3rd traditional Turkish BMX Day was celebrated with the hosting of Istanbul Municipality and support of the Turkish Cycling Federation on 27th May 2018. BMXTR.COM has been organizing this event for the last three years and this year the event was bigger and got attention from other countries as well. More than 70 riders attended Amateur Street, Pro Street, Flatland and Bunny Hop contests. The contest results are as follows:
Amateur Street Results:
1- Yigit Mehmet Danisman - Bursa/Turkey
2- İsmail Emre Dalgic-Izmir/Turkey
3- Hasan Çelik-Eskisehir/Turkey
Pro Street Results
1- Arif Gül-Istanbul/Turkey
2-John Stefani-Volos/Greece
3- Bora Altintas-Lefkosa/Cyprus
Flatland
1- Murat Özdemir-Adana/Turkey
2- Turuu Jaguar-Mongolia
3- Azat İlhanlı-Istanbul/Turkey
Bunny Hop
1- Jason Efstathiou-Volos/Greece
2- Second place shared between: Arif Gul-Istanbul/TURKEY & Ismail Achmet-Larissa/GREECE
Rookie of the Year: Faruk Danacı-Istanbul/TURKEY
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