Velosolutions UCI Pump Track World Championships Qualifiers | Sweden & Armenia 2025
Photos Sweden: Emrik Jansson Photography
Photos Armenia: Alexander Ekarev
Velosolutions UCI Pump Track World Championships Qualifiers | Sweden & Armenia 2025
Photos Sweden: Emrik Jansson Photography
Photos Armenia: Alexander Ekarev
The final two qualifiers for the Velosolutions UCI Pump Track World Championships went down last weekend in Sweden and Armenia, where some big names turned up looking to secure a spot for the UCI Rainbow jersey race in Switzerland on September 5th …
Sweden | 9 August 2025
Both the crowds and the summer sun came out in Ängelholm at the world-class pump track set for the World’s qualifier. On Sweden’s west coast, the town blends sandy beaches, small-town charm and serious riding credentials. Already home to the country’s largest BMX track, the venue added a 1,950 m² Velosolutions Pump Track in 2024.
180 riders from across the globe descended on the venue for the Pump Track World Youth Challenge and the Elite Qualifier, creating an atmosphere charged with anticipation.
Love Sylwan set the pace early on, smashing the fastest lap ever recorded on the Ängelholm track in his opening timed run with a 15.817. Brajan Nowak and former World Champion, and current Elite Men’s BMX Racing W3, Eddy Clerté, kept the pressure on all day, with Eddy breaking the sub-16 barrier in his semi-final to secure his spot in the final.
The 2021 World Champion showed that consistency, focus and skill counts, taking the win after Love wobbled and went down hard near the finish. Brajan claimed second, and Fritz Rose rode consistently to secure fourth.
On the women’s side of the draw, Helena Sund wasted no time stamping her authority on the field, setting the pace in the first round with a 17.689. Felicia Klingström, calm and confident as ever, kept edging closer, saving her best for last and laying down her fastest lap, and the quickest of the day for the women, with a 17.518 in the final to take the win. Vineta Petersone was solid all day for third, with Lena Szerling in fourth.
Elite Women:
1: Felicia Klingström
2: Helena Sund
3: Vineta Petersone
4: Lena Szerling
Elite Men:
1: Clerté Eddy
2: Love Sylwan
3: Brajan Nowak
4: Fritz Rose
Armenia | 9 August 2025
A warm day in Vanadzor, Armenia’s Boo Mountainbike Park produced fast laps, big battles, and a post-race BBQ for riders and volunteers. Local heroes Arpine Yeprikyan and Vahe Virabyan each took home a brand-new Trek bike and punched their tickets to the World Final.
On the serious end of the scale, Olympian, Nadine Aeberhard, fresh from the BMX Racing World Championships in Copenhagen, was unstoppable from the outset, with Germany’s Alina Beck and Amy Kissova locked in a fierce fight for second. Alina edged ahead in the semi, while Anastasiia Beskrovnaia joined her husband Ilia in qualifying for Monthey, Switzerland. Arpine Yeprikyan claimed her place for the September finals, as the qualifying field extended to the top five, Amelia already had her ticket from an earlier round.
In Elite Men, Filip Matiaško was the man to beat, going sub-17 and keeping Ilia Beskrovnyi at bay despite his rival’s lightning pace. Tanguy Grandjean rode through injury to qualify, and Jakub Wicher finally secured his long-awaited ticket. Vahe Virabyan claimed the last spot as the fastest Armenian, with Ilia already qualified earlier this year in the UAE.
Elite Women:
1: Nadine Aeberhard
2: Alina Beck
3: Amelia Kissova (already qualified)
4: Anastasiia Beskrovnaia
5: Arpine Yeprikyan
Elite Men:
1: Filip Matiaško
2: Ilia Beskrovnyi (already qualified)
3: Tanguy Grandjean
4: Jakub Wicher
5: Vahe Virabyan
All eyes will now turn to Monthey, Switzerland on September 5th for the UCI Velosolutions Pump Track World Championships …
