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With the kick off of the 2016 USA BMX Pro Series race season, it was the first time that the 2015 #1 Pro Joris Daudet would be back on the track in the USA. Joris had just returned from Colombia where he finished off his pre season training with a camp on the 2016 World Championship track. Joris was the long Chase BMX Pro in Phoenix, AZ for the USA BMX Winter Nationals, but his results for the weekend of racing was huge!

Day 1 saw 44 Elite Men racers take to the famed Black Mountain

Pro results Winter Nationals #2:
Men Elite
1 JORIS DAUDET, COSTA MESA, CA
2 GONZALO MOLINA, STAY STRONG, BUENOS AIRES
3 NIC LONG, LAKESIDE, CA
4 CORBEN SHARRAH, TUCSON, AZ
5 COREY REID, GLENDALE, AZ
6 EXEQUIEL TORRES, MEYBO, LA RIOJA
7 SAM WILLOUGHBY, CHULA VISTA, CA
8 AMIDOU MIR, NICE

Women Elite
1 AMANDA CARR, PUNTA GORDA, FL

Name: Kai Sakakibara
Age: 19
Hometown: Sydney, Australia
Sponsors: Redline Australia, Peabody Energy, Michram Industries, Bont Australia, G-Form, Oakley Japan, Blackman Bicycles, Parkside Sports Physio.
Instagram: @sakakibarakai

2016 Bike check:

Results Winter Nationals #1. Friday 12 February 2016.
Women Elite
1 ALISE POST, CHULA VISTA, CA
2 BROOKE CRAIN, VISALIA, CA
3 DANI GEORGE, STAY STRONG, PALMDALE, CA
4 MELINDA MCLEOD, PUNTA GORDA, FL
5 CARLIE FERREE, FACTORY HARO/PROMAX, QUARTZ HILL, CA
6 ASHLEY VERHAGEN, GLENDALE, AZ
7 SABRINA BICE, FAST SIGNS/DFR, LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ

Name: Laura Smulders    
Age: 22
Hometown: Horssen, Netherlands
Sponsors: TVE Sport, Oegema Transport, Shimano, BMX24Seven, MEYBO, Farmers4All, Constar, JEE-O, EnergyLab, VanHeck Massage, Renthal, Matchingpool, Oakley, Leatt.
Instagram: @LauraaSmulders

2016 Bike check:

Chase BMX is proud to announce a new team sponsorship with Linktops Corporation. Linktops Corporation, the developer of Linktops, a breakthrough web platform that helps people connect and transact more effectively and efficiently on the web. Linktops will be a sponsor for the 2016 USA BMX and UCI World Cup & World Championship season. This sponsorship agreement with Linktops will help support and promote this season's Chase BMX Factory riders as they travel all across the globe, racing towards the opportunity to represent their home Countries -  USA for Connor Fields - 2 Time UCI TT World Champion, France for Joris Daudet - 2015 USA BMX #1 Pro and UCI World TT Champion, Romain Mahieu - Past UCI TT Jr World Champion, and Venezuela for Stefany Hernandez - 2015 UCI BMX World Champion.

Linktops helps the world’s leading e-commerce and social networking platforms and their users be more productive and profitable. Linktops gives YouTube, Amazon, Ebay, iTunes, Groupon, Facebook, Twitter, Google +, Instagram, Pinterest,

Elite Men:
1     Matthew JUSTER     AUS     26     50     50
2     Tristyn KRONK     AUS     20     45     45
3     Tom SIINMAA     AUS     26     40     40
4     Jayce CUNNING     AUS     19     35     35
5     Joshua CALLAN     AUS     25     30     30
6 DNF     Corey FRIESWYK     AUS     22     28     28
7 DNF     Trent JONES     NZL     22     26     26
8 DNF     Kai SAKAKIBARA     AUS     20     24     24

Elite Women:
1     Hannah SARTEN     NZL     20     50     50
2     Leanna CURTIS     AUS     23     45     45
3     Kirsten DELLAR     AUS     24     40     40
4     Lauren REYNOLDS     AUS     25     35     35

Elite Men:
1     Vladislav NEYASKIN     RUS     22     50     50
2     Aleksandr KATYSHEV     RUS     20     45     45
3     Pavel MALYSHENKOV     RUS     22     40     40
4     Boris PONOMAREV     RUS     21     35     35
5     Konstantin GALYAMOV     RUS     24     30     30
6     Sergey DEMKIN     RUS     27     28     28
7     Artem BOYAROV     RUS     21     26     26
8     Alexey PEROV     RUS     20     24     24

Elite Women:
1     Yaroslava BONDARENKO     RUS     19     50     50
2     Tatiana USOVA     RUS     20     45     45
3     Sandra ALEKSEJEVA     LAT     25     40     40
4     Maria FROLOVA     RUS     23     35     35
5     Anastasia USOVA     RUS     20     30     30
6     Tatiana KAPITANOVA     RUS     20     28     28
7     Veronika ERMOLAEVA     RUS     20     26     26

Elite Men:
1     Jefferson MILANO     VEN     21     50     50
2     Jholman SIVIRA     VEN     21     45     45
3     Cesar MONTENEGRO     ARG     24     40     40
4     Mauricio GELUSINI TORRES     ARG     25     35     35
5     Sebastian VARGAS OVANDO     BOL     24     30     30
6     Raimundo GUZMAN     CHI     23     28     28
7     Facundo Lautaro ROSAS     ARG     19     26     26
8     Jonathan SUAREZ     VEN     34     24     24

Elite Women:
1     Maria Gabriela DIAZ     ARG     35     50     50