Australian team for UCI BMX World Championships

The Australian BMX Cyclones will depart Australia this weekend for Europe to contest the 2011 UCI BMX World Championships being staged in Copenhagen, Denmark from 27 to 31 July.

Australia heads to the World Championships as the number one nation in the latest (12 July) UCI world rankings in women's elite competition and only 75 points off top ranked France in the elite men's ranking. These rankings determine how many riders Australia can start in the 2012 Olympic Games.

The BMX High Performance team Cyclones for the World Championships is below

BMX 20" - Elite Men

• Joshua CALLAN (Warburton VIC, 08.04.1991| UCI Rank #26)
• Brian KIRKHAM (Clapham SA, 01.01.1986 | UCI rank #4)
• Luke MADILL (Cranebrook NSW, 28.05.1980 | UCI Rank #21, 2008 Olympian)
• Sam WILLOUGHBY (Trott Park SA, 15.08.1991 | UCI Rank #3)
• Khalen YOUNG (Kelmscott WA, 20.11.1984 | UCI Rank #17)

BMX 20" - Elite Women

• Rachel BRACKEN (Mermaid Waters QLD, 30.06.1991 | UCI Rank #11)
• Caroline BUCHANAN (Kambah ACT, 24.10.1990 | UCI Rank #3)
• Lauren REYNOLDS (Bunbury, WA, 25.06.1991 | UCI Rank #5)

BMX 20" - U19 Men

• Darryn GOODWIN (Swan View, WA, 02.08.1993 | UCI Jnr Rank #1)
• Bodi TURNER (Bayswater North, VIC, 18.09.1994 | UCI Jnr Rank #18)

BMX 20" - U19 Women

• Melinda McLEOD (Mackay, QLD, 12.02.1993 | UCI Jnr Rank #2)