‘UCI BMX Racing World Championships is the prestigious world championship event of bicycle motocross. It is often called BMX Worlds in short. Cycling’s governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) organizes the event annually.
The winner is awarded a gold medal and a rainbow jersey while silver and bronze medals are awarded to the second and third place holders respectively. Interestingly, winners wear their rainbow jerseys in other cycling disciplines until the following year’s event.
This year, the UCI BMX Racing World Championship is set to take place in Nantes, France from 26 July (Tuesday) to 31 July (Sunday).
Held in Arnhem in the Netherlands, Niek Kimmann won last year’s UCI BMX World Championships in the Elite men category while Marco Radaelli won it for the Junior Men category. In 2020, the event was canceled due to COVID-19 Pandemic.
Schedule
Tuesday 26 July
16:00-19:00
Accreditation center open for staff/officials & organizing committee
Wednesday 27 July
08:30-17:00
Accreditation center open
10:00-11:00
Team Managers meeting UCI BMX World Challenge and Masters
11:00-12:00
Guided tour around the venue for team managers
13:00-17:00
Registration office open for UCI BMX World Challenge and Masters
15:00-17:00
Venue open for riders and spectators to view the track from the grandstands
Thursday 28 July
08:30
Accreditation center open
Challenge Practice (Cycling)
Friday 29 July
08:30
Accreditation center open
Cycling:
Warm-up
UCI BMX World Challenge: All Cruiser Categories
UCI BMX World Challenge
UCI BMX World Challenge
Ceremony:
Awards ceremony
Saturday 30 July
08:30
Accreditation center open
09:00-09:45
Team Managers meeting – Championships
09:00
Cycling:
Warm-up
09:00
UCI BMX World Challenge
09:30-13:00
Official Training – Championships Categories
10:30-12:30
Riders Confirmation UCI BMX World Championships
14:00-17:00
UCI BMX World Championships – Motos
17:00-21:00
Official Training – Championships Categories
Sunday 31 July
08:30
Accreditation center open
09:00
UCI BMX Forum
13:20-14:20
Cycling:
Flag hand over to UCI BMX World Championships 2023
14:40-17:00
UCI BMX World Championships Race 1/8 1/4, 1/2 and Finals MJ, WJ, WE, ME
17:00-17:30
Ceremony: Awards ceremony
How to watch live 2022 UCI BMX World Championships?
The 2022 UCI BMX World Championships will be broadcasted live on Eurosport and GCN+ in the UK and around Europe. The main actions will also be shown live on BBC Two. It will start at 1:15 pm CET on the 26 of July. Fans can watch Live Streaming online on bmxworlds2022.com
Top Rankings
In the BMX Men Elite Individual ranking, Andre Sylvain leads the leaderboard with 2807 points. Arboleda Ospina Diego Alejandro ranks 2nd with 2415 points and Mayet Romain ranks 3rd with 2101 points. In terms of nations, France leads the list followed by Colombia and Switzerland.
