In a display of extreme speed and skill, GB’s Liam Phillips and Shanaze Reade last night (Sat 20th April) claimed the champions’ crown in an adrenaline-fuelled night of racing at the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup Manchester. The Great Britain riders took a clean sweep of wins at the event that saw the world’s top 64 men and 32 women, freshly qualified from yesterday’s (Friday 19th April) time trials, racing 8 abreast, elbow to elbow in a series of elimination races to bid for the UCI Supercross Manchester Champion’s crown.
GB Cycling’s BMX team took to the track in force, with 7 British men and 3 women racing in the motos – the elimination stage where each athlete rides three times against the same opponents, including the Superfinals’ fastest riders,
Shanaze Reade and
Liam Phillips.
The 64 men started in their 1st, 2nd and 3rd round moto heats with the top 32 fastest average riders moving through to the Men’s Quarterfinals. Of the GB team,
Liam Phillips, Tre Whyte,