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Maris Strombergs (LAT) won another UCI BMX Supercross World Cup. With this victory the current Olympic Champion also leads the 2010 World Cup standing after two events. Laëtitia le Corguillé (FRA) was the best in the women’s event. With this top performance the French rider wins her second World Cup in a row, an impressive performance by the 2008 Olympic silver medallist. In a build up to the 2012 Olympic Games the UCI BMX Supercross World Cups are growing in importance and popularity. 

The two finals are coming up. These riders made it to the final 8. Watch it live to see how they will do in just a few moments.

Start List - Final Elite Men
Bike     Name     NOC     Gate
4     STROMBERGS Maris     LAT     
194     SHARRAH Corben     USA     
149     FIELDS Connor     USA     
65     PHILLIPS Liam     GBR     
972     HAMON Thomas     FRA     
777     WILLERS Marc     NZL     
717     JIMENEZ CAICEDO Andres Eduardo     COL     
69     GODET Damien     FRA

Start List - Final Elite Women
Bike     Name     NOC     Gate
96     WALKER Sarah     NZL     

Here are the heats of the second World Cup BMX race that will take place today. You can watch it live here on FATBMX thanks to Freecaster.tv. Look how stacked these groups are already. If you could choose, which one would you pick?

Heat     Bike     First Name     Name     NOC
1     4     Maris     STROMBERGS     LAT     
1     103     Andre Fossa     AGUILUZ     NOR     
1     566     Carlos     OQUENDO ZABALA     COL     
1     60     Jose     DIAZ MONTANA     COL     
1     194     Corben     SHARRAH     USA     
1     161     Glenn     VAN DE WETERING     NED     
1     28     Manuel     DE VECCHI     ITA     
1     117     Giacomo     FANTONI     ITA   
 
2     75     Joey     BRADFORD     USA     
2     121     Raymon     VAN DER BIEZEN     NED    

The National Bicycle League announced today that Hyper Bicycles is the new National Title Sponsor for the NBL National Series. The sponsorship also makes Hyper Bicycles the Official Bike of the NBL. Hyper Bicycles will bring high-quality products and professionalism to the NBL brand. In addition to the sponsorship of the National Title, Hyper will add the NBL to the Hang-Tag program and television advertisements for the Donny Robinson Replica bike which was introduced through select Walmart stores throughout the country this Spring and is available on Walmart.com. The Hang-Tag offers riders a 30-day free membership in the NBL to encourage new BMXers to get involved in NBL racing.

NBL CEO Gary Aragon explains, “Hyper is a natural fit for the NBL, as they are taking the bold step to reach a very broad market with their dR Replica bike, making BMX racing accessible to

32 Women will race tomorrow's BMX Supercross World Cup race in Copenhagen tomorrow. 16 riders qualified out of qualifying round number one. The remaining riders had a second chance to qualify and the top 16 fastest racers were taken to the main program. Here's how it looks:

Women qualifying time trials round #1:

1      96      WALKER Sarah      NZL      39.798      Q
2     118     READE Shanaze     GBR     40.021     Q
3     22     LE CORGUILLÉ Laëtitia     FRA     40.093     Q
4     68     BUCHANAN Caroline     AUS     40.319     Q
5     31     GEVING Amanda     USA     41.093     Q
6     52     HLADÍKOVÁ Aneta     CZE     41.595     Q
7     103     BRACKEN Rachel     AUS     41.721     Q
8     39     CARR Amanda     USA     41.741     Q
9     50     POTTIER Magalie     FRA     41.900     Q

Results are in of the first time trials at the UCI BMX SX World Cup in Copenhagen. The fastest 32 riders after the first time trials round made it to the main program. The rest of the riders had another chance to make it to the top 32 riders for a second time. The official results of that round are not in yet but Robert de Wilde made it out to the main program in case you were wondering.

Time Trials round #1 Results Men:

1      4      STROMBERGS Maris       LAT      35.298      Q
2     91     WILLOUGHBY Sam     AUS     35.536     Q
3     149     FIELDS Connor     USA     35.563     Q
4     145     DAUDET Joris     FRA     35.570     Q
5     972     HAMON Thomas     FRA     35.998     Q
6     31     MATISONS Arturs     LAT     36.087     Q
7     37     VAN GORKOM Jelle     NED     36.154     Q
8     75     BRADFORD Joey     USA     36.170     Q
9     121     VAN DER BIEZEN Raymon     NED     36.185     Q

The 2010 UCI BMX World Championships will be held from 29 July - 1 August in Pietermaritzburg, the second largest city in the KwaZulu-Natal Province, and its administrative capital. Conveniently situated between Durban and Johannesburg, it is set amidst the forested hills and rolling countryside of the Natal-Midlands and is one of the best-preserved Victorian cities in the world. Pietermaritzburg, which is about a one hour’s drive from our fly-in port, Durban, has hosted many National BMX Championships in the past.

Apart from these competitions, Real Event Management, the organisers of the event (in conjunction with UCI), has structured a whole week of activity leading up to the World Championship competitions so that the local participants, officials and spectators