Elite Men, Gaby Malenfant, Quebec, wants to make his mark on the International scene, during the last two seasons he race in the Supercross Series (UCI) and the World Championship in Columbia, making his final at the Nations Cup in Germany. In North America he made his first USA BMX A Pro final at the legendary Pittsburgh track during the Steel City National and backed is action by taking a solid 3rd place at the Canadian National Championship in Calgary, behind James Palmer and Olympian Tory Nyhaug.
The DK Bicycles Canada program, managed by Jagger Co. is excited to work with this young Elite rider full of talent, ready to rep the green colors of DK Bicycles National program. All this action will be happening in full Fly Racing gears and BOX BMX
Ice Element presents a new carbon pivotal seatpost to help make your bike even lighter. They are already available in Ø 25.4 mm, 26.8 mm and 27.2 mm at a retail price for France of 49.00€. The seatpost weighes in at around 100 gr in Ø 27.2mm. The link to our website for more info on this product is:
Chilean National Championships (CHI/NC)
1 Cristobal PALOMINOS CHI 20 30 30
2 Raimundo GUZMAN CHI 23 20 20
3 Diego AGUIRRE CHI 20 15 15
4 Francisco Javier ROJAS MARTINEZ CHI 19 10 10
5 Sergio Adolfo TORRES FLORES CHI 19 8 8
6 Daniel GALLEJUILLOS CHI 26 6 6
Name: Nic Long
Number in Rio: 64
Country: USA
Result: 4th
How big was your struggle even making it to the Olympics?
Nic: The struggle is always going to be as hard as you make it.. I worked hard all year, and Kurt had my program spot on. I was prepared for everything.
Fresh off the championship stage at the USA BMX Grand National is 2016 USA BMX National #1 Amateur, Jesse Welch. The big news today is that Jesse will be zip-tying his new #1 plate to a new bike for 2017, and suiting-up for Factory Throdwn. As one of the fastest in his age class, Jesse is a major pickup for any team, even without the silver cup and black number plate, but joining an established team like Jim Buchanan is fielding, with a new bike sponsor, will add some extra-special
Sunday Results Indoor St. Etienne BMX Race. Graf takes Elite Men win and Etienne doubles.
Elite Men:
1. David Graf
2. Sylvain André
3. Arthur Pilard
4. Romain Mahieu
5. Romain Mayet
6. Renaud Blanc
7. Tristan Tournebize
8. Simon Marquart
Results Indoor St. Etienne, France. Saturday 10 December 2016:
Nations Cup MEN:
1. Simon Marquart
2. Renaud Blanc
3. Sylvain André
4. Jérémy Rencurel
5. Romain Mahieu
6. Matis Ragot Richard
7. Chris Christensen
8. Romain Mayet
Nations Cup WOMEN:
1. Axelle Etienne
2. Mathilde Doudoux
3. Blaine Ridge Davis
4. Camille Maire
5. Melanie Grun
Name: Manon VALENTINO
Number in Rio: 971
Country: France
Result: 8
When was the point for you that you thought you had a good chance of going to the 2016 Olympics in Rio?
Manon: My goal the last 4 years was to increase my level and to be good enough to have a chance to win a medal at the Olympics.
Elite Results BMX Race: Etapa Brasileiro de BMX - Round 4 (BRA/C1)
Results Etapa Brasileiro de BMX - Round 4 (BRA/C1)
Elite Men:
1 Ariel Joao DA SILVA BRA 22 50 50
2 Guilherme BOURSCHEIDT BRA 23 45 45
3 Felipe BRICK BRA 30 40 40
4 Gabriel REIS SANTOS BRA 19 35 35
5 Matheus LOTT BRA 27 30 30
6 Elisson RODRIGUES BRA 25 28 28
Name: Lauren Reynolds
Number in Rio: 21
Country: Australia
Result: Semi finalist
When was the point for you that you thought you had a good chance of going to the 2016 Olympics in Rio?
Lauren Reynolds: Rio 2016 had always been on my radar since the Olympic Games introduced bmx racing. Once I made my first Olympic team in 2012, and falling short of my expectations and result, 2016 Games soon became a target.
Can you explain what kind of sacrifices you have to make as a professional BMX racer to be on top of your game all the time?
Lauren Reynolds: Being a professional athlete of any sport isn't easy, the road certainly isn't as smooth as it's shown to be. When you set yourself dreams and goals most athlete will do what ever it takes to achieve them, and this usually comes with a cost.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.