Kyle Bennett on The Today Show, Wednesday April 30th 7-11am

April 30th, 2008

The Today Show featured USA's top BMX Olympic hopefuls Kyle Bennett, Donny Robinson and Arielle Martin. The true excitement is that an actual dirt BMX track will be constructed in Rockefeller Plaza for this first ever demonstration. The abbreviated track will feature a starting hill with electronic gate, a 120' straight, a roller section and a 16' double jump for Kyle, Donny and Arielle to showcase their skills.

Click link to view. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/24385538#24385538

New FREE AGENT Marc Willers Takes 2nd in Spanish UCI Round

February 10th, 2008

This past weekend was the first UCI World Cup of the 08 season in Madrid Spain. The race was for elite men only and the Free Agent World Team were out in full force looking for very important Olympic points and selection in a packed indoor arena with screaming fans watching from the sidelines. Argentina's Cristian Becerine and Ramiro Marino were riding well but bad luck struck them both in the quarter finals with both of them going out. Come final time, another record for the Free Agent World Team with 3 riders making the 8 men World Cup final! (No other team has done this at the World Cup level.)

Marc Willers, Kyle Bennett and Andres Jimenez all rode awesomely against the World's best and made it to the final, which was broadcast live on the Internet World Wide and live TV throughout Europe. New Zealand World Team rider Marc Willers backed up his World Cup win from last year with a huge 2nd place in the final and more points towards his place in the Olympics. Great job Marc. Kyle and Andres rode great but slow starts in the final and the track being so tight to pass on made it hard for them to come through the pack and they finished 6th and 8th. Still good Olympic points for all our guys in the final. The next UCI World Cup will be in Adelaide Australia in April.

 

Cristian Becerine Wins Saturday at ABA National inGuthrie OK

February 5th, 2008

This past weekend was the 2nd round of the ABA National series in Guthrie, Oklahoma. With Kyle Bennett over in San Diego training with the US Olympic team, the World Team was represented by Cristian Becerine, Dale Holmes and UK Team rider Kelvin Batey who is in the U.S. training for the winter.

Cristian Becerine seems to be back to health taking a huge win on Saturday and some great form going into the World Cup in Spain next week. Great job, Cristian. Dale had a few crashes in Vet Pro this weekend costing me the wins but still got on the podium both days with 3rd place both days.

Visiting UK Team rider Kelvin Batey has been adjusting to U.S. racing during the last month, put together a great race finishing 4th in the AA class against the World’s best. The World Team will now fly out to Spain for the UCI World Cup next week.

 

Kyle Bennett Cannot Be Stopped!!!

January 29th, 2008

Kyle Bennett cannot be stopped! Kyle won the UCI race Friday and then backed it up Saturday with another big win in the NBL Nationals. Sunday's race was rained out, so everyone's result from Saturday was doubled. 3 huge scores for Kyle, who now leads both NBL Points and UCI Olympic Points qualification for the USA! Kyle will be spending a lot of time in the next few months at the USA Olympic training center in San Diego with other USA Olympic hopefuls training for Beijing.

Cristian Becerine has been suffering with a bad cold the last few weeks, but you would not think so in his riding. 7th in the UCI event after a bad start and two 3rd place results from the NBL race. Another podium weekend for Cristian and the Team.

Dale Holmes went out to Arizona with the team to hang out and do a little racing myself, placing 2nd in Vet Pro after slipping while in the lead.

In South America it was round 5 and 6 of their UCI Olympic points races in Argentina. Again, 3 Free Agent riders in the finals. Colombia's Andres Jimenez finished 2nd, Ramiro Marino 3rd and Fausto Endara 5th. Andres took 3rd on Saturday, giving him the overall victory for the weekend and all three team riders great points towards Olympic qualification.

2007 NBL #1 & #2 Men's Pro: Kyle Bennett & Cristian Becerine

September 2nd, 2007

Another record breaking weekend for the Free Agent Team over at the NBL Grand Nationals in Kentucky. Cristian Becerine and Kyle Bennett went into the Grands 1st and 2nd in Points, and came out National #1 and #2, with Kyle winning the race and the title, and Cristian 2nd in the race and National #2. This picture shows how close Kyle and Cristian were throughout the race...and season.

This is Kyle's 2nd title this year. An unbelievable year so far for Kyle and FA. Not only was Kyle and Cristian in the final in Kentucky but visiting FA rider from Argentina, Ramiro Marino, also made the final placing 5th, and usprobikes/Free Agent French rider, Thomas Hamon, was 7th in the final. 4 FA riders in the 8 man Grand National finals! Another 1st for Free Agent!

In Junior Men, Junior World Champion FA's Fausto Endara made the trip out to the States and looked to be a favourite to win the Junior event after winning every race leading into the final. A crash stopped the win, but Fausto was still able to salvage a 5th for his effort, and still a great result for the rider from Equador.

Over on the West Coast, Dale Holmes made his Veteran Pro Debut (over 30) in BMX and came away with the win in Reno Nevada.

A great weekend for Free Agent and congratulations to all our Team riders.

Click here to watch the go211.com video of the race

Tom Haugen Go211.com and Vitalbmx.com Interview and Go211 Video

August 6th, 2007

Tom has a brand new interview and video on line. C;ick the following links to view.

Click here to watch the Vital BMX Tom Haugen interview. 

Click here to watch Tom's latest go211.com interview.

Check the cool pic of Tom at X-Games XIII. Photo by John Povah/Etnies BMX Team Manager

For all the specific dates and locations of where he'll be, check out Tom's myspace page (myspace.com/tomhaugen) and while you're at it check out the Free Agent myspace page (myspace.com/freeagentbmx) where you can win the exact bike Tom rides.

Get Free Agent Clothing at the Free Agent On-Line Store

You can now purchase Free Agent clothing through our new On-Line Store and have it delivered to your front door.

Of course you can still get your favorite Free Agent bicycles and accessories from your Authorized Free Agent Dealer, but now you have two options.

 

 

 

(photo courtesy of XBR magazine)