The UCI unveils the calendar for the 2025 UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup

Apr 10, 2025

Written by Bart de Jong

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The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and its partner Hurricane are pleased to announce the dates and hosts of the rounds of the 2025 UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup. The first round of the series will start at the end of May in Montpellier, in the south of France, as part of the Festival International des Sports Extrêmes (FISE), an event that attracts half a million people every year. The second round will be held in October in Shanghai, China's most populous city with more than 24 million inhabitants, which hosts the event for the second consecutive year. The 2025 UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup will conclude the following month in Sakai, Japan, a city in the Osaka metropolitan area on the island of Honshū. The Japanese competitions will take place indoors.

2025 UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup calendar

28 May - 1 June: Montpellier (France) - BMX Freestyle Park and Flatland
16 - 19 October: Shanghai (China) - BMX Freestyle Park and Flatland
27 - 30 November: Sakai (Japan) - BMX Freestyle Park and Flatland.

Two BMX Freestyle specialities are included at the UCI World Cup events: Park, in which athletes are judged on the tricks they perform on different modules, and Flatland, where tricks are performed on flat ground.

CHAMPIONS SET TO DEFEND THEIR TITLES

As the 2025 season kicks off, all eyes will be on the defending champions looking to hold onto their crowns. Anthony Jeanjean, the 2024 UCI BMX Freestyle Park Men’s overall winner, will aim to stay on top against fierce competition from Rimu Nakamura and Nick Bruce. In the Women’s Park category, Minato Oike, last season’s standout performer, will face strong challenges from Miharu Ozawa and Sasha Pardoe.

In UCI BMX Freestyle Flatland, Yu Katagiri will return to defend his title in the Men’s division after an intense battle in 2024, with Kio Hayakawa and Jean William Prévost looking to dethrone him. On the Women’s side, Nina Suzuki, after a dominant performance last season, will be up against top contenders Ayuna Miyashima and Yui Kiyomune.

More details, including competition schedules and athlete lineups, will be released in the coming months.

The 2025 UCI BMX Freestyle World Championships will be held as part of the UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) from 4 to 8 November, which will also include the UCI World Championships for trials