No Country for Old Men?

One might think a place associated with the Hell of the North would be hostile to the grey haired crowd. But Erwin Vervecken, one of the elder statesmen in the world of cyclocross, picked up a big win today in the Roubaix World Cup. He won an extremely muddy race ahead of Stybar and Nys. Compton won the women's race ahead of Kupfernagel and Van den Brand. The American has made no secret of her desire to take home the rainbow jersey in a couple of weeks time. At this point, she's looking like as good a bet as any.

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Over in the FGBC CX Pool, the Impaler stuck with the theme of the old guys sticking it to the younger generation. He picks up 675 points to take the win ahead of Ian (635) and Rachel (625). In the overall race, Jonny M's freefall continues. At one point, he looked like our best hope to unseat Gary from his perch atop the standings. But now it looks like he's a long-shot even to reach the podium. Chris A has moved ahead of him into 4th place overall. Rachel picked up another 35 points on Gary. His lead is down to just 315 points. With another World Cup next weekend followed by the World Championships--where the podium spots are worth 500, 450 and 400 points--now would be a good time to make a move.

Today's Results:

Brad 675
Ian 635
Rachel 625
Chris A 600
Tomek 595
Gary 590
Dallas 555
Adam 550
Olli 545
Paddy & Naomi 540
Hal 535
Vic 525
Andy 525
David S 465
Jonny G 460
Charlene 460
Bill 410
Matt 375
Deanna 375
Chris H 295
Jonny M 290


Overall Standings:

Gary 13000
Rachel 12685
David S 12340
Chris A 11940
Jonny M 11915
Olli 11615
Chris H 10955
Paddy & Naomi 10830
Vic 10695
Ian 10695
Matt 10395
Deanna 9890
Charlene 9885
Tomek 9625
Adam 9405
Jonny G 9310
Brad 9295
Dallas 9270
Bill 8555
Hal 8505
Andy 8160