040 BMX Invitational Spine Ramp contest, the sequel. High level riders to Eindhoven, NL on Saturday June 17th.

Jun 13, 2017

Written by Bart de Jong

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Saturday 17 June Pro BMX riders will meet up in Eindhoven, Netherlands for the second edition of the 040 BMX Invitational, a Spine Miniramp contest held in the city centre. The 040BMXPARK Spine Ramp will be built up at the 18 Septemberplein during the E-Moves festival that will attract international fans of all kinds of Urban Sports. On Friday evening the practice session will take place with the entire contest scheduled for Saturday June 17th.

The international field of riders will compete for a pro purse of € 5000,= to be divided by the top 7. In the morning of June 17th a group of local riders will battle for the last spots in the 040 Invitational. In the afternoon qualification starts with a group of Pro riders from England, France, Germany, and

Belgium. The Netherlands will be represented by a.o.Tom van den Bogaard, youngster Jari Roggeveen, Sem Kok and Daniel Wedemeijer. 12 riders will make it to the final. All finalists get three attempts to pull a Best Trick which is classified separately. The winner of the 040 Invitational Best Trick contest receives € 500,=. After the contest the 040BMXPARK will be open for a BMX session.

On the riders list so far: Daniel Wedemeijer (NED), Kenneth Tancré (BEL), Cam Peake (GBR), Tom van den Bogaard (NED), Shaun Gornall (GBR), Kostya Andreev (RUS), Scott Hamlin (GBR), Jari Roggeveen (NED), James Jones (GBR), Pim Scheers (NED), Ashley Douglas (GBR), Mike Hendrick (BEL), Sem Kok (NED), Paul Thoelen (GER), Zdenda Pesek (CZE).