The BMX Racing competition got underway on the penultimate day of competition at the Super-Worlds, where all 13 UCI cycling disciplines are staging respective world championships over 12 days in Glasgow.
Eighty-six riders will comprise the Cycling New Zealand and Para Cycling Team to contest the historic combined UCI Cycling World Championships starting in Scotland next weekend.
Qualifying for a global sporting competition is the highlight of many athletes’ careers. Taupō’s Micah Wallace is set to achieve that milestone at just eight years old.
Te Awamutu’s Rebecca Petch, an Olympic BMX semifinalist and Commonwealth Games gold medallist on the track, has decided to focus on track cycling for her immediate future.
North Harbour rider Rico Bearman saw a world title slide from his grasp after he crashed while leading in the junior elite men’s final at the UCI BMX World Championship in the Netherlands.
North Harbour rider Michael Bias is due a change of fortunes with the UCI BMX World Championships set for Papendal, in the Netherlands on Sunday (local time).