American riders earned three podium results over the weekend at round two of the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup in Manchester. Alise Post (St. Cloud, Minn./Redline USA) won the women’s Time Trial Superfinal on Saturday and Brooke Crain (Visalia, Calif./Hara Bikes/Dans Comp) was third in the Supercross final on Sunday. Corben Sharrah (Tucson, Ariz./Dalight Cycle Co) earned silver for the USA in the men’s Time Trial Superfinal.
On Saturday, Post clocked 31.884 to take her first Time Trial Superfinal gold medal while Crain was sixth in the time trial. Then on Sunday, Post and Crain both won their semifinal rounds to advance to the main where Caroline Buchanan (AUS) took the win ahead of silver medalist Simone Christensen (DEN). Crain finished third for the bronze with Post right behind her in fourth.
Sharrah’s time of 28.871 earned him the silver medal in the
Men:
Nyhaug T (CAN) 28.830 1, Sharrah C (USA) +0.041 2, Kimmann N (NED) +0.074 3, Daudet J (FRA) +0.355 4, Mir A (FRA) +0.409 5, Ramirez Yepes CA (COL) +0.428 6, Evans K (GBR) +0.469 7, Jones T (NZL) +0.552 8, Rencurel J (FRA) +0.834 9, Campo A (ECU) +0.851 10, Torres E (ARG) +1.056 11, Molina G (ARG) +1.065 12, Long N (USA) +1.215 13, van Gorkom J (NED) +1.542 14, Upshaw J (USA) DNF 15, van Gendt T (NED) DNS ,
Women:
Post A (USA) 31.884 1, Pajon M (COL) +0.373 2, Buchanan C (AUS) +0.721 3, Smulders L (NED) +1.277 4, Vanhoof E (BEL) +1.350 5, Crain B (USA) +1.378 6, Christensen S (DEN) +1.424 7, Etienne A (FRA) +1.691 8,
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It's a long trip to Argentina. Not necessarily to get to Buenos Aires (which is a decent amount of miles) but once there you need to get to the domestic airport at the other side of town to catch the plane to Santiago del Estero. Not such a problem either, but the next connection doesn't leave for the next 12 hours. or something along those lines. Everyone coming from abroad is stuck with a similar schedule but it's a pleasure to go because the hospitality, weather and good supercross BMX race track make up for the long hours on the road.
2016 updated UCI Olympic Qualification Ranking Nations (after Argentina). Australia drops to third place and USA grabs the lead.
1 (3) UNITED STATES USA 5051
2 (2) NETHERLANDS NED 5038
3 (1) AUSTRALIA AUS 4982
4 (4) FRANCE FRA 4278
5 (5) GREAT BRITAIN GBR 3993
6 (7) COLOMBIA COL 3476
7 (6) LATVIA LAT 3454
8 (8) ARGENTINA ARG 3132
9 (9) CANADA CAN 2685
10 (10) SWITZERLAND SUI 2559
11 (12) NEW ZEALAND NZL 2418
12 (11) BRAZIL BRA 2413
13 (13) JAPAN JPN 2267
14 (14) ECUADOR ECU 1996
15 (15) RUSSIA RUS 1843
Elite Women UCI Olympic Qualification Ranking Nations. Netherlands drops from third to fourth. Loses spot to Colombia.
1 (1) AUSTRALIA AUS 4418
2 (2) UNITED STATES USA 4345
3 (4) COLOMBIA COL 3545
4 (3) NETHERLANDS NED 3540
5 (5) VENEZUELA VEN 2655
6 (6) FRANCE FRA 2553
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