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With the 2009 coming to an end, the riders from Formula Europe are finishing their last races before enjoying a well-deserved rest and starting preparation for the 2010 BMX Season. Rihards Veide is showing he's ready to move up to the Elite Category next season. In Besnato (Italy), he won the opening Time Trial of the 3rd International BMX Fast Cross against several European Top Elite riders. In Saturday's race he took a solid second behind former World Champ Arturs Matisons and in front of Vice European Elite Champ

The 4th and last round of the 2009 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup will once again be included in the classic Roc d’Azur cycling event. Since 1984 Roc d’Azur has grown to become one of Europe’s largest Mountain Bike event and festival. In 2006, there were more than 14.000 participants taking part in various events. The success of the Roc d’Azur which attracted last year more than 120.000 spectators, is linked to the choice and the variety of the events, bringing together at the same time the world’s best and the amateurs. 

Overall standings Dutch National BMX races 2009:
1. Roy van den Berg
2. Raymon van der Biezen
3. Martijn Jaspers
4. Martijn Scherpen
5. Rob van den Wildenberg
6. Jelle van Gorkom
7. Ivo van der Putten

The American Bicycle Association and VERSUS are proud to announce an agreement to televise the ABA BMX events and the 2009 UCI Continental events. The ABA and it's production crew have been working on these action packed events and shows for most of this season. The ABA is super excited to bring all the action to the fans and households across the USA. The ABA has been experiencing steady growth in membership and will continue growing and building upon the great success of BMX racing's 2008 Olympic debut. The ABA and VERSUS Network will deliver over 10 hours of programming to an audience of over 56 million homes. With BMX racing emerging as the newest Olympic action sport in 2008, and with the American’s claiming three of the first six BMX Olympic medals ever awarded, the ABA is poised for tremendous growth leading up to the 2012 Olympics in London.

The televised race series will focus on the UCI events to be aired on the following dates: 

At the upcoming BMX Supercross World Cup Finals in Fréjus, the UCI is pleased to host the first annual UCI BMX Awards. To further honor the performances of our top BMX athletes, the UCI will hand out the following awards;

-BEST CRASH OF THE YEAR
-BEST MOVE OF THE YEAR
-COACH OF THE YEAR
-RIDE STYLE AWARD OF THE YEAR
-ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
-RIDER OF THE YEAR

In addition to these special awards, the OVERALL WINNERS of the BMX SUPERCROSS WORLD CUP will also be honored during the ceremony. All nominated athletes (4 in each category) will be officially 

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has agreed to a deal with Interactive Licensing Management Ltd (ILM) to allow it to exclusively represent the rights linked to interactive entertainment for UCI BMX events (in particular the World Championships and BMX Supercross World Cup). The deal concerns all interactive platforms (notably video games) which will feature a large number of the best BMX riders in the world, existing tracks and images – approved – of UCI events.

David Colley, Managing Director of ILM is very pleased with the deal: “We are delighted to be working with the UCI,” he said. “The growing TV coverage of BMX and its recognition by the IOC as an Olympic event shows that it is developing rapidly. This is thanks to the grass roots development and commitment of the UCI. Now is the perfect time for the sport to make its official entry into the interactive arena.”

Johan Lindström, the UCI’s BMX Sports Coordinator added, 

A few of the brands that showed BMX racing bikes at Interbike were MCS, Supercross, Redline, SE, Kuwahara, Haro, Supercross, Intense, Hyper, Diamondback, and FreeAgent. We collected a few pics of the 2010 bikes and some race equipment too from 661, Bell and THE. The 2008 Olympic Games might not have started a crazy BMX racing boom but it sure helped in several ways. Got to shake hands with Maris Strombergs, the Olympic BMX Champion, during the show. Aik! Now here are a few pics from the show....

After missing out on the World Championships by a mere point, Sunshine Coast’s Joel Clark left nothing to chance at the Queensland BMX State Championships on the Gold Coast. Clark was lucky to be ahead of a fall in the first straight but then had to await a photo finish to determine first and second. Clark was declared winner and local favourite, Steven Janssen had to be satisfied with second. “I’ve been racing states for five years and finally I’ve got one,” said Clark. Clark’s training partner, Dirk Winter and yesterday’s