Current UCI BMX SX World Cup champion Liam Phillips will not be racing at the first UCI BMX SX World Cup race in Santiago del Estero this upcoming weekend. After spending time at the World's track in Colombia and testing the Olympic track in Rio de Janeiro, the Brit has headed home to prepare for Manchester. Liam made a change in bikes for 2016 and is back riding for GT Bicycles. His custom ride is now finished and full of Renthal parts (sprocket, bars, grips), Tioga tires and titanium and carbon bits and bobs left and right. We fired over some questions to Sir Liam about his new change to GT.
Hup Holland Hup!. The Dutch men are currently leading the UCI Nations Ranking in BMX.
1 (1) NETHERLANDS NED 3084
2 (2) AUSTRALIA AUS 2877
3 (3) FRANCE FRA 2573
4 (4) UNITED STATES USA 2550
5 (5) GREAT BRITAIN GBR 2251
6 (6) COLOMBIA COL 1838
7 (7) SWITZERLAND SUI 1769
8 (8) LATVIA LAT 1745
9 (9) ARGENTINA ARG 1614
10 (10) NEW ZEALAND NZL 1369
11 (12) CANADA CAN 1221
12 (11) BRAZIL BRA 1216
13 (14) JAPAN JPN 1088
14 (13) ECUADOR ECU 1031
15 (15) RUSSIA RUS 1000
16 (16) DENMARK DEN 801
17 (17) VENEZUELA VEN 628
Team USA leads the UCI Nations ranking in the Women category with the first round of the UCI BMX SX World Cup coming up in Santiago del Estero, Argentina.
1 (1) UNITED STATES USA 2685
2 (2) AUSTRALIA AUS 2462
3 (4) COLOMBIA COL 1935
4 (3) NETHERLANDS NED 1905
5 (5) VENEZUELA VEN 1855
6 (6) FRANCE FRA 1270
7 (7) RUSSIA RUS 1245
8 (8) DENMARK DEN 1145
9 (11) THAILAND THA 1120
10 (9) NEW ZEALAND NZL 1068
2016 Bike Check: New Zealand's style master Daniel Franks and his SpeedCo
Name: Daniel Franks
Age: 22
Hometown: Christchurch, New Zealand
Sponsors: SpeedCo BMX (Supported by J&R, Avian, Bell, Tioga, Sinz, Tangent, Idol Hand, and Bryce Betts Designs)
Instagram: @danielfranks22
2016 Bike check:
-Frame: SPEEDCO Velox Carbon Pro XXL
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