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British riders will beryllium taking to nan way astatine nan BMX Racing World Championships successful Copenhagen this week and BBC Sport will beryllium showing each nan action connected Sunday, 3 August erstwhile nan rainbow jersey winners are crowned.

The past clip nan World Championships were held successful Denmark 14 years ago, Frenchman Joris Daudet claimed his first world title during a ascendant twelvemonth successful which he won each 11 rounds connected nan European BMX tour.

He is nan defending champion this twelvemonth and besides nan reigning Olympic champion aft his triumph astatine Paris 2024.

The title is different to 14 years ago, pinch nan races now faster, corners connected nan people higher and nan motorcycle designs different.

Women's races:

Australian Saya Sakakibara is nan Olympic champion and a two-time World Cup champion. She is connected way for a 3rd World Cup triumph and will beryllium looking to adhd nan World Championship to her titles, but 4th is nan highest she has managed to decorativeness successful this event.

Zoe Claessens will beryllium looking to spell 1 amended than past twelvemonth erstwhile she vanished 2nd down American Alise Willoughby. The Swiss rider is number 1 successful this season's rankings and won bronze astatine nan Paris Olympics.

Great Britain's Beth Shriever is an Olympic golden medallist and heads to Denmark successful pursuit of a 3rd world title.

In nan women's Under-23 race, Great Britain's Emily Hutt is nan sanction to look retired for. She has vanished 2nd successful nan past 2 U23 World Championships and will beryllium looking to declare nan title for nan first time.

Men's races:

France's Joris Daudet is nan man to beat. His triumph past twelvemonth astatine Rock Hill successful nan United States secured his 4th world title.

His compatriot Sylvain Andre will beryllium looking to proceed a successful year. Andre is apical of some nan men's elite rankings and World Cup standings. However, he has not won nan World Championship title since 2018.

Ross Cullen is nan highest-ranked Briton successful this season's competition. He won information 4 of nan World Cup and is sixth successful nan individual rankings. No British cyclist has been nan men's world champion since Liam Phillips successful 2013.