Pic by Bart de Jong/FATBMX
Round 7 of the UCI BMX SX World Cup took place in SDE and brought close racing to the track with the best crowd in BMX Racing. Local hero Gonzalo Molina just missed out on a victory in a final that must have had the closest finish between riders ever. Within 0.65 of a second all 8 riders crossed the finish line. Holland's Laura Smulders stayed on the bike all day and turned it up a bit in the final enough to grab her first win in Santiago del Estero. More racing on Sunday as the World Cup season concludes in SDE with final round 8.
UCI BMX SX World Cup 2018 - Results Round 7, Santiago del Estero, Argentina:
Women:
1 Laura SMULDERS (NED) 33.962, 2 Alise WILLOUGHBY (USA) +0.640, 3 Sarah WALKER (NZL) +2.294, 4 Camille MAIRE (FRA) +3.519, 5 Judy BAAUW (NED) +3.533, 6 Simone Tetsche CHRISTENSEN (DEN) +28.892, 7 Felicia STANCIL (USA) DNF, 8 Manon VALENTINO (FRA) DNF
Men:
1 Corben SHARRAH (USA) 32.012, 2 Gonzalo MOLINA (ARG) +0.140, 3 Jared GARCIA (USA) +0.263, 4 Niek KIMMANN (NED) +0.265, 5 Mathis RAGOT RICHARD (FRA) +0.361, 6 Aleksandr KATYSHEV (RUS) +0.429, 7 Jeremy RENCUREL (FRA) +0.469, 8 Kye WHYTE (GBR) +0.642
Pic by Bart de Jong/FATBMX