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Team USA continued its dominance of the 2009 UCI BMX World Championships, claiming five of the nine challenge class world titles up for grabs on day two at the Adelaide Showgrounds.
Three of the gold medals were earned by USA Cycling’s Junior Development Program athletes: Rusty Nesgiv (San Diego, Calif.), Paul Wassenaar (San Diego, Calif.), and Brooke Crain (Visalia, Calif.).
Nesgiv rode to his world title in the 15-year-old boy’s contest and he was followed by fellow USA Cycling Junior Development Program athlete Nick Koehler (Tustin, Calif.), who claimed the silver medal. In the next category up, Wassenaar bested all of the 16-year-old boys in Adelaide to score his world championship. Crain earned her title with a victory in the 16-year-old girl’s race and was joined on the podium with another junior development athlete, Taylor Wolcott (Roseville, Calif.), who rode to the bronze medal.
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Lance Armstrong can expect some help from Astana team mate Alberto Contador in Saturday’s penultimate Tour de France stage, as long as the Spaniard has already made sure of overall victory.
Contador will start the 167-km stage to Mont Ventoux with a lead of four minutes 11 seconds over Luxembourg’s Andy Schleck, with the third-placed American only 15 seconds ahead of Briton Bradley Wiggins.
Despite tensions in the camp since the Tour started in Monaco almost three weeks ago, Contador has offered to lend a hand to seven-times champion Armstrong during the 21.1-km ascent to the top of the hill.
Adelaide, Australia (July 23, 2009) — American riders dominated opening day of the 2009 UCI BMX World Championships on Thursday, taking seven of the 17 world titles up for grabs.Over 2,000 BMX riders from 32 countries have converged on Adelaide to compete for world titles at the Adelaide Showgrounds, and the first day of competition featured Challenge class riders age 14 and younger on a 310 meter indoor track.
The strongest showing by Americans came when the 12-year-old boys took to the track. Americans swept the podium with Brock Hefron (Chandler, Ariz.) claiming the world title. Collin Hudson (Longmont, Colo.) and Damian Ontiveros (Fremont, Calif.) followed for the silver and bronze medals while fellow American Nicolas Wolthers (Stevenson Ranch, Calif.) placed seventh.