2022 UCI BMX World Championships Schedule and Links

July 20th, 2022
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The 2022 UCI BMX World Championships, to be held Tuesday 26 to Sunday 31 July, returns to the full line up of Championship and Challenge classes. It will be the for the first time a challenge class world champion has been crowned since 2019. Nantes, the sixth largest city in France, will host it’s first BMX World Championship event.

Also for the first time the Elite racing format will be run like the Olympics, with racing being split over two days. Round 1, the Last Chance Qualifier and 1/8 finals will be held on Saturday. 1/4 finals, semis and finals will be run on Sunday.

Elite racing starts at 2:00 pm on Sunday 30 July local Nantes time.

Schedule (Nantes local times)

Tuesday 26 July

Challenge class racing: All Cruiser classes
Racing starts at 9:15 am

Auckland	7:15 pm
London	8:15 am
Los Angeles	12:15 am (midnight)
Melbourne	5:15 pm
New York	3:15 am

Wednesday 27 July

Challenge class racing: 20″ Boys 8 to 12 years and Girls 8 to 13 years
Racing starts at 9:15 am

Thursday 28 July

Challenge class racing: 20″ Boys 13 to 16 years, Men 17-24, 25-29 and Girls 14 to 16 years, Women 17-24 and 25 & Over
Racing starts at 9:15 am

Friday 29 July

Challenge class racing: 20″ 30-34 Men, 35 & Over Men, Masters Men & Women
Racing starts at 8:30 am

Auckland	6:30 pm
London	7:30 am
Los Angeles	11:30 pm
Melbourne	4:30 pm
New York	2:30 am

Saturday 30 July
(Championship classes Round 1, LCQ and 1/8 finals)

Elite racing starts at 2:00 pm local Nantes time.

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

Schedule

TBD		Accreditation Center Open
11:00	13:30	Warm up
14:00	15:40	Round 1
15:40	16:40	Last Chance Qualifier
17:55	TBC	1/8 Finals

Sunday 31 July
(Championship classes 1/4 finals, 1/2 finals and finals)

Elite racing starts at 12:00 pm local Nantes time.

Auckland	10:00 pm
London	11:00 am
Los Angeles	3:00 am
Melbourne	8:00 pm
New York	6:00 am

Schedule

TBD	TBD	Accreditation Center Open
9:30	11:30	Warm-Up
12:00	13:05	1/4 Finals
13:05	13:55	1/2 Finals
13:55	14:40	Finals
14:45	15:15	Prize-giving Ceremony UCI BMX World Championships

Live Stream

Looking for the live stream?

Here’s the link to all the challenge class racing: Live Stream

What about the elites?

The official media guide only mentions the live stream for the elite classes:

Follow live TV coverage on La Chaine l’Équipe
Saturday 30th July: 1/8 finals from 5.50 PM to 6.15 PM
Sunday 31th July: All finals live from 12:00 PM to 3.15 PM

The World Cup events earlier this year were streamed at youtube.com/c/Olympics so it might be worth keeping an eye out on the Olympic channel on YouTube.