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Race results round 3 (Saturday)

ELITE MEN
1. Joris DAUDET (Stade Bordelais BMX)
2. Thomas HAMON (DN2 Nord-Pas-De-Calais)
3. Jordy van der HEIJDEN (BMX Compiègne-Clairoix)
4. Julian PERRIER (St Etienne BMX GT)
5. Denis TEULLET (St Brieuc BMX)
6. Thibault ROSSI (Union BMX Vaucluse)
7. Arnaud DUBOIS (Belgique)
8. Quentin CALEYRON (St Etienne BMX GT)

ELITE WOMEN
1. Laëtitia LE CORGUILLE (St Brieuc BMX)
2. Eva AILLOUD (BMX Compiègne-Clairoix)
3. Manon VALENTINO (St Etienne BMX GT)
4. Magalie POTTIER (Pays de la Loire BMX)
5. Dana SPRENGERS (Lempdes BMX)

Redline riders took three of the six available podium places at Saturday’s Supercross event in Randaberg, Norway. In the women’s event, Redline rider Magalie Pottier of France won each of her three heats but in the final was passed at the finish line by Caroline Buchanan to finish in second place. US rider Alise Post qualified as the top rider from her group and finished a strong third in the final and was the top placing US woman rider. Following this second round of the UCI BMX World Cup, Magalie Pottier currently leads the overall standings while Alise Post is ranked fourth overall in the World Cup as well as being the top ranked US woman rider.

2 days of racing, 42/106 degree temperatures and about 14L/3.5G of fluid over the weekend. I knew leading into this event that I was in for a tough weekend. Not only was the heat a shock to the body but getting back on a flat ABA start hill felt as though I had bricks strapped to my bike. I drove from my base in California to Arizona on Friday to step straight out of the air-conditioned car for practice, my jaw dropped, I was in the middle of a desert…cactus and all! Coming from from freezing weather conditions in Norway last weekend I did enjoy how easy it felt to warm up.

The Identiti BMX team is pleased to welcome UK Elite rider Tre Whyte to the Identiti BMX factory race team. Tre is ranked 7th in the UK and is also on the British Cycling ODP (Olympic development program). He lives and trains in Manchester with British Cycling BMX training program. Coming from Peckham in South London and with a family backing full of BMX racers this gives him the support he needs to push himself and his talent.

We are very pleased to have Tre join the team. His time in the scene at a high level will give him the ability to offer help and advice to other members of the team and will help bring a wealth of racing experience, caring on the great bond and ethos within the team. 

The year has a packed calendar planned for Tre with racing at the Worlds in Birmingham, selected world events and all of the British BMX Series.

Last name: Baier, Maik (Germany)

Last race your raced: Randaberg Norway

Last holeshot you got: Kortrijk, European Round

Last package you received from a sponsor: Stuff from BMX AIR TEAM

Last time you hit up the trails: January, France

Last race you won: Last National 2011

Last time you went to the gym: Wednesday

Last trails spot you rode: Cornillon/France

Last advice you got from your coach: shoulders more forward

Last name: Caleyron, Quentin (France)

Last race your raced: SX in Norway

Last holeshot you got: SX in Norway

Last package you received from a sponsor: last week

Last time you hit up the trails: during my last trip at the USA, Sheep hills

Last race you won: French cup, last year

Last time you went to the gym: yesterday, hard sesh!

Last advice you got from your coach: In Norway, before the Main event, do what you know, not more not less and it's gonna work!

Last website you visited: facebook

Choices are a part of life and they even determine your life for a great part. Some choices are easy, some difficult, painful or give you peace of mind. Last years in my professional sports career I had to make many choices, not all were individual choices, some also as a group, but they have been of significant importance to be able to perform in my sport.

An important choice came up for me four years ago after the 

Registration is now open for the third round of the 2012 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup which is scheduled for May 12-13 in Papendal, Netherlands. Registration is available online for all championship class riders with an active USA Cycling BMX license and closes at 5 p.m. MT on April 30. The third of four races in the 2012 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup series, the event will be held on the Dutch Olympic-replica track and is the fifth world cup event to count into the 2011-12 UCI BMX ranking season. Papendal is the final stop on the 2012 UCI Supercross World Cup circuit before the Olympic Games with only Abbotsford, Canada remaining, Sept. 14-15.

The Papendal Supercross event is open to all elite and junior-level riders holding an USA Cycling BMX international

Last name: Hereijgers, Maartje (Netherlands)
 
Last race you raced: SX Norway

Last time you scared yourself jumping a big double: in Chula Vista when it got real tight on the first jump. I landed and hit someone's backwheel.

Last nice dinner you had: any meal my mum cooks

Last holeshot you got: I can't think of one, so I probably should work on that..

Last package you received from a sponsor: My CHASE bike

Last time you hit up the trails: last year somewhere

Last race you won: way too long ago!

Racing round 2 of the UCI BMX Supercross series in Norway gave me some more confidence after my injuries… Because of the weather issues in Norway the organization decided to organize the UCI BMX Supercross round 2 indoor, so they would be sure they didn’t have to cancel it. They actually had a great, new indoor facility that’s big enough for a nice BMX SX track.

Together with GSX, the organization did a good job, not only because of this great facility, but also on the track. This track had some nice jumps and decent turns made with bricks. For people outside Europe those brick turns were something new, but we are used to that, because we see that at many outside tracks in Holland.

Practice started on Thursday. I felt okay, but had some issues