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5-8-2011 Review to UEC BMX season 2011 Again is one very successful European BMX race season over and we all can look proudly back to each round, one after other was more and more excited, full of different surprises and end with one unrelieved record of Joris Daudet France.

Never before won one elite rider all Championship rounds in one racing season, in follow he won as well World Championships in Copenhagen. Once more at this place our congratulation to Joris and all the best for his BMX sport in the future. This season he was biggest of a few big European BMX rides like Edzus Treimanis, Thomas Hamon, Jordy van den Heiden and Jele van Gorkom. Which are very closed to each other behind Joris. Manon Valentino was the best Elite Women before M. Pottier, both France and Jana Horakova Czech Republic. By the Junior Women with E. Ligtlee and L. Smulders before Simone Christensen Denmark was Nederland very successful.

By the junior men, unbelievable first 6 places go to the France, and the best non-French rider Was R.Tanninger Switzerland in the 7th place. If you pay a little bit attention to overall standing list junior men, you will see how good first year junior riders we have, so the France and European BMX can look happy to the future, and this is our and all BMX Federations homework to do all possible and necessary that we can keep this high performance level in the future.

At this place is the time to say some words to organizer, BMX Federations, National and Trade Teams and BMX Clubs across the whole Europe, thank you, your support, collaboration and will leads to success, without all of you together where not possible to keep this level in BMX sport.

The race season 2011, was season of good organizer, I was really fantastic to see, what good organizer can do in the very short time, like our Friends in Zolder, who organized in only two and half months, for the first time, European Championships rounds with 1615 entrees, on the very high level. Thank you Zolder, we will keep you on mind.

Round 3 and 4 at Compiegne, with 1375 entrees, was as for truck and around high level of organization, this is usual in France, we know what they can do, and we are happy to have the French BMX Federation as partner.

Rounds 5 and 6 at Prague with 1038 entrees and in Winterthur with 1135 entrees were as well Very good organized without any spatial remarks.

Round s 9 and 10 at Birmingham, with unfortunately only 726 entrees was very, very good and professional organized, very good truck for all riders, perfect infrastructure, very nice officials.

Rounds 11 and 12, Final rounds, and European Challenger was worldly the Best of All organized BMX event 2011 European Championships. With 1455 entrees (not so much as expected) but Excellent truck, all necessary infrastructures, correct fencing, enough space around with grand stands and very good posted officials, gusts and media places, to this a very good and high exited races, it was pleasure poor. THANK YOU Haaksbergen; this was perfect picture for BMX events, that should be example for the future.

All UCI Commissars out of European Commissars pool works during the whole season very correct fair and according to UEC / UCI rules. I cannot confirm this for the non-European Chef Commissar during the rounds 1and 2.

I think at this place is as well, necessary to remind that, a very good collaboration with and of National Chef d’Equipe and Team Chefs at spot; this allowed us a few times to solve the problem in conscience, without any delay of races, that`s great.

The race administration works whole season very exactly and correct. Photo finish, software and race pointing system and officials, work as one unit, without any trouble and very quickly.

I am very pleased to all National officials, Commissars and Helpers for very good work during the race season. Spatial thanks to UEC Board President Mr. W. Walkiewicz for his support and visit at Prague and Haaksbergen, and as well Mr. R Hofer, UEC Secretary General for administrative and practical stand by.

During the season and spatial after Super cross at Papendale, I got a few letters from different official and one letter from riders which are complain to this dangerous kind of BMX Super cross.

I will transfer they concerns and worries to UCI by the next meeting soon, but I will make it clear; BMX Super cross is priority and responsibility of UCI, we can ask, but we cannot take any Influence to this topic. I am sure new UCI Team at Aigle will hear these concerns and react on time, to the best for riders and BMX sport at all.

I.Kesic/UEC BMX Commission

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