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In a display of extreme speed and skill, GB’s Liam Phillips and Shanaze Reade last night (Sat 20th April) claimed the champions’ crown in an adrenaline-fuelled night of racing at the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup Manchester. The Great Britain riders took a clean sweep of wins at the event that saw the world’s top 64 men and 32 women, freshly qualified from yesterday’s (Friday 19th April) time trials, racing 8 abreast, elbow to elbow in a series of elimination races to bid for the UCI Supercross Manchester Champion’s crown.

GB Cycling’s BMX team took to the track in force, with 7 British men and 3 women racing in the motos – the elimination stage where each athlete rides three times against the same opponents, including the Superfinals’ fastest riders, Shanaze Reade and Liam Phillips.

The 64 men started in their 1st, 2nd and 3rd round moto heats with the top 32 fastest average riders moving through to the Men’s Quarterfinals. Of the GB team, Liam Phillips, Tre Whyte,

Men Final results SX round 1:
1     65     PHILLIPS Liam     GBR     1     29.037     
2     49     NYHAUG Tory     CAN     5     29.363     
3     1     WILLOUGHBY Sam     AUS     6     29.739     
4     39     ANDRE Sylvain     FRA     7     29.880     
5     11     FIELDS Connor     USA     2     30.221     
6     500     REZENDE Renato     BRA     8     30.668     
7     2     DAUDET Joris     FRA     3     31.252     
8     4     DEAN Anthony     AUS     4     31.325

Women Final results SX round 1:
1     12     READE Shanaze     GBR     1     32.094     
2     32     CRAIN Brooke     USA     4     32.935     
3     75     VAN BENTHEM Merle     NED     6     33.675     
4     8     POST Alise     USA     5     33.724     
5     21     REYNOLDS Lauren     AUS     8     34.124     
6     4     MARTIN Arielle     USA     7     34.808     
7     7     VALENTINO Manon     FRA     3     35.090     
8     52     HLADIKOVA Aneta     CZE     2     37.692

In what was an adrenaline fuelled afternoon of racing at Manchester’s National Cycling Centre, the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup Time Trials got the weekend underway with 198 riders taking to the track from 29 different countries. Despite the fierce competition on show, the following riders beat off their rivals to qualify for tomorrow’s final rounds, with a strong display from the GB Cycling BMX team.

Women’s Elite Finals (Top 5 of 32 qualifiers)
Shanaze Reade, GBR
Felicia Stancil, USA
Merle Van Benthem, NED
Eva Ailloud, FRA
Alise Post, USA

Men’s Elite Finals (Top 5 of 32 qualifiers)
Liam Phillips, GBR
Joris Daudet, FRA

Great Britain has almost become “home” for the international BMX scene with numerous high profile events in the past year, most notably the 2012 UCI BMX World Championships in Birmingham and the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Now bringing the World Cup to Manchester in their magnificent National Cycling Centre which is in doors and in immaculate condition.

Before the event Team MTN/Qhubeka BMX Rider commented, 

The Time Trials Superfinals just took place in Manchester, England. The Brits came out on top in both classes. Having access to this permanent BMX Supercross track sure helped Shanaze Reade and Liam Phillips ride to the top of the podium in the Time Trials event. Tomorrow it's back to racing with full gates of 8 riders coming down that high starting hill. Riders were already overshooting the big jumps today. Let's see how that's going to work out tomorrow when they hit the jumps on the first straight side by side. Here are the TT Superfinals results of today.

Here's the deal. The time trials have ended over in Manchester, UK to determine who are allowed to race in the main program tomorrow. 64 men and 32 women qualified for Saturday's race. The top 16 finishers in the time trials will race the Time Trials Superfinal tonight. Live on FATBMX.com. Watch it. Here are the results of the time trials earlier today. You can see who made it to tomorrow's program and who will line up for the TT Superfinal tonight.

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