FGBC CX Pool Roundup

First Albert. Now Boom. What is going on? It is starting to look very much like Albert's spleen injury will cost him his season. That's too bad, since he was off to such a great start. And Boom missed the two races this weekend due to a kidney infection. I haven't heard how long he's expected to be out. Meanwhile, Sven Nys keeps on rolling right along. Surely he wouldn't be involved in a sinister plot to do away with the two young guns who almost managed to make him look mortal earlier in the season. That's the stuff of Hollywood and figure skating.

Actually Nys only finished fifth on Saturday at the GVA race in Hasselt. First, he got his bike tangled up on one of the posts (see the highlights below). Then he got a flat tyre. Surely he wasn't the victim of a little voodoo spell himself. Wellens won the race, followed by Pauwels and Peeters. But Nys was back on the top step of the podium on Sunday in the snowy and muddy conditions at the Superprestige race in Hamme-Zogg, finishing ahead of Vantornout and Wellens. He seems to be at his best when the conditions are at their nastiest.

GVA highlights:




Superprestige highlights:




On this side of the Atlantic, Trebon got back to winning races in Southampton, NY. He took the men's race on Saturday ahead of Powers and Todd Wells. In the women's race it was Gould once again, ahead of Lynne Bessette, who came out of retirement for the weekend, and Natasha Elliott. On Sunday, Todd Wells won the men's race, ahead of Driscoll and Trebon. Gould doubled up in the women's race, ahead of Bessette again, and Laura Van Gilder.

Over in the FGBC CX Pool, over half the teams have been stung with the loss of either Albert or Boom or both. Eight teams, however, remain intact: David S, Vic, Chris A, Jonny M, Dallas, Adam, Ian, and Rachel. Of these, the best placed is Jonny M. He's also been smoking hot in the North American races lately, with Trebon, Todd Wells, and Gould on his team. He had the best weekend of the bunch, with 1295 points, and moves into second place overall. He's still over 400 points behind Gary, and the the North American series is winding down. But perhaps he can pull it off. David S had a good weekend as well, finishing with just 100 points fewer than Jonny. He weasles his way into the top five. But Gary didn't fare too badly. He got 1070 points and actually has a bigger lead this weekend than last. Full spreadsheet here.

Weekend Results:

Jonny M 1295
David S 1195
Gary 1070
Rachel 895
Paddy & Naomi 845
Dallas 840
Charlene 825
Adam 805
Chris H 755
Vic 750
Deanna 705
Chris A 640
Matt 575
Ian 535
Bill 535
Olli 520
Hal 415
Brad 360
Andy 355
Tomek 320
Jonny G 320


Overall Standings:

Gary 7020
Jonny M 6600
Chris H 6475
Rachel 5865
David S 5780
Deanna 5645
Charlene 5595
Paddy & Naomi 5505
Olli 5470
Chris A 5260
Matt 5160
Tomek 5145
Jonny G 5120
Brad 4350
Hal 4325
Dallas 4320
Andy 4280
Adam 4260
Vic 4240
Ian 4180
Bill 4180