Excitement mounts for the first ever UCI sanctioned Pump Track World Championships which are being held 17-19 October at the Swiss Bike Park in Köniz-Oberried, close to Bern, Switzerland. It’s a simple format that puts skill, stamina, technique and nerve to the test. Olympic BMX racers, mountain bike champions and newly qualified pump track riders […]
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Final Results – Red Bull Rampage 2019
The results are in from Red Bull Rampage 2019 with Brandon Semenuk taking his third title. Watch the replay here. Results: 1st. Brandon Semenuk: 92.332nd. Brett Rheeder: 913rd. Tom Van Steenbergen: 89.664th. Brendan Fairclough: 87.665th. Tyler Mccaul: 876th. Szymon Godziek: 86.667th. Ethan Nell: 868th. Carson Storch: 85.669th. Kyle Strait: 83.3310th. Vincent Tupin: 81.3311th. Reed Boggs: 8012th. Emil Johansson: 7913th. Graham Agassiz: 76.3314th Thomas Genon: 7415th. Reece Wallace: 7216th. DJ Brandt: 70.3317th. Andreu Lacondeguy: […]
Continue reading2019 BMX World Champions: Where do they come from?
To make it to the very top of your field is not an easy feat – and that’s certainly true in BMX. It takes lots of determination, skill, training, luck and support to become a UCI BMX World Champion. The 2019 rainbow jersey holders are known, but where do they come from? UCI Junior Men […]
Continue readingUCI Bike City Heusden-Zolder geared up to welcome UCI BMX Worlds
Famous for its motorsport race track Circuit Zolder, the municipality of Heusden-Zolder in the north-east of Belgium is also a renowned cycling venue. Already hosts of a range of cycling events across all levels, it is now gearing up to welcome the UCI BMX World Championships, from July 23 to 27, at Circuit Zolder’s BMX track. […]
Continue readingBMX – Ready to race for the rainbow jersey
When the storm hit at the 2015 UCI BMX World Championships in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium, it was time to improvise quickly. Racing conditions were far from optimal and the campsite was cleared due to the risk of falling trees. The race was shortened, and the 5-metre hill was used: but in the end we got to […]
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