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UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup winners from China/Australia/Japan/France celebrate in Montpellier in front of the biggest crowd in BMX. The biggest event on the 2023 UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup calendar took place in Montpellier, France. The Festival International des Sports Extreme attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. The multiple sports festival in the city in the South of France hosted the UCI BMX Freestyle Park and Flatland World Cups. For Park it was the second stop on the calendar where the flatland riders met up for the first time in France this year. Due to the huge number of participants, practice started as early as Tuesday with Wednesday schedule for a pre-qualification phase in BMX Park Men. The first cut was made from 110 riders to 72 for the qualification round down to 24 for semifinals. Due to the weather forecast for Sunday it was decided to turn this semifinal into the final round giving 24 riders the chance to shine in front of the thousands of spectators that had come to watch from the banks at the Rives Du Lez.

The first UCI final of four produced amazing riding. The field of play offered many different lines for the riders to choose from with the step down spine and step up ramp along the river being two ramps that were chosen to execute their tricks on. On first sight a jump box was missing on this Park course but the high ramp with transitions on both sides connected to the new tipi ramp turned into a box jump for the braves. High risks were taken on this one but to stand out, you have to ride in a different way and take some risks.

Introducing the UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup to Saudi Arabia. Roberts and Martin claim the wins. From the beginning a warm welcome was felt when foot was set in Diriyah, home of the first UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup, and not just because the temperature was higher than in most countries during winter. Just 30 minutes outside of Riyadh a new BMX Freestyle facility was created and the set-up was nothing short of impressive. Mountains were moved
(literally) to create an area for the event and the nearby training ramps with resi sections were well used by riders to prepare for their UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup runs. The plan is for the facility to stay around for the local riders to develop BMX Freestyle and for international athletes to come train.

Thursday’s Men qualification was the first part of the event which eliminated over 30 riders and transfered 24 to ride Friday’s Semi-Final. Youngster Marcus Christopher’s 87,5 score was the highest score all day followed by fellow countryman Justin Dowell (USA) and British phenom Kieran Reilly in third. Olympic gold medalist Logan Martin made sure he remained part of the competition by getting 4 th followed by 2022 UCI BMX Park World Champion Rim
Nakamura from Japan. Next to the trick machines, flow riders like Kevin Peraza (Mexico- 8th), Joji Mizogaki (Japan-9th) and Paul Thoelen (Germany-22nd) made it through providing a wide variety of BMX Freestyle riding in the first UCI World Cup semi-final of the year.

French dominance in Elite Men and 3 back to back UCI World Cup wins in Sakarya, Turkey. 250 BMX entries for the first round of the 2023 UCI BMX Racing World Cup season and only 4 winners each day. There’s more room for disappointment than celebrating a win but Romain Mahieu (Elite Men) and Tessa Martinez (U23 Women) from France as well as New Zealand’s Rico Bearman (U23 Men) and Bethany Shriever (Elite Women) all started the
season with a victory.

At Sunday’s Round 2, French success continued in the Elite Men class with a very confident Joris Daudet getting first just in front of Saturday’s winner Romain Mahieu. The back to back weekend wins for Shriever (GBR), Bearman (NZL) and Martinez (FRA) not only shows their true form at the moment but also an extra paycheck for the double W from the UCI.

Saturday started off rainy but it cleared up for fast racing on the renovated BMX track in Sakarya. The iconic blue turns are improved and the surface is made of asphalt from start to finish. It provided a solid, clean, smooth and rather grippy riding surface, even in the rain. With important ranking points on the line the athletes arrived in Turkey ready to do business.

When the final 8 line up for the last race of the day it is impossible to get there by luck.

Results British National Championships Asylum Skatepark, United Kingdom 22 - 23 October 2023

Men Park:
1 Kieran REILLY 22 GBR         100.00 UCI Ranking Points
2 Jordan CLARK 24 GBR 2     160.00
3 Dylan HESSEY 20 GBR 3     130.00
4 Declan BROOKS 27 GBR 4  110.00
5 Kaine MITCHELL 25 GBR 5   90.00
6 Kaz CAMPBELL 24 GBR 6     70.00
7 Reef WAY 18 GBR 7               50.00
8 Jack MAGUIRE 22 GBR 8      30.00
9 Thomas RUSSELL 27 GBR 9 20.00
10 Mitch DOOLEY 21 GBR 10  10.00

Resultados Juegos Panamericanos Santiago 2023, Chile 21 - 22 October 2023

Elite Men:
1 Kamren LARSEN 24 USA 1st                100.00 UCI Ranking Points
2 Cameron WOOD 22 USA 2nd                  86.00
3 Carlos RAMIREZ 29 COL 3rd                  74.00
4 Diego ARBOLEDA OSPINA 27 COL 4th 64.00
5 Mauricio MOLINA VERGARA 22 CHI 5th 55.00
6 Emiliano DE LA FUENTE 23 ARG 6th     47.00
7 Benjamin VERGARA PINNA 21 CHI 7th 40.00
8 Gonzalo MOLINA 28 ARG 8th                 34.00

Elite Women:
1 Mariana PAJON LONDOÑO 32 COL 1st     100.00 UCI Ranking Points
2 Gabriela BOLLE CARRILLO 23 COL 2nd       86.00
3 Priscilla STEVAUX CARNAVAL 30 BRA 3rd 74.00

Results C1 Coupe de France BMX Racing Troyes, France 21 October 2023

Men Elite:
1 Leo GAROYAN 23 FRA 100.00
2 Jérémy RENCUREL 28 FRA 86.00
3 Simba DARNAND 28 FRA 74.00
4 Romain RACINE 26 FRA 64.00
5 Michael BIAS 29 NZL 55.00
6 Romain MAYET 30 FRA 47.00
7 Melvin TEBLEN 21 FRA 40.00
8 Mathis RAGOT RICHARD 25 FRA 34.00

Women Elite:
1 Charlotte DEVOLDER 26 FRA 100.00
2 Léa BRINDJONC 19 FRA 86.00
3 Celia BONNET 25 FRA 74.00
4 Elke VANHOOF 32 BEL 64.00

5 Christelle BOIVIN 26 SUI 55.00
6 Mathilde DOUDOUX 27 FRA 47.00
7 Emma JOUTEAU 23 FRA 40.00
8 Celine DENARIE 24 FRA 34.00

Men Under 23:
1 Tom WON FAH HIN 19 FRA 33.00
2 Nathanaël DIEUAIDE 22 FRA 29.00
3 Ilan LEFEBVRE 20 FRA 25.00
4 Tatyan LUI HIN TSAN 21 FRA 21.00
5 Chris ALDON 22 FRA 18.00
6 Tanguy RIVOIRE 20 FRA 16.00
7 Anaia ISTIL 21 FRA 14.00
8 Marc ROMAN MARTINEZ 20 ESP 12.00

Women Under 23:
1 Tessa MARTINEZ 22 FRA 33.00
2 Emma PATRACCONE 22 FRA 29.00
3 Jodie VIEMONT 20 FRA 25.00
4 Elisa LANCE 20 FRA 21.00
5 Capucine FAVRE 20 FRA 18.00
6 Marie FAVREL 20 FRA DNS 16.00