The UCI BMX Racing World Championships Are Coming to Brisbane — And That Is a Big Deal

Brad Bellette • June 17, 2026

Brisbane. July 16–25, 2026.

The UCI BMX Racing World Championships are coming to Australia. Specifically to the Brisbane SX International BMX Centre — the same track that opened the 2026 national series in February. It's the biggest BMX event on the planet, and for the first time, it's on home soil.

Elite, Under 23, and Junior competition runs July 18–19. Challenge and Masters racing follows July 22–25.

What This Means for Australian BMX

Australia has produced world champions and Olympic medalists in BMX racing. But the sport has always fought for visibility in a market dominated by AFL, rugby, and cricket. A World Championships in Brisbane changes that conversation.

For a week in July, the best BMX riders on the planet will be racing in Australia. International coverage. Local attendance. The kind of exposure that creates the next generation of riders who know this sport is real and that an Australian can win it.

Australian Riders on the World Stage

Elite, Under 23, and Junior Australians who have earned world championship selection will race in front of home crowds. For a junior rider who has come through the national series, this is the moment — their moment, on the biggest track there is, with Australian fans behind them.

We think about that a lot. How many riders should be in that conversation but aren't, because they didn't have a full season of support behind them. Because nobody backed them early enough.

Ride Together's Goal for Worlds 2026

We want Ride Together-supported riders in Brisbane in July. Not as spectators — as competitors. Riders who've been backed through the national series, who've earned their rankings, and who deserve to line up on a world championship start ramp.

This is what we've been building toward. The work that started months ago at club level, in regional communities, with kids who were good enough but didn't have the structure around them — that's what shows up at Worlds.

Brisbane in July. We'll be there.


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