The young Venezuelan rider has been winning just about everything lately: He won X Games 13. He won the 2007 Dew Cup after Dew Tour wins in Baltimore, Cleveland, and Orlando. Just the other day, he finally got around to depositing over $110,000 in prize checks he had stashed in his pocket over the last few months. In other words: He's having one hell of a year. Posting a score of 88.00 in Friday's LG Prelims shows he's ready to go out with a bang. Here's who's out to stop him:
-Garrett Reynolds.
-Morgan Wade.
-Dennis Enarson.
-Scotty Cranmer.
-Diogo Canina.
-Mark Webb.
-Alistair Whitton.
-Marcus Tooker.
-Kevin Kiraly. Less than five points separated the top 10 riders in Prelims, a cut made even more contentious by a three-way tie for the bubble position between Kiraly, Josh Harrington, and Steven McCann before Kiraly's higher backup run settled the score.
Dhers is going to be hard to chase down: He basically does something ridiculous on every wall he hits, casually tossing out so many flair and tailwhip variations it's hard to keep a decent account of it without succumbing to dizziness: Flatspin 720, invert flair, alley-oop flair... Dhers is spinning his way to B
MX royalty this year, looking to add an LG Action Sports World Championship (he won in 2006) jewel to his crown and add a $30,000 check to his treasure pile.By Brooke Geery
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BMX Street Prelims Dallas, Texas - November 9, 2007 Rider Hometown Age
1 Daniel Dhers Caracas, Venezuela 22
2 Garrett Reynolds Toms River, NJ 17
3 Morgan Wade Tyler, TX 24
4 Dennis Enarson San Diego, CA 16
5 Scotty Cranmer Jackson, NJ 20
6 Diogo Canina Sao Paulo, Brazil 24 7 Mark Webb Portsmouth, UK 22
8 Alistair Whitton Chester, England 26
9 Marcus Tooker Cape Cod, MA 21
10 Kevin Kiraly Livermore, CA 19
11 Josh Harrington Greenville, NC 24
12 Steven McCann Melbourne, Australia 24
13 Gary Young San Diego, CA 24
14 Dave Dillewaard Brisbane, Australia 24
15 Colin Mackay Brisbane, Australia 29
16 Kiattichai Wanitsakun Khonkaen, Thailand 19
17 Rob Darden Greenville, NC 26
18 Chris Mahoney Wigan, England 27
19 Ryan Guettler Queensland, Australia 24
20 Alessandro Barbero Ceva, Italy 24
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