Record breaking 173 riders from 7 countries entered the fifth edition of BMX Race Ljubljana, with most prestigious victories going to Malene Kejlstrup (Denmark) and Martti Sciortino (Italy). Racing on the opening round of the dr. Auer BMX Alpe-Adria Cup and Slovenian BMX Cup was on high level throughout the categories and in many motos intense till the very last meters of the track. Highlight of the race weekend in Ljubljana was of course Sunday’s Championship/C1 race with many of the strong contenders from the biggest European races and candidates for Paris 2024 and future Olympic games. World and European U23 champion Malene Kejlstrup, racing for the Danish national team, came to Ljubljana as a strong favorite, but made a small surprise with entry for the Saturday race.
BMX Park Ljubljana is getting ready to host the fifth edition of BMX Race Ljubljana, the biggest BMX race in the region (April 22/23). Race will open dr. Auer Alpe-Adria BMX cup and is of course part of the Slovenian BMX Cup, at the same time the Sunday race will have a UCI C1 status and a hefty price found, making it a good opportunity to get some UCI points towards Paris 2023 qualies. Biggest change for the 2023 edition is the updated track in Ljubljana! Organizers from Cycling club Rajd have extended the last straight of the track, making it 20 meters longer and used that space to add more features. This will shake-up the race and could be decisive in motos, at the same time local riders get a better track for training. Young Slovenians are faster with each season, and the infrastructure has to
The biggest BMX race in the region will take place on 22nd/23rd April 2023, again as a part of BMX Alpe-Adria and Slovenian national cup. Race 2 (Sunday) has a UCI C1 category and live broadcast on website!
Results C1 BMX Race Ljubljana, Slovenia. 09 October 2022
Elite Men:
1 Magnus DYHRE 20 DEN 1st, 24.451 100.00 UCI Ranking points
2 Marco RADAELLI 19 ITA 2nd, 24.778 86.00
3 Martti SCIORTINO 24 ITA 3rd, 25.229 74.00
4 Matthijs VERHOEVEN 25 BEL 4th, 25.684 64.00
5 Kasper OLSSON 23 DEN 5th, 25.811 55.00
6 Giacomo FANTONI 31 ITA 6th, 26.585 47.00
7 Michele TOMIZIOLI 24 ITA 7th, 26.742 40.00
8 Axel WEBSTER 23 GER 8th, 26.985 34.00
Elite Women:
1 Dorte BALLE 25 DEN 100.00 UCI Ranking points
2 Rikke BALLE 21 DEN 86.00
Junior Men:
1 Max MÄENPÄÄ 18 FIN 25.00 UCI Ranking points
2 Tommaso CARRARO 17 ITA 22.00
3 Danyil CHEREMSKYI 17 UKR 19.00
BMX Race Ljubljana is growing with each of the editions, and the same is true for the 2022 race that will take place at BMX Park Ljubljana on 7th & 8th October. In total more than 150 cyclists from 10 European countries have registered for the race, including some big names from the European Cup & Champs and even Olympics. Both races are part of the Alpe-Adria BMX cup, Sunday race is ranked higher - as UCI C1 race - and will also feature live broadcast.
The BMX track in Ljubljana has hosted lots of very intense racing in the past and will surely again serve us with the great racing show. 2022 BMX Race Ljubljana will have strongest competition to date, as
Results BMX Race Ljubljana - Slovenia - 08 August 2021
Elite Men:
1 74 FURLAN Mattia ITA 60 points
2 206 SCIORTINO Martti ITA 45
3 284 TOMIZIOLI Michele ITA 40
4 697 BUJAKI Bence HUN 35
Junior Men:
BMX Race Ljubljana will take place on 7th & 8th August in Slovenian capital Ljubljana, on a venue with over three decades long history. Sunday race has a UCI C1 status, while the whole event is part of the Alpe Adria BMX cup and Slovenian national cup. Race is tempting due to great prize money and live broadcast, so it’s no surprise that riders from 8 countries have already signed up. BMX racing in Ljubljana has a long history, but the race in this form and shape is taking place for the last five seasons; the race was also held in 2020, despite the pandemic. BMX Race Ljubljana 2021 has a UCI Claas I status and is part of the biggest regional cup - Alpe Adria BMX. Race is organized on the high
Riders from six countries finally felt the excitement that you only experience standing still behind the start gate, listening to the familiar “Riders ready, watch the gate… PI-PI-PI, BAM”. BMX Race Ljubljana was a great success, with great racing in all age groups and great battles between Hungarian Bence Bujáki and German Axel Webster. “We’re so happy to be back racing,” was one of the most commonly expressed sentences during the race weekend in BMX Park Ljubljana. Riders from Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy and of course Slovenia should have been on the Olympic break right now, but instead they only had the first race of the season. Eager for racing they showed great performance and very close battles on two completely different races.
Ljubljana will host biggest ever BMX race in its modern history. There are already way more than 100 riders from Austria, Denmark, Italy, Hungary, Germany & Slovenia registered, and you be able to watch all of them in the live web stream on Sunday. Live stream of the Sunday race will take place on Facebook profile of Cycling club Rajd from Ljubljana (@KDRajd). Stream will start at 2 P.M.
There will be a lot of lenses on the race and you will find lots of images & videos from the race, this time around even more than usual as we’ll also welcome Canon Roadshow demo van on the race. First stop of the tour will happen on the race - with options to print your photos and test latest camera gear.
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