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UCI BMX NEWS Autor: Administrator (marek.psenicka@centrum.cz), Téma: News BMX, Source: www.uci.ch Vydáno dne 30. 05. 2005 (2835 přečtení) UCI BMX NEWS UCI BMX NEWSUCI BMX RankingThe ever more important UCI BMX Ranking is in full swing on all four continents. While it’s coming to an end on the southern hemisphere, it’s just getting hectic in Europe and North America. A new feature for this year is the Junior Men and Junior Women ranking, and although the Junior riders does not compete for the overall ranking prize money of 30’000 Swiss Franc, their presence will be highly important leading up the 2008 Olympic Games. Continental Ranking – Latin America After 10 ranking rounds, the Latin American ranking has come to an end. Jonathan Suarez (Venezuela) has made a triumphant return to his continent scoring the maximum 84 points (winning 8 out of 10 races). In the Elite Women ranking, the current World Champion Gabriella Diaz (Argentina) has been almost equally as successful scoring 72 points. Continental Ranking – Oceania With 2 rounds remaining, Luke Madill (Australia) is leading the scoreboard with 69 points, with Michael Robinson (Australia) in runner-up position with 61 points. Tanya Bailey (Australia) is leading with 41 points, followed closely by Serena Kastermans (New Zealand). Continental Ranking – North America After 5 of the 10 rounds completed, the North American ranking is lead by Mike Day (USA) on 42 points; closely followed by Robert De Wilde (Netherlands).It will be a tight race through the Canadian UCI rounds leading up the NBL Stars’n Stripes National at South Park, PA. In the female division, the 2004 Junior World Champion, Kimberly Hayashi (USA) is leading, but her arch rival Samantha Cools (Canada) is not far behind and will gain momentum once the series hits Canada. Continental Ranking – Europe 4 rounds into the European BMX Championships, Thomas Allier (France) has shown great consistency and is leading with 40 points, closely followed by Ivo Lakucs (Latvia) and last year No. 1 UCI ranked rider Michal Prokop (Czech Republic). With Allier temporally out with injuries, the European points chase will be a thriller all the way up to the European BMX Championships final in Echichens, Switzerland. Jana Horakova (Czech Republic), 45 points, is leading a close race with Willy Kanis (Netherlands) and Laetitia Le Corguille (France). 2005 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup – Aigle Switzerland The 1st round of the highly anticipated 2005 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup in Aigle, Switzerland is only a few weeks away. The 1st round will be held at the UCI/World Cycling Centre BMX track, and although it has a traditional layout the highly technical track will be further modified. The UCI track builders Tom Ritzenthaler and Mark Hildebrand will fine-tune the track in the week leading up the event, promising an exciting track purpose build for the best BMX riders in the world. Not only will there be some exiting races on the BMX track, some of the best BMX freestyle vert riders such as Jamie Bestwick (2003 X-Games gold) and Jay Miron (9-time X-Games medalist) will make a special appearance on one of Europe’s biggest vert ramps (situated inside the velodrome complex). The event will be widely broadcasted on TV, including Eurosport, Europe’s leading sports channel (reaching 54 countries and 250 million viewers). Make sure to visit the UCI website to view the TV-listings. UCI BMX High Level Training Under the leadership of Michel Lalande and head coach Hervé Krebs, the 2005 UCI BMX high level training has recently kicked off at the World Cycling Centre in Aigle Switzerland. A group of 20 athletes has been selected to train during a 3 month period leading up the UCI BMX World Championships in Paris, France. After the initial performance tests and evaluations, the very talented group of riders has been training hard altering between the BMX track, the weightlifting room and the velodrome. The group will also make a few selected appearances at the European BMX Championships and the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup. The athletes are; Tyler Brown (USA), Roger Rinderknecht (Switzerland) José Luis Diaz Montana (Colombia), Jose Escudero (Ecuador), Emilio Falla (Ecuador), Felipe Faundez (Chile), Javiera Figueroa (Chile), Fabian Hernandez (Colombia), Luciana Hirama (Brazil), Yvan Lapraz (Switzerland), Sifiso Nhlapo (South Africa), Joel Quintero Rodriguez (Venezuela), Vilma Rimsaite (Lithuania), José David Reyes Riotte (Costa Rica), Fernando Silveira (Brazil), Nannan Juang (China), Junhong Zhang (China), Hao Yu (China), Lingiun Tain (China), Xuefei Yu (China). 2005 UCI BMX World Championships, Paris Bercy, France The most important event of the year, the 2005 UCI BMX World Championships will be take place 29th-- 31st July 2005 at the Paris Bercy stadium, France. As previously announced, the elite events will be scheduled in the evening to assure great media coverage and public interest. 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing China In the first week of June, the UCI is sending a delegation to Beijing, China to meet with BOCOG (Beijing Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games), and to have a first look of where the BMX venue will be constructed. This is the first of many visits to establish the Olympic BMX track and venue, and the current plan is that the venue will be finalized in 2007, followed by a test event (UCI BMX Supercross World Cup) in fall 2007. |