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Team Bezanson come out on top at Red Bull Uncontained
16 top BMXers, two world-class captains, one winning team. After some intense, risk-taking bike action, Drew Bezanson's team took the win.
The highest BMX Freestyle Park course ever built set the stage for Red Bull Uncontained 2019 as 16 of the world's best freestyle BMX riders competed in the Netherlands. Divided into two teams, led by captains Daniel Wedemeijer from the Netherlands and Canada's Drew Bezanson, the Papierfabriek Nijmegen paper mill saw some crazy BMX action.
Watch a replay of all the action from Nijmegen below:
Live event
Sixteen top BMX Park riders are out to show their best skills on the most challenging park ever built.
From the start the riders went full throttle and took risks to score points for their team. The course and the fans demanded big tricks and everyone got what they came for: next-level BMX. More than 2,000 fans were in attendance to witness the teams push each other on.
Fans packed out Papierfabriek Nijmegen to watch the action
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After the first round it was a tie between the teams, but at round two the hole was hit by Bezanson – the Best Trick round, in which four riders per team competed against each other, scored five points in one fell swoop. Wedemeijer and his team didn't come back from that. Both round three and the final ended in a draw between the two teams, so that team Bezanson eventually won by five points.
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Event highlights
The world's best BMX Park riders took on the most challenging park ever built at Red Bull Uncontained.
"Amazing!" said Bezanson. "I'm speechless right now. That was probably the most insane contest I have ever ridden. Everyone is here for the same reason, to lift BMX to a higher level and above all to have a lot of fun."
Wedemeijer added: "This really is next level! The highest park I have ever ridden for a competition, but this is what BMX Freestyle [Park] should be like. Training together, improving together all week and then showing the audience the best tricks!"
Teams line up, ready to go
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Rolling in to competition
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Paul Thölen rises to new heights
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Team Daniel watch the action unfold
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That was probably the most insane contest I have ever ridden
The crowd and fans watching the live stream voted American Jake Leiva, Wedemeijer's team-mate, their Rider of the Day thanks to his crowd-thrilling 360 Tailtap Double Tailwhip.
Leiva with his Rider of the Day trophy
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