Inside the Thailand BMX Open. By Corinne Walder / Red Bull
The UCI BMX Supercross pro's head to the Far East.
The Thailand BMX Open is an event designed to continue the promotion of BMX racing and was attended by Shanaze Reade alongside some of the other top UCI Supercross pro's.
Despite the relaxed end of season placement on the calendar the event was an extremely hot and humid affair. There were three heats over two days with the overall points determining the winner.
Riders from Russia, Japan, Great Britain and Indonesia alongside a handful from the UCI Centre all raced.
Saturday 9th November results:
Elite Men
1 Evgeny Kleshchenko (Rus)
2 Tony Syarifudin (Indonesia)
3 Panyapon Sornkla (Thaïland)
Elite Women
1 Shanaze Reade (UK)
2 Ekaterina Komnakova(Russia)
3 Amanda Carr (Thailand)
Sunday 10th November results:
Elite Men
1 Tatsumi Matsushita (Japan)
2 Evgeny Kleshchenko (Russia)
3 Jukrapech Wichana (Thailand)
Elite Women
1 Shanaze Reade (UK)
2 Ekaterina Komnakova (Russia)
3 Amanda Carr (Thailand)
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