Round 7 Results Elite men: 1. Maris Strombergs LAT 2. Pablo Gutierrez FRA 3. Thomas Hamon FRA 4. Ivo Lakucs LAT 5. Sifiso Nhlapo RSA 6. Frank Heijne NED 7. Jeremy Chaffot FRA 8. Romain Saladini FRA

Round 8 Results Elite men: 1. Maris Strombergs LAT 2. Roy van den Berg NED 3. Arturs Matisons LAT 4. Ivo Lakucs LAT 5. Thomas Hamon FRA 6. Thomas Allier FRA 7. Pablo Gutierrez FRA 8. Sifiso Nhlapo RSA

Here are the first pictures of the track and the official time schedule of the EC indoor BMX Douai.

USA Cycling announced today the eight athletes it will send to the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup event in Adelaide, Australia, April 12-13. The Adelaide Supercross is the second of five UCI BMX Supercross events in 2008 and will also serve as the 16th of 18 races that factor into the USA Cycling BMX rankings on the men’s side and the 14th of 16 for the women.

Five men – Kyle Bennett (Conroe, Texas), Donny Robinson (Napa, Calif.), Steven Cisar (Altadena, Calif.), Mike Day (Santa Clarita, Calif.) and Tyler Brown (San Clemente, Calif.) – received nominations to the team. Bennett and Robinson were automatically selected as the top two riders in the current 2008 USA Cycling Elite Men’s BMX Rankings. Cisar, Day and Brown received coaches’ selections.

Three women were also selected for the squad – Arielle Martin (Pleasant Grove, Utah), Jill Kintner (Seattle, Wash.) and Amanda Geving (Largo, Fla.). As the top athlete in the USA Cycling Elite Women’s BMX Rankings, Martin received an automatic nomination, while Kintner and Geving were coaches’ selections.

As many of you know the french rider Moana Moo Caille took a hard crash at the supercross event in Madrid. Sebastian Kartfyord posted a short video of this BMX crash.

Moo Caille said: “I'm better now, my lung is ok after 5 days in the bad hospital of Madrid... 4 ribs and my shoulder are broken but its gonna take one month so its not too long.”

2008 Underground Products (UGP) is pleased to announce it has inked a sponsorship deal with the National Bicycle League (NBL) for the 2008 National Series season. The two have joined forces for this lucrative Olympic year where BMX racing will come center stage during the sport¹s inaugural appearance at the 2008 Beijing Games in August.

“UGP has deep roots in BMX racing and a long history with the NBL," says Kevin O¹Brien. "Their product line fits perfectly with NBL riders and we expect them to fully embrace UGP once again.”

As an official co-sponsor of the NBL, UGP will receive extensive promotion at the NBL National Series events including signage, programs, a display booth and apparel. As the official apparel sponsor of the Series, UGP will exclusively provide clothing for the NBL staff and volunteers. UGP will also provide the National Series number plates.

“The partnership with the NBL is in-line with UGP¹s mission to aggressively elevate the brand's presence nationally among core BMX racing and freestyle enthusiasts and drive sales," says Wann Chong, UGP Managing Director. "With a renewed vigor, the brand is taking its message to the masses in 2008 with the addition of several key sponsorships, a major marketing initiative and key new retail outlets.”

Today we interviewed one of the fastest BMX riders coming from the Asian parts of the world. His name is Steven Wong, and he is riding for Hong Kong. Make sure you keep an eye out for this kid, because he's shredding the championships this year.

Hometown: Dessel, Belgium
Favourite Food: Pasta, Pizza
Favourite Music: Rap, R&B, Hip Hop
Favourite Track: Vallet, France
Favourite Movie: Cradle 2 the Grave

How did you get into BMX?
When I was 12 years old I build a BMX track near my house and started riding for fun, later on I got into the racing scene.

What was your first BMX?
Mongoose Motivater (heaviest bike ever lol)

What do you like the most about BMX?
Pretty much everything, the adrenaline, training on my bike.

How come you started riding for Hong Kong?
Because my father is Chinese and the funding of the Hong Kong cycling team was a lot better than the team of Belgium.

What was the best thing that happened to you in 2007?
2007 wasn't the best year for me. I broke my knee so didn't race big races for a few months.

What were your favourite places that you visited in 2007?
Australia was awesome and the Asian Championships in Thailand.

How many flights did you take in 2007?
I don't know but a LOT I can tell you that.


Are you in pretty good shape for the upcoming races?
I feel pretty good on my bikes the last few months but I am still trying to improve everything.

Is there any word of Hong Kong being selected for the Olympics?
No not really...Hong Kong has a chance to get a wild card...but as Hong Kong is part of China, China will decide who gets it.

What are your plans for 2008?
Try to get my UCI points done and try and go to the olympics.

How does a normal week look like with you? (training)
Just the normal things everybody else does I guess. Gym, sprints, track, gates, plyo's and what not.

What do you do in the weekends?
Most of the time the weekends are for racing...if there is no race I'll just fill it in with some training and easy riding on the track.

Do you ride in a team, which team and who are your team mates?
I don't really ride for a team anymore. I'm pretty much a private rider for meybo with my own sponsors.

Official Main Event 1 Arturs Matisons/LAT 2 Marc Willers/NZL 3 Steven Cisar/USA 4 Tyler Brown/USA 5 Donny Robinson/USA 6 Kyle Bennett/USA 7 Arno Kanis/NED 8 Andre Jiminez/Col

Semi One 1 Marc Willers/NZL 2 Andres Jiminez/COL 3 Steven Cisar/USA 4 Arno Kanis/NED 5 Damien Godet/FRA 6 Robert de Wilde/NED 7 Ivo Lakucs/LAT 8 Jonathan Suarez/VEN

Semi Two 1 Arturs Matisons/LAT 2 Donny Robinson/USA 3 Tyler Brown/USA 4 Kyle Bennett/USA 5 Pablo Gallan/ESP 6 Luke Madill/AUS 7 David Herman/USA 8 Sander Bisseling/NED

Freecaster.tv will be streaming Live from the finals of the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup on Saturday 9 February at 18:30 CET. Tune in here to watch the video.

Friday February 8th @ 9PM ET/PT In the case of this must-see series, “MOTIVATED” means obsessed, possessed, adrenaline-hooked, fixated and consumed. You won’t believe your eyes or ears when you meet “extreme” athletes addicted to risk-taking and boundary-pushing for fame and glory. “BMX Rider Bubba Harris overcomes the untimely death of his mother to rank among the world’s elite.”

Be sure to tune in, or set for record. This is one HD show you won’t want to miss.

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Sander Bisseling has posted a video which shows us the first sneak peak of the supercross track in Madrid, Spain. As expected the first doubles are pretty huge. I can't wait to see this.

More info on sanderbisseling.com.

The 2007 European Championships at Romans DVD is now available!

It covers all main finals, atmosphere, interviews, with an extra bonus… dirt BMX, the 26’ TV program. The DVD is approximately 90 minutes long full of pure memories of last years championship.

Order form for DVD European Championship

Freecaster.tv presents a Live Webcast from The UCI BMX Supercross World Cup Madrid

Madrid is to host the first leg of the five stages of the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup and Freecaster.tv will be streaming Live from the finals on Saturday 9 February at 18:30 CET.

BMX racing is a new discipline for Freecaster to cover so they’re starting with the first major event of the 2008. 100 competitors from 20 countries will be watched by a 10.000 strong crowd in the Palacio de Deportes arena in Madrid but those who can’t make it to the venue can tune into www.freecaster.tv/bmx to catch all the action, as it happens, in high quality.

Freecaster.tv has always been dedicated to delivering the best action sport content and recently it has really been pushing the boundaries further on Live streaming with an increase in quality of streams and also in viewer figures.

Coverage of the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup is another great event for Freecaster.tv to add to it’s portfolio and a great opportunity for fans all over the world to catch all the action from Madrid.

Here are the results of the european championship indoor round 5 & 6.

Results Elite men round 5:
1. Ivo Lakucs LAT
2. Evgeny Komarov RUS
3. Martijn Scherpen NED
4. Roy van den Berg NED
5. Maris Strombergs LAT
6. Pablo Gutierrez FRA
7. Pablo Galan Carrasco ESP
8. Sifiso Nhlapo RSA

Results Elite men round 6:
1. Maris Strombergs LAT
2. Ivo Lakucs LAT
3. Martijn Scherpen NED
4. Roy van den Berg NED
5. Thomas Allier FRA
6. Sifiso Nhlapo RSA
7. Sebastian Kartfjord NOR
8. Thomas Hamon FRA