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Last name: Bisseling, Sander (Netherlands)

Last race your raced: European round Valkenswaard, the Netherlands

Last holeshot you got: No idea, too long ago

Last package you received from a sponsor: 2 leatt-braces from Lenny Karsmakers

Last race you won: TopCompetition Volkel

Last time you went to the gym: 5 minutes ago

Last advice you got from your coach: Relax dude

Last rider who cut you off or made you crash: Toon Jacobs

Last movie you saw: Hangcock

With only 135 days to go to the start of the 2012 London Olympic Games, London is calling upon the best Elite BMX riders worldwide to qualify. The UCI BMX Supercross World Cup Series races are the main qualification events for the Olympic Games and are a major opportunity for riders to score valuable points. The first opportunity to do so is at the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup, scheduled for 30th – 31st March in Chula Vista, California.

Impossible to predict
Around 35 seconds - that is all it takes to race a Supercross track - giving all eight riders a fighting chance to win this explosive battle. It is impossible to predict who will be this year’s top rider, but looking at previous results, and at the top five countries, we might want to keep an eye out for current World Champion Joris Daudet (FRA). Connor Fields (USA) had a great end of the 2011 season as well, winning the last event in California. Current Olympic Champion Maris Strombergs (LAT)

Last name: Strombergs, Maris (Latvia)

Last race your raced: Desoto USABMX. Not the best weekend for me

Last holeshot you got: Oldmsar Florida 1st race of 2012 season

Last package you received from a sponsor: Rockstar drinks

Last race you won: Oldsmar, FL USABMX

Last time you went to the gym: week ago, but about to go again

Last advice you got from your coach: Don’t think you should race this weekend in Desoto

Last rider who cut you off or made you crash: Sam and Marc

GT Bicycles fast femme fatale from France, Manon Valentino future US Olympic hopeful Jordan Miranda both earned hard fought for and coveted wins at the UCI/USABMX Super Nationals this weekend in Desoto Texas. Valentino came to Texas to use the race as a warm up for the upcoming UCI SX event in California but did a little more than that by winning the Elite Womens class against a talented field of international competitors on the first day of the event. Manon backed up the win with a 2nd on Sunday after battling through the pack that included the 2011 USABMX #1 woman Dominique Daniels. The great performance will add to Valentino’s momentum going into the upcoming UCI SX event in San Diego.

An equally impressive performance was exhibited by US teammate Jordan Miranda. Desoto was the first race back for the Bakersfield California native after recovering from a serious foot injury in October that left the 18 year old with a plate and pins in his heal. The time off rejuvenated Miranda in

Team manager Jason Carnes led a strong and ascending Team Redline into the Super National at Desoto, TX and by the time the dust had cleared and the weekend was over Redline fans had plenty to cheer about. On Saturday, Redline lined up Sam Willoughby, Tory Nyhaug, French rider Damien Godet, and getting faster every day, hometown star Denzel Stein. When it came to the final, Tory Nyhaug took a strong sixth and Sam Willoughby gapped the field for a decisive win in the Elite Men’s event. 

Last name: Madill, Luke (Australia)

Last race your raced: Oceania UCI round 2 weeks ago

Last holeshot you got: Practice last week :) [:)]

Last package you received from a sponsor: Profile Elite Hubs

Last race you won: Do club days count haha

Last time you went to the gym: Most days

Last advice you got from your coach: I told myself to harden up, you're racing against kids now.

Last rider who cut you off or made you crash: Brian Kirkham haha

Elite Men   
1  SAM WILLOUGHBY, REDLINE, AUSTRALIA
2  MARC WILLERS, New Zealand
3  SYLVAIN ANDRE, FRANCE
4  NIC LONG, HARO, LAKESIDE, CA
5  QUENTIN CALEYRON, FRANCE
6  MARIS STROMBERGS, FREE AGENT-ROCKSTAR, LATVIA
7  MOO CAILLE MOANA, FRANCE