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Last name: Strombergs, Maris (Latvia)

Last race your raced: Desoto USABMX. Not the best weekend for me

Last holeshot you got: Oldmsar Florida 1st race of 2012 season

Last package you received from a sponsor: Rockstar drinks

Last race you won: Oldsmar, FL USABMX

Last time you went to the gym: week ago, but about to go again

Last advice you got from your coach: Don’t think you should race this weekend in Desoto

Last rider who cut you off or made you crash: Sam and Marc

GT Bicycles fast femme fatale from France, Manon Valentino future US Olympic hopeful Jordan Miranda both earned hard fought for and coveted wins at the UCI/USABMX Super Nationals this weekend in Desoto Texas. Valentino came to Texas to use the race as a warm up for the upcoming UCI SX event in California but did a little more than that by winning the Elite Womens class against a talented field of international competitors on the first day of the event. Manon backed up the win with a 2nd on Sunday after battling through the pack that included the 2011 USABMX #1 woman Dominique Daniels. The great performance will add to Valentino’s momentum going into the upcoming UCI SX event in San Diego.

An equally impressive performance was exhibited by US teammate Jordan Miranda. Desoto was the first race back for the Bakersfield California native after recovering from a serious foot injury in October that left the 18 year old with a plate and pins in his heal. The time off rejuvenated Miranda in

Team manager Jason Carnes led a strong and ascending Team Redline into the Super National at Desoto, TX and by the time the dust had cleared and the weekend was over Redline fans had plenty to cheer about. On Saturday, Redline lined up Sam Willoughby, Tory Nyhaug, French rider Damien Godet, and getting faster every day, hometown star Denzel Stein. When it came to the final, Tory Nyhaug took a strong sixth and Sam Willoughby gapped the field for a decisive win in the Elite Men’s event. 

Last name: Madill, Luke (Australia)

Last race your raced: Oceania UCI round 2 weeks ago

Last holeshot you got: Practice last week :) [:)]

Last package you received from a sponsor: Profile Elite Hubs

Last race you won: Do club days count haha

Last time you went to the gym: Most days

Last advice you got from your coach: I told myself to harden up, you're racing against kids now.

Last rider who cut you off or made you crash: Brian Kirkham haha

Elite Men   
1  SAM WILLOUGHBY, REDLINE, AUSTRALIA
2  MARC WILLERS, New Zealand
3  SYLVAIN ANDRE, FRANCE
4  NIC LONG, HARO, LAKESIDE, CA
5  QUENTIN CALEYRON, FRANCE
6  MARIS STROMBERGS, FREE AGENT-ROCKSTAR, LATVIA
7  MOO CAILLE MOANA, FRANCE

After Hong Kong I’ve been at the Olympic Training Centre Papendal almost everyday. Not only for training, but we also did some changes on the BMX Supercross track. The split for the men/ woman on the first straight is out. We have a nice triple into a new first turn. Than we took out de hip and box jump for a new second turn and a step up jump. We also changed the second straight for the woman’s.

Last name: Willoughby, Sam (Australia)

Last race your raced: Oldsmar, Florida

Last holeshot you got: Day Oldsmar main... actually gates at Chula Vista ABA last Tuesday haha

Last package you received from a sponsor: Answer Forks

Last race you won: Oldsmar ABA Day 2 2012

Last time you went to the gym: Friday March 9th

Last advice you got from your coach: I am my coach and I told myself to eat chocolate coated almonds yesterday

Last rider who cut you off or made you crash: Joris Daudet

Last movie you saw: Project X

Elite Women:   
1  MANON VALENTINO, FRANCE
2  DOMINIQUE DANIELS, GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY, GILBERT, AZ
3  ALISE POST, REDLINE, SAINT CLOUD, MN
4  BROOKE CRAIN, HARO, VISALIA, CA
5  VILMA RIMSAITE,
6  SHELBY STACY, ANSWER/RENNEN, BAKERSFIELD, CA
7  TAYLOR WOLCOTT, TANGENT, ROSEVILLE, CA
8  EKATERINA KOMNATOVA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUS
 
Elite Men:
1  SAM WILLOUGHBY, REDLINE, AUSTRALIA
2  MARC WILLERS, NEW ZEALAND
3  BUBBA HARRIS, SUPERCROSSBMX.COM , SURPRISE, AZ
4  BRIAN KIRKHAM, AUSTRALIAN HPP/INTENSE, AUSTRALIA
5  ARTURS MATISONS, , LATVIA
6  TORY NYHAUG, FACTORY REDLINE, COQUITLAM, BC CANADA