Frejus, France (Oct. 11, 2008)—The United States continues to displayed its strength in BMX racing as David Herman (Wheat Ridge, Colo.) and Donny Robinson (Napa, Calif.) went one-two in the final round of the 2008 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup in France on Saturday. With the victory, Herman moved himself into second-place in the final World Cup standings, only to be bested by Robinson who grabbed the title as Americans swept the first four overall spots. The only American woman in contention, Arielle Martin (Pleasant Grove, Utah) finished second, which was good enough to earn her the overall Supercross World Cup title on the season.
After qualifying three men for the final, the Americans were one, two and three going into the first turn before Olympian Kyle Bennett (Conroe, Texas) crashed to remove himself from contention. After qualifying 19th, 20-year-old Herman was able to out sprint Olympic bronze medalist Robinson and Andres Jiminez Caicedo of Columbia to take home his second Supercross World Cup title of the season…Â Details