UCI BMX World Championships
Adelaide, Australia
July 25 - 26, 2009
Attendance:    12,750 

GT PARTICIPANTS:
 
Mike Day:
Elite Men:  2nd

The 2009 UCI Worlds track in Adelaide, Australia was really suited to Mike’s skill level and riding style.  He waxed the comp in his heat races with impressive 1 - 1 - 1 finishes.  He had strong finishes in the next three qualifiers and earned a spot in the incredibly tough Elite Men’s final.  By choice he picked lane eight, the far outside, for the main and was ready to lay it down!  He had a great start and had good pull but bonked the first jump a bit, which dropped him back to fifth.  He moved to fourth coming out of the first turn and had his sights set on a top three.  Through the tricky third straight rhythm section is where Mike really showed his magic going from fourth to second before the last turn.  It had the crowd on its feet as he chased eventual winner Donnie Robinson to the line.  Great Job Mike!

Joey Bradford:
Elite Men: 8th (1/8 final)
 
Joey seemed to be rolling stronger and stronger with every lap here at the 2009 Worlds.  He easily made it through the heat races and was raring to go in the 1/8 final.  With a good start, he looked to be a solid qualifier for the next round.  That is until a horrible mishap in turn two put out for the rest of the event.  He accidentally bumped elbows with Augusto Castro and both riders ended up on the ground and done for the day.

Arielle Martin:
Elite Women:    3rd         

After winning the women’s pro class both days at the last event in Salt Lake City, Arielle was looking to keep the ball rolling.  She started off a bit wobbly here in Australia but pulled it together just in time to make the Elite Women’s main event.  In the main she rode strongly and aggressively and ended her lap in the number three spot.  A very respectable third place podium spot at the Worlds is awesome!  Way to go Arielle.

Eric Rupe:
45 & Over Cruiser:

Big Daddy came to Adelaide, Australia looking for his fifth UCI World Title in a row.  The track at this years’ World Championships was exceptionally tricky and technical.  Eric was the only one in his class that was jumping the two big jumps down the front straight and that was all he seemed to need to pull nice sized leads heading into turn one on each lap he did.  He was able to win every lap from the motos, all the way through the main event, to win another World Championship.  Way to go Rupe!  

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