If you're all about numbers, you'll like the fact that for the first time ever at a UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup there were enough Women entering the event to have a semi-final as the next phase. 38(!) Women signed up for the first Olympic Qualifying event in Chengdu which is an amazing number considering 5 girls entered the very first World Cup only a couple of years ago. With the growing number also comes progression of the riding. 24 Women made it to the semi final and good eyes will notice Caroline Buchanan's 4th place finish in her first UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup event. The former UCI BMX Racing and MTB World Champion is getting involved in Freestyle and was off to a good start in China finishing right behind Perris Benegas, Lara Lessmann and a ruling Hannah Roberts. From 24 riders a cut will be made to 12 on Saturday 3 November for Sunday's final. It's time to follow the ladies of freestyle.
2018 UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup Women Qualifying results, Chengdu, China:
1. ROBERTS Hannah
2. LESSMANN Lara
3. BENEGAS Perris
4. CAROLINE Buchanan
5. DUCARROZ Nikita
6. POSADSKIKH Elizaveta
Today Pre-Qualification took place at the UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup in Chengdu, China. Divided over three groups 62 riders signed up to join the top 50 already qualified riders that made the trip to China. The open contest gives riders the chance join the World Cup event and show that they have what it takes being one of the best Park riders on this planet. 23 spots were open to form tomorrow's 64-rider field. After missing several 2018 World Cups due to injury Declan Brooks (GBR) as well as Drew Bezanson (CAN) showed that they belong in that group by finishing first and second today. Also Andrew Ahumada (AUS) is in for Friday's qualification phase as well as Takagi, Camacho, YOG gold medalist Brandes, Manuel Leiva, Madona and Zebolds all coming from a different country. Kieran Reilly didn't have to 360 double whip to 360 to make it through but
he wrapped up today's top 10 in Pre-Qualifying. So who else isn't done yet at the UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup in Chengdu below.
UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup Pre Qualification results, Chengdu, China.
1 Declan BROOKS 88.50 pts
2 Drew BEZANSON 80.00 pts
3 Andrew AHUMADA 79.75 pts
4 Toshio TAKAGI 76.25 pts
5 Camacho JONATHAN 75.25 pts
6 Evan BRANDES 75.00 pts
7 Leiva MANUEL 72.00 pts
8 Pontes Do Nascimento CAUAN MADONA 71.75 pts
9 Ernests ZEBOLDS 71.50 pts
10 Reilly KIERAN 70.25 pts
11 Michael MEISEL 67.00 pts
12 Roman KHAYRUTDINOV 65.50 pts
13 Lee JIHO 64.00 pts
14 Jeon HYUK 63.25 pts
15 KovačOvič MICHAL 60.50 pts
16 Dominik FREIGANG 59.50 pts
17 Levi WEIDMANN 57.25 pts
18 Martin OSKIERA 53.75 pts
19 Takase NISHI 53.50 pts
20 Kiattichai WANITSAKUL 51.25 pts
21 Dawid CZEKAJ 51.00 pts
22 Patryk TEUL 50.75 pts
23 Valentin ANTONUCCIO 50.00 pts
24 Phamee RUNGRUEANG 49.75 pts
25 Daichi TESHIGAHARA 49.25 pts
26 Emanuel BETTASSA 49.00 pts
27 Kanya OHNISHI 48.75 pts
28Timo SCHULZE 48.00 pts
29 Kalvis LAZDINS 46.50 pts
30 KryTof ODEHNAL 46.00 pts
31 Felipe HERISON ALVES ALEXANDRE 45.50 pts
32 Patriks VIKSNA 45.00 pts
33 Jakub BENDA 42.00 pts
34 Sam GIBSON 41.75 pts
35 Elia BENETTON 41.50 pts
36 Klepis VALTERS 41.25 pts
37 Yong ZHANG ZHI 40.25 pts
38 Maxime BRINGER 38.75 pts
39 Takato UEDA 36.25 pts
40 Edy Jose ALVIAREZ SANCHEZ 36.00 pts
41 Pim SCHEERS 35.75 pts
42 Jeremy GONZALES 35.50 pts
43 Brent MINNE 34.00 pts
44 Jakeb DUGDELL 32.50 pts
45 Maxime ORSINI 30.75 pts
46 Kim YEONHO 28.00 pts
47 Cheng CHIAO 27.75 pts
48 Martin TOMA 27.25 pts
49 Francesco MONGILLO 27.00 pts
50 Cho SIHYOUN 20.50 pts
51 Gerhald GERHALD MARQUEZ 20.00 pts
52 Jeong EUI JIN 16.25 pts
53 Xie ZHAO SHAN 15.25 pts
54 Cristhian BARON 13.25 pts
55 Wu ZHI PENG 10.50 pts
56 Zhang YI LONG 9.25 pts
57 Deng AO 8.75 pts
58 Li JIA HUI 8.00 pts
59 Jia ZI LIANG 6.75 pts
60 Wei YONG JING DNS
61 Zeng YUAN JIE DNS
62 Robert DARDEN DNS
For the 6th year in a row the UCI BMX SX World Cup stopped over at the BMX SX track located at the Sport Centre of Santiago del Estero, Argentina. The final round of the 2018 World Cup season was raced in blistering heat on Sunday 28 September. Joris Daudet (FRA) won Sunday’s Round 8 in front of Gonzalo Molina (ARG) and Anthony Dean (AUS), but sixth place for UCI World Cup leader Niek Kimmann (NED) was enough for him to hold on to the overall title.
In the Women’s final on Sunday, Saya Sakakibara (AUS) and Laura Smulders were shoulder to shoulder in the first turn and the second straight. On the last straight, Alise Willoughby joined the duo, and the drag race to the finish saw the three of them cross the line side by side. A mere 0.041 of a second separated the three, with Sakakibara taking the win in front of Willoughby (2nd) and Smulders.
UCI BMX SX World Cup 2018 - Results Round 8, Santiago del Estero, Argentina:
Women:
1 Saya SAKAKIBARA (AUS) 34.785
2 Alise WILLOUGHBY (USA) +0.036
3 Laura SMULDERS (NED) +0.041
4 Simone Tetsche CHRISTENSEN (DEN) +0.565
5 Felicia STANCIL (USA) +0.932
Qualification results WOMEN UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup Edmonton, Canada. Top 12 to the finals.
1 Lara LESSMANN
2 Hannah ROBERTS
3 Nikita DUCARROZ
4 Oike MINATO
5 Charlotte WORTHINGTON
6 Nina BUITRAGO
LIVEFEED: UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup Semi Final
Final results UCI BMX Park World Cup Montpellier, France.
Women's Final, Friday 11 May 2018:
1 Oike MINATO 85.40 pts
2 Nikita DUCARROZ 83.20 pts
3 Lara LESSMANN 80.40 pts
4 Hannah ROBERTS 79.90 pts
5 FernáNdez -Miranda TERESA 79.20 pts
6 Angie MARINO 72.40 pts
7 Ellie CHEW 70.50 pts
8 Elizaveta POSADSKIKH 64.80 pts
9 Nina BUITRAGO 64.20 pts
10 Katherine DIAZ 58.40 pts
11 Lotta GRUEBER 46.20 pts
12 Perris BENEGAS DNS
Pic by BdJ
UCI BMX PARK Qualifying top 24. These riders will get to ride tomorrow's semi final in Montpellier, France. 12 of them will make it to the final.
1 Torres Gil JOSE
2 Nick BRUCE
3 Konstantin ANDREV
4 Logan MARTIN
5 Daniel DHERS
6 Colton WALKER
7 Brian FOX
8 Ryan NYQUIST
9 Anthony JEANJEAN
10 Cam PEAKE
11 Daniel SANDOVAL
12 Jake LEIVA
13 Andre LUIZ DE SOUZA
14 Irek RIZAEV
15 Alex COLEBORN
16 Bondu JOEL
UCI BMX SX World Cup standings 2018 - after Stage 4:
Men:
1 Niek KIMMANN (NED) 495
2 Joris DAUDET (FRA) 465
3 Sylvain ANDRE (FRA) 440
4 Romain MAHIEU (FRA) 385
5 Twan VAN GENDT (NED) 320
6 Corben SHARRAH (USA) 255
After a rainy day on Friday the UCI BMX Park World Cup continued on Saturday. The Elite Men class turned into a semi-final with 78 riders. The cut to 12 riders for Sunday's final was touch but these are the results. Make sure to tune in on Sunday to watch the finals live. Hiroshima is 7 hours ahead of Central European Time so keep that in mind. Find the Live Feed on FATBMX.
UCI BMX Park World Cup Semi Final results, Hiroshima, Japan:
1 Alex COLEBORN
2 Justin DOWELL
3 Kenneth TENCIO
4 Pat CASEY
5 Jack CLARK
6 Daniel WEDEMEIJER
7 Daniel DHERS
8 Jeremy MALOTT
Final results UCI BMX SX World Cup round 2, Saint Quentin-en-Yvelines, France.
Elite Men:
1 33 DAUDET Joris FRA 4 32.789
2 100 MAHIEU Romain FRA 7 32.950
3 313 KIMMANN Niek NED 1 33.181
4 2 ANDRE Sylvain FRA 8 33.470
5 143 TORRES Exequiel ARG 3 33.967
6 127 TREIMANIS Edzus LAT 5 34.245
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