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Training and staying at home (our parents places) for a while due the Covid virus. Stay safe everyone and let's hope everything will get better soon.

You'll all recognize this familiar and friendly face as Alec Bob's. After all, he's been racing BMX for years and has a World Title (2017) to boast about; although he doesn't! Alec's passion drives him to continuously work on his racing skills, and goals.

Due to the current pneumonia epidemic (Covid-19) linked to the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) must announce that the next two rounds of the 2020 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup which were to take place in Manchester (Great Britain) on 18 and 19 April and in Papendal, Netherlands, on 2 and 3 May, will not take place on the scheduled dates. In line with its recommendations made last Sunday to organisers from countries identified at risk by health authorities, the UCI is fully supportive of the decisions taken by the British and Dutch organising committees to postpone the events based on directives adopted by their governments to counter the spread of the virus.

The European BMX Cup, the UCI BMX SX World Cup competitions and the Framed Festival at Papendal are canceled. Papendal has decided this after intensive consultation with the UEC, the UCI and other parties involved. This decision is inevitable due to the current corona crisis. The UEC European Cup would take place on April 25 and 26, followed by the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup and the Framed Festival from May 1 to 3. The corona crisis is gripping the entire world, developments are rapidly following each other, which entails an uncertain time for everyone. It is currently unclear how this crisis will develop in the near future.

The measures taken in the Netherlands, but also by other countries to prevent the spread of the virus, mean that we are forced to discontinue our preparations for the BMX competitions and the Framed Festival. Think of public life that is quiet in different countries, riders who cannot train because training locations are closed and borders that are closed so that one cannot travel.

Jochem Schellens, director Papendal: “This is a decision we take with pain in our hearts, but at the same time we have no other choice. We must put the safety and health of athletes, staff, crew, volunteers, spectators and other stakeholders first. It is not responsible at this time to bring together thousands of (international) racers and visitors. In addition, we have a social responsibility to take.

Racing in Houston, Texas at the Rockstar Bike Park for the national title. Come along on my GoPro!

Elite Results Saransk Indoor, Round 4 - Russia - 08 March 2020
Elite Men:
1 119 NEYASKIN Vladislav RUS 60 Points
2 898 PONOMAREV Boris RUS 45
3 909 KATYSHEV Aleksandr RUS 40
4 145 MALYSHENKOV Pavel RUS 35
5 71 KLIMCHAK Mikhail RUS 30
6 155 KLESHCHENKO Evgeny RUS 25

Elite Results New Zealand National BMX Race Championships
Elite Men:

1 901 BIAS Michael NZLNEW ZEALAND 26 60 points
2 358 D'ANVERS Rico NZL NEW ZEALAND 19 45
3 545 Cotton Luey NZL NEW ZEALAND 20 40
4 553 JAGO Cameron NZL NEW ZEALAND 20 35
5 281 MCONIE Cole NZL NEW ZEALAND 23 30

Elite Women:

1 308 PETCH Rebecca NZL NEW ZEALAND 22 60 points
2 96 WALKER Sarah NZL TEAM TVE SPORT 32 45
3 129 SMITH Jessie NZL TEAM TVE SPORT 19 40

Elite Results British Open SX - Manchester - 07 March 2020

Elite Men:
1 7 GRAF David SUI 60 points
2 515 SHARROCK Paddy GBR 45
3 164 ISIDORE Quillan GBR 40
4 40 NAVRESTAD Tore NOR 35
5 889 CULLEN Ross GBR 30
6 813 HEIL Stefan GER 25
7 78 WHYTE Tre GBR 20
8 87 WHYTE Kye GBR 15

Elite Women:
1 911 SHRIEVER Bethany GBR 60 points
2 4 BAAUW Judy NED 45
3 53 PRIES Nadja GER 40
4 136 CLAESSENS Zoe SUI 35
5 916 STAFFORD Eleana GBR 30

Elite results Lone Star Nationals - Day 2 - Houston, Texas - 07 March 2020
Elite Men:
1 100 MAHIEU Romain FRA 90
2 44 DEAN Anthony AUS 70
3 406 WOOD Cameron USA 60
4 380 DE SOUZA FILHO Anderson Ezequiel BRA 50
5 593 CAMPO Alfredo ECU 40
6 500 REZENDE Renato BRA 30
7 3 ANDRE Sylvain FRA 25
8 11 FIELDS Connor USA 20
9 259 SMITH Jeremy USA 15
10 785 CALIXTO LOPEZ Miguel Alejandro COL 15
11 215 MCLEAN Joshua AUS 10
12 64 LONG Nicholas USA 10
13 63 VANKAMMEN Zachary USA 8
14 66 PALMER James CAN 8
15 974 MAYET Romain FRA 6

Saransk Indoor, Round 3 - Saransk, Russia - 07 March 2020
Elite Men:
1 119 NEYASKIN Vladislav RUS 60 points
2 155 KLESHCHENKO Evgeny RUS 45
3 772 PABIJANSKAS Gabrielius LTU 40
4 909 KATYSHEV Aleksandr RUS 35
5 898 PONOMAREV Boris RUS 30
6 145 MALYSHENKOV Pavel RUS 25
7 938 KARASEV Dmitry RUS 20
8 71 KLIMCHAK Mikhail RUS 15

Elite Women:
1 116 AFREMOVA Natalia RUS 60 Points
2 74 ADMAKINA Svetlana RUS 45
3 41 SUVOROVA Natalia RUS 40
4 89 BONDARENKO Yaroslava RUS 35
5 79 KAPITANOVA Tatiana RUS 30
6 163 RIABCHIKOVA Kseniia RUS 25