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UCI BMX World Championships 2011 in Copenhagen was a wonderful time with a lot of different impressions, experiences and achievements – all on different levels.
Feel the atmosphere – Flickr and Youtube
Take a trip down memory lane – Memolane
Did you see all behind the scenes – Youtube
Remember to follow us on Twitter
Next stop, World Cup at the Olympic track in London
All the best,
BMX Copenhagen
UCI BMX World Championships 2011 is now sadly over – we had a lot of extreme, nerve-packing action all week, and we’re so lucky to have most of it on pictures and videos.
Check out our Youtube channel and Youtube – behind the scenes. Download all our pictures at Flickr.com and remember to give credit to Kristoffer West.
18,000 fans created a fantastic atmosphere
A total of 18,000 fans gathered in Copenhagen to cheer their favorite riders through the races where 2,200 athletes competed. The world renowned track in Copenhagen and bright summer days offered the perfect venue for five days of hardcore competition and happy ambience.
The winners
After three beautiful days with challenge and elite time trial competitions at UCI BMX World Championships in Copenhagen, adrenaline and action filled the track when the absolute BMX elite competed for the prestigious World Championships titles.
Joris Daudet from France and Mariana Pajon from Columbia both had a great run and took the titles.
Exclusive stories from all over the world
Our Tweetamigo-team has been working hard all week to get various perspectives from the event – all from riders worst crashes, Tattoos, fans and many more. See all their Tweets, pictures and videos here.
Hope you all had a great time in Copenhagen and enjoyed UCI BMX World Championships 2011.
All the best,
BMX Copenhagen
After three beautiful days with challenge and elite time trial competitions at the BMX World Championships in Copenhagen, adrenaline and action filled the track today when the absolute BMX elite competed for the prestigious World Championships titles in what many believes to be the toughest field ever.
Winner, elite men: Joris Daudet, France
Joris Daudet from France completed a perfect season with today’s World Championship title in a close and exciting race in the mens’ final where he beat both the defending world champion and reigning Olympic champion Maris Strombergs from Latvia, and New Zealander Marc Willers.
“I’ve had a really good season and my only tactics for today was to get a good start,” Daudet stated after the race. Daudet promised at the same time to do his absolute best in London next year.
Earlier this year Daudet won the European championship after being best in 12 out of 12 races in the series. In the second corner oo the track in the final, Daudet made a good move on Willers and went on the inside of the leading Willers and held the lead all the way to the finish line in one of the most thrilling World Championship races this year.
Winner, elite female: Mariana Pajon, Columbia
In the womens’ elite final Sarah Walker from New Zealand and Mariana Pajon from Columbia were favorites after the heats of the day. Another top favorite, the British London Olympics hope Shanaze Reade, missed her gate in the semifinals and therefore didn’t make it to the finals.
Mariana Pajon won all her heats of the day on the way to the finals, where the little Columbian flew down the start ramp and took the lead on the first straight. Although Sarah Walker pushed from behind the fast Columbian increased her lead and won her first world championship in the elite in great style – it was her 14th title overall as Pajon has won a long number of titles in the Challenge classes since she was 9 years old. “This year it was my time, it’s just great”, Pajon said after her win.
Junior championships
Today’s winner among the junior women was Melinda McLeod from Australia, who also won the time trials yesterday. McLeod’s double world championship was ensured even after she was hit by a moped just before the time trial yesterday. “I focused on doing my best in the competition, and I’m proud I was able to leave the accident behind”, McLeod stated after her double World Championship victory.
Alfredo Campo from Ecuador won gold in the junior men’s competition after winning all his heats of the day – a big step on his way to getting into great results in the men’s elite next year.
Danish best on home ground
Day 3 of the UCI BMX World Championships 2011 for the first time ever presented four time trials gold medals in the classes junior women, junior men, elite women and elite men. Australia ran off with the golden medals in both junior classes while British Shanaze Reade took home yet another gold in the elite women and Norway’s André Fossa Aguiluz surprised everyone when he took gold in front of all the favorites in elite men’s class.
[updated]: So, you want to be part of the UCI BMX World Championships in Copenhagen? Well, you can – here’s a guide.
First of all, you NEED to visit our mashup. On Saturday we’ll integrate live chat and LIVE streaming via freecaster.tv. Other than that:
- Follow @bmxcopenhagen on Twitter.
- Subscribe to our podcast or our YouTube channel.
- Subscribe to our “behind the scenes” YouTube channel.
- Visit our Flickr sets (during the day, new images will be uploaded approximately every 30 minutes).
- Sign up for our newsletter.
- Challenge results and timing results are available.
So, there are plenty of opportunities to join in and be part of the action.
Now, regarding the surprise … Yesterday, we had a chat with the Swatch team, who measure time and results here in Copenhagen. It became clear to us that they were able to deliver data in a format that would make it possible for us to build a LIVE results display into the mashup page. We did that and tested it this morning, and almost thought we were there … BUT it turned out that time-trials need a different data-set in order to display the latest run. We couldn’t get that data-set today, and therefore weren’t able to give you what we’d hoped for. Too bad; maybe next time?
UCI BMX World Championships, challenge classes 15 and over, Thursday July 28
There was tension in the air on day 2 of the UCI BMX World Championships 2011 in Copenhagen where boys, girls, men and women competed on Europe’s best BMX track.
The audience got a great show from the riders in the classes 15 years and up who competed to win the attractive gold medals in nine different challenge classes.
Thursday brought lots of action and crashes and also loads of exciting BMX action from the riders. USA was today’s most medal winning nation and came out with four gold medals in nine challenge classes. Two countries took all three medals in two classes. France dominated the finals in the class for Boys 16 years and Netherlands took all three medals in the class Men 25-29.
See all the results in this pdf
After today’s race the elite took some hours of training on the track before tomorrow’s elite women race and elite men time trial qualifications and Time Trial Super Finals. Especially the men showed of raw muscle power down the 8 meter ramp, so the audience for tomorrows race can expect high quality action.
2.200 BMX riders from 38 countries are racing for gold in 44 challenge classes and four elite classes over 5 days of competition. The World Championships is in the Olympic discipline BMX race.Schedule, Friday, July 29 starting at 11am – click here
UCI BMX World Championships, challenge classes 14 and under, Wednesday July 27
After some cloudy and rainy days, Copenhagen showed its sunny side to the thousands of international riders and audience that showed up at the first day of the UCI BMX World Championships 2011 Copenhagen today. Europe’s best BMX track showed its best while the challenging BMX boys and girls from 5 to 14 years competed to win the attractive gold medals in 17 different challenge classes.
Lots of action and crashes and also loads of exciting BMX action from the talents. USA was today’s the most prize winning nation and came out with seven gold medals in 17 challenge classes.
See all the results here.
After the award ceremony, today’s riders, relatives and spectators went out to take a bite of Copenhagen, before they will be back to watch the UCI BMX World Challenge classes 15 & up tomorrow.
2.200 BMX-riders from 38 countries are racing for gold in 44 challenge classes and four elite classes over 5 days of competition. The Wolrd Championship is in the Olympic discipline BMX race.
Schedule, Thursday, July 28 starting at 9h:
All Challenge classes for 15 years and up + Master.
Only 5 days to go…
We are getting there – are you ready?
Pratical information:
Public transport from Copenhagen to the venue:
Metro (“Sundby” and “Bella Center” is within walking distance from the venue)
Bus # 30 from Copenhagen Central Station – Get of at the corner of Vejlandsallé/Lossepladsvej
Go by bike to the venue (20 min. away from Copenhagen Central Station)
Parking – Use the parking area at Bella Center (limited options close to the venue). Parking fees: DKK 20/hour. Minimum DKK 15 and maximum DKK 80 for a full day.
Venue adress: BMX Copenhagen – Ved Slusen 2, 2450 Copenhagen SV
Get the new BMX Worlds Copenhagen App – and you have all infomation in one place. It’s cool & it’s for free. iPhone go to App store: Bmxcopenhagen & Android Market: Bmxcopenhagen – Check it out! Get more infomation here
Remember to watch our video: BMX starts excited for UCI BMX Worlds in Copenhagen
See you soon,
BMX Copenhagen
BMX stars excited for UCI BMX World Championships in Copenhagen July 27-31 2011. Walker, Day, Willers, Reade, Aguiluz, Meyers, Godet, Buchanan, van der Biezen, Willoughby, Pajon, Falla, Seesing, Callan, Therkildsen, Long, Jimenez, Robinson and last but not least Tom the Trackbuilder. Enjoy!
Countdown – Only 12 days to go…
What’s on!
Get the new BMX Worlds Copenhagen App – It’s cool & it’s for free. iPhone go to App store: Bmxcopenhagen & Android Market: Bmxcopenhagen – Check it out! Get more infomation here
Get a sneak peak of the cool BMX Worlds merchandise from Faithwear
Buy your ticket online today – Guarantee yourself a ticket and avoid queing at the entrance Purchase ticket. Chrildren under 10 – free entrance.
On sale – limited number of VIP tickets for the Worlds. Go buy your VIP ticket today. More info right here
Don’t miss the Opening Ceremony of the UCI BMX World Championships 2011 – a spectacular show taking place at the City Hall Square (Rådhuspladsen) in Central Copenhagen July 26 at 19.30 – 21.30. More info right here
Remember to follow us on Twitter/bmxcopenhagen. Daily tweets and during the Worlds we will Tweet cool live stuff..
Watch our latest video – The official promotion video. Watch it right here
Stay tuned – more news coming up soon…
All the best,
BMX Copenhagen
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Faithwear is the official merchandiser for the Worlds 2011 in Copenhagen offering cool merchandise on venue.
