Bell & Stevens win Fitchburg; Zirbel takes over men's NRC lead

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National Racing Calendar July 6, 2009 Bell and Stevens win Fitchburg overall; Zirbel takes over men's lead Zach Bell (CAN/Kelly Benefit Strategies) won the men's pro overall in the USA Cycling National Racing Calendar's 16th event, the Fitchburg Longsjo Classic. Evelyn Stevens (New York, N.Y./Team Lip Smacker) pulled out the women's pro overall victory in Fitchburg, Mass. Without claiming a stage victory, both Bell and Stevens used consistent performances to grab the overall after four stages. For complete results from Fitchburg, click here. After a third-place overall finish at Fitchburg, Tom Zirbel (Boulder, Colo./Bissell) takes over the NRC overall men's standings lead with 16 of 27 events complete, while Alison Powers (Boulder, Colo./Team Type I) continues to lead the women's individual standings. Colavita-Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light leads the men's team standings while Team Type I remained in the top spot on the women's side. The latest version of the USA Cycling National Racing Calendar standings is as follows: Men's Individual Standings 1. Tom Zirbel (Boulder, Colo./Bissell) 847 2. Lucas Sebastian Haedo (ARG/Colavita-Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light) 830 3. Rory Sutherland (AUS/OUCH-Maxxis) 785 4. Ben Jacques-Maynes (Watsonville, Calif./Bissell) 421 5. Alejandro Barrajo (ARG/Colavita-Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light) 403 Men's Team Standings 1. Colavita-Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light Pro Cycling Team 2229 2. Bissell Pro Cycling 1815 3. Ouch presented by Maxxis 1372 4. Team Type I 812 5. Jelly Belly Cycling Team 801 Women's Individual Standings 1. Alison Powers (Boulder, Colo./Team Type I) 1145 2. Kristin Armstrong (Boise, Idaho/Cervelo-Lifeforce) 905 3. Shelly Olds (Scotts Valley, Pa./Proman) 532 4. Catherine Cheatley (NZL/Colavita-Sutter Home) 487 5. Katherine Carroll (Sausalito, Calif./Team TIBCO) 459 Women's Team Standings 1. Team Type 1 1730 2. Team Tibco 1477 3. Colavita-Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light Pro Cycling Team 1445 4. Webcor Builders Women's Professional Cycling Team 1202 5. Valuact Capitol Cycling Team 966   *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 Boise Twilight Criterium on July 18 in Boise, Idaho. Photo courtesy: Fitchburg Longsjo Classic Back to top About the USA Cycling National Racing Calendar Recognized by the United States Olympic Committee and the Union Cycliste Internationale, USA Cycling is the official governing body for all disciplines of competitive cycling in the United States, including road, track, mountain bike, BMX, and cyclo-cross. Currently in its 13th season, the National Racing Calendar (NRC) is the premier season-long road cycling series sanctioned and owned by USA Cycling. With an overall ranking system that determines the best individual male and female cyclists, as well as the best teams, in the U.S., the NRC features the nation’s top Pro-Am events and boasts a total prize purse of $1.3 million. The 32-race calendar is open to both professional and amateur cyclists and 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.

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