UCI Olympic Qualification Ranking Nations. Elite Men. Aussies, Dutchies and the Yanks in the top three.
Olympic Qualification Ranking 2016. Australia leads in the Elite Men category followed by The Netherlands, and the America. How will this look after round one in Santiago del Estero? Can the Dutch take the lead?
1 (2) AUSTRALIA AUS 4822
2 (1) NETHERLANDS NED 4728
3 (3) UNITED STATES USA 4484
4 (4) FRANCE FRA 3959
5 (5) GREAT BRITAIN GBR 3878
6 (6) LATVIA LAT 3355
7 (7) COLOMBIA COL 3136
8 (8) ARGENTINA ARG 2712
9 (9) CANADA CAN 2515
10 (10) SWITZERLAND SUI 2460
11 (11) BRAZIL BRA 2338
12 (13) NEW ZEALAND NZL 2323
13 (12) JAPAN JPN 2235
14 (14) ECUADOR ECU 1754
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
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
Circle City National #1 & #2
A Pro Saturday:
1 WILLIAM GRANT, MY RADAR/ J&R BICYCLES, SEMINOLE, FL
2 COLE TESAR, C-YAA FACTORY, HUNTERSVILLE, NC
3 DAKOTA CODY, LOXAHATCHEE, FL
4 TAYLOR OTTERSON, COCHRANE, AB
5 MICHAEL PORTER, FAYETTEVILLE, GA
6 MICHAEL WILLIAMS, TAMPA, FL
7 COLBY FISHER, TALLAHASSEE, FL
8 RANDY WINFREY, FACTORY CYCLECRAFT, NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FL
A Pro Sunday:
1 COLE TESAR, C-YAA FACTORY, HUNTERSVILLE, NC
2 WILLIAM GRANT, MY RADAR/ J&R BICYCLES, SEMINOLE, FL
3 DAKOTA CODY, LOXAHATCHEE, FL
4 TAYLOR OTTERSON, COCHRANE, AB
5 MICHAEL WILLIAMS, MELBOURNE, AA
Name: Sam Willoughby
Age: 24
Hometown: Adelaide, Chula Vista
Sponsors: Redline Bicycles, Troy Lee Designs, Coca Cola, IRC Tires, Oakley, Lizard Skins
Instagram: Redlinebicycles
2016 Bike check:
-Frame: Redline Flight Carbon ProXl
Current Elite Men 2016 UCI Ranking as of February 2016. Kimmann leads Phillips and Fields.
Current Elite Men 2016 UCI Ranking:
1 (1) Niek KIMMANN Netherlands 20 1438
2 (2) Liam PHILLIPS Great Britain 27 1320
3 (3) Connor FIELDS United States 24 1190
4 (5) Sam WILLOUGHBY Australia 25 1137
5 (4) Carlos Mario OQUENDO ZABALA Colombia 29 1130
6 (6) Joris DAUDET France 25 970
7 (7) Anthony DEAN Australia 25 949
8 (8) Jelle VAN GORKOM Netherlands 25 936
9 (9) Amidou MIR France 21 915
10 (10) David GRAF Switzerland 27 897
11 (12) Edzus TREIMANIS Latvia 28 855
12 (15) Trent JONES New Zealand 22 815
13 (11) Bodi TURNER Australia 22 786
14 (13) Renato REZENDE Brazil 25 740
15 (14) Twan VAN GENDT Netherlands 24 710
16 (16) Sylvain ANDRE France 24 688
Elite Women 2016 UCI Ranking:
1 (1) Mariana PAJON Colombia 24 1620
2 (2) Stefany HERNANDEZ Venezuela 24 1615
3 (3) Alise POST United States 24 1480
4 (4) Caroline BUCHANAN Australia 25 1445
5 (5) Felicia STANCIL United States 20 1205
6 (6) Brooke CRAIN United States 22 1200
7 (7) Simone CHRISTENSEN Denmark 21 1145
8 (8) Lauren REYNOLDS Australia 24 1017
9 (9) Laura SMULDERS Netherlands 22 1005
10 (10) Elke VANHOOF Belgium 24 1005
11 (11) Dani GEORGE United States 21 995
12 (12) Merle VAN BENTHEM Netherlands 23 900
13 (13) Natalia SUVOROVA Russia 20 900
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