Bart de Jong
On a day marred by weather delays and a slippery track Australia’s reigning world BMX champion Caroline Buchanan has clocked the fastest time in the Super Time Trial at the UCI BMX Supercross event in Papendal, Netherlands. The event in Papendal is the second stop on the BMX Supercross circuit and Buchanan’s time trial win puts her in the box seat to continue her stunning start to the year that includes victories in the first Supercross round in Manchester, the Oceania Championships and the Australian National titles.The men's time trial was won by Frenchman Joris Daudet (pictured above with Buchanan) with Australians Sam Willoughby, Anthony Dean, Bodi Turner, Corey Frieswyk, Matt Juster, Josh Callan and Kai Sakakibara all set to take their place in the field on Sunday.
The action kicks off with the men's 1/8 finals at 905pm AEST on Sunday night, with finals scheduled for 12:30am (women) and
The second round of the 2014 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup got underway Saturday in wet and windy conditions in Papendal, Netherlands, with the time trial and qualifying rounds for Sunday's Supercross finals. The U.S. team received third-place finishes in the time trial by Connor Fields (Henderson, Nev./Chase BMX) in the elite men's competition and Brooke Crain (Visalia, Calif./Haro Bicycles) in the elite women's event. Fields, the defending world champion in the time trial, posted a time of 39.642. Joris Daudet of France had the fastest time of 38.949, while Great Britain's Liam Phillips came in second with a clocking of 39.129. Corben Sharrah (Tucson, Ariz./Haro) placed fourth in 39.783, Barry Nobles (Sun City, Calif./DK Bicycles) was 10th in 40.410, and Jared Garcia (Victorville, Calif./ SupercrossBMX.com) placed 13th in the time trial with a time of 41.137.
In the women's event, Crain registered the third-fastest time of 40.149, trailing only Caroline Buchanan of Great Britain (39.166) and Laura Smulders of the Netherlands (39.185).
Women jumping 11 meter gaps side by side, that's BMX Supercross for you. These ladies are brave enough to bomb themselves down an 8 meter high starting hill to hit the first jump at full speed. Some of you will shit your pants when you look down at the first straight of a supercross BMX track. These girls are tough:ARG - Argentina
80 DIAZ Mariana
AUS - Australia
1 BUCHANAN Caroline
555 McLEOD Melinda
BEL - Belgium
91 VANHOOF Elke
BRA - Brazil
130 MOROSINI CHAVES Thaynara
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