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National Racing Calendar July 20, 2009 Hanson wins in Boise; Zirbel retains NRC lead Kenneth Hanson (Santa Barbara, Calif./Team Type 1) sprinted to victory in the Wells Fargo Twilight Criterium in downtown Boise, Idaho on Saturday. Hanson's win, over several of the NRC's top-ranked riders, helped him move into sixth place in the season's overall standings. The women's event, not a part of the NRC, was won by hometown Olympic hero, Kristin Armstrong (Boise, Idaho/Cervelo-Lifeforce). Click here for complete results from the Wells Fargo Boise Twilight Criterium. Tom Zirbel (Boulder, Colo./Bissell) retains a slim lead in the overall NRC men's standings with 17 of 26 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) 908 2. Lucas Sebastian Haedo (ARG/Colavita-Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light) 890 3. Rory Sutherland (AUS/OUCH-Maxxis) 864 4. Ben Jacques-Maynes (Watsonville, Calif./Bissell) 436 5. Alejandro Barrajo (ARG/Colavita-Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light) 421 Men's Team Standings 1. Colavita-Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light Pro Cycling Team 2282 2. Bissell Pro Cycling 1936 3. Ouch presented by Maxxis 1443 4. Team Type I 1074 5. Kelly Benefit Strategies 871 Women's Individual Standings 1. Alison Powers (Boulder, Colo./Team Type I) 1185 2. Kristin Armstrong (Boise, Idaho/Cervelo-Lifeforce) 905 3. Shelly Olds (Scotts Valley, Pa./Proman) 532 4. Catherine Cheatley (NZL/Colavita-Sutter Home) 497 5. Laura Van Gilder (Pocono Pines, Pa./Mellow Mushroom) 466 Women's Team Standings 1. Team Type 1 1723 2. Team Tibco 1477 3. Colavita-Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light Pro Cycling Team 1405 4. Webcor Builders Women's Professional Cycling Team 1202 5. Valuact Capitol Cycling Team 1006   *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 BMC Cascade Cycling Classic July 22-26 in Bend, Ore. Photo courtesy: Brian Loseness 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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