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Elite Women Final results UCI BMX SX World Cup Sarasota, FL.
1 P 110 SMULDERS Laura NED 1 37.027
2 P 32 CRAIN Brooke USA 2 38.018
3 P 91 VANHOOF Elke BEL 3 38.796
4 P 89 BONDARENKO Yaroslava RUS 4 39.436
5 P 31 GEVING Amanda USA 5 40.580
6 P 33 GEORGE Danielle USA 6 1:03.969 
7 P 388 BAAUW Judy NED 7 1:27.315

Qualifying racing on Saturday at the UCI BMX SX World Cup determines who can race on the next day. The top 48 in the Men's class makes it to Sunday's program while top 16 in the girls meet up with the 8 pre-qualified riders who are ranked the highest in the overall ranking coming into the last World Cup race of the season. 16 Men are pre-qualified making their group a 64 rider deep class for Sunday's race. See if your favourite rider made it or if your country has guys or girls in the main program. We'll have the live feed here today on FATBMX so make sure to tune in.

Elite Men Qualifying racing Sarasota, Florida. Saturday 8 October 2016.

1 P 148 van GENDT Twan NED 35.405 1 35.235 1 34.143 1 3 Q
2 P 996 KRIGERS Kristens LAT 35.100 1 34.964 1 34.543 1 3 Q
3 P 696 WHYTE Tre GBR 35.872 1 35.054 1 34.722 1 3 Q
4 P 54 SEBESTA Tanner USA 35.456 1 35.279 1 35.369 1 3 Q
5 P 463 MARIN  Santiago COL 35.684 1 35.281 2 34.423 1 4 Q

Things got exciting in what seems to be the last Time Trials event at a UCI BMX SX World Cup. Put money on the line and riders will fight harder to set the fastest time on the track. It wasn't just bragging rights, heat selection and lane-pick in Sarasota, $1000,= USD went to the winners in both the Men and Women category. And who doesn't want to win $1000 bucks for a fast lap on the track? With four Time Trials wins this season Tory Nyhaug came in as the favourite, but mental games were going on in the pits and the Canadian couldn't make it stick. Sylvain André from France grabbed the hot seat early on and was waiting to see if someone could beat his time. Nyhaug came closest with a difference of 0.036s. Luckily Dave van der Burg (NED) was fast too so his song could be stopped as soon as he crossed the finishline to get third. ;-).

In the Women class the lead changed multiple times. Brooke Crain (USA) was the last one in the seat when Holland's Laura Smulders snapped out of the gate on her own to set the fastest

Round four of the UCI BMX SX World Cup took place in Rock Hill, South Carolina last weekend. It was the first time that many racers on the international scene met up again after the Olympic Games. Not everyone was present but there was still a good turnout on the 2017 UCI World's track. Loads of new faces on the World Cup as some countries are already investing in a strong 2020 representation. Especially Australia brought a big squad to America which was good to see. The 8 million dollar BMX facility in Rock Hill is

Top 20 in the current ELITE WOMEN UCI BMX Supercross standings. Final round coming up in Sarasota, Florida.
1 SMULDERS Laura NED 760 
2 BUCHANAN Caroline AUS 645
3 CHRISTENSEN Simone DEN 565 
4 CRAIN Brooke USA 555 
5 VANHOOF Elke BEL 445
6 BONDARENKO Yaroslava RUS 405 
7 POST Alise USA 375
8 BAAUW Judy NED 340
9 PAJON Mariana COL 330 
10 GEORGE Danielle USA 320 
11 SUVOROVA Natalia RUS 300
12 VALENTINO Manon FRA 295 
13 ETIENNE Axelle FRA 295 
14 DIAZ Maria Gabriela ARG 280 
15 POTTIER Magalie FRA 255 
16 CURTIS Leanna AUS 245
17 REYNOLDS Lauren AUS 245