"I well up just thinking about it" - Lindsay De Vylder and Robbe Ghys attempting to forget the defeat from World Championships at Gent Six Day

The legendary Gent Six Day track event kicked off this Tuesday, November 14, with defending title holders Lindsay De Vylder and Robbe Ghys looking to go back-to-back against Madison World Champions, Yoeri Havik and Jan-Willem van Schip. Belgian superstar Lotte Kopecky is also in action during the women’s competition at the weekend.

"Three months later, the World Championships are still like an open wound for me," said De Vylder in an interview with Cyclingnews ahead of the race. "The confrontation is going to hurt, but they deserve it. I am at peace with the fact that they won. It’s mainly my own loss that bothers me."

"It’s more like a double leg break. I well up just thinking about it. You can’t ignore that something like that will hurt. Until the penultimate sprint, I thought we would be in their place," agreed Ghys.

"But I have beaten World Champions in the past. In Gent, I will do all I can to do that again. It is not the same as a World title, but the Lotto Zesdaagse Vlaanderen-Ghent is also at the top of my list of important races."