In a display of extreme speed and skill, GB’s Shanaze Reade claimed the champions’ crown in an adrenaline-fuelled night (Sat 20 April) 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 friday’s 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 3 women racing in the motos – the elimination stage where each athlete rides three times against the same opponents.
Thirty-two women started off the Women’s Quarterfinals, with the fastest 16 moving through to the Semis. Shanaze Reade pulled out all the stops, coming first in all three motos, with fellow team-mates, Charlotte Green and Abbie Taylor also flying through.
Shanaze Reade put on a fantastic show in the Women’s Semi Finals, with fellow team-mates Abbie Taylor and Charlotte Green missing out on a place in the final.
When the time came for the final 8 women to take their places at the start gate for the last race in this opening round of the World Cup, Reade didn’t disappoint, she started well, taking an early lead and finished first to take the World Cup title in Manchester.
Sportsister, The Women’s Sports Magazine
