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USA Team Nomination
USA CYCLING ATHLETE NOMINATION WORKSHEET
2019 WORLD BMX CHAMPIONSHIPS – CHALLENGE CLASS
July 23rd-28th, 2019 - Heusden-Zolder, Belgium
CRITERIA FOR AUTOMATIC NOMINATION TO THE TEAM
Team USA is allotted sixteen (16) starting positions for each age class and in each gender in both 20” (Class) and 24” (Cruiser) for the 2019 UCI BMX World Challenge. These 16 total available starting positions are in addition to positions reserved for riders who earned a W1-W8 finish from the 2018 UCI BMX World Challenge in Baku, Azerbaijian. Per UCI rules, any rider who earned such finish is an automatic qualifier in the 2019 UCI BMX World Challenge.
Automatic Criteria for 20” Challenge Class Categories
Eligible Participants: USAC International BMX License Holders. All athletes must be U.S. citizens. A riders’ racing age and UCI category will be determined by what their age will be on December 31, 2019.
Maximum Start Positions per UCI class: 16
Athletes may receive automatic nominations to the team based on the following prioritized criteria:
Automatic Nomination (in order of priority):
1. The top eight (8) placing riders or main event finalists at:
- USA BMX Gator Nationals, Oldsmar FL : February 22, 2019
- USA BMX Spring Nationals, Albuquerque, NM : March 15, 2019
2. If positions remain after considering the preceding criteria, then athletes may be selected by the USA Cycling Selection Committee following USA BMX Principles of Athlete Selection.
If a UCI challenge class fails to register 8 riders, all riders entered will be qualified at each event. Each rider will have to start two (2) heat races (moto) in order to be eligible.
Automatic Criteria for 24” Cruiser Class Categories
Eligible Participants: USAC International BMX License Holders. All athletes must be U.S. citizens. A riders’ racing age and UCI category will be determined by what their age will be on December 31, 2019.
Maximum Start Positions per class: 16
Athletes may receive automatic nominations to the team based on the following prioritized criteria:
Automatic Nomination (in order of priority):
1. The top eight (8) placing riders or main event finalists at:
- USA BMX Gator Nationals, Oldsmar FL : February 22, 2019
- USA BMX Spring Nationals, Albuquerque, NM : March 15, 2019
2. If positions remain after considering the preceding criteria, then athletes may be selected by the USA Cycling Selection Committee following USA BMX Principles of Athlete Selection.
If a UCI challenge class fails to register 8 riders, all riders entered will be qualified at each event. Each rider will have to start two (2) heat races (moto) in order to be eligible.
CRITERIA FOR DISCRETIONARY NOMINATION
If a rider fails to qualify in the 16 available start positions through the automatic criteria or from the 2018 World Championships, riders can fill out a Discretionary Athlete Nomination form from the world championship information page located at the USA BMX webpage. Each athlete will have to fill out the electronic nomination form by logging onto to www.usabmx.com/worlds, and scroll down and click on “BMX Discretionary Athlete Nomination Form.”
The deadline to submit Discretionary form is 5:00 pm Mountain Standard Time on Friday, March 22nd, 2019.
The Discretionary Athlete Nomination forms will only be accepted before the deadline March 22nd, 2019, no exceptions. Riders submitting forms will be thoroughly reviewed by the USA Cycling Selection Committee. Rider results will only be considered from the 2018 USA BMX National Age Group (NAG) final standings, the current 2019 USA BMX NAG standings and International events from August 1, 2016, to March 1, 2019. USA BMX will not add riders to a class to simply fill available start positions.
The final USA Cycling World Challenge BMX Team roster will be posted to USA Cycling’s website no later than Monday, April 19, 2019.
IMPORTANT DATES AND EVENTS
Qualification Events:
- USA BMX Gator Nationals, Oldsmar FL : February 22, 2019
- USA BMX Spring Nationals, Albuquerque, NM : March 15, 2019
IMPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES
1. Automatic & Coaches Discretionary Nominations

- Announcement of Automatic Nominations: March 20th, 2019
- Confirmation of participant registration: Friday, April 12th, 2019
2. Petition Discretionary Nominations

- Deadline for submission of petitions: Friday, March 22, 2019

- Announcement of Discretionary Nominations by Petition: April 19, 2019
- Confirmation of participant registration: Friday, April 26, 2019
3. Final announcement of the Team: May 1st, 2019
USA CYCLING BMX CHALLENGE CLASS TIMELINE
- March 1: Registration opens for 2018 W1-W8
- March 1: Registration opens for 2019 Oldsmar, FL qualified riders
- March 20: Registration opens for 2019 Albuquerque, NM qualified riders
- March 22: Deadline for submission of discretionary nomination petitions
- April 12: Deadline of participation registration for ALL QUALIFIED RIDERS
- April 19: Announcment of discretionary nominations
- April 26: Deadline of particpation registration for discretionary nominations
- May 1: Final announcement of World Championship Challenge Class Team
- May TBD: UCI published entries
