Six Days of New York
Appearance
(ITA) (8 wins) | |
Final winner |
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The Six Days of New York was a former
Alfred Goullet and Italian Franco Giorgetti
hold the record with eight wins each.
Madison
The madison team event, one of the most popular disciplines in track cycling, was invented during the Six Days of New York and named after the second Madison Square Garden, where the venue was held.[2] In French the discipline is known as the "American race" (course à l'américaine).
Roll of honor
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/Wielrennen%2C_Historie_op_de_baan_Valpartij_tijdens_6-daagse_wielerwedstrijd_op_de_Madison-Square%2C_SFA002002257.jpg/220px-Wielrennen%2C_Historie_op_de_baan_Valpartij_tijdens_6-daagse_wielerwedstrijd_op_de_Madison-Square%2C_SFA002002257.jpg)
References
- ISBN 978-16-142350-64, p25
- ^ "A Brutal Exhibition". The New York Times. 11 December 1897. Retrieved 25 February 2016.