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National Racing Calendar August 3, 2009 Menzies scores at Elk Grove, Zirbel grabs NRC lead Karl Menzies (AUS/OUCH-Maxxis) used consistent performances throughout the USA Cycling National Racing Calendar's richest event, the Tour of Elk Grove, to take home the $25,000 GC winner's prize. Menzies finished third, second and 11th in the three-stage event to edge BMC's Brent Bookwalter (Banner Elk, N.C.) by a mere seven seconds for the overall crown. Tom Zirbel (Boulder, Colo./Bissell) finished third in the overall at Elk Grove to leap frog Rory Sutherland (AUS/OUCH-Maxxis) and take over the NRC men's lead after 20 of 26 events. With Elk Grove a men's-only NRC event, 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) 1107 2. Lucas Sebastian Haedo (ARG/Colavita-Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light) 954 3. Rory Sutherland (AUS/OUCH-Maxxis) 952 4. Ben Jacques-Maynes (Watsonville, Calif./Bissell) 552 5. Karl Menzies (AUS/OUCH-Maxxis) 540 Men's Team Standings 1. Bissell Pro Cycling 2473 2. Colavita-Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light Pro Cycling Team 2447 3. Ouch presented by Maxxis 1866 4. BMC Racing 1269 5. Team Type I 1141 Women's Individual Standings 1. Alison Powers (Boulder, Colo./Team Type I) 1291 2. Kristin Armstrong (Boise, Idaho/Cervelo-Lifeforce) 905 3. Evie Stevens (New York, N.Y./Webcor Builders) 611 4. Catherine Cheatley (NZL/Colavita-Sutter Home) 579 5. Shelly Olds (Scotts Valley, Pa./Proman) 532 Women's Team Standings 1. Team Type 1 1853 2. Team Tibco 1702 3. Colavita-Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light Pro Cycling Team 1535 4. Webcor Builders Women's Professional Cycling Team 1342 5. Valuact Capitol Cycling Team 1199   *For complete 2009 NRC Individual and Team Standings, visit the NRC page, here and select desired 2009 standings. A pair of North Carolina races will highlight the NRC's 18th week August 8 and 9. The Presbyterian Hospital Invitational will go off in Charlotte on the eighth followed by the Hanes Park Classic in Winston Salem on the ninth. Photo courtesy: Tony Tang for Chicago Personal Photographers chicagopersonalphoto.com 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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