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Last week our capital was all about the Urban Sports Week Amsterdam. From 6 till 9 July there where different kinds of urban sports which could be practiced and seen. BMX was represented with an own event, the Soulcycle BMX Championships! Riders from all over the world came to Amsterdam to compete for the prize money (over €12.000), ride together and have an awesome time! The spectators could hang out on Amsterdam’s Museumplein, watch some amazing BMX riding and enjoy the very chilled vibe that the Urban Sports Week Amsterdam has to offer!   

The Museumplein was crammed with BMX parks for all BMX disciplines. Soulcycle organized contests for dirt, spine mini, park, flatland and street. Besides that there was a BMX video contest in which

USWA 2017 SOULCYCLE BMX CHAMPIONSHIPS FLATLAND FINAL RESULTS:

1. Dez Maarsen (NLD)
2. Viki Gomez (ESP)
3. Gilles Van de Sompel (BEL)
4. Sietse van Berkel (NLD)
5. Gino Stuart (NLD)
6. Jorrit van Drumpt (NLD)
7. David Hoffman (DE)
8. Barre Neirynck (BE)

USWA 2017 Soulcycle Street contest Final results:
1. Ollie Shields (GBR)
2. Moris Nussbaumer (GER)
3. Leon Hoppe (GER)
4. Daniel Tünte (GER)
5. Rodrigue Timellini (BEL)
6. Iki Mazza (ARG)
7. Kai Schutte (GER)
8. Vasya Lukyanenko (UKR)
9. Anne Hofsink (NED)
10. Laurens Joosten (NED)

USWA 2017 Soulcycle Dirt contest results:
1. Konrad Szabo (HUN)
2. Kostya Andreev (RUS)
3. Tom van den Bogaard (NED)
4. Kenneth Tancé (BEL)
5. Paul Thoelen (GER)
6. Victor Munoz (CHL)
7. Cam Peake (GBR)
8. Arjan Ellens (NED)
9. Charlie Ash (GBR)
10. Iki Mazza (ARG)
11. Shapol (COL)
12. Tobi Merz (AUT)

Pic by BdJ

USWA 2017 Soulcycle Spine Miniramp contest results:
1. Daniel Dhers (VEN)
2. Kostya Andreev (RUS)
3. Daniel Wedemeijer (NED)
4. Kenneth Tancré (BEL)
5. Andres Pardo (COL)
6. Victor Munoz (CHL)
7. Iki Mazza (ARG)
8. Kevin Liehn (GER)
9. Niels van Maren (NED)
10. Jari Roggeveen (NED)
11. Pim Scheers (NED)
12. Sem Kok (NED)
13. Tom Selbeck (NED)
14. Steffen Buyle (BEL)
15. Arthur van Velden (NED)
16. Gilles Theys (BEL)

The Dutch BMX scene got together on Friday night during the Moora Cup awards at the Skate Café in Amsterdam. The place was going to be opened the next day so having the wild BMX bunch in there the night before was a bit risky. But everyone behaved the best they could (ahum) and most of the nominated riders were present. BMX was celebrated and having everyone in one place together should happen more often because good times were had. And the winners are.....

Beste Flat Rijder *
Sietse van Berkel

Beste Broekie *

This Friday December 16th the Moora Cup will take place at the Skate Café in Amsterdam. The new bar (with indoor concrete mini/bowl en paardenhoek) will be turned upside down when the Dutch BMX scene will welcome the cup winners. You can still vote till midnight today by going to the website. Here are the nominees.

Beste Flat Rijder *
Dez Maarsen
Sietse van Berkel
Gino Stuart

Beste Broekie *
Jari Roggeveen
Niels van Maren
Tristan van den Berg

Lifetime Achievement Award *