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                                                                    Exhibit 32.1

                            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 Quarterly Report of Velocity Express Corporation (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 28, 2002 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I,
Jeffry J. Parell, Chief Executive 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/ Jeffry J. Parell
                                                    ___________________________
                                                    Jeffry J. Parell
                                                    Chief Executive Officer
                                                    July 28, 2003

