agonisingly short by just .123 seconds to Pajon.
Fellow Australian Melinda McLeod didn't produce her best performance, but did enough to finish in sixth.
Earlier in qualifying Lauren Reynolds and Rachel Jones earned their way through to the main racing tomorrow while Kirsten Dellar and Harriet Burbidge-Smith fell short of the 24 qualifying positions.
In the elite men it was local rider and defending world cup series champion Liam Phillips who took out the time trial in a dominant performance that spoke of local track knowledge. Current time trial and racing world champion Sam Willoughby finished in ninth, while the world cup series runner up last year Anthony Dean finished in 14th.
Earlier, the men’s qualifying races for tomorrow's main field provided plenty of thrills and spills, offering a vocal Manchester crowd with some thrilling racing.
Bodi Turner, Corey Frieswyk and Joshua Callan all successfully navigated their way to the main event tomorrow, while Tristyn Kronk fell short of the top 48 qualifying positions by just five spots. Luke Hombsch and junior elite riders Jye Hombsch and Jayce Cunning also fell short of qualification.
It promises to be an action packed day of racing from Manchester tonight, with racing scheduled to get underway at 12am EST, and can be live streamed at bmxlive.tv
Buchanan impressive in time trial ahead of World Cup series opener in Manchester
Apr 19, 2015
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Australian BMX star Caroline Buchanan has set up a mouth watering clash with Olympic champion Marian Pajon in tomorrow's opening round of the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup series in Manchester after finishing second to the Columbian in today's Time Trial Superfinal. Buchanan, the defending world cup series champion and the winner in racing last year in Manchester went down fighting as the lead swung back and forth throughout the lap, with Buchanan eventually falling
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