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Reigning PBR World Champion Jose Vitor Leme Cracks World Top 10 with Round 1 Win in Kansas City

Leme’s third PBR Unleash The Beast round win of 2021 earned courtesy of league-leading third 90-point ride of 2021 season

Despite his 2021 season having already been derailed twice by injury, reigning PBR (Professional Bull Riders) World Champion Jose Vitor Leme (Ribas do Rio Pardo, Brazil) is riding with the same seemingly unstoppable form that earned him his first gold buckle in record fashion in 2020.
After breaking ribs during the late February event in Fort Worth, Texas, Leme, who was subsequently sidelined for one elite Unleash The Beast event, returned in triumphant fashion on Saturday evening in Kansas City, recording his third 90-point ride of the year to win Round 1 of the PBR Caterpillar Classic.

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Husband-and-Wife Team Repeats to Win $134K Cash

For the second straight year, former world champion bull rider Mike White and his wife, Hannah, of DeKalb, Texas, roped their way to a six-figure win in the #12.5 Oil Field Showdown on Monday at Wrangler BFI Week presented by Yeti in Guthrie, Oklahoma.  
Anchored by the 44th Annual Bob Feist Invitational for professionals on March 14, the five-day event includes eight affiliated amateur ropings and was held because of pandemic restrictions for the second time in Guthrie’s Lazy E Arena.

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2018 PBR World Champion Kaique Pacheco Dominates Pendleton Whisky Invitational in Florida

“Ice Man” Continues PBR’s Warm-Weather Swing with Perfect 3-for-3 Weekend, Moving into World No. 3 Ranking as Junior Patrik Souza Claims World No. 1 Spot

ARCADIA, Florida – The south Florida heat wasn’t enough to melt “Ice Man” Kaique Pacheco (Itatiba, Brazil) as the 2018 PBR (Professional Bull Riders) World Champion turned in a perfect 3-for-3 performance on his way to winning the PBR Pendleton Whisky Invitational in Arcadia, Florida on Sunday.

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Brazilian Newcomer Pereira Wins 2021 Greenville Invitational

In Second-Career Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour Event, Pereira Reigns Supreme

Brazilian newcomer Marcelo Procopio Pereira (Rinopolis, Brazil), riding in just his second career Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour (PWVT) event, won the second event of the tour’s 2021 season tonight in Greenville, South Carolina.

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Texan J.t. Moore Wins PBR Cedar Park Chute Out

Alvin Native Defends Home Turf, Qualifies For Career First Unleash The Beast Event
J.T. Moore (Alvin, Texas) took home the PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour (PWVT) Cedar Park Chute Out buckle thanks to a perfect 3-for-3 performance over the course of the two night, season opener this weekend.

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Brazilian Leonardo Lima Wins First PBR Round of 2021 in Cedar Park

Two Points Separate Top Six Riders Heading into Round 2 of the 2021 Cedar Park Chute Out on Saturday

As the dust settled after the first round of the 2021 PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour (PWVT) season in Cedar Park, Leonardo Lima (Vale do Paraiso, Brazil) stood alone at the top of the Round 1 leaderboard.

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PBR Announces Preliminary 2021 Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour schedule

Entering its seventh year of competition, PBR’s (Professional Bull Riders) premier expansion tour, the Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour (PWVT), has released a preliminary 2021 schedule including 19 tour stops, with a minimum of an additional six in the works.
The PWVT season opens the gates on January 15-16 in the heart of bull riding’s homeland, Texas, with the PWVT’s first ever visit to the H-E-B Center in Cedar Park, and will end crowning a champion at South Point Arena in Las Vegas October 30-31, 2021.

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Eleven-Time PBR World Finals Qualifier Valdiron de Oliveira Wins PBR Velocity Tour Event in Casper to Climb 78 Positions in the World Standings

Seeking his 12th appearance at the PBR World Finals on Nov. 12-15 in Arlington, Texas at AT&T Stadium, the veteran rider is now within 61 points of the Top 35

The two-weekend, four-event marathon of PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour action in Casper, Wyoming, at the Casper Events Center came to a dramatic conclusion Saturday evening as 11-time PBR World Finals qualifier Valdiron de Oliveira (Balcimo, Brazil) delivered a flawless 2-for-2 performance to capture his first event victory since August 2016.

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Rookie Andre da Cruz de Souza Wins Career-First Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour Event in Casper, Wyoming, to Surge 70 Positions in PBR World Standings

Climbing from No. 133 to No. 63, Souza is now within 58.16 points of the Top 35 and a berth to the 2020 PBR World Finals: Unleash The Beast on Nov. 12-15 in Arlington, Texas at AT&T Stadium.

At the penultimate regular-season PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour event of 2020, rookie Andre da Cruz de Souza (Brazil) reached an important career milestone, capturing his career-first PBR event victory at the PBR Casper Invitational, driven by Wyoming Ford Dealers, to surge 70 positions in the world standings.

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Kyler Oliver Eyes Career-First PBR World Finals Qualification with PBR Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour Event Win in Wyoming

Utah native surges more than 30 positions in the world rankings to get within 39.66 points of the Top 35 and a berth to the 2020 PBR World Finals in Arlington, Texas on Nov. 12-15

As the first weekend of competition for the PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Pendleton Whisky Velocity Tour’s Casper Invitational, driven by Wyoming Ford Dealers, wound to a close, 21-year-old Kyler Oliver (Roy, Utah) captured his first-ever victory on the league’s expansion series, chartering a course for the surging young gun to qualify for his first-ever PBR World Finals: Unleash The Beast on Nov. 12-5 in Arlington, Texas at AT&T Stadium.

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2016 PBR World Champion Cooper Davis Dominates Round 1 of Unleash The Beast Event in Nebraska to Gain Ground in World Title Race as 2020 PBR World Finals Inches Closer

World No. 1 Jose Vitor Leme furthers stronghold on the top ranking ahead of season-culminating event’s debut at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Nov. 12-15

On the opening night of competition for the first-ever PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Unleash The Beast event held in Lincoln, Nebraska, at Pinnacle Bank Arena, one former PBR World Champion showed he’s ready for a world title run and another took a big leap toward yet another World Finals qualification when the season culminating event is held in Arlington, Texas on Nov. 12-15 at AT&T Stadium.