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ELITE MEN ROUND 11
1. TREIMANIS Edzus (LAT)
2. VEIDE Rihards (LAT)
3. VAN GENDT Twan (NED)
4. RICCARDI Re?mi (FRA)
5. CALEYRON Quentin (FRA)
6. PELLUARD Vincent (FRA)
7. MANATON Curtis (ENG)
8. JASPERS Martijn (NED)

ELITE WOMEN ROUND 11
1. SMULDERS Laura (NED)
2. VALENTINO Manon (FRA)
3. VANHOOF Elke (BEL)
4. CHRISTENSEN Simone (DEN)
5. RIMSAITE Vilma (LIT)
6. HLADIKOVA Aneta (CZE)
7. AILLOUD Eva (FRA)

The BMX community has eagerly awaited the first details of the new Red Bull R.Evolution track. Would the BMX revolution continue? Would Red Bull and Tom Ritzenthaler manage to outbid last year’s track and offer the BMX racers an even more revolutionary course? Now that the new setup has been revealed, the answer to both questions is clearly “yes”! Anyone who’d like to discover the new track and see how the riders will handle it should secure their tickets now. 

Kiwi innovation is a key part in this month’s UCI BMX World Championships in Auckland. The 32nd BMX World Championships will be staged in the world-class Vector Arena on Auckland’s waterfront from 24-28 July. The move to indoor arenas for the sport has become more common, offering an all-weather spectacular for competitors and fans alike. However it can create challenges for the track construction. For the past three years there have been two separate starting ramps built for the BMX World Championships – an 8m ramp for elites and 5m ramp for Challenge (age group) racing.

The confines of Vector Arena meant there was insufficient room to build two separate ramps, meaning that the event’s operations manager, Tony Takarua from Elite Racing Developments New Zealand had to come up with an innovative solution. The indoor track at the Vector Arena will include three tracks in one, with all classes sharing the same starting ramp

6 weeks ago I was in doubt of even hopping on the plane to the USA, but I flew over on a hope that my constant back pain would fix itself and could return to action. After skipping the first race in Nashville I went on to place 5th and pick up a Holeshot award in Salt Lake. From there I went on to land myself on my first elite podium with a 3rd and another Holeshot award in Rockford.

Last weekend we were at our final stop in South Park, Pittsburgh. I didn't drop a lap all weekend, winning day one and picking up my first Elite win.

Men Elite
1  CORBEN SHARRAH, HARO, TUCSON, AZ
2  KURT PICKARD, HARO,
3  NIC LONG, HARO, LAKESIDE, CA
4  BRIAN KIRKHAM, , CHULA VISTA, CA
5  MATT CAMERON, CRUPI,
6  JUSTIN POSEY, DAN'S COMP, WINSTON-SALEM, NC
7  RILEY STAIR, TANGENT, FOLSOM, CA
8  DAVID HERMAN, FA/ROCKSTAR, WHEAT RIDGE, CO

Women Elite

Today the Dutch BMX Race championships took place in Heilo, NL. The Elite Men class had a (surprising) winner in Martijn Scherpen while Laura Smulders picked up the national championships in the Elite Women class.

Elite Men:
1 Martijn Scherpen
2 Twan van Gendt
3 Jelle van Gorkom

Elite Women:
1 Laura Smulders
2 Maartje Hereygers
3 Dana Sprengers

Junior men:
1 Niek Kimmann
2 Mark Link