Where else but Montpellier—la ville fidèle to the spirit of urban sports—to host the opening round of the 2025 UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup? Since 1997, this Mediterranean gem has welcomed no fewer than 28 major urban sports festivals, and this year was no exception. As part of the emblematic Festival des Sports Extrêmes (FISE), the city once again came alive, offering a thrilling stage for the Park, Street, Spine Mini and Flatland disciplines. Over the course of a week, an estimated 300,000 spectators were treated to a veritable spectacle of talent, adrenaline, and sheer artistry on two wheels.
BMX Park Men: La crème de la crème under the sun
To ensure fair and ample practice time for all, the Men’s Park event imposed a cut at 72 riders—a practical choice, and a nod to the professionalism that defines this sport at its highest level. After the pause following December’s UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in Abu Dhabi, riders returned revitalized, their arsenals of tricks freshly sharpened and ready to be unveiled on this prestigious stage.
The gods of weather smiled upon Montpellier. Despite the heat—intense, almost Provençal in its brilliance—the skies stayed dry, and support crews came prepared à la française, armed with coolers, baguettes, sunglasses, and parasols.
Montpellier celebrates its champions on the parks, ramps, kickers, boxes and in the air. Since last Wednesday, FISE Montpellier has transformed the Occitan city into the world capital of urban sports, welcoming nearly 300,000 visitors and 1,500 international athletes. Seven sports were featured, including four Olympic disciplines for Paris 2024 (BMX Freestyle Park, Skateboarding, Breaking, and 3x3 Basketball), with more than 80 elite competitions, including four World Cup stops. The level of competition lived up to the high expectations throughout this Ascension Week.
One of the standout moments of this 28th edition was the kickoff of the UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup. French rider Anthony Jeanjean, bronze medalist in Paris last summer, claimed second place,
Monster Energy’s Anthony Jeanjean Takes First Place in BMX Park at FISE World Montpellier 2024
Jeanjean gets the victory! Monster Energy congratulates team rider Anthony Jeanjean on taking first place in BMX Freestyle Park at the FISE World Montpellier action sports festival in France. In the iconic event, the 25-year-old Olympic athlete from Béziers, France, took the win in front of a high-energy crowd.
In BMX Street, Monster Energy’s Jordan Godwin from Newport, United Kingdom, took first place. Rounding out a great weekend for Monster Energy, 25-year-old German team rider Felix Prangenberg from Cologne claimed third place in BMX Street with a technical run.
In the BMX Best Trick competition, 29-year-old Ryan Williams from Sunshine Coast, Australia, soared above the competition to claim first place with a face-melting trick.
From May 8-12, FISE World Montpellier attracted some of the world’s premier action sports athletes to the banks of the Lez River for competitions in BMX, scooter, parkour, roller skate, and skateboard disciplines.
In the BMX Park Final, Monster Energy’s Anthony Jeanjean dropped in as a favorite after a series of high-profile wins, including first place at the Converse ULT.X event in South Africa in March. But he also came to Montpellier with a score to settle after the victory eluded him when he finished in close second place last year.
Montpellier most definitely knows how to party! Here are the best runs of yet another insane BMX Mini Spine Final at@FISEeventschannel.
2023 Qualification results UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup Montpellier, France. 24 riders make it to the semi finals. 12 to the finals later this week. See who made it to the next round....
Qualification results BMX Park Women
1) ROBERTS Hannah
2) BENEGAS Perris
3) DENG Ya Wen
4) DUCARROZ Nikita
5) SUN Jiagi
6) NATALYA Diehm
7) NAITO Nene
8) NICKI Sarah
9) LESSMANN Lara Marie
10) ZHOU Huimin
11) WOLFE Chelsea
12) DIAZ DARMASE Katherine Seiran
13) PEREZ GRASSET Macarena Valentina
Flatland Men Semi Finals 2021 UCI Flatland World Championships, Montpellier, France.
Men:
1. JUMELIN Alexandre 93.00 Q
2. DANDOIS Matthias 88.33 Q
3. SASAKI Moto 88.00 Q
4.MUSSELWHITE Lee 82.33 Q
5. HERNANDEZ Varo 81.67 Q
6. ADAMS Terry 81.33 Q
7. BONNECUELLE Matthieu 81.00 Q
8. WILHELM Matt 76.00 Q
9. ALT Dustyn 75.67
10. MOYA FERNANDEZ Alberto 70.67
The teams are made up of the top ranking athletes of each Nation from E-FISE Montpellier 2020 and the videos are jam-packed overviews of the best urban sports shots from the contest. Teams are battling it out for invitations to the world's biggest action sports festival, FISE Montpellier. Fans also have the chance to win, as each time they vote they're entered into a weekly draw to win FISE Apparel prizes. All the Nation's videos are now available to watch, and it's currently Mexico that is leading the contest with more than 1300 votes. Followed by Brazil, Colombia and Argentina, it seems that Latin America knows how to make it happen.
E-FISE Montpellier by HONOR 2020: BMX Freestyle Park, Street and Flatland Rules and Schedule
The E-FISE Montpellier by HONOR is about to start, so it's now time to get a look at the formats, schedule, categories and prizes for each of the three BMX contests hosted by the event.
STEP 1 : SHOOT
CHOOSE A CATEGORY I PICK A SPOT I SHOOT A VIDEO I EDIT
Video: must be max 60 seconds*, opening credit included.
This year for the first time ever FISE Montpellier goes fully digital. 7 Sports, 12 Disciplines and 46 Categories will feature in this unprecedented contest. Whether in BMX, Skateboard, Roller, Wakeboard, Parkour, Breaking or Scooter, the 2000+ athletes who usually attend the event, are instead invited to participate by submitting videos to the e-fise.com/montpellier web platform which has been specially developed for this experience.
Urban Sports communities are already familiar with video contests, however this is the first time ever that so many disciplines have been gathered together in a digital project of this scale. International federations such as UCI, World Skate, FIG and WDSF have confirmed their support and many public and
Over 125,000 people packed the banks of the River Lez today for an epic day of action sports.
UCI BMX FREESTYLE PARK WORLD CUP FINAL - WOMEN:
Everything was set for an exciting hour of BMX. The sun was up, the wind was down and the crowd were ready to see the amazing progression of the BMX Women's community. The panel of judges were looking for style, amplitude and tricks, and they were not disappointed. Once again Hannah Roberts was unbeatable. She did not make any mistakes, she completed a perfect run, starting with a whip on the spine, and ending with a flair. Two tricks among others that she is the only woman to master so well. In
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