World Cup 2015
History of BMX (2015 - 2016)
Year 2015.
March 7th. - 8th., International BMX Indoor de Tours - France, the 22nd. edition.
On March 7th. and 8th. the longest running indoor in Europe took place. The International BMX Indoor de Tours - France, took place for the 22nd time, the only remaining CLASSIC BMX EVENT from the 80's (first event took place in 1983). The other CLASSIC events were the E.C.C. / European Challenge Cup at Slagharen in Holland and the International Indoor Palais Omnisport de Bercy - Paris, in France. Both latest mentioned events seized to exsist years ago.
After a break in organizing the Indoor de Tour of 9 years, now this prestegious event is back. Since BMX has some history now, there will be Old School activities and a BMX Museum was in place. Three Pioneer well known BMX racers will attend this event on the Saturday evening. Hope to have some pictures available soon for you all.
HOLMES Dale (England)
KIMMANN Niek (Holland)
2015 World Champion
2016 World Champion
2018 World Cup
2019 European Champion
2019 World Cup
2021 Olympic Champion
2021 World Champion
LABIGANG Denis (France)
LEVEQUE Christophe (France)
2001 World Champion
1999 World Champion
1998 World Champion
1997 World Champion
1995 World Champion
1993 World Champion
1991 World Champion
1994 European Champion
1993 European Champion
1993 European Champion (24")
1991 European Champion
1995 World Cup Winner
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Christophe Leveque has been crowned the KING of CHAMPIONS, holding 7 World titles in the highest age/performance classes and another 2 titles in lower age classes, which makes his total: 9 world titles won, up and till this moment. Who will beat this record?
Special note:
Christophe Leveque (FR) is one of only 3 riders that succeeded in winning a 20 and 24 inch European Championship title in one year during the 19 years of European BMX Championships. The orther 2 are Pierre van Zuijlen (NL) and Eric Minozzi (FR).
MUNSKI Kerstin (Germany)
Nominations 2015
The 2015 nominations for the European BMX Hall of Fame by the UNIVERSITY of BMX.
D.5 European BMX Hall of Fame nominations 2015
Category AA:
Nominations will be made after the 2016 Olympic Championships in BMX in Brasil
Category A1:
The nominees from the 2015 UCI World Championships in Zolder - Belgium, are the following Champions coming from Europe:
One European rider won an Elite World Championship title.
Elite Men: Niek Kimman - Holland
Category A2:
2015 UCI Supercross World Cup Series overall winners:
Elite men:
Category A3:
The nominees from the 2015 UCI European Championships are the following Champions:
Elite men: Twan van Gendt - Holland
Elite women: Elke Vanhoof - Belgium
Category A4:
Pioneer rider(s) nominated.
NO nomination(s) at this time
Category B1:
Pioneer (non racers) nomination(s):
NO nomination(s) at this time
Category B2:
Organizers/promoters of European Top events:
NO nomination(s) at this time
Category C:
European National Teams or Manufacturer Teams winning a team World title;
NO nomination(s) at this time
Updated Waalre, September 2015.
Remark: all nominees mentioned have been inducted November 2015.
2015
Induction: all nominees mentioned above, have been inducted in December 2014.