JHK & Irmiger win MTB Ultra Endurance 6; Price & Rusch lead

Mountain Bike Ultra-Endurance Calendar July 6, 2009 Horgan-Kobelski and Irmiger win Marathon Nats The husband and wife duo of Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski and Heather Irmiger (Boulder, Colo./Subaru-Gary Fisher) took home the pro men's and women's titles at the USA Cycling Marathon Mountain Bike National Championships on July 4 in Breckenridge, Colo. For complete results from the sixth event on the USA Cycling National Ultra Endurance Calendar, run in conjunction with the Firecracker 50, click here. With six of seven events completed on the 2009 USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Ultra-Endurance Calendar, the current standings are as follows: Men's Standings 1. Harlan Price (Philadelphia, Pa./Independent Fabrication)160 2. Jeremiah Bishop (Harrisonburg, Va./MonaVie-Cannondale) 100 3. John Mylne (Riverside, Calif./Niner Bikes-Ergon) 85 4. Ernesto Marenchin (Stow, Ohio/Speedgoat Bikes) 78 5. Bryan Fawley (Austin, Texas/Park Place Dealerships) 60 Women's Standings 1. Rebecca Rusch (Ketchum, Idaho) 238 2. Sandra Tomlinson (Jacksonville, Fla/Vanderkitten) 82 3. Danielle Musto (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 80 4. Rita Borelli (Tallahassee, Fla.) 70 5. Rebecca Tomaszewski (Boone, N.C.) 70   *For complete 2009 USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Ultra Endurance Calendar standings, click here. The final event on the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Ultra-Endurance Calendar will be the USA Cycling 24-Hour Mountain Bike National Championships in Moab, Utah, Oct. 10-11. *Photos courtesy Mark Mager Back to top About the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Ultra-Endurance 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. Created in 2006 to increase opportunities for both competitors and race promoters, the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Ultra-Endurance Calendar consists of eight mountain bike races across nine states and represents the most prestigious collection of off-road ultra-endurance events in the nation. The calendar employs a season-long rankings system to determine overall men’s and women’s champions who are recognized by the mountain bike community as the best ultra-endurance riders on American soil. The USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Ultra-Endurance Calendar features various disciplines of ultra-endurance racing including 12- and 24-hour cross country events and marathon races. For more information on the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Ultra-Endurance Calendar, visit www.usacycling.org/mbnc.

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