World Champion, Australia’s Sam Willoughby, who arrived ninth. Fellow antipodean and defending women’s World Cup holder, Caroline Buchanan, placed second to Olympic Champion Mariana Pajon, the Colombian completing the World Cup circuit in just 31.975 seconds.
The top ranked 16 men and eight women raced the clock in Time Trials Superfinals to close the first day’s competition, protected from knock-out ahead of tomorrow’s finals and spared the spills that plagued the qualifying motos.
Great Britain BMX Team riders Tre Whyte and Quillan Isidore lived up to their promise, battling numerous crashes in the men’s heats to progress to the finals of the series’ opening round in Manchester. Teammate Paddy Sharrock will miss his turn at the finals, placing 49th where only 48 riders make the finals cut.
Alise Post leads the women’s motos with Great Britain BMX Team’s Charlotte Green in ninth place heading into tomorrow’s showdown.
The opening round of the 2015 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup continues in Manchester tomorrow, Sunday April 19. Tickets are still available to see the top 64 men and 32 women in the competition race elbow to elbow to claim victory in Manchester, at ticketmaster.co.uk/britishcycling or on the door at the National Cycling Centre from 1pm.
Great Britain welcomed the opening of the 2015 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup Manchester in winning fashion, with five of six riders through to tomorrow’s finals (19/4).
Olympian and 2014 World Cup winner Liam Phillips delivered to a roaring home crowd, winning the men’s Time Trial Superfinals in 28.713 seconds – a fraction of a second ahead of USA’s Connor Fields.
Kyle Evans placed sixth overall, beating current UCI Men’s Elite
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