Exhibit 32.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Celadon Group, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), on Form 10-Q for the period ending December 31,
2003 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof
(the "Report"), I, Stephen Russell, Chief Executive Officer of the Company,
certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:

1.       The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
         15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2.       The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
         material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of
         the Company.

                                                   /s/ Stephen Russell
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                                                     Stephen Russell
                                                  Chief Executive Officer

Date: February 12, 2004