Bart de Jong
040 Invitational Spine Ramp contest. High level riders to Eindhoven on Saturday June 4.
Saturday 4 June Pro BMX riders will meet up in Eindhoven, Netherlands for the first edition of the 040 Invitational, a Spine Miniramp contest held in the city centre. A brand new ramp has been built and will be set up for the very first time at the 18 Septemberplein during the E-Moves festival that will attract international fans of all kinds of Urban Sports. The ramp is done and it is a monster. 22 meters in length, 9,6 meters wide, a double coping spine of 2 meters and a combination of a 1,2 meter high sub box and a 3 meter tall wall on one side. The ramp is created by the 040BMXPARK crew and will be set up on Friday 3 June in time for the evening practice session for those who are invited to ride the contest.
The international field of riders will compete for a pro purse of
Elite Women UCI ranking after Colombia.
1 (1) Caroline BUCHANAN Australia 26 1780
2 (2) Mariana PAJON Colombia 25 1715
3 (3) Alise POST United States 25 1575
4 (4) Laura SMULDERS Netherlands 23 1455
5 (8) Elke VANHOOF Belgium 25 1185
6 (6) Stefany HERNANDEZ Venezuela 25 1150
7 (5) Brooke CRAIN United States 23 1130
8 (7) Simone CHRISTENSEN Denmark 22 1115
9 (9) Lauren REYNOLDS Australia 25 1092
10 (17) Maria Gabriela DIAZ Argentina 35 915
11 (11) Felicia STANCIL United States 21 870
12 (16) Magalie POTTIER France 27 860
13 (14) Merle VAN BENTHEM Netherlands 24 825
14 (12) Dani GEORGE United States 22 825
15 (20) Judy BAAUW Netherlands 22 810
16 (15) Amanda CARR Thailand 26 785
17 (13) Natalia SUVOROVA Russia 21 780
18 (10) Sarah WALKER New Zealand 28 743
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