Philippine eyes hosting of BMX World Cup

MANILA, Philippines — PhilCycling has made an early bid to once again host the Asian BMX Championships in 2025 as a prelude to its bigger target of the Philippines becoming the first Asian country to host an International Cycling Union (UCI) BMX World Cup in the same year.

Cycling head and Philippine Olympic Committee president Rep. Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino presented the offer to Asian Cycling Confederation (ACC) secretary-general Onkar Singh and UCI management committee member Datuk Amarjit Singh of Malaysia on the final day of the Asian BMX Championships for Freestyle and Racing at the Tagaytay City BMX Park on Sunday.

“With the success of this year’s Asian BMX championships, Tagaytay City is declaring its bid not only for the continental championships but also for the UCI World Cup in 2025,” said Tolentino, who’s also the mayor of Tagaytay City.

More than 200 athletes and officials from nine Asian countries – including riders as young as nine years old who competed in the Challenge events – converged for the three-day championships that was the last qualifier for the cycling discipline for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

For the country to host the World Cup, Tolentino said the current BMX track has to be modified.