The 2016 UCI BMX World Cup series is the gateway to the Olympic games for BMX racers, so the 2016 season is the most important races for a rider looking to make their way into the games. The Chase BMX Pro team headed into the year with the World Cups as their main focus, along with the USA BMX events and the season is now upon us. Stop #1 would take the team to Argentina, and Connor Fields, Joris Daudet, Romain Mahieu, and Stefany Hernandez would all take to the event with winning the main event as their goal.
Corben Sharrah (Tucson, Ariz./Dalight Cycle Co) and Connor Fields (Henderson, Nev./Chase BMX/Monster Energy) went 1 and 2 in the main event on Saturday at round one of the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup in Argentina. After winning their respective quarterfinal and semifinal rounds, the two Americans made it to the final along with compatriot Nic Long (Lakeside, Calif./Haro Bikes/Dans Comp). Sharrah had a strong start out of gate four and powered his way to the win ahead of Fields who had gate number one. Amidou Mir of France rounded out the podium and Long was seventh.
Two Americans made it to the women’s main – Brooke Crain (Visalia, Calif./Hara Bikes/Dans Comp) and Alise Post (St. Cloud, Minn./Redline USA), who placed sixth and seventh behind winner Caroline Buchanan (AUS).
On Friday, riders contested the time trial super final where Alise Post made the podium with third place in a time of 34.637. Fields
Results UCI BMX SX World Cup Santiago del Estero:
Men: Sharrah C (USA) 30.973 1, Fields C (USA) +0.175 2, Mir A (FRA) +0.587 3, Torres E (ARG) +1.203 4, Nyhaug T (CAN) +1.448 5, van Gendt T (NED) +1.656 6, Long N (USA) +2.046 7, Campo A (ECU) +7.145 8,
Women: Buchanan C (AUS) 33.663 1, Pajon M (COL) +0.232 2, Smulders L (NED) +1.538 3, Christensen S (DEN) +1.563 4, Etienne A (FRA) +1.991 5, Crain B (USA) +2.123 6, Post A (USA)
UCI Olympic Qualification Ranking Women:
1 (2) AUSTRALIA AUS 4123
2 (1) UNITED STATES USA 4085
3 (3) NETHERLANDS NED 3338
4 (4) COLOMBIA COL 3230
5 (5) VENEZUELA VEN 2600
6 (6) FRANCE FRA 2388
7 (7) RUSSIA RUS 2315
8 (8) DENMARK DEN 2120
9 (9) THAILAND THA 2010
10 (10) ARGENTINA ARG 1935
11 (13) NEW ZEALAND NZL 1778
12 (11) CZECH REPUBLIC CZE 1712
12 (11) BELGIUM BEL 1712
14 (14) ECUADOR ECU 1490
15 (15) CANADA CAN 1435
16 (16) BRAZIL BRA 1364
17 (17) GERMANY GER 1138
UCI Olympic Qualification Ranking Nations. Elite Men. Aussies, Dutchies and the Yanks in the top three.
Olympic Qualification Ranking 2016. Australia leads in the Elite Men category followed by The Netherlands, and the America. How will this look after round one in Santiago del Estero? Can the Dutch take the lead?
1 (2) AUSTRALIA AUS 4822
2 (1) NETHERLANDS NED 4728
3 (3) UNITED STATES USA 4484
4 (4) FRANCE FRA 3959
5 (5) GREAT BRITAIN GBR 3878
6 (6) LATVIA LAT 3355
7 (7) COLOMBIA COL 3136
8 (8) ARGENTINA ARG 2712
9 (9) CANADA CAN 2515
10 (10) SWITZERLAND SUI 2460
11 (11) BRAZIL BRA 2338
12 (13) NEW ZEALAND NZL 2323
13 (12) JAPAN JPN 2235
14 (14) ECUADOR ECU 1754
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