The home town team wearing the lucky number 7 of the race favourites, Danes Michael Mørkøv and Alex Rasmussen, took the early lead in the Copenhagen Six Day on the first night.
Seeking to defend their title at the Ballerup Super Arena is an extra added pressure, but the reigning Madison World Champions handled it with aplomb as they powered to a one-lap advantage over all but the Dutch team of Danny Stam and Peter Schep.
The first Madison was contested at a blistering pace, with the major favourites all present on the lead lap. The sprint was won in a convincing fashion by Mørkøv over Swiss legend Bruno Risi.
The Danes then went about racking up points in the minor events, netting minor placings before clocking the fastest flying lap of the night at 13.038 seconds.
Risi and partner Franco Marvulli were also busy padding their points tally with a few sprint wins and taking a derny race, but on the night's final Madison, the Swiss pair missed the break and the Danes, the Dutch pair and three other teams took a lap, leaving Risi and Marvulli down a lap in the overall standings.
Mørkøv and Rasmussen aren't counting the Swiss out yet, as five nights of feverish racing are to come.
"The atmosphere in Copenhagen was ecstatic tonight and the support was extremely motivating. The race started out in a very tough opening but we were in control of the situation which we made clear to our rivals and that was important to us. Although the Swiss are one lap behind, I still consider them as our biggest rivals before Tuesday's finale.
"Bruno Risi has over the past several years been the best six-day race cyclist and I have the feeling he intends to end his career at the very top,” said Mørkøv.
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Madison 1
1
Alex Rasmussen / Michael Mørkøv (Den)
20
pts
2
Bruno Risi / Franco Marvulli (Swi)
12
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Robert Bartko / Iljo Keisse (Ger/Bel)
10
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Danny Stam / Peter Schep (Ned)
8
Row 3 - Cell 3
5
Leif Lampater / Christian Grasmann (Ger)
6
-1 lap
6
Jens-Erik Madsen / Marc Hester (Den)
4
-2 laps
7
Léon van Bon / Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Ned/Den)
2
Row 6 - Cell 3
8
Colby Pearce / Daniel Holloway (USA)
Row 7 - Cell 2
Row 7 - Cell 3
9
Andreas Müller / Jesper Mørkøv (Aut/Den)
Row 8 - Cell 2
-3 laps
10
Alexei Shmidt / Jiri Hochmann (Rus/Cze)
Row 9 - Cell 2
Row 9 - Cell 3
11
Alexander Aeschbach / Michael Færk (Swi/Den)
Row 10 - Cell 2
-4 laps
12
Sebastian Donadio / Tristan Marguet (Arg/Swi)
Row 11 - Cell 2
Row 11 - Cell 3
13
Aloïs Kankovsky / Petr Lazar (Cze)
Row 12 - Cell 2
-5 laps
14
Michael Smith Larsen / Michael Berling (Den)
Row 13 - Cell 2
-7 laps
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Sprint 1
1
Bruno Risi / Franco Marvulli (Swi)
5
pts
2
Alexander Aeschbach / Michael Færk (Swi/Den)
3
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Andreas Müller / Jesper Mørkøv (Aut/Den)
2
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Sebastian Donadio / Tristan Marguet (Arg/Swi)
1
Row 3 - Cell 3
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Sprint 2
1
Léon van Bon / Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Ned/Den)
5
pts
2
Leif Lampater / Christian Grasmann (Ger)
3
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Colby Pearce / Daniel Holloway (USA)
2
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Aloïs Kankovsky / Petr Lazar (Cze)
1
Row 3 - Cell 3
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Sprint 3
1
Sebastian Donadio / Tristan Marguet (Arg/Swi)
5
pts
2
Alexei Shmidt / Jiri Hochmann (Rus/Cze)
3
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Alex Rasmussen / Michael Mørkøv (Den)
2
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Jens-Erik Madsen / Marc Hester (Den)
1
Row 3 - Cell 3
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Sprint 4
1
Bruno Risi / Franco Marvulli (Swi)
5
pts
2
Alexander Aeschbach / Michael Færk (Swi/Den)
3
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Alexei Shmidt / Jiri Hochmann (Rus/Cze)
2
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Leif Lampater / Christian Grasmann (Ger)
1
Row 3 - Cell 3
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Sprint 5
1
Léon van Bon / Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Ned/Den)
5
pts
2
Robert Bartko / Iljo Keisse (Ger/Bel)
3
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Colby Pearce / Daniel Holloway (USA)
2
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Michael Smith Larsen / Michael Berling (Den)
1
Row 3 - Cell 3
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Sprint 6
1
Jens-Erik Madsen / Marc Hester (Den)
5
pts
2
Alex Rasmussen / Michael Mørkøv (Den)
3
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Bruno Risi / Franco Marvulli (Swi)
2
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Sebastian Donadio / Tristan Marguet (Arg/Swi)
1
Row 3 - Cell 3
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Derny race
1
Andreas Müller / Jesper Mørkøv (Aut/Den)
10
pts
2
Aloïs Kankovsky / Petr Lazar (Cze)
8
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Alexander Aeschbach / Michael Færk (Swi/Den)
6
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Alexei Shmidt / Jiri Hochmann (Rus/Cze)
4
Row 3 - Cell 3
5
Michael Smith Larsen / Michael Berling (Den)
2
Row 4 - Cell 3
6
Leif Lampater / Christian Grasmann (Ger)
Row 5 - Cell 2
Row 5 - Cell 3
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500m TT
1
Léon van Bon / Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Ned/Den)
0:00:28
2
Danny Stam / Peter Schep (Ned)
0:00:02
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Flying lap
1
Alex Rasmussen / Michael Mørkøv (Den)
0:00:13
2
Jens-Erik Madsen / Marc Hester (Den)
0:00:00
3
Sebastian Donadio / Tristan Marguet (Arg/Swi)
0:00:00
4
Bruno Risi / Franco Marvulli (Swi)
0:00:00
5
Léon van Bon / Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Ned/Den)
0:00:00
6
Leif Lampater / Christian Grasmann (Ger)
0:00:00
7
Robert Bartko / Iljo Keisse (Ger/Bel)
0:00:00
8
Aloïs Kankovsky / Petr Lazar (Cze)
0:00:00
9
Alexei Shmidt / Jiri Hochmann (Rus/Cze)
0:00:01
10
Alexander Aeschbach / Michael Færk (Swi/Den)
0:00:01
11
Colby Pearce / Daniel Holloway (USA)
0:00:01
12
Danny Stam / Peter Schep (Ned)
0:00:01
13
Andreas Müller / Jesper Mørkøv (Aut/Den)
0:00:01
14
Michael Smith Larsen / Michael Berling (Den)
0:00:01
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Derny
1
Bruno Risi / Franco Marvulli (Swi)
10
pts
2
Alex Rasmussen / Michael Mørkøv (Den)
8
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Robert Bartko / Iljo Keisse (Ger/Bel)
6
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Léon van Bon / Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Ned/Den)
4
Row 3 - Cell 3
5
Danny Stam / Peter Schep (Ned)
2
Row 4 - Cell 3
6
Alexei Shmidt / Jiri Hochmann (Rus/Cze)
Row 5 - Cell 2
Row 5 - Cell 3
7
Michael Smith Larsen / Michael Berling (Den)
Row 6 - Cell 2
Row 6 - Cell 3
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Derny sprint
1
Léon van Bon / Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Ned/Den)
10
pts
2
Andreas Müller / Jesper Mørkøv (Aut/Den)
6
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Sebastian Donadio / Tristan Marguet (Arg/Swi)
5
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Alexander Aeschbach / Michael Færk (Swi/Den)
4
Row 3 - Cell 3
5
Robert Bartko / Iljo Keisse (Ger/Bel)
3
Row 4 - Cell 3
6
Jens-Erik Madsen / Marc Hester (Den)
2
Row 5 - Cell 3
7
Alex Rasmussen / Michael Mørkøv (Den)
Row 6 - Cell 2
Row 6 - Cell 3
8
Alexei Shmidt / Jiri Hochmann (Rus/Cze)
Row 7 - Cell 2
Row 7 - Cell 3
9
Michael Smith Larsen / Michael Berling (Den)
Row 8 - Cell 2
Row 8 - Cell 3
10
Bruno Risi / Franco Marvulli (Swi)
Row 9 - Cell 2
Row 9 - Cell 3
11
Leif Lampater / Christian Grasmann (Ger)
Row 10 - Cell 2
Row 10 - Cell 3
12
Aloïs Kankovsky / Petr Lazar (Cze)
Row 11 - Cell 2
Row 11 - Cell 3
13
Colby Pearce / Daniel Holloway (USA)
Row 12 - Cell 2
Row 12 - Cell 3
14
Danny Stam / Peter Schep (Ned)
Row 13 - Cell 2
Row 13 - Cell 3
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Sprint
1
Michael Smith Larsen / Michael Berling (Den)
10
pts
2
Robert Bartko / Iljo Keisse (Ger/Bel)
6
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Colby Pearce / Daniel Holloway (USA)
5
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Sebastian Donadio / Tristan Marguet (Arg/Swi)
4
Row 3 - Cell 3
5
Léon van Bon / Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Ned/Den)
3
Row 4 - Cell 3
6
Alexander Aeschbach / Michael Færk (Swi/Den)
2
Row 5 - Cell 3
7
Alexei Shmidt / Jiri Hochmann (Rus/Cze)
Row 6 - Cell 2
Row 6 - Cell 3
8
Leif Lampater / Christian Grasmann (Ger)
Row 7 - Cell 2
Row 7 - Cell 3
9
Aloïs Kankovsky / Petr Lazar (Cze)
Row 8 - Cell 2
Row 8 - Cell 3
10
Bruno Risi / Franco Marvulli (Swi)
Row 9 - Cell 2
Row 9 - Cell 3
11
Alex Rasmussen / Michael Mørkøv (Den)
Row 10 - Cell 2
Row 10 - Cell 3
12
Jens-Erik Madsen / Marc Hester (Den)
Row 11 - Cell 2
Row 11 - Cell 3
13
Danny Stam / Peter Schep (Ned)
Row 12 - Cell 2
Row 12 - Cell 3
14
Andreas Müller / Jesper Mørkøv (Aut/Den)
Row 13 - Cell 2
Row 13 - Cell 3
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Madison
1
Leif Lampater / Christian Grasmann (Ger)
20
pts
2
Jens-Erik Madsen / Marc Hester (Den)
12
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Léon van Bon / Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Ned/Den)
10
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Danny Stam / Peter Schep (Ned)
8
Row 3 - Cell 3
5
Alex Rasmussen / Michael Mørkøv (Den)
6
Row 4 - Cell 3
6
Robert Bartko / Iljo Keisse (Ger/Bel)
4
-1 lap
7
Bruno Risi / Franco Marvulli (Swi)
2
Row 6 - Cell 3
8
Colby Pearce / Daniel Holloway (USA)
Row 7 - Cell 2
-2 laps
9
Sebastian Donadio / Tristan Marguet (Arg/Swi)
Row 8 - Cell 2
Row 8 - Cell 3
10
Andreas Müller / Jesper Mørkøv (Aut/Den)
Row 9 - Cell 2
Row 9 - Cell 3
11
Alexander Aeschbach / Michael Færk (Swi/Den)
Row 10 - Cell 2
Row 10 - Cell 3
12
Alexei Shmidt / Jiri Hochmann (Rus/Cze)
Row 11 - Cell 2
Row 11 - Cell 3
13
Aloïs Kankovsky / Petr Lazar (Cze)
Row 12 - Cell 2
-3 laps
14
Michael Smith Larsen / Michael Berling (Den)
Row 13 - Cell 2
Row 13 - Cell 3
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Standings after night 1
1
Alex Rasmussen / Michael Mørkøv (Den)
49
pts
2
Danny Stam / Peter Schep (Ned)
18
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Bruno Risi / Franco Marvulli (Swi)
40
-1 lap
4
Leif Lampater / Christian Grasmann (Ger)
32
Row 3 - Cell 3
5
Robert Bartko / Iljo Keisse (Ger/Bel)
32
Row 4 - Cell 3
6
Léon van Bon / Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Ned/Den)
42
-2 laps
7
Jens-Erik Madsen / Marc Hester (Den)
30
Row 6 - Cell 3
8
Colby Pearce / Daniel Holloway (USA)
9
-4 laps
9
Andreas Müller / Jesper Mørkøv (Aut/Den)
18
-5 laps
10
Alexei Shmidt / Jiri Hochmann (Rus/Cze)
9
Row 9 - Cell 3
11
Sebastian Donadio / Tristan Marguet (Arg/Swi)
21
-6 laps
12
Alexander Aeschbach / Michael Færk (Swi/Den)
18
Row 11 - Cell 3
13
Aloïs Kankovsky / Petr Lazar (Cze)
9
-8 laps
14
Michael Smith Larsen / Michael Berling (Den)
13
-10 laps
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Mini 6-day day 1
1
Frederik Bohé / Jonas Wang (Den)
7
pts
2
Mathias Linderod / Andreas Stokbro (Den)
7
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Patrick Leth / Casper Pedersen (Den)
5
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Rasmus Bøgh Wallin / Amalie Dideriksen (Den)
5
Row 3 - Cell 3
5
Mathias Laursen / Christian Larsen (Den)
5
Row 4 - Cell 3
6
Søren Engberg / Mads Gram (Den)
3
Row 5 - Cell 3
7
Nicolai Just / Tobias Asmussen (Den)
1
Row 6 - Cell 3
8
Daniel Hartvig / Mads Hjort (Den)
Row 7 - Cell 2
Row 7 - Cell 3
9
Lise Engberg / Oliver Almind (Den)
Row 8 - Cell 2
Row 8 - Cell 3
10
Sofie Kryger / Marcus Jønsson (Den)
Row 9 - Cell 2
Row 9 - Cell 3
11
Stine Ambrosiusen / Cecilie Ludwig (Den)
Row 10 - Cell 2
Row 10 - Cell 3
12
Martin Frank / Rasmus Ambrosiusen (Den)
Row 11 - Cell 2
Row 11 - Cell 3
13
Frederik Vahlgren / Daniel Jensen (Den)
Row 12 - Cell 2
-1 lap
14
Emil Funder / Mark Frederiksen (Den)
Row 13 - Cell 2
-2 laps
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UIV talents cup day 1
1
Damien Corthésy / Loïc Perizzolo (Swi)
18
pts
2
George Atkins / Jonathan Mould (GBr)
13
Row 1 - Cell 3
3
Sebastian Lander / Christian Kreutzfeldt (Den)
13
Row 2 - Cell 3
4
Emil Hovmand / Mathias Greve (Den)
9
Row 3 - Cell 3
5
Ian Moir / Kit Karzen (USA)
4
Row 4 - Cell 3
6
Mike Lauge / Nichlas E. Sørensen (Den)
3
Row 5 - Cell 3
7
Lasse Norman Hansen / Daniel Mielke (Den)
3
Row 6 - Cell 3
8
Simon Bigum / Rasmus H. Lund (Den)
1
Row 7 - Cell 3
9
Bob Stöpler / Bouke Kuiper (Ned)
1
Row 8 - Cell 3
10
Frederik Schwartz / Casper Degn Larsen (Den)
1
Row 9 - Cell 3
11
Philip Frank / Mikkel Mortensen (Den)
Row 10 - Cell 2
Row 10 - Cell 3
12
Davide Comolino / Andrea Comuzzi (Ita)
Row 11 - Cell 2
Row 11 - Cell 3
13
Mathias Øllegaard / Stefan Linné Jørgensen (Den)
Row 12 - Cell 2
Row 12 - Cell 3
14
Jonas Jørgensen / Sebastian Refsgaard (Den)
Row 13 - Cell 2
-3 laps
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