30-Year-Old Sandoval from Corona, California, Wins Contest Sanctioned by
UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale)
22-Year-Old Kim Lea Mueller from Remscheid, Germany, Wins Women’s BMX Best Trick Competition
BRUSSELS, July 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The medals don’t stop for Sandoval! Monster Energy congratulates team rider Daniel Sandoval on taking first place in Elite Men’s BMX Freestyle Park at Brussels Urban Sessions 2025 this weekend. In the premiere European action sports festival, the 30-year-old from Corona, California, soared above the competition with a perfect technical run at Parc du Cinquantenaire in the Belgian capital.
In the Women’s BMX Best Trick competition, 22-year-old Kim Lea Mueller from Remscheid, Germany, took the win with a technical standout.
Monster Energy’s Daniel Sandoval Takes First Place In Elite Men’s BMX Freestyle Park at Brussels Urban Sessions 2025
From July 4-6, the annual Brussels Urban Sessions festival attracted the world’s best BMX riders for a weekend of competitions on the massive park course. This year’s event took place at a new location: the historic Parc du Cinquantenaire in the heart of Brussels provided an open-air backdrop for the unique combination of action sports, street art, and musical performances.
In Sunday’s Elite Men’s BMX Freestyle Park final, Monster Energy’s Sandoval entered as a favorite after most recently claiming bronze in BMX Dirt at X Games Salt Lake City 2025. As an official event on the UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) calendar, the BMX competition attracted the world’s top male and female athletes.
After the last day of competitions experienced delays due to rainfall, the final podium in Elite Men’s BMX Freestyle Park was determined by results from the semifinals.
Sandoval secured his top score with a perfect run: Putting together huge barspin transfer over the quarter pipe channel, 360 downside double tailwhip revert over the box, flair on the quarterpipe, 360 barspin to downside tailwhip the box, flair double tailwhip the quarter pipe, 360 downside tailwhip the spine, big no-hander, front flip the box, alley-oop flair into bank, decade the box, 720 corked barspin the box, and 540 the quarter pipe earned Sandoval 95.50 points and the victory in Brussels amid an all-American podium.
The team’s winning streak continued in the Women’s BMX Best Trick competition. In a high-energy session scored on most progressive tricks, Mueller took the win with a technical banger: A perfectly executed backflip can-can over the tall spine obstacle earned Mueller the victory in front of a stoked festival crowd.
For more on Daniel Sandoval, Kim Lea Mueller, and the Monster Energy BMX team, visit www.monsterenergy.com. Follow Monster Energy on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, X, and TikTok for updates from the 2025 BMX season.
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