The USA BMX Pro series headed to Grand Junction, Colorado for stop #8 of the 2017 Pro Series tour. This was the 3rd round on the 2017 tour that features a supercross style track. With Joris Daudet and Connor Fields sitting 1 & 2 currently in the USA BMX points, with 5 wins each on the season so far, they were both looking to grab another win and extent the points over the other Elite riders.
For the first time in 16 years, the UCI BMX World Championships were held in the United States, at the premier BMX facility in the USA, Rock Hill. Heading into the UCI Worlds, both Joris Daudet and Connor Fields have been on top of the field and podium at most of the 2017 USA BMX and UCI events and both were looking to take home the rainbow stripes.
Bordeaux, France is known for its famed wine growing region, but for the past 2 weeks, it was know for the cream of the crop BMX racing . A specially built BMX track was built in this beautiful city to showcase the best of French BMX racers for the 1st weekend of racing and then the best of BMX for Europe as an entirety, with the European Championship event on week #2.
While Joris Daudet was in France and wins the French National Championships in both Time Trial and Elite Mens Race!, Connor Fields attended stop #8 of the 2017 USA BMX Pro Series tour in South Park, PA, taking the overall win.
Round 7 of the 2017 USA BMX Pro series was held in Rad Canyon BMX in Salt Lake City, Utah for the Great Salt lake City Nationals. The Chase Pro trio of Connor Fields, Joris Daudet, and Romain Mahieu were all in attendance aboard the Chase Carbon ACT 1.0 frames, looking to have a good weekend of racing, and come the end of Saturday night, they would all have a stellar weekend of racing.