History of BMX (2005 - 2006)
YEAR 2005.
Flashback 1975, picture of USA rider Tinker Juarez on a full suspension BMX bike: did bikes change or what!
BMX exists around 30 years now in the USA as an official spot (since 1974, N.B.A.). Pioneer Byron Friday showing that in this poster.
January 29-30th. 20th. Indoor of Tours, France.
February 14th, our BMX professor Gerrit Does celebrated his 60th birthday.
At the surprise party that his childeren Nico and Pieter organised, over 80 family members and friends from moto-cross and BMX were present. Special guest was Jaxon Bradley, Gerrit's American friend from Kansis City. Also a special delegation from Latvian BMX was present, Ziaga and Aldons Vrublevskis as well as Janis Silins. They presented Gerrit with this appreciation award.
May 21-25th., visiting Latvia again and checking out the BMX scene.
Another very interesting trip to Latvia and again learning much more about its culture and history, besides just BMX developments.
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July 30th-31st. and August 1st. UCI BMX WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AT BERCY – Paris, France.
In this weekend the UCI Worlds took place at the indoor hall of Palais Omnisport de Bercy in Paris, France. For the 3rd. time since organized international BMX racing started in 1981, first under the I.BMX.F., later to be FIAC-I.BMX.F. and now UCI, the BMX Worlds was organized in France. The World Championships were live broadcasted on Eurosport 2 for 90 minutes in the evening on Saturday July 30th. On Sunday August 1st. the races at Bercy were broadcasted on France 2, 3 and 4 TV station for 52 minutes. In total these Worlds in Bercy did have 2.560 entries from 37 countries.
The results in the World Championship classes were as follows:
Elite men
1. Bubba Harris (USA) World Champion
2. Mike Day (USA)
3. Robert de Wilde (NED)
4. Thomas Allier (FRA)
5. Jonathan Suarez (VEN)
6. Marc Willers (NZL)
7. Donny Robinson (USA)
8. Jamie Gray (AUS)
Elite Women
1. Willy Kanis (NED) World Champion
2. Renne Junga (AUS)
3. Laetitia Le Gorguille (FRA)
4. Aneta Hladikova (CZE)
5. Maria Gabriela Diaz (ARG)
6. Jana Horakova (CZE)
7. Anne Rougie (FRA)
8. Kimberly Hayashi (USA)
Junior men
1. Michael Cesar (POR) World Champion
2. Benoit Leroy (FRA)
3. Edgar Bisseling (NED)
4. Mike Brabant (USA)
5. Martijn Scherpen (NED)
6. Jeffrey Upshaw (USA)
7. Moana Moo Caille (FRA
8. Jeremy Chaffot (FRA)
Junior Women
1. Nicole Callisto (AUS) World Champion
2. Sarah Walker (NZL)
3. Melissa Mankowski (AUS)
4. Adelaide Rey (FRA)
5. Nadine Gollner (GER)
6. Amelie Despeaux (FRA)
7. Melanie Pelurson (FRA)
8. Maria Belen Dutto (ARG)
Elite cruisers
1. Randy Stumphauser (USA) World Champion
2. Kelvin Batey (GBR)
3. Bjorn Wijnants (BEL)
4. Paul Lange (USA)
5. Rob van den Wildenberg (NED)
6. Damien Godet (FRA)
7. Clement Doby (FRA)
8. Dale Holmes (GBR)
Junior cruisers
1. Sifiso Nhlapo (RSA)
2. Jeremy Chaffot (FRA)
3. Josh Oie (USA)
4. Todd Pascoe (AUS)
5. Moana Moo Caille (FRA)
6. Martijn Scherpen (NED)
7. Ludek Kral (CZE)
8. Maris Strombergs (LAT)
Medal count Championship classes:
GOLD SILVER BRONZE
1. USA 2 1 1
2. Australia 1 1 1
3. Netherlands 1 - 2
4. Portugal 1 - -
Rep. South Africa 1 - -
6. France - 2 1
7. New-Zealand - 1 -
Great Britain - 1 -
9. Belgium - - 1
Total: 6 6 6
During the 2005 Worlds in Bercy – France, NO National team or Manufacturer Team competition was run.
Result in the Challenge classes:
Girls 5-7 years Girls 8 years
1. Merel Smulders NED 1. Taylor Lance USA
2. Manon Veenstra NED 2. Oceane Besnier FRA
3. Anne Boyer FRA 3. Fernanda Mena CHI
Girls 9 years Girls 10 years
1. Linda Armannsson AUS 1. Felicia Stancil USA
2. Vivian van Hees NED 2. Tiffany Gerrits NED
3. Lucie Meerholz NED 3. Femke Dijk NED
Girls 11 years Girls 12 years
1. Elis Ligtlee NED 1. Abbie Taylor GBR
2. Juri Namiki JPN 2. Kaede Watanabe JPN
3. Nicole Wright NZL 3. Justine Vieira FRA
Girls 13 years Girls 14 years
1. Maartje Hereijgers NED 1. Mariana Pajon Londono COL
2. Nicole Peschen AUT 2. Alise Post USA
3. Fanny Garnier Savard FRA 3. Armonie Sailly FRA
Girls 15 years Girls 16 years
1. Amanda Carr USA 1. Lieke Klaus NED
2. Eva Ailloud FRA 2. Simone De Wan NED
3. Joyce Seesing NED 3. Maria Eugenia Ruarte ARG
Boys 5-6 years Boys 7 years
1. Tyler Fuller USA 1. Thomas Jouve FRA
2. Cedric Butti SUI 2. Ryan Pettigrew USA
3. Kilian Buthod Villien FRA 3. Nicolas Welch ZIM
Boys 8 years Boys 9 years
1. Juan Bernardo Davalos ECU 1. Christobal Palominos CHI
2. Hugo Brun FRA 2. Michell Wright NZL
3. Enzo Papa FRA 3. Sam Clarke AUS
Boys 10 years Boys 11 years
1. Jordi Schippers NED 1. Lars van Berkel NED
2. Jeremy Rencurel FRA 2. Enzo Schilling FRA
3. Maxime Vicat FRA 3. Jan Kucera CZE
Boys 12 years Boys 13 years
1. Jeffrey Hoogland NED 1. Tory Nyhaug CAN
2. Bastien Merle FRA 2. Corey Hewitson AUS
3. Florent Fret FRA 3. Lorin Martinez FRA
Boys 14 years Boys 15 years
1. Jelle van Gorkum NED 1. Travis Ohrazda USA
2. Jordan Lajmi FRA 2. Maxime Iche FRA
3. Joshua Callan USA 3. Vincent Pelluard FRA
Boys 16 years 17 & over men
1. Joey Bradford USA 1. Christophe Cordier FRA
2. Scott Hosking NZL 2. Julien Boillon FRA
3. David David SUI 3. Quentin Deleplanque FRA
Cruisers 45 & over Cruisers 40-44
1. Peter Jensen CAN 1. Eric Rupe USA
2. Bodo Hanisch GER 2. Gary Slater USA
3. Americo Faundez CHI 3. Ash Rawson NEZ
Cruisers 35-39 Cruisers 30-34
1. Pierre-Henri Sauze FRA 1. David Alavoine FRA
2. Luc Koehler FRA 2. Jason Carnes USA
3. Karl Mustchin FRA 3. Yann Bonici FRA
Cruisers 17-29 Cruisers 15-16
1. Emiliano Mollea ARG 1. Joey Bradfort USA
2. Nicolas Schmidt FRA 2. Masahiro Sampei JPN
3. Remond Brink NED 3. Fabien Pause FRA
Cruisers 13-14 Cruisers 12 & under
1. Jell van Gorkum NED 1. Trent Woodcoc NZL
2. Jordan Lajmi FRA 2. Simon Lukie FRA
3. Tory Nyhaug CAN 3. Kyle Dodd RSA
Cruisers 18 & under women Cruisers 19 & over women
1. Mariana Pajon Londono COL 1. Maria Gabriela Diaz ARG
2. Magalie Pottier FRA 2. Aneta Hladikova CZE
3. Caroline Buchanan AUS 3. Elodie Ajinca FRA
June 18-19th. The UCI BMX World Cup Aigle, Switzerland took place at the BMX facility on the World Cycling Center of the UCI.
10 years ago, Gerrit Does as Project manager World Cup events, organized in 1995 the first ever UCI World Cup event in Brighton – England. This event was broadcasted on Eurosport and was the start of a new area in BMX, using technical equipment to register the results of races by riders using so-called transponders, giving signals to a computer when crossing the finish line. The laptime and results were displayed at once on a big screen.
*** foto After a break, this year 2005, a World Cup event was organized in AIGLE at the UCI BMX Track, next to the new UCI offices and training facilities.
This Supercross Word Cup event took place in Aigle – Switzerland , on June 18th.-19th. 2005 at the UCI BMX track on World Cycling Center situated next to the UCI headquarters in Aigle. Results on the 2005 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup Series.
Race result of this event in Elite men class, Supercross Main event:
1. w8 Robert de Wilde - (NED) laptime 35. 985 sec.
2. w2 Cristian Becerine - (ARG) laptime 36.184 sec.
3. 81 Randy Stumpfhauser - (USA) laptime 36.500 sec.
4. w6 Jason Richardson - (USA) laptime 37.361 sec.
5. 48 Roger Rinderknecht - (SUI) laptime 37.786 sec.
6. w4 Nate Berkheimer - (USA) laptime 38.219 sec.
7. 92 Damien Godet - (FRA) laptime 38.321 sec.
8. 58 David Gibert - (FRA) laptime 1:17.147 sec.
As UCI commissars were active: Bram Jager (NED) and Erma Miller (USA). The UCI technical Delegate was Johan Lindstrom.
September 9th. The 2nd. and final round of the 2005 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup Series in San Jose, Ca.-USA.
The second event took place in San Jose, California – USA on September 9th. This event in San Jose also was the Final round of the 2 round series.
Race result of this event in Elite men class:
1. w3 Robert de Wilde (NED)
2. 217 Luke Madill (AUS)
3. 75 Kyle Bennett (USA)
4. 77 Jason Rogers (USA)
5. 90 Randy Stumpfhauser (USA)
6. 98 Brandon Meadows (USA)
7. w1 Bubba Harri (USA)
8. w2 Mike Day (USA)
Overall final standings of the “ 2005 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup”.
1. Robert de Wilde - (NED) 32 points total
2. Randy Stumpfhauser - (USA) 26 points
3. Cristian Daniel Becerine - (ARG) 18 points
4. Luke Madill - (AUS) 15 points
5. Kyle Bennett - (USA) 14 points
6. Jason Rogers - (USA) 13 points
7. Jason Richardson - (USA) 13 points
8. Roger Rinderknecht - (SUI) 12 points
9. Brandon Meadows - (USA) 11 points
10. Nathan Berkheimer - (USA) 11 points
11. Bubba Harris - (USA) 10 points
12. Damien Godet - (FRA) 10 points
13. Mike Day - (USA) 9 points
14. Pablo Gutierrez - (FRA) 9 points
15. David Gilbert - (FRA) 9 points
16. Donny Robinson - (USA) 6 points
17. Rob van den Wildenberg - (NED) 6 points
18. Fabian Hernandez - (COL) 6 points
19. Aaron Johnson - (USA) 4 points
20. Wade Boots - (USA)
More about this World Cup Race in News & Opions: ONE comments on UCI Supercross, Beijing, China
YEAR 2006.
July 30th. 2006 UCI BMX World Championship, Sao Paulo , Brasil
The result of the World Championship classes were as follows:
Team competition results: NATIONAL TEAMS
1. Team USA - 320 points World Champion
2. Team Ecuador - 307 points
3. Team Argentina - 298 points
4. Team Netherlands - 290 points
5. Team Australia - 288 points
6. Team New Zealand - 276 points
7. Team Japan - 271 points
Team competition results: TRADE TEAMS
1. Redman/Answer/Yamaha - 323 points World Champion
2. Dan's competition - 316 points
3. Crupi - 294 points
4. Redman/Answer/Yamaha - 275 points
5. Free Agent - 205 points
Elite men
1. Javier Luciano Colombo (ARG) World Champion
2. Randy Stumpfhauser (USA)
3. Mike Day (USA)
4. Michal Prokop (CZE)
5. Florent Boutte (FRA)
6. Cisar Steven (USA)
7. Billy Jolliffe (AUS)
8. Jamie Gray (AUS)
Elite women
1. Willy Kanis (NED) World Champion
2. Maria Gabriela Diaz (ARG)
3. Cecile Lazzarotto (FRA)
4. Jana Horakova (CZE) 
5. Aneta Hladikova (CZE)
6. Arielle Martin (USA)
7. Kim Hayashi (USA)
8. Laetitia LeCorguille (FRA)
Junior men
1. Moana Moo Caille (FRA) World Champion
2. Martijn Scherpen (NED)
3. Ramiro Martin Marino (ARG)
4. David Herman (USA)
5. Kristopher Fox (USA)
6. Kevin Sprengers (NED)
7. Joey Bradford (USA)
8. Joe Sowers III (USA)
Junior women
1. Shanaze Reade (GBR) World Champion
2. Maria Eugenia Ruarte (ARG)
3. Sarah Walker (NZL)
4. Melissa Mankowski (AUS)
5. Christine Miller (CAN)
6. Lieke Klaus (NED)
7. Amanda Geving (USA)
8. Romana Labounkova (CZE)
Elite cruiser Elite women cruiser
1. Donny Robinson (USA) 1. Laetitia LeCotquille (FRA)
2. Danny Caluag (USA) 2. Samantha Cools (CAN)
3. Damien Godet (FRA) 3. Maria Belen Dotto (ARG)
4. Sergia Ignacio Salazar (COL) 4. Aneta Hladikova (CZE)
5. Billy Jolliffe (AUS) 5. Vilma Rimsaite (LTU)
6. Tyler Brown (USA) 6. Jana Horakova (CZE)
7. Thomas Allier (FRA) 7. Cecile Lazzarotto (FRA)
8. Jarrett Kolich (USA) 8. Amelie Despeaux (FRA)
Junior cruiser Junior women cruiser
1. Joe Sowers III (USA) 1. Amanda Geving (USA)
2. Fausto Endara (ECU) 2. Sarah Walker (NZL)
3. Edzus Treimanis (LAT) 3. Magalie Pottier (FRA)
4. Juan Carlos Romero (ARG) 4. Ziggy Callan (AUS)
5. Josh Oie (USA) 5. Madison Pitts (USA)
6. Yvan Lapraz (SUI) 6. Simone De Wal (NED)
7. Martijn Scherpen (NED) 7. Javiera Figueroa (CHI)
8. David Herman (USA) 8. Maria Eugenia (ARG)
Medal Count GOLD SILVER BRONZE
1. USA 3 2 1
2. France 2 - 3
3. Netherlands 1 2 -
4. Argentina 1 1 2
5. Great Britain 1 - -
6. New-Zealand - 1 1
7. Canada - 1 -
Ecuador - 1 -
9. Latvia - - 1
Total number of classes: 8 8 8
Results in the Challenge classes:
Boys 5 & 6 Boys 7
1. Pedro Garces (ECU) 1. Tyler Fuller USA
2. Cristobal Lopez (CHI) 2. Bernardo Medina ECU
3. Matias Jesus Brizuela (ARG) 3. Landon Sellers USA
4. Diego Palacios (ECU) 4. Dylan Eggar RSA
5. Ilya Beskrovny (RUS) 5. Alvaro Buenano ECU
6. Benjamin Godoy (CHI) 6. Richard Holec CZE
7. Lewis Hipkins (GBR) 7. Gustavo Silva BRA
8. Diogo Campos Garcia (BRA) 8. Robinson Polamar BRA
Boys 8 Boys 9
1. Paolo Cartez (ECU) 1. Reits Elnionis LAT
2. Karlten Wolsey (AUS) 2. Facundo Lautaro Rosas ARG
3. Nicholas Welsh (ZIM) 3. Juan Davalos Bernando ECU
4. Juan Sebastian Benitez (COL) 4. Valentin Ariel Avila ARG
5. Christian Duarte (CHI) 5. Aschwin Dabian ARU
6. Hernan Godoy (CHI) 6. Jitte Nijs BEL
7. Randon Koolman (ARU) 7. Sam Ligtlee NED
8. Matheus Prazeres (BRA) 8. Jaime Quintanilla Cuenca BOL
Boys 10 Boys 11
1. Cole Tesar (USA) 1. Jordi Schippers NED
2. Matias Damian Chemino (ARG) 2. Maliek Byndloss USA
3. Agustin Lopez (ARG) 3. Mathieu Roman FRA
4. Kristens Krigers (LAT) 4. Mael Levay FRA
5. Cristobal Palominos (CHI) 5. Hernan Santillan ARG
6. Ignacio Conejera (CHI) 6. Thomas Paulin FRA
7. Mitchell Wright (NZL) 7. Faquetti Luis Alberto BRA
8. Ezequiel Anderson (BRA) 8. Jorge Roura ECU
Boys 12 Boys 13
1. Lain van Ogle (USA) 1. Lucas Alfredo Bustos ARG
2. Chad Kerley (USA) 2. Bastien Merle FRA
3. Jan Kucera (CZE) 3. Adam Shields AUS
4. Aaron Cartwwright (USA) 4. Jeffrey Hoogland NED
5. Thorsten Lentink (NED) 5. Ignacio Cruz CHI
6. Anthony Derosa (USA) 6. Marco Nicolas Bica ARG
7. David Baptiste (FRA) 7. Hugo Torres Ventura BRA
8. Kyle Dodd (RSA) 8. Trent Woodcock NZL
Boys 14 Boys 15
1. Jared Garcia (USA) 1. Jelle van Gorkum NED
2. David Andres Oquendo (COL) 2. Jacob Trevino USA
3. Connor Fields (USA) 3. Sam Willoughby AUS
4. Lorin Martinez (FRA) 4. Ernesto Gabriel Pizarro ARG
5. Tristan Lentink (NED) 5. Renaud Blanc SUI
6. Twan van Gendt (NED) 6. Jordan Lajmi FRA
7. Andres Felipe Loaiza (COL) 7. Ruddy Begue FRA
8. Leandro Dal Miranda (BRA) 8. Joshua Callan AUS
Boys 16 Men 17-24
1. Ashley Mccutcheon (AUS) 1. Allan Jonas Duarte BRA
2. Mike Kaltoft (DEN) 2. Ivan Kostyukov RUS
3. Nathan Miller (USA) 3. Luke Pretlove AUS
4. Mashiro Sampei (JPN) 4. Olivier Hoarau FRA
5. Santiago Del Valle (COL) 5. AJ Bontorno USA
6. Vincent Pelluard (FRA) 6. Chris Bull USA
7. Tomas Merta (CZE) 7. Vitor Rafael Pereira BRA
8. Claudio Diaz Chevalier (ARG) 8. Mike Kapes USA
Men 25-29 Men 30 & over
1. Rodrigues Junior (BRA) 1. Jason Carnes USA
2. Gonzalo Ureta (CHI) 2. Ian Hill GBR
3. Cesar Enrique Nieto (ARG) 3. Bob O´Gorman USA
4. Ben Forwood (GBR) 4. Eric Rupe USA
5. Rodrigo Ureta (CHI) 5. Pierre Henri Sauze FRA
6. Guilherme Duarte (BRA) 6. Percy Owens USA
7. Alan Rodrigo Silva (BRA) 7. David Alavoine FRA
8. Jose Alexander Rico (COL) 8. Todd Lyons USA
Girls 5 – 7 Girls 8
1. Shanayah Howell (ARU) 1. Kelsey Van Ogle USA
2. Saya Sakakibara (JPN) 2. Lexa Jones USA
3. Yentl Nijs (BEL) 3. Camila Guerra CHI
4. Luisa Almedida Souza (BRA) 4. Manon Veenstra NED
5. Maria Luisa Valdes (CHI) 5. Ana Key Albino Pereira BRA
6. Maite Nave Barreto (BRA) 6. Juliea Alves Santos BRA
7. Giovana Ijano Quinalha BRA
8. Xinha Danju ARU
Girls 9 Girls 10
1. Leito Agatha Conceicao (BRA) 1. Domenica Azuero ECU
2. Kayla Eggar (RSA) 2. Ilana Just CAN
3. Araujo Fabiola Regina (BRA) 3. Viviana van Hees NED
4. Heather Reiman (USA) 4. Chizura Nakamura JPN
5. Jemanda Mena (CHI) 5. Daniella Du Toit ZIM
6. Goncalves Ianca Luana BRA
Girls 11 Girls 12
1. Silva Correa Joana Elisa (BRA) 1. Elis Ligtlee NED
2. Airlie Gooden (AUS) 2. Tiffany Bontorno USA
3. Femke Dijk (NED) 3. Shelby Stacy USA
4. Tatiana Zurita Escobar (BOL) 4. Nicole Wright NZL
5. Rossana Briceno (VEN) 5. Holly Woodcock NZL
6. Ferro Helioza Cristina (BRA) 6. Soraya van Hees NED
7. Maria Ochoa (ECU) 7. Jamie Kingsley USA
8. Antunes Alessandra (BRA) 8. Ishrani Martijn ARU
Girls 13 Girls 14
1. Bianaca Quinalha (BRA) 1. Bianaca Quinalha BRA
2. Enora Le Roux (FRA) 2. Merle van Benthem NED
3. Florencia Soriano (ARG) 3. Teagan O´Keeffe RSA
4. Lacey Oliver (AUS) 4. Maartje Hereijgers NED
5. Abbie Taylor (GBR) 5. Fanny Garnier Savard FRA
6. Priscilla Carnaval (BRA) 6. Camille Meyran FRA
7. Larai Jones (USA) 7. Mariana Diaz ARG
8. Lizzy Suarez Menacho (BOL) 8. Amandine Lucas FRA
Girls 15 Girls 16
1. Mariana Pajon (COL) 1. Amanda Carr USA
2. Elke van Hoof (BEL) 2. Eva Ailloud FRA
3. Natalia Bednarikova (SVK) 3. Manon Valentino FRA
4. Lotte Filso (DEN) 4. Ekaterina Komnatova RUS
5. Samantha Bretheim (USA) 5. Ilena Vanegas GUA
6. Daniela Abasto (BRA) 6. Michilla Negenmann CAN
7. Liz Passwaters (USA) 7. Dorien Raeymaekers BEL
8. Alise Post (USA) 8. Joyce Seesing NED
Cruiser 12 & under Cruiser 13 & 14
1. Lain Van Ogle (USA) 1. Jared Garcia USA
2. Anthony Derosa (USA) 2. Anthony Derosa USA
3. Carlos Ramirez Yepez (COL) 3. Carlos Ramirez Yepez COL
4. Jordi Schippers (NED) 4. Jordi Schippers NED
5. Juan David Rios (COL) 5. Juan David Rios COL
6. Andres Julian Jurado (COL) 6. Andres Julian Jurado COL
7. Maliek Byndloss (USA) 7. Maliek Byndloss USA
8. Scalabrin Joao Gabriel (BRA) 8. Scalabrin Joao Gabriel BRA
Cruiser 15 & 16 Cruiser 17 - 29
1. Vincent Pelluard (FRA) 1. Marcio Perozzo Ataido BRA
2. Jacob Trevino (USA) 2. Adrien Kerkhof FRA
3. Jorge Daniel Quintero (COL) 3. Daniel Roura ECU
4. Douglas Hayes (USA) 4. Kris Mulhause USA
5. Masahiro Sampei (JPN) 5. Gonzalo Ureta CHI
6. Jordan Lajmi (FRA) 6. Kazushige Takayama JPN
7. Mauricio Sarmiento Bazobe (BOL) 7. Luke Pretlove AUS
8. Joshua Callan (AUS) 8. Alex Lopes BRA
Cruiser 30 – 34 Cruiser 35 – 39
1. Szilard Szurdok (SUI) 1. Jason Carnes USA
2. Rene Zivny (CZE) 2. Domingos Lammoglia USA
3. Jean-Renaud Ducos De Lahitte (FRA)3. Bob O´Gorman USA
4. Andy Shaw (GBR) 4. Pierre Henri Sauze FRA
5. Victor Parra (CHI) 5. David Alavoine FRA
6. Bob van Westerop (NED) 6. Vitor Jose Plentz BRA
7. Elton Ghigiarelli (BRA) 7. Martin Guillerm Casas COL
8. Jose Maria Lima Jr. (BRA) 8. Marcos Carlos Santos BRA
Cruiser 40 – 44 Cruiser 45 & over
1. Eric Rupe (USA) 1. Peter Jensen CAN
2. Gary Slater (USA) 2. Bert Volkers NED
3. Frank Young (USA) 3. Marc Levay FRA
4. Don Beals (USA) 4. Americo Faundez CHI
5. Andreas Endlein (GER) 5. Rolando Briceno VEN
6. Wilco Cosijnse (NED) 6. Joel Laplace FRA
7. Damien Callan (AUS) 7. Perry Wall AUS
8. Pedro Jose Andrade (BRA) 8. Valdir Spagnol BRA
18 & under women Cruiser 19 & over women Cruiser
1. Mariana Pajon (COL) 1. Angelique van Gemert NED
2. Alise Post (USA) 2. Michele Peters USA
3. Merle van Benthem (NED) 3. Marlies Knill CHI
4. Maartje Herreijgers (NED) 4. Sharlene McGilvray RSA
5. Amanda Carr (USA) 5. Valenti Araujo Patricia Gardini BRA
6. Teagan O'Keeffe (RSA) 6. Bontonero Graj Rosa ESP
7. Luisa Fernanda Pardo (COL)
8. Shelby Stacy (USA)
2006 UCI BMX Supercross series, 3 round event.
April 14th. 2006 - UCI BMX Supercross Madrid, Spain
The result in Elite men:
1. Khalen Young (AUS)
2. Robert de Wilde (NED)
3. Cristian Daniel Becerine (ARG)
4. Donny Robinson (USA)
5. Damien Godet (FRA)
6. Mike Day (USA)
7. Derek Betcher (USA)
8. Roger Rinderknecht (CH)
May 26th. through 29th., trip to Latvia: BMX pioneers involved in youth golf sport.
Since the early days of BMX (1979) I have been close friends with among others, co-founder member of the I.BMX.F. (Internatinal BMX Federation) Mr. Tadashi Inoue. Mr. Inoue has always been a notorious golf player ánd promotor/organizer of golf tournements in Japan. It was early 2006 when Tadashi asked me to help him select a number of youth golf players from different countries in Europe, in order to invite them to a youth tournemant in Japan, pending sometime October 2006. So through our BMX connection we now got involved in golf.
One of the countries were a couple of young players will be selected was Latvia. Through my BMX connections with the Latvian BMX Federation ánd the Latvian Olympic Committee, I was able to get in touch with leading persons in the golf sport in Latvia. Both Tadashi Inoue and myself travelled to Latvia and selected a few young players. Here some pictures of our trip to Latvia and the people we did meet.
As "fathers" of BMX, ofcourse we also had to be present for a while at a National BMX event in Valmiera. On our way to Valmiere, we did some sight-seeing. Latvia is a beautiful country for sure.
During this long weekend, Aldons Vrublevskis did show us some of the OLympic facilities were athletes train and are tested. We visited about 4 fantastic sights. Sports in general does play an important role in Latvia.
After a succesful long weekend we went back to Holland and Ted later on did return to Japan. Very sad to say that shortly after this trip, cancer was diagnosed with Ted. The possitive thing is that Ted Inoue was treathed well and is still o.k. up till today (2017).
END of STORY
September 8th. 2006 - UCI BMX Supercross San Jose, California – USA.
In total around 90 riders in Elite men class entered this competition. The result in Elite men:
Podium World Cup San Jose 2006, Elite men
Semifinal 1:
1. Donny Robinson
2. Brandon Meadows
3. Jason Rogers
4. Arnaud Dubois
5. Jonathan Suarez
6. Thomas Allier
7. Glenn Codega
8. Steven Cisar
Semifinal 2:
1. Mike Day
2. Aaron Johnson
3. Michal Prokop
4. Randy Stumpfhauser
5. Ramiro Marino
6. Fabian Hernandez
7. Kyle Bennett
8. Robbie Miranda
Main event/final:
1. Michal Prokop (CZE)
2. Donny Robinson (USA)
3. Arnaud Dubois (BEL)
4. Jason Rogers (USA)
5. Aaron Johnson (USA)
6. Randy Stumpfhauser (USA)
7. Brandon Meadows (USA)
8. Mike Day (USA)
October 7th. 2006 – UCI BMX Supercross Roc D'Azur – France.
The results in Elite men:
Final event
1. Donny Robinson (USA)
2. Michal Prokop (CZE)
3. Damien Godet (FRA)
4. Robert de Wilde (NED)
5. Mike Day (USA)
6. Arturs Matisons (LAT)
7. Roy van den Berg (NED)
8. Roger Rinderknecht (CH)