2009 UCI BMX Permanent Career numbers assigned

Jun 25, 2008

Written by Bart de Jong

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UCI is pleased to announce the 2009 permanent career numbers for Elite Men and Elite Women. These numbers must be used at all international BMX events including the Olympic Games for the 2008-2009 season. In 2006, the UCI introduced the permanent BMX number system for Elite Men and Elite Women. With this system, riders can choose a “career number”, which they have the exclusive right to use for their entire Elite class career. This will give riders a possibility to market themselves and to give media and

spectators an easy way to identify riders.

This has proven to be very successful, where top athletes now have been established their numbers. Riders like #10 Donny Robinson (USA), #77 Robert De Wilde (NED) and #365 Mike Day (USA) are certainly nowadays always easy identified with their numbers.

In addition, the number 1-8 is reserved for the finalists of the 2008 UCI BMX World Championships, where Maris Strombergs (Latvia) and Shanaze Reade (GBR) proudly will display the #1 on the back of their rainbow jerseys.

View the complete list of permanent numbers.