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Things are about to change regarding the Time Trials in 2014. It's like watching paint dry, so a change is very welcome. But for this year the time trials are a separate race and a way to qualify the top 64 riders for Sunday's BMX Supercross program. But in Papendal, those who did not make the top 64 had a chance to participate in a race. This is good in a few ways. 1) The track, medics, and staff is there anyway. So bring it on. 2) It will give the racers who flew in from far, a way to race a BMX SX track to gain some more experience. 3) It will finally speed up the excitement for the crowd.

After a rain soaked elite mens practice earlier in the day the Time Trials qualifications at the Dutch Olympic Training Centre in Papendal the Netherlands got started in windy conditions as the wind swirled around the track in all directions. When it came down to the Super Finals it was all business for the girls with five of them managing to boost the big triple step-up jump on the first straight. Manon Valentino stepped it up to third place with Alise Post taking second both improving their qualifying times by over two seconds. Mariana Pajon once again showed her big match temperament in the second and third straights with a clinical display of Bicycle Motocross smashing the course in an incredible time of 37.207 sec to take first place.

Pajon said: “I had a really good gate and first straight, jumped the triple and just wanted to go smooth and fast and just have fun – I'm very happy with the win.”

Men: Only three seconds separate # 1 to # 64 With 115 elite men taking on this massive course in Papendal and with only 64

At the third stop of the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup, Connor Fields (Henderson, Nev./Chase BMX) won his second consecutive world cup superfinal time trial on Saturday after posting the fastest time around the supercross track in Papendal, Netherlands. In the elite women’s race Alise Post (Saint Cloud, Minn./Redline Bicycles) finished second to 2012 Olympic supercross gold medalist Mariana Pajon of Colombia.

Fields, who qualified in second after his first run, posted a time of 38.064 in the superfinal to secure the victory, just under two tenths of a second ahead of runner-up Jelle van Gorkom (NED).

“Things came together well today. The wind kicked up and was a factor for everyone, but I thrive in chaotic environments. I ran my first lap at 85 to 90 percent to feel the track out, then turned it up in the super final,” said Fields, the reigning world champion in the time trial. “TT wins always validate how strong I'm feeling and boost the confidence for race day.”

Men Time Trials Superfinal results. WC #3 Papendal, Netherlands.

1     11     FIELDS Connor     USA     38.064     
2     37     VAN GORKOM Jelle     NED     38.241     
3     69     GODET Damien     FRA     38.638     
4     65     PHILLIPS Liam     GBR     38.735     
5     127     TREIMANIS Edzus     LAT     38.740     
6     2     DAUDET Joris     FRA     38.804     
7     39     ANDRE Sylvain     FRA     38.818     
8     92     JASPERS Martijn     NED     38.842     
9     566     OQUENDO ZABALA Carlos Mario     COL     38.968    
10     120     PELLUARD Vincent     FRA     39.066     
11     121     VAN DER BIEZEN Raymon     NED     39.080     
12     95     NOBLES Barry     USA     39.354     
13     500     REZENDE Renato     BRA     39.617     
14     457     CALLAN Joshua     AUS     39.626     
15     4     DEAN Anthony     AUS     39.679     
16     921     HARMSEN Joris     NED     40.125

64 riders have qualified for the main program of tomorrow. Top 16 will ride in the Time Trials Superfinals at 16:00hr. Watch it live on FATBMX.
1     69     GODET Damien     FRA     38.439     Q
2     11     FIELDS Connor     USA     38.769     Q
3     121     VAN DER BIEZEN Raymon     NED     38.803     Q
4     127     TREIMANIS Edzus     LAT     39.108     Q
5     92     JASPERS Martijn     NED     39.228     Q
6     2     DAUDET Joris     FRA     39.230     Q
7     566     OQUENDO ZABALA Carlos Mario     COL     39.262     Q
8     120     PELLUARD Vincent     FRA     39.283     Q
9     37     VAN GORKOM Jelle     NED     39.397     Q
10     39     ANDRE Sylvain     FRA     39.509     Q
11     500     REZENDE Renato     BRA     39.527     Q
12     457     CALLAN Joshua     AUS     39.627     Q
13     921     HARMSEN Joris     NED     39.739     Q
14     65     PHILLIPS Liam     GBR     39.750     Q
15     95     NOBLES Barry     USA     39.754     Q

Qualifying round of the time trials at the World Cup three of 2013 in Papendal, Netherlands. 24 girls qualify for the main event. Look who all made it.
1     5     PAJON Mariana     COL     39.864     Q
2     4     MARTIN Arielle     USA     40.624     Q
3     8     POST Alise     USA     40.638     Q
4     110     SMULDERS Laura     NED     41.060     Q
5     7     VALENTINO Manon     FRA     41.227     Q

The UCI Management Committee announced today that the 2016 UCI BMX World Championships will be held in Medellin, Columbia. Meeting in Bergen, Norway, the Management Committee meetings were held alongside meetings of the Professional Cycling Council (PCC). UCI President Pat McQuaid said: “We’re delighted that Medellin, the ‘City of the Eternal Spring’ in the Andes Mountains, will be our host city in 2016 for the UCI BMX World Championships. The event will