Verona ready for opening leg of UCI BMX Supercross World Cup season Friday, 7 May 2021
Verona is set to host the opening round of the 2021 International Cycling Union (UCI) BMX Supercross World Cup season this weekend in Italy, with 2018 world champion Laura Smulders one of the favourites in the women s event.
Smulders, who is also an Olympic bronze medallist and four-time World Cup champion, will look to reclaim her spot at the top of the podium after finishing second overall in 2020.
Americans Connor Fields and Alise Willoughby, the reigning champions, are not on the startlist for the competition in Verona, which is the first of four planned legs this season.