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                                                                    Exhibit 32.2

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

In connection with the Annual Report of Velocity Express Corporation (the
"Company") on Form 10-K for the period ended June 29, 2002 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Mark E.
Ties, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
ss.1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,
that:

         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 results of
             operations of the Company.


                                /s/ Mark E. Ties
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                                Mark E. Ties
                                Chief Financial Officer
                                July 28, 2003

