Chicagos sexdagars var ett sexdagarslopp som avhölls i Chicago från 1915 till 1957. Vanligtvis hölls två lopp per säsong – ett i (oktober) november och ett i (januari) februari/mars. Det första loppet hölls i Dexter Park Pavillion (International Amphitheatre) från 28 januari till 3 februari 1915 och över 10 000 åskådare fick se Oscar Egg och Francesco Verri vinna med det nya "världsrekordet" 2 804 miles plus åtta varv på 144 timmar.Chicago Examiner, 4 februari 1915, sid. 11. Loppet arrangerades även i Chicago ColiseumSix-day bike race starts at Chicago; Fifteen Teams Begin Grind in International Event, Which Ends Saturday, New York Times, 29 oktober 1923. och från 1929, när Chicago Stadium stod klar, även där.Ted Villaire, A look into Chicago’s rich bicycling history, Active Transportation Alliance, 29 november 2017. Totalt arrangerades 49 sexdagarslopp i Chicago genom åren, vilket i Nordamerika bara överträffas av New Yorks sexdagars med 70 upplagor 1899–1961.
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ÅrVinnareTvåaTrea1915 jan./feb. Oscar Egg Francesco Verri Jimmy Moran Reginald McNamara Clarence Carman Frank Corry1915 nov. William Hanley Percy Lawrence Martin Ryan Lloyd Thomas Gordon Walker Robert Walthour1916 feb. Robert Spears Reginald McNamara Percy Lawrence Jake Magin George Cameron Harry Kaiser1917 feb. Francesco Verri Reginald McNamara Frank Corry Jake Magin Peter Drobach Eddy Madden1918-1920ej avhållet1921 jan. Jake Magin Eddy Madden Alfred Hill Ernest Kockler Willy Lorenz Fred Weber1921 apr. Jake Magin Eddy Madden Bob Fitzimmons Harry Horan Ray Eaton Harry Kaiser1922 feb. Willy Coburn Dave Lands Percy Lawrence Lloyd Thomas César Debaets Alois Persyn1923 feb. Oscar Egg Maurice Brocco Alfred Goullet Bob Walthour Harry Horan Lloyd Thomas1923 okt./nov. Carl Stockholm Ernest Kockler Willy Coburn Maurice Brocco Percy Lawrence Joe Kopsky1924 jan. Oscar Egg Alfred Grenda Carl Stockholm Ernest Kockler Maurice Declerck Eddy Madden1924 okt./nov. Harry Horan Bob Walthour Maurice Declerck Alfred Taylor Henri Stockelynck Franco Giorgetti1925 feb. Reginald McNamara Bob Walthour Henri Stockelynck Alfons Goossens Harry Horan Eddy Madden1925 nov. Fred Spencer Bob Walthour Harry Horan Harris Horder Reginald McNamara Alfons Goossens1926 feb. Reginald McNamara Bob Walthour Fred Spencer Franco Giorgetti Henri Stockelynck Alfons Goossens1926 okt. Dave Lands Otto Petri Anthony Beckman Charles Winter Reginald McNamara Alfons Goossens1927 mar. Carl Stockholm Franco Giorgetti Fred Spencer Charles Winter Harry Horan Eddy Madden1927 okt. Bob Walthour Franco Giorgetti Klaas van Nek Alfons Goossens Carl Stockholm Fred Spencer1928 jan. Anthony Beckman Gérard Debaets Fred Spencer Bob Walthour Klaas van Nek Dave Lands1928 okt./nov. Piet van Kempen Mike Rodak William Fenn Jr Bob Walthour George Dempsey Gérard Debaets1928 nov. Franz Duelberg Jimmy Walthour Paul Broccardo Alfred Letourneur Anthony Beckman Franco Giorgetti1929 mar. Franz Duelberg Franco Giorgetti Paul Broccardo Alfred Letourneur Willie Grimm Dave Lands1929 nov. Reginald McNamara Gaetano Belloni Paul Broccardo Alfred Letourneur Franz Duelberg Viktor Rausch1930 feb. Anthony Beckman Gérard Debaets Paul Broccardo Alfonso Zucchetti Fred Spencer Charles Winter1930 nov. Marcel Guimbretiere Alfred Letourneur Paul Broccardo Franco Giorgetti Adolphe Charlier Roger De Neef1931 feb. Willie Grimm Emil Richli Marcel Guimbretiere Alfred Letourneur Reginald McNamara Charles Winter ÅrVinnareTvåaTrea1931 nov. Franz Duelberg Willie Grimm Marcel Guimbretiere Alfred Letourneur Franco Giorgetti Gérard Debaets1932 feb. Jan Pijnenburg Adolphe Van Nevele Marcel Guimbretiere Alfred Letourneur Reginald McNamara Harry Horan1932 nov. Jules Audy William Peden Alfredo Binda Norman Hill Gérard Debaets Alfred Letourneur1933 mar. Gérard Debaets Alfred Letourneur Jules Audy Willie Grimm Henri Lepage Prudent Delille1933 okt./nov. Ewald Wissel Jimmy Walthour Alfred Letourneur William Peden George Dempsey Robert Thomas1934 mar. Tony Shaller William Peden Tino Reboli Edoardo Severgnini Reginald McNamara Dave Lands1934 nov. Gérard Debaets Alfred Letourneur Jack Schaller Robert Thomas Jerry Rodman Cecil Yates1935 mar. Franco Giorgetti Alfred Letourneur Tino Reboli Robert Thomas Ernst Bühler Tony Shaller1935 nov. Gustav Kilian Heinz Vopel Jerry Rodman Alfred Hill Jules Audy William Peden1936 mar. Gustav Kilian Heinz Vopel Jules Audy William Peden Jerry Rodman Robert Thomas1936 nov. Emile Diot Emile Ignat Gustav Kilian Heinz Vopel Jerry Rodman Cecil Yates1937 mar. Emile Diot Emile Ignat Alvaro Giorgetti Cor Wals Jules Audy William Peden1937 nov. Gustav Kilian Heinz Vopel Emile Diot Emile Ignat Douglas Peden William Peden1938 jan./feb. Gustav Kilian Heinz Vopel Douglas Peden William Peden Tino Reboli Gérard Debaets1938 mar. Omer De Bruycker Alfred Letourneur Douglas Peden William Peden Tino Reboli Gérard Debaets1938 nov. Gustav Kilian Heinz Vopel Douglas Peden William Peden Marcel Guimbretiere Gérard Debaets1939 feb. Gustav Kilian Robert Thomas Heinz Vopel Cecil Yates Douglas Peden William Peden1939 nov. Douglas Peden William Peden Cecil Yates Jerry Rodman Jules Audy Henry O'Brien1940 nov. Cecil Yates William Peden Douglas Peden Archie Bollaert Charles Bergna Angelo De Bacco1941ej avhållet1942 jan. Cecil Yates Douglas Peden Charles Bergna Angelo De Bacco Charly Yaccino William Peden1943-1945ej avhållet1946 apr./maj Erwin Pesek Tino Reboli Michael Abt Rene Cyr Bill Jacoby Charly Yaccino1947 okt. Bill Anderson Stanley Bransgrove Bill Jacoby Alfred Letourneur Erwin Pesek Charly Yaccino1948 okt./mov. Walter Diggelmann Hugo Koblet Roger De Corte André Maelbrancke Erwin Pesek Charly Yaccino1949-1956ej avhållet1957 mar. Peter Post Harm Smits Erwin Pesek Ted Ernst Mino De Rossi Jack Heid
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