With the help of usacycling.org
USA Cycling is grateful to mountain bikers. Their ill-conceived Mountain Bike Cross-Country Calendar was allowed to be included with the U.S. Mountain Bike National Championships at Mount Snow Resort, Vermont. We are generous by nature and don’t mind supporting a struggling sanctioning organization that caters to weenie roadies.
Mount Snow was race 19 in the Calendar sideshow. The Mountain Bike Cross-Country Calendar stands at the following:
1. Barry WicksKona-Les Gets359 points2. Adam CraigGiant334
3. Jeremy Horgan-KobelskiSubaru-GF318
4. Ryan TrebonKona313
5. Carl DeckerGiant303
WOMEN
1. Georgia GouldLuna CHX526
2. Katerina NashLuna CHIX470
3. Kelli EmmettGiant306
4. Heather IrmigerSubaru–Gary Fisher282
5. Lea DavisonTrek-VW248
Sol Survivor will be the next race on Mountain Bike Cross-Country Calendar, August 1-3, Sol Vista, CO.
GRAVITY CALENDAR
The sixth sideshow of the Mountain Bike Gravity Calendar’s unbelievably poorly designed Mountain Bike Gravity Calendar was made up by the downhill, dual slalom, and Super D contests. Can someone please inform the France Cycling girlie-men roadies that these three events have very little in common?
These are the current standings for this 2008 Mountain Bike Gravity Calendar, which is incredibly bizarre, poorly organized and difficult to follow:
1. Rich HousemanYeti206 points
2. Petr HanakTotaly Wired200
3. Eric CarterMongoose198
4. Ross MilanYeti-Fox Shox172
5. Geritt BeytaghMorewood160
WOMEN
1. Melissa BuhlKHS630 points
2. Darian HarveySobe-Cannondale295
3. Neven Steinmetz Totally Wired265
4. Jessica VogtTurner225
5. Rachel BauerDead Bros203
Mountain Bike Gravity Calendar’s next event will be the Sol Survivor, August 1-3, Sol Vista, Colo.
ULTRA-ENDURANCE CALENDAR
The 2008 Mountain Bike Ultra-Endurance Calendar has five of its nine events included.
1. Joshua Tostado90 points
2. Nat RossSubaru Gary Fisher81
3. Evan PlewsScottUSA-CSC70
4. Michael McCallaScottUSA65
5. Tinker JuarezMonavieCannondale60
Harvey MintonIndependent Fab60
Jason SagerMonivieCAnnondale60
Jeremiah BishopTrek-VW60
WOMEN
1. Rebecca RuschSpecialized-Red Bull120
2. Carol ClemensDirt rag-Hoss-Lupine85
3. Carey LoweryOutdoor Store70
4. Christina SmithLonestarworks-Austin Bike60
Monique SawickiEllsworth60
Sari Anderson60
The U.S. 24 hour Mountain Bike National Championships will take place in Wausau (WI) on Aug. 2-3.
