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The tiny Baltic nation of Latvia, dubbed the world’s superpower of BMX racing, will host two rounds of the European BMX championship on June 8-9, the organizers said. They expect BMX fans from abroad would be lured to Riga, the capital of Latvia, in big droves to see the 9th and 10th rounds of the championship which will take place in Mezaparks race track, one of the most modern and challenging in Europe.

"This weekend BMX enthuziasts will have an excellent chance to 

In order to increase awareness and safety in the sport of BMX, LEATT and GSX invites riders to test LEATT neck braces and other products on the Papendal SX track on Tuesday June 11, 2013. 13h30-16.35
-LEATT staff to provide test products and technical support
-LEATT ambassadors will be on site providing technical advise and share product experience.

USA BMX is a world-class organization who holds itself to the highest standard in BMX racing; from enforcing the rules of racing to membership services. With that said, I want to apologize to every BMX race fan who had to witness the pro walk-off this past weekend. This entire episode was a miscommunication on our behalf. When the announcement was made at the beginning of the year about the increased pro payout, it was, unfortunately, not explained correctly. The guaranteed increased year-end payout and the increased per-race payout was based on the UCI purses being lower at UCI events. With the significant expenses involved with running a UCI event, the mandatory minimum payout is what made the UCI

All of us at USA BMX would like to congratulate the following members for receiving approval for a BMX scholarship. This year, thanks to USA BMX participants in the Bob Warnicke Scholarship races, we were able to give out $31,000 in scholarships. Proceeds from Bob Warnicke races held at all the local tracks go towards this scholarship fund.

PLEASE JOIN US in congratulating the following 2013 Bob Warnicke

ELITE MEN: 
1 SHARRAH CORBEN    USA19920420        1
2 STROMBERGS MARIS    LAT19870310        2
3 CALEYRON QUENTIN    FRA19880130        3
4 TREIMANIS EDZUS    LAT19880421        4
5 ANDRE SYLVAIN    FRA19921014        5
6 VEIDE RIHARDS    LAT19911101        6
7 RAMIREZ CARLOS ALBERTO    COL19940312        7
8 GODET DAMIEN    FRA19861110        8

Well this was an interesting day to say the least!! There has been a lot of speculation as to why the Elite Men/Elite Women did not race today, but here is the cliff notes summary: The riders were not asking for MORE money, we were only asking for what we signed up for. USABMX made a big deal out of the enhanced payouts for the 2013 USA BMX pro series and the total purses were supposed to be dependent on rider counts at each national… but the payouts did not match what we signed up for.

Yesterday in Nashville 38 Elite Men/AA signed up, and according to USABMX's regular season pro purse that should have fallen into the "36 or More Riders = $10,000" category, but they have now said that because they had to pay a few UCI expenses that our payouts were less than $3,000... TOTAL PURSE, which wasn't even

Sunday Results MUSIC CITY NATIONAL #3. Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

VETERAN PRO
1  CRISTIAN BECERINE, FREE AGENT/ROCKSTAR, COSTA MESA,CA
2  JAVIER COLOMBO, SE RACING/MAXXIS TIRES, COSTA MESA, CA
3  DOMINGOS LAMMOGLIA, J&R BICYCLES/PROFILE, ORLANDO, FL
4  CHAD STREET, HARO/PROMAX, RICHLAND HILLS, TX
5  JASON CARNES, REDLINE, AUSTIN, TX
6  MATT POHLKAMP, DAN'S COMP, SANTA MONICA, CA
7  YO THACH, YESS BMX, FT WORTH, TX
8  ANDRES RUEDA, , MIAMI, FL

MUSIC CITY NATIONAL #2
   
Women Elite
1  MARIANA  PAJON, DAN'S COMP, FT LAUDERDALE, FL
2  DOMINIQUE DANIELS, SPEEDCO, GILBERT, AZ
3  BROOKE CRAIN, HARO, VISALIA, CA
4  ALISE POST, REDLINE, SAINT CLOUD, MN
5  SARAH WALKER,
6  LAUREN REYNOLDS, FACTORY SSQUARED, BUNBURY, AU AUS
7  SHELBY STACY, ANSWER/PROFILE/SSQUARED, BAKERSFIELD,
8  DANI GEORGE, FACTORY SUPERCROSS BMX, PALMDALE, CA

Women Juniors
1  MIKA SHAW, FACTORY KAOS, BAILEY, CO
2  SAMANTHA BROWN, DAN'S COMP, GRIFFITH, IN
3  SHAY GLYNN, PROFILE / MONSTER, NORCO, CA
4  SHEALEN RENO, HYPER BICYCLES, PLANO, TX
5  ADRIAN (THE ASSASSIN) SANDERS, IXL SPORTS HYDRATION, LEAWOOD, KS

Results European BMX Race championships round 7. Sweden.

Junior Women round 7
1 SAILER   Sarah    Germany    
2 DOUDOUX   Mathilde    France    
3 LYSENKO   Elisaveta    Russia    
4 GRUN   Melanie    France    
5 ANCELOT   Roude    France    
6 VAN HEES   Viviana    Nederland
7 THIBAUT   Sandie    France
8 KAPITANOVA   Tatiana    Russia

Elite Women round 7:
1 VALENTINO   Manon    France    
2 PRIES   Nadja    Germany
3 CHRISTENSEN   Simone T.    Denmark
4 SPRENGERS   Dana    Nederland
5 RIMSAITE   Vilma    Lithuania