Six Days of Toronto

Six Days of Toronto

Race details
Region	Toronto, Canada
Discipline	Track
Type	Six-day racing
History
First edition	1912 (1912)
Editions	11
Final edition	1965
First winner	Paddy Hehir (AUS)  Eddy Root (USA)
Most wins	William Peden (CAN) (4 wins)
Final winner	Rik van Steenbergen (BEL)  Emile Severeyns (BEL)

The Toronto Six Days was a six-day track cycling race held in Toronto, Canada.[1]

Its first edition dates back to 1912. It was held until 1965 with long breaks between editions.

William Peden holds the record of victories, winning 4 times.[2]

Winners

Year	Winner	Second	Third
1912	Paddy Hehir Eddy Root	Jim Moran André Perchicot	Worth Mitten Fred Wells
1913	Alfred Grenda Ernie Pye	Unknown	Unknown
1914-1931	No editions
1932 (may)	Reginald Fielding William "Torchy" Peden	Henri Lepage Alfred Letourneur	Jules Audy Harry Horan
1932 (oct)	Albert Crossley Reginald McNamara	Henri Lepage Bernhardt Stübecke	Anthony Beckman Laurent Gadou
1933 (may)	Gérard Debaets Alfred Letourneur	Jules Audy William "Torchy" Peden	Reginald Fielding Harry Horan
1933 (oct)	Henri Lepage Alfred Letourneur	Jules Audy Piet van Kempen	William "Torchy" Peden Ewald Wissel
1934 (may)	Jules Audy William "Torchy" Peden	Frank Bartell Charly Winter	Reginald Fielding Laurent Gadou
1934 (nov)	Reginald Fielding Fred Ottevaire Jimmy Walthour	Sydney Cozens Godfrey Parrott William "Torchy" Peden	Joseph Clignet Ernest Muller Piet van Kempen
1935 (may)	Albert Crossley William "Torchy" Peden	Gustav Kilian Heinz Vöpel	Reginald Fielding Fred Ottevaire
1935 (sep)	Albert Crossley Jimmy Walthour	Fred Spencer Heinz Vöpel	Frank Bartell Fred Ottevaire
1936	Jimmy Walthour Charly Winter	Jules Audy William "Torchy" Peden	Fred Spencer Freddy Zach
1937	Doug Peden William "Torchy" Peden	Laurent Gadou Jimmy Walthour	Albert Crossley Reginald Fielding
1938-1964	No editions
1965	Emile Severeyns Rik Van Steenbergen	Leandro Faggin Mino De Rossi	Lucien Gillen Robert Lelangue

References

1. "6 jours de Toronto (Canada)". Memoire du Cyclisme. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
2. "Toronto, Six Days". CyclingArchives. 2022.

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