Australia's sports fans will be treated to a bumper program of riding and cycling at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Victoria. The Commonwealth Games Federation, Victorian State Government and Commonwealth Games Australia today revealed that a wide range of riding and cycling events had been added to the Games program, to be held across regional Victoria including; The Commonwealth Games debut of BMX Racing.
Shepparton is set to become an epicentre of cycling action, hosting the men’s and women’s time trials and the BMX Racing program.
With the 2022 UCI BMX Racing World cup season coming to an end in Colombia the overall standings look as follows;
Elite Men:
1 ANDRE Sylvain FRA 30 2537 UCI points
2 WOOD Cameron USA 21 2249
3 KENNEDY Izaac AUS 22 2117
4 WHYTE Kye GBR 23 1873
5 RENCUREL Jérémy FRA 27 1839
6 ARBOLEDA Diego COL 26 1704
7 DAUDET Joris FRA 31 1565
8 RAMIREZ Carlos COL 28 1479
9 MAYET Romain FRA 29 1099
10 BUTTI Cédric SUI 23 1075
Finals results UCI BMX Racing World Cup - Round 8 Bogota, Colombia Sunday 02 October 2022
Elite men:
1 Joris DAUDET FRA 31.956 500.00 UCI points
2 Izaac KENNEDY AUS 32.440 430.00
3 Cameron WOOD USA 33.393 370.00
4 Juan DIAZ SERNA COL 33.952 318.00
5 Quillan ISIDORE GBR 34.401 273.00
6 Gonzalo MOLINA ARG 2:17.456 235.00
7 Sylvain ANDRE FRA DNF 202.00
8 Carlos RAMIREZ COL DNF 174.00
Elite women:
1 Mariana PAJON COL 35.199 500.00 UCI points
2 Merel SMULDERS NED 36.175 430.00
3 Zoe CLAESSENS SUI 36.289 370.00
4 Laura SMULDERS NED 36.836 318.00
5 Felicia STANCIL USA 37.035 273.00
6 Lauren REYNOLDS AUS 37.394 235.00
UCI BMX Racing World Cup Standings after 7 Rounds. Are we going to see any changes in the standings with one more round to go today? With 500 points for a win in Elite Men and 165 points for a win in U23, it is still possible for athletes to move up (or down) in the final classification after today. Make sure to watch it.
Elite Men standings:
1 ANDRE Sylvain FRA 2335 points
2 WOOD Cameron USA 1879
3 WHYTE Kye GBR 1738
4 RENCUREL Jérémy FRA 1690
5 KENNEDY Izaac AUS 1687
6 ARBOLEDA Diego COL 1594
Elite Women standings:
1 SMULDERS Laura NED 3290 points
2 CLAESSENS Zoe SUI 2488
3 SHRIEVER Bethany GBR 2007
4 VEENSTRA Manon NED 1439
The season continues in Colombia! Don't miss the world's best BMX riders fighting in a thrilling event for the honor of becoming the 2022 UCI BMX Racing World Cup Champion and the chance of becoming an Olympian.
It feels good to have some time in a foreign country to explore, meet new people and see new things. After a few days "off" it was time to head back to the Pista BMX Carlos Ramirez for Friday's practice and Saturday's Round 7 of the UCI BMX Racing World Cup. Most of the athletes had come over to Colombia a week prior to get used to the 2500m altitude. For them it's the third weekend in Bogota and the goal was to score some good points now that Olympic qualifying has started for BMX racing since last weekend. Watching high level BMX racing you can only have respect for the athletes. That first lip of the 10m gap looks good for a dirt jump competition, but takes a different approach when hit at 60 kmh. It becomes a bit of a curb that you have to suck up to stay low. Any freestyle rider would use the transition to send it high, but that's not the goal for BMX Racing. The speed generated is so high and the racing is so close that a little elbow bump can result in being out of competition.
The support for the riders is there. With team tents, rollers, food, drinks, physios, doctors, trainers, and mental coaches at hand, the pressure gets even higher when expectations are high and points are expected. Racing down that 8 meter hill with 7 others next to you becomes a battle. With fairly packed granstands on the first straight full of loud fans, VIP's, media and coaches, making it out front is what everyone is shooting for.
The season continues in Colombia! Don't miss the world's best BMX riders fighting in a thrilling event for the honor of becoming the 2022 UCI World Cup Champion and the chance of becoming an Olympian
Top 10 UCI BMX Racing World Cup standings with 2 rounds to go.
Elite Men
1 ANDRE Sylvain FRA 2170 points
2 WOOD Cameron USA 1705
3 RENCUREL Jérémy FRA 1562
4 ARBOLEDA Diego COL 1392
5 KENNEDY Izaac AUS 1369
6 WHYTE Kye GBR 1308
7 MAYET Romain FRA 1099
8 RAMIREZ Carlos COL 1070
9 CARMONA GARCIA Mateo COL 851
10 CLERTE Eddy FRA 843
Elite women:
1 SMULDERS Laura NED 2790 points
Fly fishing. I've never done it and I don't know how it works, but when I got the chance to tag along with Pedro, Craig and Max I went for it. Something new I'm always up for it. Little did I know that the plan was to leave the hotel at 04:20am to beat traffic. But Pedro had his vehicle well prepared with fresh coffee and breakfast sandwiches which was really nice. It was dark when we made it up north so not much of the environment could be enjoyed at that point. The roads are a mess in