Miller sweeps N.C. criteriums, new NRC team leaders

 

National Racing Calendar August 10, 2009 Miller sweeps North Carolina criteriums; Colavita-Sutter Home-Cooking-Light takes men's team lead A pair of North Carolina criteriums marked the 21st and 22nd races of the USA Cycling National Racing Calendar over the weekend. David Veilleux (CAN/Kelly Benefit Strategies) grabbed the men's win in Presbyterian Hospital Invitational Criterium in downtown Charlotte on Saturday, while Brooke Miller (Santa Cruz, Calif./Team Tibco) won the sprint in the women's race. For complete results from the Presbyterian Criterium, click here. On Sunday the action moved north to Winston Salem where Aldo Ilesic (SLO/Team Type I) earned the pro men's victory and Miller picked up her second NRC win in as many days. Click here for complete results from the Hanes Park Classic. Even though Lucas Sebastian Haedo (ARG/Colavita-Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light) finished third in the Hanes Park Classic, Tom Zirbel (Boulder, Colo./Bissell) was able to hold on to his overall lead in the men's NRC standings. The Colavita-Sutter Home-Cooking Light men's squad however used several strong performances to take over the lead in the men's team standings. While things are tightening on the women's side, Alison Powers (Boulder, Colo./Team Type I) still retains a commanding lead however her Team Type I squad was overtaken by Team TIBCO in the team standings last week. 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) 1015 3. Rory Sutherland (AUS/OUCH-Maxxis) 952 4. Karl Menzies (AUS/OUCH-Maxxis) 624 5. Ben Jacques-Maynes (Watsonville, Calif./Bissell) 552 Men's Team Standings 1. Colavita-Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light Pro Cycling Team 2636 2. Bissell Pro Cycling 2497 3. Ouch presented by Maxxis 1965 4. Team Type I 1346 5. BMC Racing 1269 Women's Individual Standings 1. Alison Powers (Boulder, Colo./Team Type I) 1291 2. Kristin Armstrong (Boise, Idaho/Cervelo-Lifeforce) 905 3. Catherine Cheatley (NZL/Colavita-Sutter Home) 615 4. Evie Stevens (New York, N.Y./Webcor Builders) 611 5. Joanne Kiesanowski (NZL/Team TIBCO) 583 Women's Team Standings 1. Team Tibco 2058 2. Team Type 1 1953 3. Colavita-Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light Pro Cycling Team 1693 4. Webcor Builders Women's Professional Cycling Team 1342 5. Valuact Capitol Cycling Team 1219   *For complete 2009 NRC Individual and Team Standings, visit the NRC page, here and select desired 2009 standings. The next event on the USA Cycling National Racing calendar will the the six-stage Tour of Utah Aug. 18-23. Photo caption: The Team Mountain Khakis squad fared well in Winston Salem's Hanes Park Criterium. Photo courtesy: Stephanie Shotz Bender Cover photo courtesy: Peter Brentlinger 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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