March 2, 2005 – The UCI Management Committee recently approved the BMX Olympic selection criteria’s , which will be included in part 11 of the UCI rule book. The Olympic selection criteria’s determines the qualified Nations, while the individual athletes will be selected by each country’s National Olympic Committee. Nations will qualify on the basis of the UCI Nations rankings and the 2008 UCI World Championships, where a total of 48 athletes (32 Men & 16 Women) will qualify to the XXIX Olympic Games in Beijing, China 8th-24th August 2008 To view the detailed criteria’s and quotas, please visit; http://www.uci.ch/modello2.asp?1stlevelid=C&level1=5&level2=7&idnews=3335 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup

The 1st round of the UCI BMX Supercross will be held 18-19th June, 2005 in Aigle, Switzerland. The event will be held at the UCI headquarters, the World Cycling Centre. For the first time the UCI BMX Supercross will be featured on a traditional flat-surface BMX track, although the track is a purpose build track for elite riders, promising exciting and spectacular racing by the best BMX athletes in the world. As previously announced, the 2nd round of the UCI BMX Supercross will be featured in the 4th stop of the Dew Action Sports Tour, 9-10 September 2005 in San José CA, USA. The UCI BMX Supercross event will be held in conjunction with other disciplines, such as BMX dirt jumping and Freestyle Motocross, outside the HP Pavilion stadium in San José, California. The UCI website will soon be updated on event details and registration procedure; www.uci.ch