The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and its partner Hurricane are pleased to announce today the calendar for the 2026 UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup.
Comprising four rounds across three continents, the 2026 UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup will start mid-May in Montpellier, France, as part of the Festival International des Sports Extrêmes (FISE), an event that attracts half a million spectators each year.
The second round will take place in Birmingham, Alabama, in the southern United States of America. This will mark the first time that this city of around 200,000 inhabitants hosts a round of the series.
The series will continue a little more than two months later, from 15 to 18 October, in Shanghai, the most populous city in China. Now a regular stop for the discipline, the megacity will host a round of the UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup for the third year in a row.
The final round will be held from 26 to 29 November, at a venue to be confirmed.
2026 UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup calendar
Round 1: Montpellier (France), 13 - 17 May
Round 2: Birmingham, Alabama (USA), 6 - 9 August
Round 3: Shanghai (China), 15 - 18 October
Round 4: venue to be confirmed, 26 - 29 November.
Each round of the UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup will feature men’s and women’s Park and Flatland competitions. Park consists of performing a sequence of tricks on various features (ramps, walls, platforms, etc.) that make up the park. In Flatland, riders execute combinations of tricks on flat ground, often balancing on a single wheel. To learn more about these two specialties and about BMX Freestyle in general, visit the discipline’s dedicated section on the UCI website.