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Elite men results: 1. Bubba Harris/USA 2. Mike Day/USA 3. Robert de Wilde/NED 4. Thomas Allier/FRA 5. Jonathan Suarez/VEN 6. Marc Willers/NZL 7. Donny Robinson/USA 8. Jamie Gray/AUS

UCI BMX WORLD'S BERCY, Paris, France. From 1984-1990 the Palais Omnisport stadium with the grass walls hosted the King of Bercy BMX races. 2005 sees the return of BMX in the Bercy stadium with the UCI World Championships. Official titles are going to the Elite men and Elite women classes, the Juniors (men and women) and the Elite and Junior cruiser classes. Friday night had the cruiser categories and FATBMX was there to do a report.

UCI World Continental Ranking The UCI World Continental Ranking has come to an end on all four continents. Each continent has hosted 10 rounds counting for UCI ranking points in both elite and junior classes. Each rider will bring their top 7 results/points to the UCI BMX World Championships in Paris, France where the UCI World Ranking will be decided. Leading up to the 2008 Olympic Games, the Nations Ranking will from now on become very important for countries. To view the current ranking, visit; http://www.uci.ch/uci/bmx/online/

The Uci BMX Super Cross event was last weekend and what an event it was! We are talking an amazing track, perfect weather, and most of the best riders in the world! This race was the first race to show the riders the new Olympic format. There will be some differences when the Olympics come but for the most part it was the same. We had over 50 Elite riders here this weekend and that made for some intense racing action! Our first moto was our 1/8th final, and then we went into 3 rounds of quarters, one semi, and one main. Here is how my day played out! Right before my 1/8th I broke the cleat on my shoe. I tried to fix it but couldn't and had to race the moto with it broke. It made for an interesting lap as I had to come from behind to make it. I finished 2nd. Quarters: First quarter, I was still working on my bike and showed up

Round 7 and 8 of the European UCI championships took place in Cheddar, UK last weekend. Thomas Allier is back from his nasty crash earlier this year and should be ready for the UCI BMX worlds in Bercy in 4 weeks time. Elite men round 7 (Saturday) 1. Thomas ALLIER 2. Dale HOLMES 3. Arno KANIS Elite Men round 8 (Sunday) 1. Ivo LAKUCS 2. Kelvin BATEY 3. Thomas ALLIER Photo courtesy of BMXPix.org

Results Final UCI Supercross 1, Aigle, Switzerland. 1st Robert de Wilde/NED 2nd Cristian Becerine/ARG 3rd Randy Stumpfhauser/USA 4th Jason Richardson/USA 5th Roger Rinderknecht/SUI 6th Nate Berkheimer/USA 7th Damien Godet/FRA 8th David Gibert/FRA

Round 5 and 6 of the European BMX Championships took place in Vösendorf, Austria last weekend. With a full racing day on Saturday and a full racing day on Sunday it was an important weekend in Elite men now that Thomas Allier is sidelined with an injury. Frenchman Florent Boutte did well with a win on Saturday and a 2nd on Sunday. Saturday/Round 5 Elite Men (51 Riders) 1 Florent Boutte/FRA 2 Dale Holmes/ENG 3 Henrik Baltzersen/DNK

NBL Golden State National, Prunedale, California, USA. Round 5 of 8 Elite men championship series. Day One, Saturday 21 May 2005 Elite Men 1 Robert De Wilde 2 Donny Robinson 3 Randy Stumpfhauser 4 Jarrett Kolich 5 Brandon Meadows 6 Jason Richardson 7 Mike Day 8 Nate Berkheimer

Bombshell / Avent welcomes Tyler Brown back to the team. Tyler has the skills and desire to compliment our team of TOP NOTCH AA and A PRO riders. Tyler's upbeat personality and skills are right at home in the Bombshell / Avent family which consists of Donny Robinson, Jason Rogers, Javier Colombo, Randy Stumpfhauser, Jason Richardson, Scott Taylor, Tony Harvey, Daryl Dawes, Kevin Jones, Adam Treadwell, and Cassie Bushnell. Tyler was an integral part of our improved frame geometry for 2005 through testing and recommendation. He has put the Avent Morpheus through torture testing, even performing back flips on the frame to prove the strength of a carbon fiber race frame. The biggest news for Tyler this year is that he was asked to train at the UCI World Headquarters in Switzerland for 3 months.

It's no secret that we do like Motocross over here at FATBMX. It's a nice workout and a blast to do. Some of our buddies entered the MON championship race in Venlo on 15 May. We decided to show some support and took some pics in the meantime. Christian Mandigers was the only guy to make it to the podium. He finished 2nd in the 250cc Inters class with a 2nd place in moto 1 and 3rd place in moto two on the sandy track. Enjoy the photos and if you're not into the moto-x thing, just wait for the next BMX article to show up.