FGBC CX Pool Roundup

The organizers of the USGP series take forever to get their results up. They're almost as bad as the MCA. Full results from yesterday's race are still not up. But we finally have everything we need as far as the FGBC CX Pool goes.

At the muddy Mercer cup, Johnson beat Todd Wells and Trebon on Saturday. The Wells brothers ganged up on the field on Sunday. They finished 1-2, while Jeremy Powers finished in 3rd. Georgia Gould swept the womens races. Nash and Bruno Roy rounded out the podium on Saturday. On Sunday, it was Nash again in 2nd place, followed by Rachel Lloyd in 3rd.

Interesting to see a couple of locals from NC in the elite field. They didn't fare so well: 41st, 51st, and 64th on Saturday. Hopefully things went a little better on Sunday.

Over in Belgium, Sven Nys found himself back on the top step of the podium in another muddy affair. Bart Wellens finally raced like the badass we expect him to be. He had his best race of the season so far, finishing second. Klaas Vantornout was third. Lars Boom did not have a great race. He finished in 7th place. In the women's race, Katie Compton finally picked up her first European win of the season. Van den Brand and Cant rounded out the podium.

Highlights of the men's race here:



The biggest news of the weekend didn't happen in any of these races. Neils Albert impaled himself on his stem while warming up on Sunday's Superprestige race in Gavere, Belgium. He was carried off the course on a stretcher and spent the night in ICU with a torn spleen. I believe he's out of ICU now, but still in the hospital. Needless to say, he won't be racing anytime soon. All of a sudden, those who picked Stybar or Vantornout instead of Albert get a sudden boost. Watch here.

Apparently Tim Johnson injured himself on Saturday too. He stayed in the race to grab his win, but didn't take to the start line on Sunday.

In the FGBC CX Pool, Jonny M had a nice weekend. He picked up 1105 points, mostly on the strength of the two USGP races. Gary had another good week. With 920 points, he stretches his lead back to over 200 points. Deanna continues to do well too. She moves ahead of Tomek into 6th overall. Full scoring spreadsheet here.

Weekend Results:

Jonny M 1105
Gary 920
Deanna 805
Chris H 790
Matt 760
Charlene 740
Rachel 715
David S 705
Dallas 645
Chris A 635
Jonny G 630
Bill 595
Tomek 595
Olli 565
Vic 565
Paddy & Naomi 560
Hal 560
Andy 520
Brad 515
Adam 505
Ian 495


Overall Standings:

Gary 5950
Chris H 5720
Jonny M 5305
Rachel 4970
Olli 4950
Deanna 4940
Tomek 4825
Jonny G 4800
Charlene 4770
Paddy & Naomi 4660
Chris A 4620
Matt 4585
David S 4585
Brad 3990
Andy 3925
Hal 3910
Bill 3645
Ian 3645
Vic 3490
Dallas 3480
Adam 3455