Today's BMX Mania Photo Of The Day is a sad story for BOX Components, Marc Willers/NZL who is pictured here, the victim of some real bad luck.

At the UCI BMX Worlds in Zolder, Belgium last weekend, the rain came in hard and early, and the UCI decided to cut the motos to 'one lap, no crap' to shorten the race due to the inclement weather.

Marc was motorin' along in qualifying postion when Steven Cisar/USA lost control in the second straight pro section causing his bike to hit Marc and sending Willers in to a High Flying detour over the Pro Doubles.

The whole process eliminated Marc from advancing to the elimination rounds, but resulted in a pretty spectacular photo! Photo by Jerry Landrum/BMXmania.com

CLICK HERE to go to check out the Thursday Cruiser Craziness at the UCI BMX World Championships in Zolder, Belgium.

Daudet, Pajon, Rosa and Etienne Win Time Trial titles at UCI BMX Worlds!

Practice begins, Sunday and BMX Mania will have tons of photos from the super fast kids on bikes, getting ready for the Big Show!

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Check out the hot new video from Mathijs Verhoeven, the Euro Jr. Men's champ. Mathijs will be workn' hard to become the UCI BMX WORLD Junior Men's Champion when the Big Show comes to his home turf in Zolder!

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2016 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup schedule unveiled

For the first time Santiago Del Estero will welcome the BMX athletes for the first race of the season. Santiago Del Estero is a racer's favorite because of the many fans that show up at this World Cup and it's the fourth time the World Cup series visits Argentina.

The indoor BMX facility Manchester Cycling Centre has hosted the first race on the World Cup season from 2013 to 2015. Each time it was Liam Phillips (GBR) who came out on top and will be the man to beat once again when the circuit returns to the only indoor BMX Supercross facility in April.

Papendal has been on the World Cup calendar for five years and in 2016 the wide open track at the Olympic training centre will be modified from the end of the second straight onwards for new challenges.

After the Olympic break in August, Rock Hill will use round four as a true test event as they’re gearing up for the 2017 UCI BMX World Championships. BMX Supercross racing on the American East Coast will continue two weeks later as the season comes to a close on the brand new BMX Supercross track in Sarasota which is currently going through pre-construction stage.

Sarasota BMX recently celebrated its 40th year of BMX and is one of the original BMX tracks in the USA.

2016 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup schedule

26-27 March 2016* - UCI BMX SX World Cup Round 1: Santiago Del Estero (ARG)

9-10 April 2016 - UCI BMX SX World Cup Round 2: Manchester (GBR)

7-8 May 2016 - UCI BMX SX World Cup Round 3: Papendal (NED)

24-25 September 2016 - UCI BMX SX World Cup Round 4: Rock Hill, SC (USA)

8-9 October 2016 - UCI BMX SX World Cup Round 5: Sarasota, FL (USA)

*Date to be confirmed; may shift to 25-26 March.

Meanwhile, Nic Long claimed bronze in an equally chaotic men’s race.

Stancil, 20, brimmed with elation and disbelief as she greeted her family and snapped pictures with fans.

The Chicago-area native began training at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California, after turning pro a year ago. She’s now regularly competing against some of the world’s best after spending most of her young career against those her own age.

“I think this is my first big win against the big girls,” she said.

Stancil crossed the finish line in 41.647 seconds after a massive pile-up in the first turn that claimed half the field, including teammate Alise Post, who had finished second, second and first in her three semifinal heats.

Post was not credited a disqualification and finished sixth, 40 seconds behind Stancil.

“A crash can just happen right in front of you, and you’re going 30 miles per hour,” Stancil said. “You just have to think really fast and be lucky. We’re in motors all day battling. They’re all fast here. It stinks for them and I wish them the best in the next race.”

In the men’s final, Long won bronze in a similarly chaotic finish after third-place finisher Carlos Ramirez of Colombia was disqualified in an off-course steer that also claimed Team USA’s Connor Fields.

Fields, one of the world’s top-ranked cyclists, was among the favorites heading into the medal race after sweeping all three of his heats in the quarterfinals.

“It’s BMX – it can happen at any time,” said Canada’s Tory Nyhaug, who claimed gold. “Nothing is for sure in this sport, if I’ve learned anything.”

Regardless of their final finish, all four U.S. athletes led the way throughout the qualifying rounds of the BMX competition in Toronto.

Stancil credited the team’s success to the Olympic Training Center, home of a state-of-the-art BMX facility where all four that competed on Saturday train. The track undergoes a regular overhaul to adapt to the forecasted venue that will be used in the upcoming Olympics.

“They just changed it up, so the track in Chula is actually going to be harder than the Rio track,” Stancil said. “It’ll be good because a lot of countries are training on our facility right now. It’ll be good because if you can do that well, if you can get that track as good as you can, the Olympic track will seem easy.”

YESS BMX proud to support BMX Racing close to home!

Victoria, BC, Canada. July 13, 2015:  Yess BMX is pleased to announce their new team partnership with 1STR8 Racing (1STR8) for 2015. After making their debut in the 2014 Canadian race season, 1STR8 managed 6 top three Canadian National Age Group (CNAG) titles, 8 BC provincial #1 titles and 7 BC #2 titles.

Yess is excited to support the development of 1STR8 riders with bikes, training tools and knowledge from their successful National and International Factory Teams. The team is based out of Victoria BMX (www.victoriabmx.com) and will develop together under the guidance of 1STR8 Team Manager John Makson and Yess BMX’s Renny Husada.

The team riders range from the 5 and under class all the way through to 16X and Adult Cruisers. 1STR8 is particularly proud with 5 girls adding depth to what is a strong group of riders.

With National and Provincial and Vancouver Island Series racing planned for 2015, 1STR8 feels the passion and dedication Yess has for developing world class bikes has helped so many over the past 20+ years and it will only boost the team riders in their efforts to reach their full potential.

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