BUNTE TRIKOTS BLITZENDE RÄDER
ZES-DAGEN-SPEL (SIX JOURS)
VEB (K) Kartonagen und Bürobedarf/Spika, East Germany/Belgium(?), 1959

This simple track cycling game seems to have enjoyed some success, if we have to measure it by the many different editions. There are a couple of different German versions, a Dutch/French version (maybe it is a Belgian release?), and it has also been included in a sports game compilation box called "Sport-" in the Netherlands (?) and "Sport-Magazin" in the DDR. (Of course, tose are the editions I have seen. There may be more).
Both the 1959 german edition, by VEB (K) Kartonagen und Bürobedarf and the "belgian" edition feature the blue board (in the german edition it says "INTERNATIONALES BAHN-OMNIUM" instead of "INTERNATIONALE SIX JOURS").
The 1964 German edition is by SPIKA. It features the Spika logo on the cover (the box is slightly smaller too) and the grey board. Both compilation boxes have the grey board.
Thanks to Rudolf Rühle for his comments and his expertise on DDR games.
Another difference is in the rules. The first german edition has rules for 5 different races. The "Belgian" edition has the rules for the same 5 races, but in telegraphic style. The second german edition and the compilation boxes only have the rules for three races (we lose the "pursuit for two players" -which is not the same as the "pursuit for two racers", which is still there- and the "points over 4 races").
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One last difference: See the little "wings" on the cyclists' base? They appear on the secong german edition and on the compilation boxes, but not on the "blue board" editions.

The compilation boxes include seven other sports: Ice Hockey, Football, Horse Racing, Motorcycle Racing, Car Racing, Airplane Racing(!), and Pentathlon