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Record number of participants at UCI BMX Supercross 2010 finale A record number of riders entered the final round of the UCI BMX Supercross in Frejus, 198 men and from 47 women from 27 countries. With the Olympics just two short years away the interest in the world’s fastest growing action sport is rising. The event kicked off with the time trials to determine which 64 men and 32 women will continue in tomorrow’s finals.

World Cup leader Le Corguillé out of competition due to crash.
Laëtitia Le Corguillé, who stood out this season during the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup series winning all three previous stops in 2010, is out of competition for this round. This afternoon 8 October in front of her home crowd she crashed during time trials in the third straight just before the last turn. She was down for a while and taken of the track by UCI medical staff for further observation.

Le Corguillé will not be able to compete in tomorrow’s finals as 

The fourth and final stop of the 2010 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup, presented by Swatch, will be held in Frejus on the south coast of France on 8 and 9 October. In Frejus the UCI BMX Supercross series are part of one of the biggest multi-cycling events in Europe known as the ‘ROC d’Azur’. The 2010 Supercross World Cup title is at stake and, with less than two years to go to the London Olympics, things are also heating-up for Olympic qualification points.

French connection. Currently 200 Elite men and 44 Elite women from 27 countries are registered to compete. A record number of 72 French riders have registered to compete. Second nation in number of competitors is the Netherlands - Coach Bas de Bever’s Dutch army counts 19 Elite riders. With 17 riders, the third biggest team comes from the USA.

Strombergs and Willoughby battle it out for the 2010 World Cup. It is going to be a full-on battle between Latvian rider Maris Strombergs,

Former motocross world champions Joel Smets and Stefan Everts met behind the starting gate once again, but this time on BMX bikes. Some more MX starts were brought in (Ken de Dijcker, Joel Roelants and Gareth Swanepoel) as well as some roadies who used to ride BMX (a.o. Max van Heeswijk). All this happened as a celebrity race during the 10 years Dessel 2000 BMX weekend. On Sunday a regular BMX race was taking place but it become a special one as my Philip decided he wanted to enter his first BMX race.

What started out as a frame deal for this future BMX hall of famer quickly evolved into a full factory deal. Bubba's first race in Full Factory Supercross gear will be in 2 weeks at the ABA Redline Cup West Finals where Bubba will set up home at the Supercross BMX pits for the first of many times. Be sure to stop on by and pick up a Limited Edition Supercross Full Color Poster help welcome Bubba to the team and have Bubba, Kenth, Courtney and the rest of the Supercross BMX Factory team sign your poster.

Bubba like the rest of the Supercross Factory team ride on Supercross ENVY's - the Worlds Lightest Production Race frame for all their race track assaults. 

Junior/ Elite Men final
1. Raymon Van Der Biezen
2. Rob Van Den Wildenberg
3. Arthurs Matisons
4. Arnaud Dubois
5. Kristers Lejins
6. Toon Jacobs
7. Twan Van Gendt
8. Edzus Traimanis

Junior/Elite Women final
1. Manon Valentino
2. Maartje Hereygers
3. Dominique Daniels
4. Abby Taylor
5. Lieke Claus
6. Melanie Boudoux
7. Sandra Aleksejeva

When the job is done it's time for a beer or two. Get rid of the stress, bring on the good times. The two go hand in hand as experienced at the SX afterparty in CV. Some beers were brought into the OTC, the DJ booth got moved from the track to the party tent and it was on. Somehow Paul and I ended up there with the working crew and we made some new friends, worked the bar, and "set the dancefloor on fire". The camera bag was still around so we snapped some shots. Oh shit!