Connor Fields (Henderson, Nev./Chase BMX), winner of the opening round of the BMX Supercross World Cup in Chula Vista, California, as well as the second round in Norway will lead the nine-person USA Cycling funded team into the Dutch National Sports Center in Papendal. USA Cycling BMX National Champion and Randaberg bronze medalist Alise Post (St. Cloud, Minn.) will help lead a U.S. ladies squad that boasts the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth-place women in the UCI SX BMX World Cup standings. In all, dozens of Americans will compete for vital Olympic qualifying points on the Olympic-replica track against over 170 riders from 26 nations, just 78 days out from the Olympic Games. The Time Trials and qualifications will be held on Saturday, while the Supercross main event will culminate on Sunday. After this stop the UCI BMX Nation’s ranking for the Olympic Games will be established, determining the maximum amount
of qualified starts spots for the Games per country. The U.S. is currently ranked second in both men’s and women’s BMX and is poised to take the maximum of three men and two women to the Olympic Games.
For more information, please visit the UCI's official BMX Supercross World Cup webpage or BMX-Results.com.
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