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Corben Sharrah (Tucson, Ariz./Dalight Cycle Co) and Connor Fields (Henderson, Nev./Chase BMX/Monster Energy) went 1 and 2 in the main event on Saturday at round one of the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup in Argentina. After winning their respective quarterfinal and semifinal rounds, the two Americans made it to the final along with compatriot Nic Long (Lakeside, Calif./Haro Bikes/Dans Comp). Sharrah had a strong start out of gate four and powered his way to the win ahead of Fields who had gate number one. Amidou Mir of France rounded out the podium and Long was seventh.

Two Americans made it to the women’s main – Brooke Crain (Visalia, Calif./Hara Bikes/Dans Comp) and Alise Post (St. Cloud, Minn./Redline USA), who placed sixth and seventh behind winner Caroline Buchanan (AUS).

On Friday, riders contested the time trial super final where Alise Post made the podium with third place in a time of 34.637. Fields

Results UCI BMX SX World Cup Santiago del Estero:
Men: Sharrah C (USA) 30.973 1, Fields C (USA) +0.175 2, Mir A (FRA) +0.587 3, Torres E (ARG) +1.203 4, Nyhaug T (CAN) +1.448 5, van Gendt T (NED) +1.656 6, Long N (USA) +2.046 7, Campo A (ECU) +7.145 8,

Women: Buchanan C (AUS) 33.663 1, Pajon M (COL) +0.232 2, Smulders L (NED) +1.538 3, Christensen S (DEN) +1.563 4, Etienne A (FRA) +1.991 5, Crain B (USA) +2.123 6, Post A (USA)

UCI Olympic Qualification Ranking Women:
1 (2)     AUSTRALIA     AUS     4123
2 (1)     UNITED STATES     USA     4085
3 (3)     NETHERLANDS     NED     3338
4 (4)     COLOMBIA     COL     3230
5 (5)     VENEZUELA     VEN     2600
6 (6)     FRANCE     FRA     2388
7 (7)     RUSSIA     RUS     2315
8 (8)     DENMARK     DEN     2120
9 (9)     THAILAND     THA     2010
10 (10)     ARGENTINA     ARG     1935
11 (13)     NEW ZEALAND     NZL     1778
12 (11)     CZECH REPUBLIC     CZE     1712
12 (11)     BELGIUM     BEL     1712
14 (14)     ECUADOR     ECU     1490
15 (15)     CANADA     CAN     1435
16 (16)     BRAZIL     BRA     1364
17 (17)     GERMANY     GER     1138

Olympic Qualification Ranking 2016. Australia leads in the Elite Men category followed by The Netherlands, and the America. How will this look after round one in Santiago del Estero? Can the Dutch take the lead?
1 (2)     AUSTRALIA     AUS     4822
2 (1)     NETHERLANDS     NED     4728
3 (3)     UNITED STATES     USA     4484
4 (4)     FRANCE     FRA     3959
5 (5)     GREAT BRITAIN     GBR     3878
6 (6)     LATVIA     LAT     3355
7 (7)     COLOMBIA     COL     3136
8 (8)     ARGENTINA     ARG     2712
9 (9)     CANADA     CAN     2515
10 (10)     SWITZERLAND     SUI     2460
11 (11)     BRAZIL     BRA     2338
12 (13)     NEW ZEALAND     NZL     2323
13 (12)     JAPAN     JPN     2235
14 (14)     ECUADOR     ECU     1754

Current UCI BMX SX World Cup champion Liam Phillips will not be racing at the first UCI BMX SX World Cup race in Santiago del Estero this upcoming weekend. After spending time at the World's track in Colombia and testing the Olympic track in Rio de Janeiro, the Brit has headed home to prepare for Manchester. Liam made a change in bikes for 2016 and is back riding for GT Bicycles. His custom ride is now finished and full of Renthal parts (sprocket, bars, grips), Tioga tires and titanium and carbon bits and bobs left and right. We fired over some questions to Sir Liam about his new change to GT.