St Entienne Indoor French BMX Event

Dale Holmes, winner of Saturday Nights Pro event, with Jean Christophe Tricard finishing 2nd and Bubba Harris in 3rd.

Each year, the french season kicks off with 2 great events, with the St Entienne event being the lead off and Tours just shortly after. This indoor event is a huge weekend of entertainment put on by the French BMX association, as not only does it include 2 night of BMX racing, but it also has freestyle moto cross, and dirt jumping. With more than 500 riders signed up for the elite men's class, it was one of the biggest fields in the history of the event, and our own Dale Holmes made the trip to France to show the world just how well the veteran rider can do.

Dale Holmes made the trip over to Europe last week to attend a few different BMX events, with St Entienne being one of the biggest international events to be held this season in France. The St Entienne track has always been designed with the traditional french style with very technical jumps lining the entire track. On Saturdays race format, over 500 riders had signed up to race the Pro Elite Class. Dale was excited about the track as after the last few weeks of training, it seemed to suit his newly refreshed riding style perfectly, as he was airing out all of the jumps in practice, treating the fans to some English style. It did just stop there, as once the race kicked off, Dale showed his power side as well, as he easily won all of the races he entered. As Dale lined up for the main event, he new he could take home the win, but it wouldn't be easy. As newly crowned ABA #1 Pro Champion Bubba Harris was lined up of he gate for the finial with Dale. As the gate dropped, Dale used his experience and hard training to good use, as he got up front in the first turn the main event. Three riders, including Dale were all about even going into turn one, and it was Dale who rode smoothly around the other two and came out of the turn in first place and went onto win!
On Sunday, Dale once again was in the main event, but didn't time the gate perfectly, went a bit early and hit it, but was able to make his way back up to 6th place for the day. Dale left his mark on the French fans from 2 days of great racing.
Dale's sponsors include Free Agent, KHS, Kenda, Troy Lee Designs, Sun Ringle, Tangent, Shimano, S & M, Power Bar, ODI, Vans, Truvativ, DaleHolmes.com, BMXpros.com, and Cyto Sport.