February 4, 2004 – During their meeting on January 30 in Pont-Chateau (FRA), the UCI Management Committee awarded the 2006 UCI BMX World Championships to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The event will be held July 28-30, 2006 at Rio Centro, one of South America's largest exhibition & convention centres. Rio Centro is located next to the Nelson Piquet F1 Circuit and within minutes from downtown city of Rio de Janeiro.

With the success of the previous World Championships in 2002, the organiser CBBX (Confederçao Brasileira de Bicicross) together with Rio de Janeiro's sporting government will ensure a very well organised and memorable event for all participants. Rio de Janeiro will also be hosting the 2007 Pan American Games and is a candidate city for the 2012 Olympics.