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Name: David Herman
Age: 22
Hometown: Wheat Ridge, Colorado
Sponsor: Intense Bicycles

Since BMX has become an olympic sport a lot of racers have stepped up their training programs making the competition tougher as we move towards 2012. Can you explain how 

The title race in the season-opening UCI BMX Supercross World Cup has been thrown wide with the news that World Champ Maris Strombergs confirmed he will not be able to compete in next month's event in Pietermaritzburg due to injuries he sustained in a recent BMX crash not having healed in time. 'The Machine', as Strombergs is more commonly known as within BMX circles, broke the scaphoid bone in his hand, dislocated his wrist and damaged his AC ligaments in his shoulder when he crashed out of the ABA Grands late last year.

He underwent surgery on his hand and wrist on the day of his accident and then on his shoulder a month later. However Strombergs has not recovered sufficiently to be able to take his place on the startline in Pietermaritzburg on 8 April, and has a little way to go before he can start contemplating racing again.

"My shoulder is feeling a lot better and isn’t bothering me at all 

The Elite Race on Saturday was cancelled because of heavy wind "Mistral", they did two races on sunday:

MANCHE 1 ELITES MEN
1. Sylvain ANDRÉ (Union BMX Vaucluse)
2. Joris DAUDET (Stade Bordelais BMX)
3. Thomas HAMON (DN2 Nord Pas de Calais) 

Mens Elite:
1 TYLER FAORO, PROFILE, CORAL SPRINGS, FL
2 TORY NYHAUG, FACTORY REDLINE, COQUITLAM, BC CAN
3 MARC WILLERS, FACTORY SPEED, MURRIETA, CA
4 CORBEN SHARRAH, GT, TUCSON, AZ
5 KHALEN YOUNG, HARO ROCKSTAR, MURRIETA, CA
6 CARLOS OQUENDO, , PLANT CITY, FL
7 BRIAN KIRKHAM, , HILLBANK, AU AUS
8 SAM WILLOUGHBY, REDLINE, SAN DIEGO, CA

Womens Elite:
1 MARIANA PAJON, COLUMBIA BMX, FT LAUDERDALE, FL COL
2 LAUREN REYNOLDS, , BUNBURY, AU AUS
3 ASHLEY VERHAGEN,  CRUPI/PRO-GATE, SIMI VALLEY, CA
4 ALISE POST, REDLINE, SAINT CLOUD, MN
5 RACHEL BRACKEN, Australia
6 ALAINA HENDERSON, FELT, RUBY, NY 

Mens Elite:
1 SAM WILLOUGHBY, REDLINE, SAN DIEGO, CA
2 DAVID HERMAN, FACTORY INTENSE, WHEAT RIDGE, CO
3 JELLE VAN GORKOM, FACTORY REDLINE, SIMI VALLEY, CA
4 KHALEN YOUNG, HARO ROCKSTAR, MURRIETA, CA
5 TORY NYHAUG, FACTORY REDLINE, COQUITLAM, BC CAN
6 TRAVIS OHRAZDA, FACTORY QSI BMX, GARDEN GROVE, CA
7 YVAN LAPRAZ, INTENSE BMX, 2016 CORTAILLOD, CH CHE
8 MARC WILLERS, FACTORY SPEED, MURRIETA, CA

Womens Elite:
1 MARIANA PAJON, COLUMBIA BMX, FT LAUDERDALE, FL COL
2 LAUREN REYNOLDS, , BUNBURY, AU AUS
3 ALISE POST, REDLINE, SAINT CLOUD, MN
4 ARIELLE MARTIN, FACTORY INTENSE, SPANAWAY, WA
5 RACHEL BRACKEN,
6 ALAINA HENDERSON, , RUBY, NY