Velosolutions UCI Pump Track World Championships Qualifiers | Canada 2023​

9 October 2023

Photos by Jean-Baptiste Benavent / Velosolutions Canada

Velosolutions UCI Pump Track World Championships Qualifiers | Canada 2023

 

9 October 2023

Photos by Jean-Baptiste Benavent / Velosolutions Canada

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The  2023 Velosolutions UCI Pump Track Worlds Qualifiers rolled into Mont-Saint-Anne, Canada, last weekend for the second last chance to grab a ticked, to the just announced new venue, to the Worlds Finals on November 18th. Current World Champion, Niels Bensink, was in town too … on a BMX, well his custom Meybo OS20 … obviously he meant business and left the MTB at home. Despite an unfortunate and nasty crash in practice, Neils finally claimed his ticket to Area 47, in Austria, with a winning time of 16.094, and his chance to defend those rainbow stripes. Chilean rider, Raimundo Guzman’s time of 19.936 earned him the second step on the podium, with Nicolas Brochet rounding out the top three.

Men:

1. Niels BENSINK

2. Raimundo GUZMAN

3. Nicolas BROCHET

4. Nathan COMPARTINO

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In the Women’s category it was seventeen-year-old Thessalie Bruneau who had the fastest time of the day in her seeding run with a solid 19.790 seconds, she held that winning form through to the final against Downhill rider Maxine Bergeron to secure her trip to the World Finals. Anne Garant was third.

Women:

1. Thessalie BRUNEAU

2. Maxine BERGERON

3. Anne GARANT

4. Melissa GAGNON

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As mentioned above, the event organisers just announced a change of venue for the November 18th World Championships (see HERE for the announcement). The event will now take place at the amazing looking Area 47 pump track in Ötztal, Tyrol, Austria.

The ‘Last Chance Qualifier’ for the finals will now take place at the Area 47 facility on the 4th of November … will we see a big turnout for some extra laps on the track before the big event a couple of weeks later?  MORE INFO HERE!

The growing list of qualified riders for the Worlds Finals is getting ever more impressive with current and previous World Champions in both the Men’s and Women’s categories gearing up for Austria.

Qualified Men:

Amakye Andersen

Helvijs Babris

Niels Bensink

Anatolijs Bervajačonoks

Alec Bob

Tristan Borel

Dan Butterworth

Nicolas Brochet

Eddy Clerté

Nathan Compartino

Mattia Costerman

Jayce Cunning

Thibault Dupont

Tetsuya Furuno

Ryan Gilchrist

Felipe Godoy

Tanguy Grandjean

Raimundo Guzman

Fraser Hand

Angel Heras

Daniel Hradsky

Connor Hudson

Anaia Istil

Chen Jiayang

Josh Jolly

Brady Kincheloe

Zhang Kun

Bruno Lavagnino

Chen Lin

Xiang Lv

Edgars Melnalksnis

Sebastian Mendez

Tommy Miskolci

Ian Morillo

Boris Ponomarev

Yongbin Qiao

Niks Rozukalns

Martin Salek

Philip Schaub

Filip Svanberg

Love Sylwan

Grandjean Tanguy

Furuno Tesuya

Max Van Eijndhoven

Didi Van Tiggel

Kristaps Veksa

Nils von Niederhäusern

Corey Watson

Timo Windau

Tommy Zula

Qualified Women:

Eliška Bartuňková

Alina Beck

Maxine Bergeron

Christelle Boivin

Thessalie Bruneau

Eloïse Donzallaz

Kitija Dzelzite

Gerda Einmane

Sara Farina

Alba Fernandez Lopez

Zoé Feuvrier

Kristie Franklin

Melissa Gagnon

Liyun Gao

Anne Garant

Isidora  Garcia flaño

Nastasia Gimenez

Aiko Gommers

Robyn Gommers

Morgan Haslam

Florencia Haupt

April Heath

Julie Heusequin

Ling Huiru

Mariana Ibáñez

Jiajie Jiang

Carly Kane

Rose Keen

Paula Kibare

Ashley Kincheloe

Amelia Kissova

Felicia Klingström

Sabina Košárková

Marika Kudra

Ruiqi Liu

Kristína Madarásová

Kristína Nováková

Holly Oldham

Vineta Petersone

Lena Schneider

Ruifang Shi

Helena Sund

Sierra Stretton

Renata Urrutia

Christa von Niederhäusern

Daniëlle Vrenegoor

Zaho Wanting

Kaylee Whittiker

Tan Xiaojun

Wang Yuxiao

Justine Zonne

For all the latest info. on the series, check out the links below …

Velosolutions UCI Pump Track: Website | Instagram | Facebook

Velosolutions: Website | Instagram | Facebook

UCI: Website | Instagram | Facebook

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