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American rider Connor Fields followed his World Cup time trial victory by taking first place in the BMX supercross final on Saturday in Argentina.
The U.S. Olympian led every lap he raced over the weekend, and finished the men’s final in 32.008 seconds. Fields, from Henderson, Nev., edged Jelle Van Gorkom of the Netherlands and … More
It’s easy to use the symbol “4X” when referring to Brian Lopes—not only is Lopes a four-time UCI World Champion, but his name has become synonymous with the mountain biking discipline of four-cross, in which he also holds multiple titles as a USA Cycling National Champion and a UCI World Cup Champion.
At a racing age of 42 today, Lopes was only 4-1/2 when he won his first BMX race in 1975. “I did well,” Lopes says, “and I thought, ‘Okay, I can do this.’ ” Lopes stuck with BMX until he was about 9 years old and then pursued other sports such as baseball and soccer. “I still rode every day and … More