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In an Olympic year that featured both Olympic Qualifier Series events in Hungary and China as well as the Games in Paris, the BMX Freestyle community also navigated a packed UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup season. This three-stop tour launched in Japan, moved to France, and concluded in Shanghai, China, showcasing both Park and Flatland disciplines. Heading into the Shanghai finals, France’s Anthony Jeanjean (Park Men) and Laury Perez (Park Women) held the lead in their categories, while Japan’s Yu Shoji and Nina Suzuki led the Flatland rankings. However, with 1,000 points still up for grabs, the final standings were still undecided. The Westbund area of Shanghai underwent major development over the past year, with new buildings and two nearby skateparks enhancing the event

Results UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup - Park, Shanghai, China 17 - 20 October 2024

Men Park:

1 Rimu NAKAMURA 22 JPN 1000.00
2 Anthony JEANJEAN 26 FRA 900.00
3 Nick BRUCE 32 USA 820.00
4 Reef WAY 19 GBR 770.00
5 Mike VARGA 28 CAN 720.00
6 Maxime CHALIFOUR 25 CAN 670.00
7 Kristóf KRAUSZ 18 HUN 620.00
8 Samual GRACE 21 AUS 570.00
9 Shoa MATSUMOTO 15 JPN 520.00
10 Shaun GORNALL 29 GBR 470.00
11 Levi WEIDMANN 24 NED 430.00
12 Tom CLEMENS 19 GER 390.00
13 Joji MIZOGAKI 18 JPN 350.00
14 Patryk TEUL 29 POL 310.00

Results UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup - Flatland Shanghai, China 17 - 20 October 2024

Men Flatland:
1 Kio HAYAKAWA 22 JPN 1000.00 UCI Ranking Points
2 Jean William PREVOST 38 CAN 900.00
3 Ryo KATAGIRI 24 JPN 820.00
4 Sybren Christian VAN BERKEL 35 NED 770.00
5 Dustyn ALT 33 GER 720.00

Park results UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup Montpellier, France.

Men Park:
1 Anthony JEANJEAN 26 FRA 1000.00 UCI Ranking points
2 Baios Brandon LOUPOS 31 AUS 900.00
3 Declan BROOKS 28 GBR 820.00
4 Reef WAY 19 GBR 770.00
5 Bryce TRYON 24 USA 720.00
6 Jose CEDANO CABRERA 27 CHI 670.00
7 Zoltán ÚJVÁRY 24 HUN 620.00
8 Samual GRACE 21 AUS 570.00
9 Ashley FINLAY 30 GBR 520.00
10 Kaede OZAWA 17 JPN 470.00
11 Joji MIZOGAKI 18 JPN 430.00
12 Shaun GORNALL 29 GBR 390.00
13 Juan Camilo CAICEDO HURTADO 22 COL 350.00
14 Jack WATTZ 27 GBR 310.00
15 Maxime CHALIFOUR 25 CAN 270.00
16 Tom CLEMENS 19 GER 230.00

Anthony Jeanjean - 1st Final UCI BMX Freestyle Park Men Enoshima 2024 by FISE

Results UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup - Park & Flatland Enoshima, Japan 24 Feb 2024.

Men Flatland:
1 Yu KATAGIRI 19 JPN 93 1000.00
2 Jean William PREVOST 38 CAN 89.33 900.00
3 Yu SHOJI 22 JPN 87.33 820.00
4 Moto SASAKI 39 JPN 84.33 770.00
5 Ryo KATAGIRI 24 JPN 83 720.00
6 Jorge GOMEZ PIERNAVIEJA 43 ESP 81.67 670.00
7 Yohei UCHINO 42 JPN 81.33 620.00
8 Kio HAYAKAWA 22 JPN 79.5 570.00
9 Naoto TAMARU 32 JPN 78.67 520.00
10 Shu SUGAWARA 24 JPN 78.33 470.00
11 Alvaro HERNANDEZ DEL POZO 29 ESP 78 430.00
12 Matthias DANDOIS 35 FRA 77 390.00
13 Takumi ISOGAI 22 JPN 76.67 350.00
14 Masato ITO 34 JPN 76.5 310.00
15 Dustyn ALT 33 GER 74.67 270.00

This Saturday was the qualifying Men's and Women's round of the UCI 2024 BMX Freestyle Park & Flatland World Cup in Enoshima, Japan. Due to extreme weather conditions, the UCI BMX Freestyle Finals planned for tomorrow (Sunday), are unable to go ahead. Results from today's qualifying contests will be taken as final. In BMX Freestyle Park, Anthony JEANJEAN (FRA) and Hannah ROBERTS (USA) won the stage. In BMX Freestyle Flatland, it was the Japanese duo Yu KATAGIRI and Nina SUZUKI who took the win!

BMX FREESTYLE PARK WORLD CUP MEN RESULTS

1. Anthony JEANJEAN (FRA)

Hurricane Group and UCI are pleased to announce the complete calendar for the 2024 UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup, to be hosted in Japan, France and China.

ENOSHIMA 2024

The 2024 UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup kicks off in style, in the beautiful location of Enoshima, Japan. Japan has previously played host to the contest in 2018 and 2019 and FISE couldn’t be more delighted to once again hold an event in this amazing country.

This first UCI World Cup stop will see some of the world’s best BMX Freestyle athletes compete in both the Park and Flatland formats, with categories open for Men and Women.

The competition will be part of the Enoshima Wave Fest, a unique and exciting new event combining BMX Freestyle, Live Music and a Food Festival.

UCI BMX FREESTYLE WORLD CUP (Park and Flatland)
ENOSHIMA, JAPAN
Part of ENOSHIMA WAVE FEST
22 - 25 FEBRUARY 2024
Enoshima, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, 251-0036, Japan

The year kicks off with the 2024 UCI BMX Freestyle Park & Flatland World Cup from 22 to 25 February 2024 in Japan at the magnificent Enoshima venue, and registration is now open for riders! It’s showtime for the 2024 UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup season, and it's the city of Enoshima in Japan, that will be hosting the best athletes competing in BMX Freestyle Park and BMX Freestyle Flatland in the men's and women's categories from 22 to 25 February.

Stormy UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup Park in Brussels. BMX Freestyle is amazing in many ways and if the platform is provided to the riders to perform at their very best, it becomes an incredible show time after time. The location at the 2023 Urban Sessions with the sloping hill is unique, but works in many ways. It creates a festival style vibe with the crowd hanging out overlooking the BMX Freestyle Park and other activities provided by the local organizer. With the UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup being the main attraction, the event started on Thursday with an 11-hour non-stop practice session followed by 11 hours of BMX Freestyle riding on the FOP on Friday for the qualification phase. Brussels has become the second largest UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup of the series (after Montpellier) which shows the riders and federations embrace the event.

With hot days during training and qualification, a surprising hail storm appeared on Saturday right after Women Park warm-up calling off the semi-final for the women. The sun came out again afterwards on Saturday which made completing the Semi Final for the men a possibility. The cut from 80 (qualification) to 24 (semi-final) to 12 (final) is a tough one especially when all of the riders show a run that they had in mind and leave the decision with the judges. In the end 2 Americans made it in (Marcus Christopher and Justin Dowell), three Brits (Kieran Reilly, Declan Brooks, Shaun Gornall), UCI World Champ Rim Nakamura (Japan), Olympic gold medalist Logan Martin (AUS), former UCI World Cup winner Anthony Jeanjean from France, crowd favorite Kevin Peraza (MEX), Jose Torres from Argentina, Tom

van den Bogaard (NED) and Gustavo Batista de Oliviera representing Brazil. Four continents were represented in the final in Brussels.

With another big storm on the horizon to arrive on Sunday afternoon, the decision was made to have a 24-Women final on Sunday morning followed by the 12-Men final right after that trying to beat the incoming storm. It turned out to be a race against the clock. With 5 riders from China in the top 8 in the Women Park final results it’s fair to say that their domination in this category is real. Their work ethic has brought them where they are, leaving others to catch up with their progression. Taking home the points for 8th , 6th , 5th , 3rd and 1st was unheard of only 2 years ago but team China, who had been staying in Europe since the last UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup in Montpellier, made that a reality in Belgium. Xia Honglin’s 87,90 got her on the podium right behind UCI World Champ Hannah Roberts (USA) and Zhou Huimin whose 91,40 got her the gold at Urban Sessions 2023. With double truckdrivers, double barspins, flairs, flips, nothings to barspin, and tailwhips becoming regular tricks it sure gets more interesting by the event. Making it to the next round during competition is not a given any longer, you sure need to deliver at all times. Between the Chinese delegation Switzerland’s Nikita Ducarroz got 4 th after qualifying in first and Natalya Diehm, back from injury, settled for place 7. America’s Chelsea Wolfe and Colombia’s Queen Villegas Serna completed the top 10.

With the Men final still on the program the storm was nearing Brussels rapidly. After a 30- minute warm-up for the 12 finalists there was no time to waste to get the final done before the rain arrived. Luckily everyone understood that and the joint effort was made to deliver a good final for the crowd that made it to Parc Josaphat on Sunday morning. When the introduction to the riders was made, a tribute to Pat Casey (RIP) followed before the first heat of 6 riders made it on top of the ramps to drop in for their final runs of the weekend.

Tom van den Bogaard was first up and set the bar high. It was now up to the others to go over or stay under. With runs not going the way he planned it, Marcus Christopher finished on spot 12. If he’d pulled what he had in mind It would not have been a surprise to see him on the podium for Brussels. We might see what he is capable off at the UCI Cycling World Championships in Glasgow which is just a few weeks away. With two runs of 60 seconds in the final the worst of the two scores gets dropped. Kevin Peraza’s first run was the keeper and even though he had a little crash in run 2, he still put on a show for the crowd. That’s why the BMX community loves him. When we enter the top 5 we find first place qualifier Justin Dowell on spot 5 with his own tricks and plenty more. Kieran Reilly has won a comp or two in 2023 but just missed out on the podium. Australia’s Logan Martin’s 89.41 second run score was good for 3 rd in Schaerbeek. Nakamura opened the throttle in run one to get in the ‘90s range with a 91.56 but like in 2022, it was Anthony Jeanjean who left the competition in awe with two amazing runs that would both have won the competition. After the worst score was taken away the 92.56 remained. Another UCI BMX Park World Cup win for the Frenchman and well deserved. Just moments after the prize giving, rain started to drop. Timing is key.

BdJ

Pictures by Bart de Jong / @fatbmx