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Women Elite:
1 AMANDA CARR, J&R BICYCLES, PUNTA GORDA, FL THA
2 DOMINIQUE DANIELS, DOUBLECROSS BIKES, GILBERT, AZ
3 AMANDA GEVING, YESS / TROY LEE DESIGN, LARGO, FL
4 DANI GEORGE, , PALMDALE, CA
5 LAUREN REYNOLDS, FACTORY SSQUARED, BUNBURY, AU AUS
6 SHELBY STACY, PHOENIX BOX FACTORY, BAKERSFIELD, CA
7 MADISON PITTS, MADERA, LAKE WORTH, FL
8 TAYLOR WOLCOTT, TANGENT, WICHITA, KS

Men Elite:
1 KURT PICKARD, HARO,
2 NIC LONG, HARO, LAKESIDE, CA
3 JORIS DAUDET, CHASE BICYCLES, N/A, FR FRA
4 CONNOR FIELDS, CHASE BICYCLES, HENDERSON, NV
5 ANTHONY DEAN, CHASE / STAY STRONG,
6 JUSTIN POSEY, DAN'S COMP, WINSTON-SALEM, NC

1. Twan van Gendt
2. Jelle van Gorkom
3. Joris Harmsen

Elite Women:
1. Laura Smulders

1 DAVID HERMAN, FREE AGENT / ROCKSTAR, WHEAT RIDGE, CO
2 KURT PICKARD, HARO,
3 NIC LONG, HARO, LAKESIDE, CA
4 CONNOR FIELDS, CHASE BICYCLES, HENDERSON, NV
5 JORIS DAUDET, CHASE BICYCLES, N/A, FR FRA
6 KORY COOK, FACTORY PROMAX, TUSTIN, CA
7 ANTHONY DEAN, CHASE / STAY STRONG,
8 CORBEN SHARRAH, HARO, TUCSON, AZ

Elite Women
1 DOMINIQUE DANIELS, DOUBLECROSS BIKES, GILBERT, AZ
2 AMANDA GEVING, YESS / TROY LEE DESIGN, LARGO, FL

1 NIC LONG, LAKESIDE, CA
2 TYLER FAORO, DAN'S COMP, CORAL SPRINGS, FL
3 OLIJUWON DAVIS, DOUBLECROSS BIKES, ST CHARLES, IL
4 RYAN LEWIS, TE AWAMUTU
5 SKYLER PRATHER, FACTORY HUTCH BMX, SPRINGFIELD, IL
6 JORDAN GRIDER, MARINE CORP / KEGELS BIKE SHOP, ROCKFORD, IL

Being a professional BMX rider can have different meanings. Some go to school and ride pro class in the weekends. Some go to work and sign up for the pro race to win some money. But some of them are actually professional, meaning they don't do anything but train and ride their bikes. Ever since BMX was put on the Olympic program in 2008 at the Beijing games funds became available for BMX racers to actually be a pro rider. Programs had to be set up, but once a sport becomes Olympic, money is there to make things happen. And the better the riders score at the Games, the more will be spend on the sport.

Laura Smulders' bronze BMX medal at the London Games together with the good results of the men in England set a basis for the next four years. We got to take a look at the Olympic Training Facility in Papendal and got an idea of  what it's like being a pro racer.

2-times Olympian Raymon van der Biezen and Martijn Jaspers

Fields won the 2014 Elite BMX National Championship in March and is currently second in the UCI BMX rankings. He will be joined by his Olympic teammates from London, David Herman (Wheat Ridge, Colo./Free Agent Bicycles) and Nic Long (Lakeside, Calif./Haro Bikes). Rounding out the strong men's team are 2014 elite national silver and bronze medalists Barry Nobles (Sun City,

Sports Communication Australia provided media management for BMXA at the 2014 Subaru National Championships in Shepparton. BMXA General Manager Mark Louis said the partnership with Sports Communication Australia was one that made sense for BMX in Australia.

“Dave Lyall and Sports Communication Australia come to BMX with loads of experience working with National Sporting Organisations and providing event media management for a host of sporting events across the country,” Louis said. “There is little doubt the next few years leading into the Rio Olympic Games are shaping as the most exciting in the sport’s history and we are committed to