Former BMX World Champion appointed coach at World Cycling Centre Autor: Administrator (marek.psenicka@centrum.cz), Téma: News BMX, Source: www.uci.ch Vydáno dne 29. 01. 2010 (28713 přečtení) Former BMX World Champion, Thomas Allier, will join the coaching staff at the World Cycling Centre (WCC) in Aigle, Switzerland, from February 1st. The French athlete, 34 years, will be responsible for the WCC’s high level BMX trainees as well as young athletes training for the first Youth Olympic Games, which will take place in Singapore in August. He will also coach a number of less experienced riders who form a “development” group. Thomas Allier was BMX Juniors World Champion in 1994, before taking the World Elite title in 1998 and 2000. He also has five European BMX titles and six French National titles to his name as well as various victories in the United States. After the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, where he reached the quarter finals, Thomas Allier retired from competition to concentrate on coaching. At the WCC he will join the coaches for the other three Olympic cycling disciplines (road, track and mountain bike). WCC Director Frédéric Magné is delighted to welcome the new member of the coaching team: “We are very fortunate to have him on the team. The athletes will benefit from a former high level athlete who will be able to use his expertise and competition experience to help them develop.” The high level training BMX course at the WCC will begin on March 15th, bringing together an international group of talented athletes. The main goal of the course will be the UCI BMX World Championships in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, from 29th July to 1st August. UCI Communication Services