the favour of Logan Martin over Daniel Dhers with the slightest of difference which shows how close the title hunt was in 2016.
America's Colton Walker rode amazingly well to finish in spot three with a flip barspin to tailwhip, 360 double downsdie whip and a flair whip to barspin and more new aged tricks. BMX Freestyle park is progressing from event to event as Colton showed in Chengdu.
Jeremy Malott (USA) brought two solid runs to the party and straight flipped into the quarter. He also did 540 flairs, 3 double trucks over the spine and 3-double whips like it was nothing. Maybe he's new on the scene but expect him to go big for next year. First place qualifier Alex Coleborn (GBR) ended up in 5th place for doing burly moves on the course combines with several tech tricks.
When the points from Chengdu were added to the overall ranking the top three looked like this:
1. Logan Martin (AUS)
2. Daniel Dhers (VEN)
3. Nick Bruce (USA)
The first UCI BMX Freestyle World cup is a fact and with Logan Martin as the overall winner we'll be moving into an exciting 2017 season with plenty of events on the calendar.
Results UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup Chengdu, China.
1. Logan Martin (AUS)
2. Daniel Dhers (VEN)
3. Colton Walker (USA)
4. Jeremy Malott (USA)
5. Alex Coleborn (GBR)
6. Jack Clark (GBR)
7. Brandon Loupos (AUS)
8. Nick Bruce (USA)
9. Declan Brooks (GBR)
10. Josh Perry (USA)
11. Mike Varga (CAN)
12. Kenneth Tencio (CRI)
It could not have been a closer call between Daniel Dhers (VEN) and Logan Martin (AUS) at the very final UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup of the 2016 season. Both riders were in the hunt for the title and didn't disappoint in either of their runs making life difficult for the judges to pick a winner. Logan Martin's list of tricks that he brought to Chengdu won it over Daniel Dhers' two solid runs full of tricks. But just by the minimal margin. It did however decide who would become the 2016 overall World Cup champion making this stop in Chengdu a thriller of the second degree.
Logan Martin did an amazing decade to barspin over the volcano followed up by a flair downside whip on the quarter followed by many whip flip and flair variations. Dhers countered with his signature no-footed cancan tailwhip, cancan one handed corked 720's, 360 double tailwhip transfer from spine to the landing of the jump box and many of the tricks we're used from the experienced pro from Venezuela. In the end the judges decided on the win in
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