Monster Energy’s Daniel Sandoval Takes First Place. In Elite Men’s BMX Freestyle Park at Brussels Urban Sessions 2025. 30-Year-Old Sandoval from Corona, California, Wins Contest Sanctioned by UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale). 22-Year-Old Kim Lea Mueller from Remscheid, Germany, Wins Women’s BMX Best Trick Competition. The medals don’t stop for Sandoval! Monster Energy congratulates team rider Daniel Sandoval on taking first place in Elite Men’s BMX Freestyle Park at Brussels Urban Sessions 2025 this weekend. In the premiere European action sports festival, the 30-year-old from Corona, California, soared above the competition with a perfect technical run at Parc du Cinquantenaire in the Belgian capital.
In the Women’s BMX Best Trick competition, 22-year-old Kim Lea Mueller from Remscheid, Germany, took the win with a technical standout.
From July 4-6, the annual Brussels Urban Sessions festival attracted the world’s best BMX riders for a weekend of competitions on the massive park course. This year’s event took place at a new location: the historic Parc du Cinquantenaire in the heart of Brussels provided an open-air backdrop for the unique combination of action sports, street art, and musical performances.
In Sunday’s Elite Men’s BMX Freestyle Park final, Monster Energy’s Sandoval entered as a favorite after most recently claiming bronze in BMX Dirt at X Games Salt Lake City 2025.
C1 Palladium Freestyle Slap Freestyle - Vicenza, Italy - 31 Aug 2019
Elite Men:
1 SANDOVAL Daniel USA 79.53. 200 points
2 WALLWORK Jake AUS 78.27. 160
3 TENCIO ESQUIVEL Kenneth CRC 74.97. 130
4 DANELUTTI Alec AUS 74.33. 110
5 HABADA Martin CZE 70.13. 90
6 RAMIREZ Giancarlos CRC 67.86. 70
7 BARBERO Alessandro ITA 65.46. 50
8 LINDERMAIR Jonas GER 64.23. 30
9 MONGILLO Francesco ITA 58.66. 20
10 ARMENDARIZ GOMEZ Arkaitz ESP 58.36. 10
11 FALVO Christian ITA
12 FRANCESCONI Ramon ITA
13 BENETTON Elia ITA
14 GALLI Vittorio Ludovico Germano ITA
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