EIGHT RIDERS NAMED TO FUNDED TEAM FOR UCI BMX SUPERCROSS WORLD CUP OPENER IN MADRID

Colorado Springs, Colo. (March 4, 2010) – USA Cycling announced today the eight athletes it will send to round one of the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup in Madrid, Spain, March 26-27. The Madrid Supercross is the fifth event that factors into the 2010 USA Cycling BMX Power Rankings. The final race that will factor into these rankings will be the UCI BMX World Championships in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa on July 31.

Four men received nominations to the funded team: Donny Robinson (Napa, Calif.), Nicholas Long (Lakeside, Calif.), David Herman (Wheat Ridge, Colo.), and Corben Sharrah (Tucson, Ariz.). Robinson was automatically selected as the top elite male rider in the USA Cycling Power Rankings. Long and Herman, the top U23 men in the power rankings, and Sharrah, who sits atop the junior men’s rankings, received coaches’ selections to the funded team for Madrid.

The women’s funded squad will include Arielle Martin (Spanaway, Wash.), Ashley Verhagen (Simi Valley, Calif.), Amanda Geving (Largo, Florida), and Brooke Crain (Visalia, Calif.). As the top elite female rider in the power rankings, Martin was an automatic selection to the funded team. Verhagen, Geving, and Crain received coaches’ nominations to the team based on their performance at the first USA Cycling BMX Women’s Development Camp which took place at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif., Feb. 22 – March 4.

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All championship class riders with an active USA Cycling BMX license can register for the Madrid Supercross by logging on to their “My USA Cycling” account.  Registration costs $165 and is open until 5:00 p.m. MST on March 10^th, 2010.

2010 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup #1 – Madrid, Spain – March 26-27, 2010

USA Cycling Funded Team:

Men – Donny Robinson (Napa, Calif.) … Nicholas Long (Lakeside, Calif.) … David Herman (Wheat Ridge, Colo.) … Corben Sharrah (Tucson, Ariz.)

Women – Arielle Martin (Spanaway, Wash.) … Ashley Verhagen (Simi Valley, Calif.) … Amanda Geving (Largo, Fla.) … Brooke Crain (Visalia, Calif.)