El Presidente Rules Milano

As far as the World Cup competition was concerned, there wasn't really anything up for grabs at yesterday's season finale. Nys had already clinched the series title thanks, in part, to the extended absences of Albert and Boom earlier in the season. But he made sure to show that his series victory was legit by taking the win ahead of a pretty elite group of six who led for the better part of the race. The last lap was basically a battle between Boom and Nys. Boom attacked at the start of the final lap, but Nys chased him down. Then Nys got a gap when Boom slipped out of his pedals on a short climb, and Boom brought it back together. Boom led coming out of the final corner, but Nys overtook him with a sprint to the line that he made look all too easy. Boom was second and Stybar was the best of the rest, finishing third. In the women's race, it was a battle between van den Brand and Kupfernagel. Van den Brand came out on top. Salvetat was third. Compton did not race.

Last lap:



Over in the FGBC CX Pool, El Presidente (not to be confused with the President) made good on his stated intention of emerging victorious in the race for second place. He finished atop the podium with 640 points on the day, barely edging out Ian, who had 635. The only problem is, Rachel no longer cares about the race for second place. She has her eyes firmly fixed on the overall prize. She finished third on the day with 625 points and picked up another 100 points on Gary. She no doubt benefitted from the fact that Compton did not race and Lloyd did. But 100 points is 100 points, and we have ourselves a race. Only 215 points separate first and second now as we head into the biggest weekend of the year. Remember, points are double for the World Championships. With 500 points at stake for the men's champion and 300 for the women, next weekend in Hoogerheide might just settle this thing. We shall see.

Yesterday's Results:

David S 640
Ian 635
Rachel 625
Chris A 575
Vic 535
Gary 525
Olli 525
Hal 505
Charlene 500
Brad 485
Chris H 465
Jonny G 450
Andy 440
Paddy & Naomi 415
Matt 395
Dallas 385
Deanna 370
Bill 340
Tomek 335
Adam 325
Jonny M 320


Overall Standings:

Gary 13525
Rachel 13310
David S 12980
Chris A 12515
Jonny M 12235
Olli 12140
Chris H 11420
Ian 11330
Paddy & Naomi 11245
Vic 11230
Matt 10790
Charlene 10385
Deanna 10260
Tomek 9960
Brad 9780
Jonny G 9760
Adam 9730
Dallas 9655
Hal 9010
Bill 8895
Andy 8600