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The first National of the 2014 started off in Reno, NV. It was a good first day for Redline winning the Pro Women and Pro men class. Cristian Becerine gave the DHR team its first National victory by winning the Vet class on Saturday. More results right here:

Women Pro results:
1 ALISE POST, SAINT CLOUD, MN
2 SHANAZE READE, CREWE CHESHIRE
3 BROOKE CRAIN, VISALIA, CA
4 FELICIA STANCIL, GT BICYCLES, LAKE VILLA, IL
5 DANI GEORGE, SUPERCROSSBMX.COM, PALMDALE, CA
6 TAYLOR WOLCOTT, FACTORY RIFT-TANGENT, WICHITA, KS
7 ELKE VANHOOF, BELGIUM
8 SHELBY STACY, PHOENIX PRO CYCLES, BAKERSFIELD, CA

AA Pro Results:

Cycle Group, Inc. (CGI) is pleased to announce that it will be an official sponsor of the GT Factory BMX Team in 2014. This past year, CGI supplied the team unofficially with brakes, cranks and some handlebars and stems. “It was an honor that GT asked us to be part of their program last year. The team is stacked with many of the world’s top riders and is one of the best-run programs out there. The riders and GT trailer always present a legitimate factory image at the races. I’m really excited that they asked us to be an even bigger part of the program,” said Toby Henderson, founder and executive director of CGI. Besides the race team bikes, GT currently specs Promax brake levers, brakes and stems on a variety of its high-end complete race bikes, among them the Speed Series and Interceptor lines of bikes.

“We’ve worked really hard the past two years to develop two complete lines of top-notch BMX products—BOX and Promax.

Happy New Year everyone! This past weekend at Nerang on the Gold Coast hosted the season opening rounds of the BMX Australian National series. This years event was the largest Australian National round Nerang has had pulling lots of fans, spectators and riders, even with the weather. Racing conditions where tough with the Gold Coast recording the hottest day in 6 years followed by the most humid day.

It was a great feeling to be racing back in front of a home crowd in Australia and back on the BMX bike full time in 2014.

Cycle Group, Inc. (CGI) is excited to announce that it will sponsor the Redline Factory BMX Team in 2014. “We are really, really pleased to be part of the Redline factory team. Obviously, it’s a big deal for us to be working with Sam Willoughby and Alise Post, but the team’s expansion to include several top amateurs is a real bonus. Plus the team always has a full-factory image at the races,” said Toby Henderson, founder and executive director of CGI.

Besides the race team bikes, Redline will begin spec’ing Promax and BOX components on a variety of its high-end complete race bikes in 2015.

“We’ve put a lot of effort into developing the BOX and Promax product lines. We’re really happy that the product managers at Redline recognize and value what we’ve come up with,” Henderson said.

“We are excited to work with Cycle Group, Inc. and our team is 

From the biomedical engineers and medical staff of the Leatt® research labs comes a 100% new neck brace for 2014. Leatt believes that the 5.5 neck brace is truly the most technologically advanced neck brace in the world. The CE certified 5.5 neck brace balances the needs of comfort, effectiveness and safety by allowing greater freedom of movement and adjustment to more closely meet the needs of top level racers whilst Leatt®’s commitment to safety ensures that key safety features pioneered by Leatt® are built into each brace.

The kickoff of 2014 is not only celebrated by New Years day and the USA BMX Reno National, but at BRG, we are celebrating it with the announcement of riders and teams we are proud to support for the upcoming season! Here is a rundown of our 2014 partnership program:

Chase Bicycles Factory Pro Team-
The Chase BMX Factory Pro team will return with the 3 core riders that took their Chase BMX bikes atop many podiums in 2013, as well as 2 new additions!

Connor Fields @Cfields - Connor has been the most consistent BMX Elite Rider from the USA over the past few season. 2013 was a great season for him winning the UCI BMX World Championship Time Trail title, the overall UCI BMX Supercross Championship, and finishing up #2 overall in the USA BMX title chase.

Vincent Pelluard @VincentPelluard The Current French National Champion, Vincent had a great 2013 season, winning a bunch of 

Over in Nerang the first two rounds of the 2014 National series were held. Sunday's Elite results can be found right here. Juster and Buchanan scored most points.

Elite Men round two:
1 Matthew JUSTER (AUS19901013)
2 Anthony DEAN (AUS19910422)
3 Corey FRIESWYK (AUS19940126)
4 Bodi TURNER (AUS19940918)

Kirsten Dellar, Anthony Dean, Max Cairns and New Zealand’s Hannah Sarten were all Round 1 winners in Nerang at the BMX Australia National Series. Hot conditions met riders early as they practiced, though by race time a cooling breeze had taken the edge of the heat which was welcomed by both riders and spectators. All riders were out to impress, with Round 1 showing off those who came prepared having done their work during the off season.