March 31, 2012 (Chula Vista, CA) – The opening round of the 2012 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup series got underway in Chula Vista, Calif. on Friday with Connor Fields (USA) and Caroline Buchannan (AUS) taking the victories in the men’s and women’s time trial Superfinal.
Nearly 200 of the world’s best BMX racers challenged the Beijing-replica track on the campus of the U.S. Olympic Training Center in the race against the clock. For the finals on 31st of March 64 men and 32 women qualified.
With the start of an Olympic year the field was stacked with nearly 200 riders and all the major players in attendance. After one round of time trials the best 16 men and ladies qualified for the time trial Superfinals. Fields posted the fastest time of the nearly 150 elite men in the opening time trial heat. Olympic gold medalist Maris Strombergs (LAT) finished second and the reigning USA Cycling National Champion Corben Sharrah took third spot.
Connor Fields said: “I grew up on this track,” explained Fields. “I started riding it in 2008 and so I know it like the back of my hand now. It was a good start to an important season, but you are only as good as your last race and there is another race tomorrow.”
Like Strombergs on the men’s side, Australian Caroline Buchannan was the only rider standing between an American podium sweep in the time trial Superfinal. The fourth-ranked rider in last year’s UCI BMX Supercross World Cup standings, Buchannan edged American favorite Arielle Martin by less than 4/10ths of a second. Along with Martin, Amanda Carr (USA) upped her game to secure the bronze in the Superfinal. Listen to her reaction HERE.
64 men and 32 women to finals
With their performances Fields and Buchannan secure the top spots going into tomorrow’s main event. In total, Fields will be among the 64 who qualified for Saturday’s 1/8 finals and Buchanan will lead the 32 women for the quarterfinals.
Tomorrow the BMX riders will race against each other in heats of eight riders over three heats. The best four of will qualify for the next round through to quarterfinals and finals.
Preview Video
Results
Elite Women
1. Caroline Buchanan (Australia) 36.073
2. Arielle Martin (United States) 36.546
3. Amanda Carr (United States) 36.567
4. Magalie Pottier (France) 36.605
5. Brooke Crain (United States) 36.843
6. Alise Post (United States) 36.958
7. Melinda Mcleod (Australia) 37.082
8. Lauren Reynolds (Australia) 37.147
9. Jana Horakova (Czech Republic) 37.201
10. Amanda Geving (United States) 37.247
11. Mariana Pajon (Colombia) 37.315
12. Dani George (United States) 37.61
13. Romana Labounkova (Czech Republic) 37.67
14. Felicia Stancil (United States) 37.795
15. Laetitia Le Corguille (France) 37.993
16. Aneta Hladikova (Czech Republic) 38.532
Elite Men
1. Connor Fields (United States) 33.648
2. Maris Strombergs (Latvia) 34.413
3. Corben Sharrah (United States) 34.682
4. Tory Nyhaug (Canada) 34.814
5. Vincent Pelluard (France) 34.828
6. Sam Willoughby (Australia) 34.856
7. Liam Phillips (Great Britain) 34.906
8. Nicholas Long (United States) 35.107
9. Joris Daudet (France) 35.194
10. David Herman (United States) 35.309
11. Barry Nobles (United States) 35.383
12. Twan Van Gendt (Netherlands) 35.462
13. Tyler Faoro (United States) 35.522
14. Mike Day (United States) 43.174
DNF Simon Duchene (France)
DNF Marc Willers (New Zealand)
Qualifications
Elite Women
1. Caroline Buchanan (Australia) 36.435 Q
2. Alise Post (United States) 37.157 Q
3. Amanda Geving (United States) 37.162 Q
4. Melinda Mcleod (Australia) 37.299 Q
5. Amanda Carr (United States) 37.383 Q
6. Mariana Pajon (Colombia) 37.45 Q
7. Magalie Pottier (France) 37.529 Q
8. Arielle Martin (United States) 37.577 Q
9. Laetitia Le Corguille (France) 37.657 Q
10. Brooke Crain (United States) 37.737 Q
11. Jana Horakova (Czech Republic) 37.768 Q
12. Felicia Stancil (United States) 37.969 Q
13. Lauren Reynolds (Australia) 38.017 Q
14. Dani George (United States) 38.152 Q
15. Romana Labounkova (Czech Republic) 38.243 Q
16. Aneta Hladikova (Czech Republic) 38.382 Q
17. Maartje Hereijgers (Netherlands) 39.014 Q
18. Shelby Stacy (United States) 39.027 Q
19. Teagan O’keeffe (South Africa) 39.119 Q
20. Stefany Hernandez (Venezuala) 39.337 Q
21. Alaina Henderson (United States) 40.225 Q
22. Kimberly Hayashi (United States) 40.551 Q
23. Vilma Rimsaite (Lithuania) 40.553 Q
24. Audrey Le Corguille (France) 40.635 Q
25. Laura Smulders (Netherlands) 40.713 Q
26. Priscila Stevux Carnaval (Brazil) 40.729 Q
27. Manon Valentino (France) 41.169 Q
28. Bianca Quinalha (Brazil) 41.18 Q
29. Nicole Callisto (Australia) 41.411 Q
30. Thaynara Chaves Morosini (Brazil) 41.996 Q
31. Merle Van Benthem (Netherlands) 42.405 Q
32. Dominique Daniels (Puerto Rico) 42.904 Q
33. Lieke Klaus (Netherlands) 44.056
34. Mariana Diaz (Argentina) 44.567
35. Amelia Walsh (Canada) 47.645
DNS Gabriela Maria Diaz (Argentina)
DNS Sarah Walker (New Zealand)
DNS Florencia Ayelen Soriano (Argentina)
DNS Ekaterina Komnatova (Russia)
DNS Yan Lu (China)
DNS Regula Runge (Germany)
Elite Men
1. Connor Fields (United States) 34.211 Q
2. Corben Sharrah (United States) 34.637 Q
3. Mike Day (United States) 34.797 Q
4. Tory Nyhaug (Canada) 34.885 Q
5. Maris Strombergs (Latvia) 34.92 Q
6. Joris Daudet (France) 35.085 Q
7. Sam Willoughby (Australia) 35.116 Q
8. Tyler Faoro (United States) 35.238 Q
9. Vincent Pelluard (France) 35.245 Q
10. Liam Phillips (Great Britain) 35.254 Q
11. David Herman (United States) 35.279 Q
12. Simon Duchene (France) 35.316 Q
13. Nicholas Long (United States) 35.328 Q
14. Marc Willers (New Zealand) 35.374 Q
15. Barry Nobles (United States) 35.375 Q
16. Twan Van Gendt (Netherlands) 35.398 Q
17. Bubba Harris (United States) 35.42 Q
18. Jelle Van Gorkom (Netherlands) 35.431 Q
19. Carlos Mario Oquendo Zabala (Colombia) 35.462 Q
20. Brian Kirkham (Australia) 35.494 Q
21. Kurt Pickard (New Zealand) 35.56 Q
22. Josh Meyers (United States) 35.561 Q
23. Andres Eduardo Jimenez Caicedo (Colombia) 35.569 Q
24. Raymon Van Der Biezen (Netherlands) 35.607 Q
25. Donny Robinson (United States) 35.666 Q
26. Khalen Young (Australia) 35.694 Q
27. Rihards Veide (Latvia) 35.697 Q
28. Moana Moo Caille (France) 35.707 Q
29. Alex Anthony (United States) 35.733 Q
30. Daniel Schlang (Germany) 35.779 Q
31. Quentin Caleyron (France) 35.78 Q
32. Luis Brethauer (Germany) 35.782 Q
33. Kory Cook (United States) 35.801 Q
34. David Graf (Switzerland) 35.817 Q
35. Augusto Castro Herrera (Colombia) 35.846 Q
36. Denzel Stein (United States) 35.865 Q
37. Ivo Van Der Putten (Netherlands) 35.877 Q
38. Tyler Brown (United States) 35.884 Q
39. Kyle Bennett (United States) 35.902 Q
40. Michal Prokop (Czech Republic) 35.961 Q
41. Jared Garcia (United States) 35.973 Q
42. Manuel De Vecchi (Italy) 36.014 Q
43. Thomas Zula (United States) 36.058 Q
44. Weston Pope (United States) 36.091 Q
45. Maik Baier (Germany) 36.133 Q
46. Anthony Dean (Australia) 36.163 Q
47. Joey Bradford (United States) 36.17 Q
48. Jason Rogers (United States) 36.173 Q
49. Yoshitaku Nagasako (Japan) 36.181 Q
50. Romain Riccardi (Italy) 36.189 Q
51. Renaud Blanc (Switzerland) 36.218 Q
52. Robert De Wilde (Netherlands) 36.241 Q
53. Joshua Callan (Australia) 36.243 Q
54. Carlos Alberto Ramirez Yepez (Colombia) 36.262 Q
55. Edzus Treimanis (Latvia) 36.273 Q
56. Thomas Hamon (France) 36.299 Q
57. Morten Therkildsen (Denmark) 36.3 Q
58. Jose Luis Diaz Montana (Colombia) 36.301 Q
59. Darryn Goodwin (Australia) 36.335 Q
60. Nicholas Koehler (United States) 36.369 Q
61. Renato Rezende (Brazil) 36.378 Q
62. Alfredo Campo (Ecuador) 36.392 Q
63. Kyle Evans (Great Britain) 36.425 Q
64. Martijn Jaspers (Netherlands) 36.438 Q
65. Roger Rinderknecht (Switzerland) 36.469
66. Andre Fossa Aguiluz (Norway) 36.492
67. Matthew Cameron (New Zealand) 36.508
68. Martijn Scherpen (Netherlands) 36.51
69. Kristers Lejins (Latvia) 36.519
70. Lee Lewis (United States) 36.539
71. Corey Reid (United States) 36.552
72. Toms Mankus (Latvia) 36.559
73. Sergio Ignacio Salazar Lopez (Colombia) 36.583
74. Jeremy Rommel (United States) 36.63
75. Justin Posey (United States) 36.666
76. Ernesto Pizarro (Argentina) 36.723
77. Tatsumi Matsushita (Japan) 36.749
78. Riley Stair (United States) 36.769
79. Jacob Peebles (United States) 36.799
80. Maliek Blyndloss (United States) 36.807
81. Axel Keller (Switzerland) 36.812
82. Julian Schmidt (Germany) 36.876
83. Yvan Lapraz (Switzerland) 36.88
84. Lain Van Ogle (United States) 36.896
85. Austin Hiatt (United States) 36.919
86. Daniel Caluag (Philippines) 37.005
87. Bodi Turner (Australia) 37.037
88. Joris Harmsen (Netherlands) 37.065
89. Emilio Andres Falla Buchely (Ecuador) 37.095
90. Rogerio Dos Reis (Brazil) 37.115
91. Roberto Cristofoli (Italy) 37.189
92. Lucas Alfredo Bustos (Argentina) 37.212
93. Jordan Miranda (United States) 37.242
94. Kurt James (New Zealand) 37.252
95. Stepan Tumpach (Czech Republic) 37.292
96. Jonathan Suarez (Venezuala) 37.337
97. Derek Sipkoi (Canada) 37.339
98. Connor McCormack (Canada) 37.345
99. Tomas Fernandez (United States) 37.377
100. Elias Aguirre (Chile) 37.379
101. Mischa Partridge (Canada) 37.508
102. Tre Whyte (Great Britain) 37.529
103. Niclas Laustsen (Denmark) 37.589
104. Mark Link (Netherlands) 37.724
105. Evgeny Kleshchenko (Russia) 37.755
106. Lilian Goux (France) 37.756
107. Jose Antonio Escudero Ordonez (Ecuador) 37.792
108. Konstantin Galyamov (Russia) 37.911
109. Federico Villegas (Argentina) 37.957
110. Corey Frieswyk (Australia) 38
111. Dean Holdstock (South Africa) 38.023
112. Jonathan Demont (Switzerland) 38.093
113. Jordi Schippers (Netherlands) 38.111
114. Vitaly Meleshin (Russia) 38.279
115. Zachary Vankammen (United States) 38.293
116. Sander Bisseling (Netherlands) 38.313
117. Marek Vodak (Czech Republic) 38.47
118. Mattia Furlan (Italy) 38.531
119. Murilo Vianelo (Brazil) 38.682
120. Kerrod Connors (Australia) 38.732
121. Eli Weiss (United States) 38.742
122. Deiby Corrales Rios (Colombia) 38.864
123. Fausto Andres Endara Madera (Ecuador) 39.168
124. Joseph A Bracero (Puerto Rico) 39.298
125. Corey Walsh (Canada) 39.44
126. Juan Pablo Arboleda Ospina (Colombia) 39.801
127. Giacomo Fantoni (Italy) 40.749
128. David Alfonso Granado Lopera (Colombia) 41.061
129. Vladimir Burlevich (Russia) 41.075
130. Jasper Peters (Netherlands) 41.086
131. Christopher Mireles Suazo (Mexico) 41.442
132. Brandon Mcdowell (United States) 42.494
133. Luke Hombsch (Australia) 42.749
134. Jan Svub (Czech Republic) 42.79
135. Miguel Angel Hernandez Bustos (Colombia) 44.034
136. Sergey Demkin (Russia) 44.795
137. Igor Martins Ferreira (Brazil) 44.939
138. Derrick Mellish (New Zealand) 45.284
139. Kevin Andres Garcia (Colombia) 45.498
140. Dakota Cody (United States) 47.717
141. Shane Fueller (Germany) 47.983
142. Justin Tuchscherer (Canada) 01:07.0
143. Sifiso Nhlapo (South Africa) 01:11.9
DNF Damien Godet (France)
DNF Sebastian Kartfjord (Norway)
DNF Pablo Galan Carrasco (Spain)
DNF Arturs Matisons (Latvia)
DNF Hugo Osteti (Brazil)
DNF Akifumi Sakamoto (Japan)
DNF Matheus Furlan Silva (Brazil)
DNF James Palmer (Canada)
DNF Maxim Chernyshev (Russia)
DNF Benny Wright (United States)
DNS Sylvain Andre (France)
DNS Gavin Lubbe (South Africa)
DNS Thorsten Lindenmeyer (Germany)
DNS Xiaogang Li (China)
DNS Mike Kaltoft (Denmark)
DNS Israel Hernandez (Venezuala)
DNS Luca Virdis (Italy)
DNS Roman Kirsanov (Russia)