Copenhagen UCI BMX Supercross World Cup May 9-10- USA Rider
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:54 pm
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Eight riders named to funded team for Copenhagen World Cup
Colorado Springs, Colo. (Apr. 21, 2008)—USA Cycling announced today the eight athletes it will send to the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup event in Copenhagen, Denmark, May 9-10. The Copenhagen Supercross is the third of five UCI BMX Supercross events in 2008 and will also serve as the 17th of 18 races that factor into the USA Cycling BMX Rankings on the men’s side and the 15th of 16 for the women. The last race will be the UCI BMX World Championships in Taiyuan, China on May 31.
Five men – Kyle Bennett (Conroe, Texas), Donny Robinson (Napa, Calif.), Steven Cisar (Altadena, Calif.), David Herman (Wheat Ridge, Colo.), and Tyler Brown (San Clemente, Calif.) – received nominations to the funded team. Bennett and Robinson were automatically selected as the top two riders in the current 2008 USA Cycling Elite Men’s BMX Rankings. Herman was selected to the funded team after his outstanding win in the previous Supercross World Cup in Adelaide, Australia, while Cisar and Brown received coaches’ selections.
Three women were also selected for the squad – Arielle Martin (Pleasant Grove, Utah), Jill Kintner (Seattle, Wash.) and Amanda Geving (Largo, Fla.). As the top athlete in the USA Cycling Elite Women’s BMX Rankings, Martin received an automatic nomination, while Kintner and Geving were coaches’ selections.
To view the current USA Cycling BMX Rankings – the primary factor in determining the Olympic long team – heading into the penultimate event, click here https://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=3094.
Eight riders named to funded team for Copenhagen World Cup
Colorado Springs, Colo. (Apr. 21, 2008)—USA Cycling announced today the eight athletes it will send to the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup event in Copenhagen, Denmark, May 9-10. The Copenhagen Supercross is the third of five UCI BMX Supercross events in 2008 and will also serve as the 17th of 18 races that factor into the USA Cycling BMX Rankings on the men’s side and the 15th of 16 for the women. The last race will be the UCI BMX World Championships in Taiyuan, China on May 31.
Five men – Kyle Bennett (Conroe, Texas), Donny Robinson (Napa, Calif.), Steven Cisar (Altadena, Calif.), David Herman (Wheat Ridge, Colo.), and Tyler Brown (San Clemente, Calif.) – received nominations to the funded team. Bennett and Robinson were automatically selected as the top two riders in the current 2008 USA Cycling Elite Men’s BMX Rankings. Herman was selected to the funded team after his outstanding win in the previous Supercross World Cup in Adelaide, Australia, while Cisar and Brown received coaches’ selections.
Three women were also selected for the squad – Arielle Martin (Pleasant Grove, Utah), Jill Kintner (Seattle, Wash.) and Amanda Geving (Largo, Fla.). As the top athlete in the USA Cycling Elite Women’s BMX Rankings, Martin received an automatic nomination, while Kintner and Geving were coaches’ selections.
To view the current USA Cycling BMX Rankings – the primary factor in determining the Olympic long team – heading into the penultimate event, click here https://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=3094.