Bart de Jong
BMX Race results 3 Nations Cup - Round 1 Ahnatal, Germany 21 May 2023
Elite Women:
1 Merel SMULDERS 25 NED 1 100.00 UCI Ranking Points
2 Judy BAAUW 29 NED 2 86.00
3 Dorte BALLE 26 DEN 3 74.00
4 Regula RUNGE 34 GER 4 64.00
Elite Men:
1 Jaymio BRINK 19 NED 1 100.00 UCI Ranking Points
2 Bodi TURNER 29 AUS 2 86.00
3 Stefan HEIL 24 GER 3 74.00
4 Mitchel SCHOTMAN 27 NED 4 64.00
5 Tim GOOSSENS 20 NED 5 55.00
6 Joey NAP 23 NED 6 47.00
7 Dave VAN DER BURG 30 NED 7 40.00
8 Mathijn BOGAERT 23 BEL 8 34.00
Results Coupe de France BMX Racing Limoges, France 20 May 2023
Elite Women:
1 Mariana PAJON 32 COL 100.00 UCI Ranking Points
2 Elke VANHOOF 32 BEL 86.00
3 Manon VEENSTRA 25 NED 74.00
4 Camille MAIRE 29 FRA 64.00
5 Léa BRINDJONC 19 FRA 55.00
So we've jumped forward a couple of decades for this episode of The Union Tapes. But this is equally as fascinating as the rest of em. Dan Benson started out riding in Sheffield in the mid 90s aboard an 80's BMX frame.
Penultimate day of this 26th edition of FISE Montpellier. If the public is even more numerous and warm at the end of the week, the weather was a bit capricious and forced the organization to slightly revise the weekend program. But the motivation of the athletes, more than ever palpable in these days of finals, has thwarted the vagaries of weather to bring the intensity of the sports show that the public comes to seek each season during the weekend of the Ascension on the banks of the Lez.
The UCI BMX Freestyle Flat Men's World Cup qualifiers were split between late afternoon yesterday and this morning to avoid the showers. 33 riders were at the start and the overexcited atmosphere contrasted with the sky, for the "darlings" of the FISE operating for the most part in this discipline.
The talent and the support of the public allowed the French riders to get no less than 6 of the 16 places available for the semi-final! Among them, the very young Norman Julien Baran who, at 17 years old, created the surprise by finishing 5th of this qualifying phase, 1st Frenchman in front of the nonuple world champion, Matthias Dandois, who finished 9th. Alex Jumelin, Joris Bretagnolles, Anatole Rahain and Jérémy Brosset completed the group, leaving behind big names in the discipline such as Germany's Dustin Alt and England's Lee Musselwhite.
The 16 qualifiers will meet at the end of the afternoon on the Flat area for the semi-finals which will see 8 of them going to the final tomorrow.
Huimin Zhou bossing in Montpellier.
Full replay FISE MONTPELLIER 2023 | UCI BMX Freestyle Flatland World Cup Men Final
FAIT DU BRUIT! The Best Trick Contest at FISE 2023 was the perfect finish for a crazy weekend chock-full with some of the craziest BMX Park riding ever. Check out Kevin Peraza, Daniel Sandoval, Kaden Stone and a bunch of other lunatics going absolutely crazy in beautiful Montpellier, France.
When the box jump doesn't see much action during practice for a UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup, you know something is off. Well, the box at @FISEeventschannel Montpellier this year has an extra tall lip and a super steep landing, so it's not easy to ride to begin with. Throw strong winds into the mix and you'll have people struggling to clear the thing, let alone trick it.
Rainy days couldn't stop the fun at FISE Montpellier 2023, and with a bit of a change of schedule Street managed to go ahead on the final day, albeit a slimmed down version, consisting of groups of 4 riders in a best trick format. Congrats to the top three - Courage Adams, Alex Kennedy and Thomas Carrot. The level of riding was off the hook. Apologies for any clips missing!
I went back for redemption on a stunt that never happened due to crazy flooding (check out the death curve wall episode) and it went down this time! so hyped to have checked this one off the list!!
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.