Shanaze Reade wins BMX Worlds

The BMX star stunned the track cycling world in March by joining up with Victoria Pendleton to win the Women’s 500m Team Sprint World Title. At the UCI BMX World Championships held in Canada over the weekend, Shanaze Reade won the senior women’s event by quite some margin. She was previously world champ at the junior level. She’s now the surefire favourite for BMX Olympic Gold next year.

This is her first year as a senior rider.

Here’s a video of Shanaze and Victoria Pendleton on the podium:



Elite Women
1. Shanaze READE (GBR)
2. Sarah WALKER (NZL)
3. Jana HORAKOVA (CZE)
4. Cyrielle CONVERT (FRA)
5. Willy KANIS (NED)
6. Amelie DESPEAUX (FRA)
7. Anne-Caroline CHAUSSON (FRA)
8. Laetitia LE CORGUILLE (FRA)

There’s a WMV video file of the final here. Go to Samedi, elite women.