UCI Supercross World Cup Round 4 at Rock Hill This Weekend

September 28th, 2016
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The UCI Supercross Series recommences this weekend at Rock Hill, South Carolina, after the long World Championships and Olympics break. Rock Hill hosted it’s first UCI Supercross race in 2015 and is all set to host the 2017 World Championships.

It’s a different landscape post Olympics with some heavy hitters missing from the line up. The elite men’s class has only 88 entries for the event and women’s has 28. The lowest numbers I can remember at a UCI Supercross

In the Men’s Elite:

Aussies Sam Willoughby, Anthony Dean and Bodi Turner are all absent making way for some much younger riders that are all busting to make a name for themselves early in the long stretch to the 2020 Olympics.

We also get to see a number of Chinese riders on the gate for the first time in a while.

Other notable absentees are Great Britain’s Liam Phillips, France’s Joris Daudet and Amidu Mir and USA’s golden boy Connor Fields.

In the Women’s Elite:

Aussies Caroline Buchanan and Lauren Reynolds are AWOL.

Also missing are USA’s Alise Post, New Zealand’s Sarah Walker has promised a return to racing but is a no show and Colombia’s two times gold medalist Mariana Pajon.

DATE

Friday 30 September – Saturday 1 October

LOCATION

Novant Health BMX Supercross Track, 1307 Riverwalk Parkway, Rock Hill, SC, United States

WEBCAST

Follow the event live on http://www.bmxlive.tv/

SCHEDULE (Rock Hill Local Times)

Thursday Sep 29

2:00 PM – 4.30 PM Rider Confirmation & Transponder Handout
5:00 PM – 6:25 PM Elite Men Practice – Group A
6:30 PM – 7.55 PM Elite Men Practice – Group B
8:00 PM – 9:25 PM Elite Women Practice – Group C

Friday Sep 30

12:00 PM-12:55 PM Elite Men Practice – Group A
1:00 PM – 1:55 PM Elite Men Practice – Group B
2:00 PM – 2:55 PM Elite Women Practice – Group C Break
4:00 PM – 4:45 PM Autograph session
5:00 PM – 7:25 PM Elite Men Qualifications 16 motos (3 rounds) Elite Women Qualifications 4 motos (3 rounds)
7:30 PM – 7:40 PM Warm Up Elite Women Time Trials
7:45 PM – 7:55 PM Warm Up Elite Men Time Trials
8:00 PM – 8:20 PM Elite Women Time trials Superfinals
8:20 PM – 8:50 PM Elite Men Time trials Superfinals
8:50 PM – 9:00 PM Awards ceremony

Saturday Oct 1

4:00 PM – 4:45 PM Autograph session
5:00 PM – 5:25 PM Warm up Elite Men
5:30 PM – 5:55 PM Warm up Elite Women
6:00 PM – 6:05 PM Riders Introduction
6:05 PM – 7:45 PM Elite Men 1/8 Finals 1st round
Elite Women Quarterfinal 1st round
Elite Men 1/8 Finals 2nd round
Elite Women Quarterfinals 2nd round
Elite Men 1/8 3rd round
Elite Women Quarterfinals 3rd round
Break

8:20 PM – 8:35 PM Elite Men Quarterfinals
8:45 PM – 8:50 PM Elite Women Semifinals
8:55 PM – 9:00 PM Elite Men Semifinal
9:10 PM – 9:20 PM Elite Women Final
9:20 PM – 9:30 PM Elite final
9:30 PM – 9:40 PM Awards ceremony

Schedule subject to change