2016 Six Days of London was a professional

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event held at the

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over six consecutive days from 25 to 30 October 2016. It was the second year the event was held since the historical

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event was resurrected in 2015. Before the event, the organisers announced that the event was to form part of a "Six Day Series", with the London event being followed by events in

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, with a "final" then being held at the Palma velodrome in Mallorca.

Summary

The main competition was held over all six days, with 16 pairs of men competing to cover the largest number of laps in a series of

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events. Points were also awarded in a number of other shorter events, such as derny and elimination races, with each 100 points awarding an extra lap. Alongside this, six sprinters raced every night in match sprint and

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races. There was also a women's

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event which took place over the final three days. British cycling legends

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attended the event for the first time, competing as a pair, but were defeated by reigning champions

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and Moreno De Pauw and took second place instead. Both teams also competed at the

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later that year, where the order was reversed, with Wiggins declaring that to be his final competitive race. In the

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dominated to win the overall standings, winning all of the individual events except for the 10 km points race. Joachim Eilers won the sprinter's event.

References

{{Reflist Cycle racing in London Lee Valley Park Six-day races Cycle races in England