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After three weekends of qualifying in Oldsmar, Florida; Rock Hill, South Carolina; and Grand Junction, Colorado; the field of riders for the last chance qualifier has been narrowed down. Riders competing in the Last Chance Qualifier (LCQ) will be racing in a winner take all race for the final and eighth spot at the United States BMX Olympic Trials. The winner of the Olympic Trials will represent the United States of America at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

USA BMX CEO, Bernard Anderson had this to say about the event, “The LCQ is one of the most exciting things we have created in BMX racing.  The event opens the door for any one 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

UCI BMX Ranking Elite Men after the UCI BMX World's in Colombia:
1 (1)     Niek KIMMANN     Netherlands     20     1257
2 (2)     Liam PHILLIPS     Great Britain     27     1250
3 (11)     Nicholas LONG     United States     27     1175
4 (5)     Joris DAUDET     France     25     1130
5 (8)     Corben SHARRAH     United States     24     1125
6 (4)     Sam WILLOUGHBY     Australia     25     1072
7 (13)     Maris STROMBERGS     Latvia     29     1004
8 (17)     Amidou MIR     France     21     960
9 (18)     Carlos RAMIREZ YEPES     Colombia     22     949
10 (7)     Carlos OQUENDO ZABALA     Colombia     29     945
11 (10)     Anthony DEAN     Australia     25     934
12 (6)     David GRAF     Switzerland     27     922
13 (12)     Tory NYHAUG     Canada     24     875
14 (3)     Connor FIELDS     United States     24     870
15 (15)     Edzus TREIMANIS     Latvia     28     865
16 (16)     Renaud BLANC     Switzerland     25     860
17 (9)     Trent JONES     New Zealand     22     825

Caroline Buchanan has been crowned the 2016 UCI BMX elite women’s time trial world champion for the second time in her career, after she beat home Dutch star Laura Smulders and reigning world champion Mariana Pajón of Colombia on the track named after the latter in Medellín, Colombia. This year’s world championships also double as the selection event for the Australian Olympic Team, today’s result sending a clear message of Buchanan’s intent to qualify for her second Olympic Games in tomorrow’s main event.

After a great season with meltable wins on the USA BMX Pro Series tour and some great results on the UCI BMX Supercross season, Joris Daudet wins the biggest race of the season (so far) at the 2016 UCI BMX World Championships. Joris started the weekend off as being one of the early standouts on the ultra technical track during the various training sessions. Once things kicked off for the Time Trail, Joris was the 2nd fastest rider in the TT qualifier race but when the 

Elite Men:
1 1 33 DAUDET Joris FRA19910212 36.737 1
2 1 KIMMANN Niek NED19960520 36.785 1
3 64 LONG Nicholas USA19891006 38.380 1
4 29 RENCUREL Jeremy FRA19950413 38.980 1
5 127 TREIMANIS Edzus LAT19880421 39.311 1
6 148 VAN GENDT Twan NED19920609 39.588 1
7 436 MIR Amidou FRA19950101 40.408 1
8 278 RAMIREZ YEPES Carlos Alberto COL19940312 1:18.905

Elite Women:
1 1 100 PAJON Mariana COL19911010 41.385 1

After a pair of fourth-place finishes in the Time Trial Super Final on Saturday, Alise Post (St. Cloud, Minn./Redline USA) and Nic Long (Lakeside, Calif./Haro Bikes/Dans Comp) raced to bronze medals in the Supercross Final at the UCI BMX Supercross World Championships on Sunday. After fellow American Felicia Stancil (Lake Villa, Ill./GT Bicycles) was eliminated in the semifinals, Post was the lone USA rider in the women’s main. Mariana Pajon (COL) won the world title on her home track with Caroline Buchanan coming in second and a

Niek Kimmann, Caroline Buchanan, Mathis Ragot Richard and Merel Smulders are your 2016 UCI Time Trials World Championships. Each one of them set the fastest time on the clock in their classes in Medellin, Colombia. Racing will take place on Sunday May 29th.

Time Trials Superfinal results Elite Men:
1 KIMMANN Niek NED19960520 36.858
2 7 WILLOUGHBY Sam AUS19910815 36.895