BMX | Dean grabs bronze at World Cup

Rio Olympian Anthony Dean grabbed a podium appearance at the sixth round of the 2018 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup podium in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium.
 
After falling from his bike during Saturday's quarter-finals of round five, Dean redeemed himself magnificently with third place in the finals behind World Cup leader and double weekend winner, Nick Kinmann and Joris Daudet.
 
Returning from injury surrounding muscle damage in his quad, Dean has been working tirelessly in his San Diego home and he is pleased to see that his plans with his coach Wade Bootes is paying off.

“Anthony’s performance today was on task, he had clear intent and delivered to the plan,” Bootes said.

“Anthony has demonstrated today that he is on track and will continue to work hard and focus on the key elements to be the best rider for the 2018 World Championships in Baku.”

Joining Dean in the men’s final was fellow Australian Cycling Team member Kai Sakakibara who finished in fourth in a heavily contested race.  Sakakibara now sits eighth on the overall standings while Dean has moved into 14th.

Weekend Wrap: @Adean144 grabs third at Round 6 of the @UCI_BMX_SX World Cup in Belgium #ucibmxsx @AUSOlympicTeam @ausport pic.twitter.com/cYaVL2PToT

— AusCyclingTeam (@AusCyclingTeam) May 14, 2018

With two weekends of back-to-back world cup racing over, the Australian team now set their sights on the 2018 UCI BMX World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan on June 5-9. The biggest event on the international BMX calendar this year will have all riders battling it out for the top spot.

The conclusion of the World Cup series will make its final weekend stand at Santiago Del Estero, Argentina on September 29-30. The current standings for the men and women’s elite class are below