Sutherland and Powers win Joe Martin Stage Race

National Racing Calendar May 11, 2009 Sutherland and Powers win Joe Martin Stage Race Rory Sutherland (AUS/OUCH-Maxxis) used balanced results to win the four-day Joe Martin Stage Race over individual time trial winner Ben Jacques-Maynes (Watsonville, Calif./Bissell). In the women's competition it was the ITT winner, Alison Powers (Boulder, Colo./Team Type I) who came out on top of the sixth NRC event of the season. Click here for complete results from the NRC event in Fayetteville, Ark. Following his win in the fifth men's event Sutherland grabbed the NRC lead in the men's standings while Powers jumped to the top of the women's points standings after six events. The latest version of the USA Cycling National Racing Calendar standings is as follows: Men's Individual Standings 1. Rory Sutherland (AUS/OUCH-Maxxis) 415 2. Tom Zirbel (Boulder, Colo./Bissell) 357 3. Ban Jacques-Maynes (Watsonville, Calif./Bissell) 323 4. Jeff Louder (Salt Lake City, Utah/BMC) 286 5. Levi Leipheimer (Santa Rosa, Calif./Astana) 265 Men's Team Standings 1. Bissell Pro Cycling 963 2. Ouch presented by Maxxis 655 3. Colavita Olive Oil-Sutter Home Pro Cycling Team 507 4. BMC Racing Team 489 5. Fly V Australia presented by Successful Living 486 Women's Individual Standings 1. Alison Powers (Boulder, Colo./Team Type I) 640 2. Katheryn Mattis (Mountain View, Calif./Webcor) 429 3. Kristin Armstrong (Boise, Idaho/Cervelo-Lifeforce) 425 4. Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (GER/Columbia-High Road) 314 5. Amber Neben (Irvine, Calif./Nürnberger-Shoair) 231 Women's Team Standings 1. Team Type 1 841 2. Webcor Builders Women's Professional Cycling Team 837 3. Team Tibco 763 4. Columbia High Road Women's Professional Cycling Team 660 4. Valuact Capitol Cycling Team 660   *For complete 2009 NRC Individual and Team Standings, visit the NRC page, here and select desired 2009 standings. The next event on the 2009 NRC will be the Bank of America Wilmington Grand Prix in Wilmington, Del. on May 16. *Photo courtesy Tom Ewart/NWA Photography. Back to top About the USA Cycling National Racing Calendar Currently in its 13th season, the National Racing Calendar (NRC) is an all-inclusive road cycling series sanctioned and owned by USA Cycling which features the nation’s top Pro-Am events in the United States. With a total prize list of $1.3 million and an overall ranking system that determines the country’s best men’s and women’s individual cyclists and cycling teams at the end of the season, the NRC is the premier season-long national-level calendar that features both professional and amateur cyclists. The 32-race NRC consists of all forms of competitive road cycling – multi-day stage races, criteriums, time trials, omniums and single-day road and circuit races. For more information on the NRC, visit www.usacycling.org/nrc, or to become a part of the United States’ premier Pro-Am road cycling series, contact USA Cycling National Events Director, Justin Rogers at 719-434-4283 or jrogers@usacycling.org.

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