Heath and Harvey win inaugural Pro GRT following Whiteface finale

Pro mountain bike Gravity tour (Pro GRT) Sept. 1, 2009 Heath and Harvey take inaugural Pro GRT crowns after Mulally and Bourque win at Whiteface Sixteen year-old Neko Mulally (Reading, Pa./STA) and 44-year-old Dawn Bourque (Campton, N.H./Rhino Bike Works) won the final race on the 2009 USA Cycling Pro Gravity Tour, the Whiteface 5K Downhill. Mulally outrode dozens of the region's best downhillers to post the day's best time at 7:48.15, while Bourque put up the best women's time at 9:41.29. With his win, the young Mulally moved into sixth place in the final Pro GRT standings as Bourque propelled herself into fourth overall. Click here for complete results from the Pro GRT's fifth and final race of 2009 set in Wilmington, N.Y. Chris Heath (Durango, Colo./Manitou-Hayes) and Darian Harvey (Durango, Colo./Cannondale) won the country's only pro downhill series as the inaugural Pro GRT wrapped up on Sunday. The latest version of the USA Cycling Pro Gravity Tour standings are as follows: Men's Standings 1. Chris Heath (Durango, Colo./Manitou-Hayes) 176 2. Kain Leonard (Gunnison, Colo./Crested Butte Mountain Sports) 100 2. Joey Schusler (Boulder, Colo./Yeti-Fox Shox) 100 4. Chris Boice (Albuquerque, N.M./Yeti) 90 4. Cameron Cole (NZL/Maxxis-Rocky Mountain) 90 4. Aaron Gwinn (Morongo, Valley, Calif./Yeti-Fox Shox) 90 Women's Standings 1. Darian Harvey (Durango, Colo./Cannondale) 280 2. Jennifer Wolf (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.) 154 3. Rachel Bauer (Aspen, Colo./Bansee-Poison) 140 4. Dawn Bourque (Campton, N.H./Rhino Bike Works) 135 5. Jacqueline Harmony (Tucson, Ariz./Vixen-Loeka) 130   *For complete Pro GRT men's standings, click here and click here for complete women's standings. 4X The Yankee Clipper wrapped up the inaugural Pro XCT 4X calendar on August 14th with 17-year-old Mitch Ropelato (Ogden, Utah/Cafe Rio-Canfield Bros) taking the Pro GRT 4X men's crown. Click here to see the full men's 4X standings. Downhill winner Darian Harvey (Durango, Colo./Cannondale) also wrapped up the Pro GRT 4X crown. Click here to see the full women's 4X standings. Photo Caption: Neki Mulally stands atop the podium following the completion of the Pro GRT's final 2009 event, the Whiteface 5K Downhill.  Photos Courtesy: www.downhillmike.com Back to top About the USA Cycling Pro Mountain Bike Gravity Tour (Pro GRT) 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 2009 to consistently provide world-class athletes with a competitive arena on American soil, the USA Cycling Pro Mountain Bike Gravity Tour (ProGRT) consists of five total races in 2009, including three UCI sanctioned events. As the top national-level gravity mountain bike calendar in the country, the Pro GRT recognizes the best professional gravity athletes competing on U.S. soil by employing a season-long ranking system to identify overall men’s and women’s series leaders. Upon completion of the calendar, the overall winners are recognized as the best professional gravity riders in the nation. For more information on the USA Cycling Pro Mountain Bike Gravity Tour, visit www.usacycling.org/proxct.

This Article Published 2009-09-01 18:00:08 For more information contact: asmith@usacycling.org