2018 World Championships Schedule and Links

May 30th, 2018
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Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijani with a population of 2.3 million, is the host of this years UCI world BMX Championships. While the city is rich in history, it’s very new to BMX racing on an international level having hosted the 2015 European Games where Joris Daudet won elite men’s and Simone Christensen won the elite women’s class. It was a world class track and facility that overlooks the Caspian Sea.

We hope you find this information useful.

Promo Video

Location

BMX Velopark
Salyan Highway 10,
Dostlug Park, AZ 1023,
Baku Sabail district, Azerbaijan

Dates

5-9 June 2018

Schedule

The schedule is displayed in Baku local time check the table below to compare 9:00 am Baku time, to your local time and adjust accordingly.

Auckland	5:00 pm
London	6:00 am
Los Angeles	10:00 pm
Melbourne	3:00 pm
New York	1:00 am
Phoenix (RTB)	10:00 pm

Tuesday 5 June

09:00 – 15:00 Accreditation center open
07:30 – Team area open; closes 1 hour following the end of racing
08:30 – 09:20 Warm-Up; only for challenge riders racing on this day
09:30 – 09:40 Opening Ceremony
09:30 – UCI BMX World Challenge: All Cruiser Categories

Wednesday 6 June

09:00 – 15:00 Accreditation center open
07:30 – Team area open; closes 1 hour following the end of practice
08:30 – 09:20 Warm-Up; only for challenge riders racing on this day
09:30 – UCI BMX World Challenge: 20″ Male and Female ages 12 and younger

Thursday 7 June

09:00 – 17:00 Accreditation center open
07:30 – Team area open; closes 1 hour following the end of racing
08:30 – 09:20 Warm-Up; only for challenge riders racing on this day
09:30 – UCI BMX World Challenge: 20″ Male and Female ages 13 and older + Masters
09:00 – 09:45 Team Managers’ Meeting – Championships
10:30 – 12:30 Riders’ Confirmation UCI BMX World Championships
14:30 – Team area open for championships teams only – closes 1 hour following end of training
16:30 – 17:25 Men Elite – Group A
17:30 – 18:55 Men Elite – Group B
19:00 – 20:25 Men Juniors
20:30 – 21:55 Women (Elite and Juniors)

Friday 8 June

09:00 – 17:00 Accreditation center open
10:00 – 12:00 UCI BMX Forum
15:00 – Team area open for championships teams only – closes 1 hour following end of racing
16:00 – 16:55 Women (Elite and Juniors)
17:00 – 17:55 Men Juniors
18:00 – 18:55 Men Elite – Group B
19:00 – 19:55 Men Elite – Group A
20:40 – 23:00 UCI BMX World Championships – Motos – Category Order: MJ, WJ, ME, WE

Saturday 9 June

4:00 pm Baku time

Auckland	12:00 am (midnight)
London	1:00 pm
Los Angeles	5:00 am
Melbourne	10:00 pm
New York	8:00 am
Phoenix (RTB)	5:00 am

16:00 – 19:00 Accreditation center open
17:50 – Team area open for championships teams only – closes 1 hour following end of racing
19:20 – 19:40 Warm-up – Women (Elite and Juniors; only those who transferred to the Qualifiers)
19:40 – 20:00 Warm-up – Men Juniors (only those who transferred to the Qualifiers)
20:00 – 20:20 Warm-up – Men Elite (only those who transferred to the Qualifiers)
20:30 – 20:35 Flag hand over to UCI BMX World Championships 2019 – Heusden-Zolder (BEL)
20:40 – 23:00 UCI BMX World Championships Race 1/8 1/4 , 1/2 and finals WJ, MJ, WE, ME
23:00 – 23:30 Prize-giving Ceremony UCI BMX World Championships

Don’t miss out on the racing action, catch all of it on the live stream at www.youtube.com/user/bmxlivetv

You can use YouTube’s “set reminder” function so you don’t forget.