Tuesday, September 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



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.

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