Kabush and Pendrel triumph at Pro XCT#5 at Mount Snow, JHK takes over series lead

Geoff Kabush (CAN/Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain) earned a convincing win in the men's cross country race at Mount Snow's Mountain Bike Festival, the fifth stop on the USA Cycling Professional Cross Country Tour presented by Sho-air. Another Canadian, Catherine Pendrel (Luna) took the women's victory. For comple results from Mount Snow, click here.

With five of six Pro XCT events complete in 2009, Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (Boulder, Colo./Subaru-Gary Fisher) took over the leaders jersey from Max Plaxton (CAN/Sho-air-Specialized) and Sid Taberlay (AUS/Sho-air-Specialized) moved into second position. Catherine Pendrel (CAN/Luna) continues to lead the women with Georgia Gould (Fort Collins, Colo./Luna) hot on her heels. The latest version of the USA Cycling Pro Mountain Bike Cross Country Tour presented by Sho-air standings is as follows:

Men's Individual Standings 1. Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (Boulder, Colo./Subaru-Gary Fisher) 460 2. Sid Taberlay (AUS/Sho-air-Specialized) 435 3. Max Plaxton (CAN/Sho-air-Specialized) 420 4. Todd Wells (Durango, Colo./Specialized Factory Racing) 405 5. Geoff Kabush (CAN/Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain) 360 Women's Individual Standings 1. Catherine Pendrel (CAN/Luna) 495 2. Georgia Gould (Fort Collins, Colo./Luna) 475 3. Heather Irmiger (Boulder, Colo./Subaru-Gary Fisher) 400 4. Katerina Nash (Truckee, Calif./Luna) 330 5. Pua Sawicki (Yucapia, Calif./Ellsworth) 310

*Click here to view the complete 2009 Pro XCT Men's Individual Standings, here to view the Women's Inidvidual Standings.

STXC
Kabush aslo won the short track conest at Mount Snow, but Todd Wells' (Durango, Colo./Specialized Factory Racing) second-place finish helped him hold on to the series lead in the Pro XCT Trailwatch.net STXC presented by Escape Adventures. Click here for complete men's standings. Despite Katerina Nash's (Truckee, Calif./Luna) short track victory at Mount Snow, Heather Irmiger (Boulder, Colo./Subaru-Gary Fisher) holds the women's series lead. Click here to view the complete women's standings.

NEXT UP
The next and final race on the 2009 Pro XCT will be the Yankee Clipper at Windham Mountain in New York, on Aug. 15.

Photo Caption: The Pro XCT women's field takes off at Mount Snow.

Photo courtesy: Alaina Castillo/Mount Snow Resort

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