Round one of the 2018 UCI BMX SX World Cup took place in St. Quentin-en-Yvelines near Paris in France. After a long off-season world's fastest BMX racers united at the covered BMX SX track at the French National training centre. It was the first big worldwide test to see how winter training had worked out and with a record number of entries, the athletes had plenty of racing to do before they'd make it to the final. Qualifying racing is much more interesting than the time trials that were used a few years ago. From the start of the racing it gets interesting. In Round 1 the top 4 riders transfer to the next round. The last chance that follows takes the best two riders to the next round. In the Men category that was a 1/32nd final in France due to the number of entries. To make it to the
Final results UCI BMX SX World Cup round 2, Saint Quentin-en-Yvelines, France.
Elite Men:
1 33 DAUDET Joris FRA 4 32.789
2 100 MAHIEU Romain FRA 7 32.950
3 313 KIMMANN Niek NED 1 33.181
4 2 ANDRE Sylvain FRA 8 33.470
5 143 TORRES Exequiel ARG 3 33.967
6 127 TREIMANIS Edzus LAT 5 34.245
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Results UCI BMX SX World Cup Round 1, St. Quentin-en-Yvelines, France. 
Elite Men:
1 313 KIMMANN Niek NED 8 33.488
2 100 MAHIEU Romain FRA 7 33.678
3 33 DAUDET Joris FRA 6 33.842
4 148 VAN GENDT Twan NED 4 34.319
5 69 GODET Damien FRA 5 34.586
Live on FATBMX: Join us for Round 1 of the UCI BMX Supercross tour which this year kicks off in Saint Quentin en Yvelines, France.
You may want to look fresh for every day at a race and bring your safety gear with you but it all adds to the luggage you've got to drag with you to the next World Cup or international race. Paying for overweight ain't no joke either. But some things you just need to bring to perform at your best. See what Argentina's Fede Villegas brings with him during a race weekend.
Name: Federico Villegas
Country: Argentina
Sponsors: Crupi BMX, Tioga, Ride 100%, BikeArt, Crupi's co sponsor Tangent and Fly Racing.
The Leatt Neck Brace is a product that can help prevent serious injury. The problem is, you will never know when you need it. Once you get used to it, it becomes part of the standard equipment that you wear whenever you get on the bike. It's better to snap the brace, than it is to break your neck. David Graf doesn't only wear the brace because he's sponsored by them, he wants to protect his neck in the first place, but also set an example for other BMX riders on the track. One can never be safe enough.
Name: David Graf
Country: Switzerland
Sponsors: Prophecy, HT, Leatt
Helmet: 100% Helmets right now
Goggles: --
Gloves: Leatt
Jersey: Swiss National Jersey
Racing pants: black ?
Socks: Suplest
Shoes: Suplest Edge3 Pro
The National Velodrome in Saint Quentin en Yvelines plays host to Round 1 & 2 of the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup Tour 2018. Catch all the action here on FATBMX on Saturday and Sunday evening. Record number of participants. Who will make it to the finals? Who will get on the podium?
Those who were at the 2017 UCI World Cup in Zolder will remember the race where things went nuts on the first jump. With people losing control it sent 6 of them to the ground, one of them was Kai Sakakibara. At that moment you know why you're wearing your protection gear. And you never know when a crash will happen to you. Most often it's somebody else causing the crash. What has Kai learnt from it and what protection gear does the Australian use?
Name: Kai Sakakibara
Country: Australia
Sponsors: DK Bikes, Oakley, Box, Shimano, Onyx, Shoei, Michram Industries, Planett, HT, Fist, Parkside Sports Physio, Peabody, AO Contracting.
Helmet: Shoei VFX - Evo
Goggles: Oakley Airbrake
Gloves: Fist Handwear
Jersey: Planett
Racing pants: Planett
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