Qualification results Men Park, European Championships Cadenazzo, Italy. 20 September 2024. Top 12 to the finals.
Men Park:
1 REILLY Darren David Kieran GREAT BRITAIN 6 84.70(2) 85.36(1) 85.03 Q
2 JEANJEAN Anthony FRANCE 6 85.06(1) 84.38(2) 84.72 Q
3 RANTEŠ Marin CROATIA 6 81.80(4) 82.83(4) 82.31 Q
4 HESSEY Dylan GREAT BRITAIN 6 80.70(6) 83.16(3) 81.93 Q
5 CLEMENS Tom GERMANY 5 82.86(3) 79.64(5) 81.25 Q
BMX is in a good spot, at least when it concerns BMX event. From the National BMX Park championships in Italy to the Frogtown Classic in California. From the C1 Maringa comp in Brazil to the Pump Track Qualifier in Canada. From the UEC European Rounds in Belgium to the Scheveningen Beach event with the double backflip train. The BOH in Hastings also happened this weekend as well as the Czech Republic national BMX Park Championships. More racing? Yes, the Legacy Nationals took place in Tulsa, the Iberoamericano race in Lima, and the Swiss Park champs happened in Aigle. Varo Hernandez won a Flatland contest in Madrid, Spain and the UK vert scene gathered for another round in England and some of the French scene gathered for a Miniramp demo which went off. The Western Fair Summit in Canada had the boys ride together We happened to be in Switzerland for the annual C1 competition at the World Cycling Centre and even when so much was happening all over the place riders from Costa Rica, New Zealand, USA, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Slovakia, Hungary, Colombia and Slovenia.
With the annual judges clinic happening at the same time the event was even more international with judges from Argentina, Japan, China, Singapore, Latvia, Chile, and Spian. Getting a taste of judging an event with high level riding.
4 out of 8 women transferred to the final. 12 from 18 made it to the final round in Men Park. With Olympians, national champions and former World Champions present it sure did go off when the Best of 2 runs counted in the final.
It was mid-April in Switzerland and we got a sunny day. Call us lucky so we could check some more spots in the Winterthur area. Google gives you all the spots. Type in skatepark, pump track, or BMX track and you'll get your options. On Friday Philip and I stopped by the Skills Park, a massive indoor park which would have been our go-to if the weather would have been shit. The Park was 250 meters from the hotel but wanted CHF 20,= per person to ride and CHF 3,= per person to look around. Needless to say our visit was short but we left the option open in case of rain. The air bag with run-up was huge though but not having any tricks to work on we did not pay for the entry fee to get to ride it.
It was Sunday and we googled the BMX track which was actually pretty near to the pump track we'd visited on Friday. Winterthur hosted several international BMX races back in the day so the name of the town sounded familiar. It's always nice to visit BMX spots, especially on sunny days. On arrival the Showa suspension crew from Belgium was there. They had the same plan of doing some riding on the day off. The track had received a tune-up and rolled pretty damn smooth. The first turn had received a smooth layer of asphalt. Think pump track turn but then 5 times the size. Not all turns had received the same treatment (yet) but for us it didn't matter. The Bensink gate wasn't set up for action but we spotted a downhill track behind the first turn. We gave it a shot and stayed on the BMX track afterwards.
Philip and I spent a weekend in Switzerland for the MXGP in Frauenfeld. We decided to bring the bikes because we had Sunday off and if we would arrive early enough on Friday we would be able to check out first spot(s). The 8 hour trip went well and we caught enough daylight for us to explore Winterthur. We had checked in at the IBIS in Winterthur and took the bikes out of the van. Google had informed us that a pump track was only 3.1 kms away. It was dry so we decided to ride there. On the way it just felt good to be on the bikes. Traveling by car has its perks as you can take pretty much all you want with you.
We headed in the direction of the pump track and stopped to check the phone from time to time making sure we had not taken a wrong turn. The last bit was a bit desolated and lead through the woods but we managed to find the place. No one was there and on first sight it was a good sized pump track. But something was strange. The concrete/asphalt reminded us on the roughest surface that Romford or Southsea has to offer. It was strange to be on a pump track with such rough surface. Polar opposite of what the Velosolutions pump tracks are like.
We did not bring our helmets/gloves which was stupid but it was just more convenient pedaling to the place like that. Key was to stay on the bike as a crash would definitely scrape you up.
Saturday results C1 Weinfelden Open #1 Weinfelden, TG, Switzerland
Elite Men:
1 Philip SCHAUB 25 GER 100.00 UCI ranking points
2 Mitchel SCHOTMAN 26 NED 86.00
3 Cédric BUTTI 23 SUI 74.00
4 Giacomo FANTONI 31 ITA 64.00
5 Gil BRUNNER 23 SUI 55.00
6 Axel WEBSTER 23 GER 47.00
7 Ruben GOMMERS 24 BEL 40.00
8 Julian SCHMIDT 28 GER 34.00
Elite Women:
1 Elke VANHOOF 31 BEL 100.00 UCI ranking points
2 Thalya BURFORD 19 SUI 86.00
3 Dorte BALLE 25 DEN 74.00
4 Nadine AEBERHARD 20 SUI 64.00
The homie Beermx and his buddy Phillip hit the road for some good times in Switzerland and Italy. Check it out!
Swiss National BMX PARK Championship Cadenazzo, Switzerland
Elite Men:
1 Alexandre SIDERIS SUI 200 UCI points
2 Alessio TONOLI SUI 160
3 Matthias HILBER SUI 130
4 Mike BARANYAI SUI 110
Elite Women:
1 Nikita DUCARROZ SUI 200 UCI points
2 Stephanie ROHR SUI 160 UCI points
I moved to Aigle, Switzerland by Niek Kimmann
The awesome 2019 X-MAS JAM in Switzerland last Saturday saw the following winners. Report to follow shortly.
Jam results:
1. Zeno Lehmann
2. Adrian Kölz
3. Matthias Hilber
4. Luc Morat
The Velosolutions Pump Track at the Swiss Bike Park in Köniz-Oberried near Bern, Switzerland is set to host the Red Bull Pump Track World Championship World Final on 18 and 19 October in the culmination of the 2019 pump track racing season. The Red Bull Pump Track World Championship is in full swing and on a mission to find the fastest pump track athletes in the world. Hosting competitions as far afield as China, South Africa, Indonesia and the Philippines to find it’s finalists, it’s been an amazing journey to date: incredible nail-biting action and astonishing feats of
determination from across the globe.
The beautiful region of Bern to host the Red Bull Pump Track World Final. This October, the very best in
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