CHENGDU, China, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- The inaugural UCI Urban Cycling taking place in Chengdu (China) for trials, Eliminator and BMX Freestyle Park, began with the trials teams' event on Wednesday.
France won the title, with Germany and Switzerland joining them on the podium.
Nobody could match the performance of the French team in Chengdu's Xinhua Park on the first day of competition.
Contrary to last year in Val di Sole (Italy) where France won by the smallest of margins (10 points), this time the French team (Vincent Hermance, Alex Rudeau, Louis Grillon, Noah Cardona and Manon Basseville) finished with 620 points, 70 points ahead of Germany (2nd) and Switzerland (3rd).
Both Germany and Switzerland finished with 550 points, but Germany marked 40 points on five occasions, and Switzerland only three times.
Trials competitions continue on Wednesday and Thursday with the Women's, Junior's and Elite Men's semi-finals. The five individual titles will be awarded on Saturday.
