31 January and 1 February 2025, the SIXDAYS WEEKEND took place in Berlin – the 112th Berliner Sechstagerennen. With twelve endurance teams and six sprinters, the 250-metre oval became a stage for thrilling competitions and top sporting performances.

We were there too and have brought you a few photos (about 700):

Kluge and Reinhardt triumph in front of their home crowd

In front of a sold-out crowd of 8,000 enthusiastic spectators at the Berlin Velodrom, Roger Kluge and Theo Reinhardt secured victory at the SIXDAYS WEEKEND 2025. In a nerve-wracking final, the two-time Berlin winners took 176 points to beat the Dutch pairing of Yoeri Havik/Philip Heijnen (167 points) and the Italians Elia Viv /Michelle Scartezzini (163 points).

For Theo Reinhardt, who can look back on an impressive career with two world championship and three European championship titles, it was the perfect farewell to active cycling. The 34-year-old said goodbye with a last great triumph and will in future work as a trainer for the German Cycling Association.

With this success, Kluge and Reinhardt have already secured their third overall victory at the Berlin Six Day Race, following their victories in 2019 and 2023.

Dramatic finale with a thrilling final phase

Five points behind the leading Italians Viviani/Scartezzini (82 points), Kluge and Reinhardt (77 points) went into the deciding evening. The Dutch duo Havik/Heijnen (68 points) also still had a realistic chance of taking the overall victory.

After the first events of the evening, their deficit increased slightly. But in the Derny race, Kluge and Reinhardt fought their way back impressively. The final decision was made in the big chase over 120 laps – with the better end for the German duo, who secured overall victory thanks to strong tactics and stamina.

Goosebump moments at Theo Reinhardt’s farewell

One of the evening’s emotional highlights took place an hour before the finale: Theo Reinhardt was given a festive send-off to standing ovations from the audience. The Berliner is ending his active career and will now contribute his experience to German cycling as a trainer.

Sprint titles remain in proven hands

In the women’s sprint, Lea Sophie Friedrich triumphed again. The eight-time world champion and Olympic silver medallist from Paris defended her title with 101 points, just ahead of Emma Hinze (100 points), who had previously won the keirin. Pauline Grabosch (68 points) completed the podium. In addition, Friedrich set a new track record in the time trial, which she set with a time of 13.154 seconds.

There was also a successful title defence in the men’s event: Mateusz Rudyk, fifth at the Paris 2024 Olympics, won with 95 points ahead of Maximilian Dörnbach from Cottbus (87 points) and Robert Förstemann from Berlin (80 points).

Highlight of the supporting programme: German record in tandem time trial

The supporting programme provided a special highlight of the evening: Robert Förstemann and his visually impaired partner Thomas Ulbricht set a new German record in the 500-metre time trial (flying start). The duo, who won the bronze medal at the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, completed the course in an impressive 25.970 seconds.

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