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Australia’s double Junior World Champion Sam Willoughby continued his impressive rise up the BMX ladder of success when he won Round 2 of the 2009 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup, presented by Swatch in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa on Saturday. The USA’s current Elite men’s World Champion and World No. 1, Donny Robinson, was second with Rob van den Wildenberg of The Netherlands rounding out the podium positions.

The 18-year-old Willoughby, who last month became the only rider ever to win back-to-back Junior world titles, was in superb form all day, winning every one of his heats, the quarterfinal and semifinal.

In the final, Willoughby started in the favoured inside lane, with Robinson on his left in Lane 2. Willoughby’s powerful start gave the young Australian the edge and this secured the all-important holeshot into the first turn. 

Official UCI SX Race Results South Africa
ELITE MEN'S FINALS
1 Sam Willoughby (AUS)
2 Donny Robinson (USA)
3 Rob van den Wildenberg (NED)
4 Quentin Caleyron (FRA)
5 Raymon van der Biezen (NED)
6 Nic Long (USA)
7 Ramiro Marino (ARG)
8 Martijn Scherpen (NED)

ELITE WOMEN'S FINALS
1 Sarah Walker (NZL)
2 Gabriela Diaz (ARG)
3 Eva Ailloud (FRA)
4 Magalie Pottier (FRA)
5 Merle van Benthem (NED) 

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