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National Mountain Bike Series #6 (NMBS Finals) - NE
Brian Head, Utah, USA, August 30-31, 2008
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Race 8 - August 31: Elite Men & Women Cross Country
Nash, Horgan-Kobelski win series finals
By Dave McElwaine
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Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (Gary Fisher/Subaru) claimed his first cross country win this season at the series finals in Brian Head, Utah. While he narrowly lost the American Mountain Classic stage race last weekend, also held at Brian Head, it did allow him the chance to acclimatize to the 10,000 ft. altitude, which paid off for him today.
Ross Schnell (Trek/VW) continued an amazing weekend by finishing second while Geoff Kabush (Maxxis) took third ahead of Colin Cares (U-23 National Team), and Andy Schultz (Kenda Titus).
Kabush's third placing was enough to win the Canadian his second consecutive NMBS Cross Country Championship. The most remarkable story of the weekend started on Saturday when Kabush raced to a third place finish in Canberra, Australia before embarking on a 22-hour journey to get to Brian Head in time to nail down the NMBS Championship.
"For the first 10 minutes the race was neutral up the road climb, which was good for me," said Kabush. "I crested the hill in about 10th place. It is hard to just race 80 percent so I just started to go hard. It definitely hurt but I could see the leaders ahead of me. Most of the race I was sixth to eighth and was able to pick off a few guys near the end. J.B (Jeremiah Bishop) had a flat, then I passed Colin - he looked really strong."
Kabush will take a short break and then head to the World Cup race in Schladming, Austria on September 14. Following that he will attend Interbike in Las Vegas.
Cares made it onto two podiums this weekend, easily his best result as a young professional. Schultz also capped off his best season by finishing fourth in the series. He and brother Sam (Gary Fisher/Subaru) are two of the brightest lights on the mountain biking horizon.
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Katerina Nash (Luna Women's MTB) got her second cross country win in the women's race at Brian Head. After appearing on countless podiums for many years, Nash earned her first cross country victory at Deer Valley earlier in the season.
Olympian Georgia Gould (Luna Women's MTB) was second today, followed by Heather Irmiger (Gary Fisher/Subaru), Lea Davison (Trek/VW), and Willow Koerber (Gary Fisher/Subaru).
Nash won the NMBS Short Track title on Saturday, making it a productive weekend for the rider. In total she had six wins this year, despite suffering a deep gash to her knee at the Fountain Hills race. Together with her Luna team-mates Georgia Gould and Catherine Pendrel, the squad is the top ranked team in the world this year.
Gould knew going into the race today that she had to be within three positions of Nash to nail down her NMBS title. By finishing second she easily had enough points to take the top step on the overall title podium.
Gould has raced on cruise control during recent seasons to the longest winning streak since Juli Furtado's in the 1990s. However Gould suffered heat stroke at the Santa Ynez NMBS race this season, where the temperature was easily 105 degrees. This not only broke the streak but it took her a month to fully regain her form and begin winning races again. She brought good form to the Olympic Games where she finished a solid eighth.
Irmiger finished third in the series again this year, and has been on most of this season's podiums. Davison and Pua Sawicki (Ellsworth) ended the day tied for fourth place in the series with 709 points each. However, Davison's fourth place in today's final race served as the tie breaker and officially moved her ahead of Sawicki (sixth for the day). Sawicki, who excels at long distances, won the American Mountain Classic Stage Race held at Brian Head last weekend.
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- Geoff Kabush (Maxxis) won his second consecutive NMBS Championship.
- Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (Gary Fisher/Subaru) got his first win of the NMBS season.
- Andy Schultz (Kenda Titus) had his best year to date, finishing fourth in the series
- Ross Schnell (Trek/VW) followed up his short track win with a second place in the cross country race.
- Heather Irmiger (Gary Fisher/Subaru) took third place at Brian Head.
- Willow Koerber (Gary Fisher/Subaru) turned her season around in the second half.
- Lea Davison (Trek/VW) was fourth at Brian Head.
- Katerina Nash (Luna Women's MTB) got her second cross country win of the year.
Results
Elite Men 1 Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 1.46.29 2 Ross Schnell (USA) Trek/VW 1.41 3 Geoff Kabush (Can) Team Maxxis 2.29 4 Colin Cares (USA) U23 National Team 2.44 5 Andy Schultz (USA) Kenda Titus Hayes 3.38 6 Mcconnell Franklin (USA) Team Devo 5.34 7 Benjamin Sonntag (Ger) 3D Racing 5.47 8 Ryan Trebon (USA) Kona 5.47 9 Alex Grant (USA) Rocky Mountain Bicycles 6.29 10 Sam Schultz (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 7.25 11 Manuel Prado (CRc) Sho-Air 8.49 12 Tim Allen (USA) Voodoo 9.11 13 Barry Wicks (USA) Kona 9.11 14 Jeremiah Bishop (USA) Trek/VW 9.27 15 Brian Smith (USA) Trek/VW 10.06 16 Sam Jurekovic (USA) U23 National Team 10.42 17 Carl Decker (USA) Giant Mtb Team 11.14 18 Erik Tonkin (USA) Kona Les Gets 11.28 19 Kris Sneddon (Can) Kona Les Gets 12.43 20 Adam Snyder (USA) 3-D Racing 13.03 21 Ben Thompson (USA) Sobe-Cannondale 13.09 22 Dana Weber (USA) Trek VW/Westcoast 14.14 23 Spencer Paxson (USA) Team S&M Young Guns 14.52 24 Tad Elliott (USA) U23 National Team 14.56 25 Robert Marion (USA) Kenda Titus 15.09 26 Ken Burt (USA) Jamis Hayes Sun Ringle G-13 15.55 27 Stephen Ettinger (USA) Black Diamond Sports Therapy 19.00 28 Chad Wells (USA) 3D Racing 19.26 29 Mitchell Hoke (USA) Tokyo Joes 19.48 30 Matt Freeman (USA) Cyclery Usa/Gary Fisher 19.50 31 Blake Zumbrunnen (USA) Revolution/Crank Bros 21.22 32 Alex Howard (USA) 22.19 33 Mitchell Peterson (USA) Monavie/Cannondale 25.30 34 Ryan Woodall (USA) Industrynine/Powerbar 31.03 35 Trevor Downing (USA) Devo 31.30 DNF David Williams (USA) DNF Cody Peterson (USA) Scott Bicycles Elite Women 1 Katerina Nash (Cze) Luna Womens Mtb Team 2.06.33 2 Georgia Gould (USA) Luna Womens Mtb Team 2.29 3 Heather Irmiger (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 3.12 4 Lea Davison (USA) Trek/VW 3.40 5 Willow Koerber (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 3.49 6 Pua Sawicki (USA) Ellsworth 4.19 7 Kelli Emmett (USA) Giant Mtb Team 7.04 8 Jennifer Smith (NZl) Trek/VW 9.14 9 Judy Freeman (USA) Tough Girl/Contessa 11.00 10 Nina Baum (USA) Sobe-Cannondale 11.32 11 Zephanie Blasi (USA) Kenda Titus Hayes 12.54 12 Amanda Riley-Carey (USA) Kenda/Titus/Hayes 15.03 13 Sue Butler (USA) Monavie/Cannondale 16.01 14 Krista Park (USA) Kenda-Titus-Hayes 16.43 15 Patricia Buerkle (USA) Vanderkitten 21.31 16 Kara C Holley (USA) Subaru/Gary Fisher/Mad Dog 24.38 17 Erika Powers (USA) Revolution/Peak Fastners 27.46 18 Maureen Kunz (USA) Lost Coast Brewery 39.29 19 Mical Dyck (Can) Trek/Terrascape Racing 40.00 20 Joy Duerksen (USA) Cole/Marten Transport 59.22 DNF Sarah Barber (USA) Trek/VW DNF Chloe Forsman (USA) Luna Womens Mtb Team NMBS Final Cross Country Series Standings Elite men 1 Geoff Kabush (Can) Team Maxxis 862 pts 2 Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 767 3 Barry Wicks (USA) Kona 699 4 Andy Schultz (USA) Kenda Titus Hayes 673 5 Ross Schnell (USA) Trek/VW 670 6 Sam Schultz (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 656 7 Carl Decker (USA) Giant Mtb Team 643 8 Manuel Prado (CRc) Sho-Air 543 9 Ryan Trebon (USA) Kona 531 10 Adam Craig (USA) Giant Mtb Team 516 11 Adam Snyder (USA) 3-D Racing 471 12 Jeremiah Bishop (USA) Trek/VW 443 13 Adam Morka (Can) 3 Rox Cycling 432 14 Colin Cares (USA) U23 National Team 428 15 Sam Jurekovic (USA) U23 National Team 412 16 Dana Weber (USA) Trek VW/Westcoast 412 17 Robert Marion (USA) Kenda Titus 401 18 Ryan Woodall (USA) Industrynine 397 19 Cody Peterson (USA) Scott Bicycles 390 20 Tad Elliott (USA) U23 National Team 380 21 Jeff Schalk (USA) Trek Vw- East 371 22 Mike Phillips (USA) Adventure 212 366 23 Kris Sneddon (Can) Kona Les Gets 352 24 Troy Wells (USA) Tokyo Joes 333 25 Mitchell Hoke (USA) Tokyo Joes 332 26 Mathieu Toulouse (Can) Team Maxxis 324 27 Alex Grant (USA) Rocky Mountain 322 28 Ignacio Torres (Mex) Turbo Bikes 314 29 Mcconnell Franklin (USA) Team Devo 297 30 Charles Pendry (USA) Inland - Btd 297 31 Mitchell Peterson (USA) Monavie/Cannondale 276 32 Liam Killeen (GBr) Specialized Factor 275 33 Spencer Paxson (USA) Team S&M Young 270 34 Tim Allen (USA) Voodoo 265 35 Samuel Koerber (USA) Gary Fisher 29Er 224 36 Ken Burt (USA) Jamis Hayes Sun Rin 222 37 Tim Olson (USA) Trek/Vw Westcoas 213 38 Derek Zandstra (Can) 3 Rox Racing 206 39 Chris Peariso (USA) Adventure 212 /Titus 203 40 Sid Taberlay (Aus) Avanti Sram 182 41 Travis Woodruff (USA) Momentumenduran 180 42 Sean Donovan (USA) Cytomax/Khs 166 43 Robert Herber (USA) Intense/Dixon 165 44 Blake Zumbrunnen (USA) Revolution/Crank 164 45 Max Plaxton (Can) Rocky Mountain 163 46 Eric Batty (Can) Trek Bicycles 162 47 Travis Livermon (USA) Kobold Watch Com 160 48 Evan Plews (USA) Scottusa/Csc 159 49 Todd Wells (USA) Gt Bikes 155 50 Stefan Widmer (Can) Rocky Mountain 155 51 Aroussen Laflamme (Can) Webcor-Alto-Velo 150 52 Stephen Ettinger (USA) Black Diamond 148 53 Chad Wells (USA) 3D Racing 147 54 Ben Thompson (USA) Sobe-Cannondale 141 55 Benjamin Sonntag (Ger) 3D Racing 137 56 Ricky Federau (Can) 137 57 Trevor Downing (USA) Devo 133 58 Matt Rotroff (USA) Btd/Inland 125 59 Michael Lee (USA) Trek/Vw West 121 60 Daniel Sessford (USA) Blue Competiton 119 61 Kevin Smallman (Can) Sobe Cannondale 118 62 Matthew Hadley (Mex) Xprezo 118 63 Pablo Voigt (USA) Turbo 117 64 Bryan Alders (USA) Mona-Vie/Cannondale 115 65 Bryan Fawley (USA) Park Place Lexus 115 66 Paul Hanson (USA) Sobe Cannondale 112 67 Eric Salstrand (USA) Bicycle Haus/Oakley 111 68 Mike Andres (USA) Trek/Vw West Coast 108 69 Brian Smith (USA) Trek/Vw 105 70 Thomas Turner (USA) Outspokin Bicycle 105 71 Damian Calvert (USA) Sobe Cannondale 102 72 Marko Lalonde (USA) Gary Fisher 29/Bkb 99 73 Erik Tonkin (Isr) Kona Les Gets 96 74 Rotem Ishai (USA) Spider-Kona Bikes 96 75 Kirk Turner (Can) Bikeman.Com 90 76 Kyle Douglas (Can) 3 Rox Racing 90 77 Peter Glassford (USA) Trek Bicycle Store 90 78 Nat Ross (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 88 79 Drew Edsall (USA) Endurancefactor. 87 80 Justin Lindine (USA) Target Training 84 81 Dylan Stucki (USA) Mafia Racing 84 82 Lucas Livermon (Can) Inland Construction 83 83 Jesse Jakomait (Can) Jakomait 81 84 Martin Lazarski (USA) Rocky Mountain 81 85 Brett Morgan (USA) Sobe/Cannondale 77 86 Colin Osborn (USA) Team Bikeparts 72 87 Yuki Saito (USA) Fuentes Design 70 88 Paul Freiwald (Mex) Titus Cycles 67 89 Sedly Rivas (USA) Turbo 63 90 Michael Mccalla (USA) Spinner/Waltwork 63 91 Matt Freeman (USA) Cyclery Usa/Gary Fisher 60 92 Chris Peterson (USA) Devo 60 93 Kevin Bradford-Parish (USA) Lapierrebikes.Com 60 94 Scott Keller (USA) Schampa/Tribe 59 95 Christian Favata (USA) Favatas Table 58 96 Alex Ryan (USA) Kobold/Cannondale 58 97 Keith Hickerson (USA) Tamarack 58 98 Alex Howard (USA) Scotts Bikes 56 99 Aaron Snyder (USA) 56 100 David Williams (USA) 56 101 Emmanuel Valencia (Mex) Turbo 54 102 Christian Ball (USA) Mafia 52 103 Leonardo Sandoval (USA) Ur Mamas House 52 104 Aren Timmel (USA) Team Chico 52 105 Chance Noble (USA) Calif Giant 50 106 Brian Bain (Can) Cmc/Bow Cycle 50 107 Chanoch Redlich (Isr) Citycyclingclub 50 108 Dylan Alesio (USA) Fuji Bikes 46 109 Matthew Okeefe (USA) Ccb/Cannondale 44 110 Dustin Wanstrath (USA) Tamarack Resort 44 111 Garnet Vertican (USA) Odi /Southridge 44 112 Miguel Valadez (Mex) Valle Congelado 44 113 Amon Pease (USA) Team Lost Coast 43 114 Andrew Alesio (USA) Fuji Bikes 42 115 Nathan Ringquist (USA) 42 116 Ethan Gilmour (USA) U23 National Mtb 40 117 Shannon Boffeli (USA) Revolution Mtn 39 118 Brian Astell (USA) Lost Coast 39 119 Aaron Oakes (USA) Bulldog/Campor 38 120 Duncan Meyers (USA) Norcal Bike Sport 38 121 Kenji Takeya (Jpn) Specialized Japan 37 122 Charles Jenkins (USA) Ie Bikes Racing 37 123 Greg Carpenter (USA) Devo 35 124 Dallas Morris (Can) H&R Block 35 125 Christian Helmig (USA) Pivot/Mad Duck 35 126 Nathan Wyatt (USA) Carolina Fatz 32 127 Michael Mooradian (USA) Spin/Rr Donnelly 32 128 Kamden Reedy (USA) Four Unity Racing 31 129 Jay Richards (USA) Salsa/Maplelag 30 130 Jake Wells (USA) Mafiaracing.Com 29 131 Ray Storm (USA) 138 Racing.Com 26 132 John Salskov (USA) Team Bicycle Haus 26 133 James Williams (USA) Sobe/Cannondale 25 134 Steve Kinney (USA) Steven K Sports 25 135 Cameron Jette (Can) Trek Bicycle Store 20 136 Jason First (USA) 20 137 Nigel Hill (USA) Trekvwwestcoast 18 138 Andre Sutton (Can) Hardcore Racing 8 139 Eric Ransom (USA) Team Tamarack Res 6 140 Nate Whitman (USA) Hammer Nutrition 5 Elite women 1 Georgia Gould (USA) Luna Womens Mtb 890 pts 2 Katerina Nash (Cze) Luna Womens Mtb 871 3 Heather Irmiger (USA) Subaru-Gary Fisher 745 4 Lea Davison (USA) Trek/VW 709 5 Pua Sawicki (USA) Ellsworth 709 6 Catherine Pendrel (Can) Luna Womens Mtb 662 7 Mical Dyck (Can) Trek/Terrascape 647 8 Kelli Emmett (USA) Giant Mtb Team 616 9 Nina Baum (USA) Sobe-Cannondale 554 10 Judy Freeman (USA) Tough Girl/Contes 521 11 Amanda Riley-Carey (USA) Kenda/Titus/Hayes 515 12 Sue Butler (USA) Monavie/Cannondale 498 13 Krista Park (USA) Kenda-Titus-Hayes 498 14 Chloe Forsman (USA) Luna Womens Mtb 453 15 Emily Batty (Can) Trek Bicycle Store 435 16 Jennifer Smith (NZl) Trek/VW 429 17 Jenna Zander (USA) Sobe Cannondale 427 18 Zephanie Blasi (USA) Kenda Titus Hayes 417 19 Heather Holmes (USA) Kenda/Titus/Hayes 402 20 Emily Van Meter (USA) Sobe/Cannondale 383 21 Caitlyn Tuel (USA) Trek/VW /Rocky Mt. 381 22 Amanda Sin (Can) 3 Rox Racing 359 23 Willow Koerber (USA) Subaru-Gary Fishe 349 24 Maureen Kunz (USA) Lost Coast Brewer 327 25 Joy Duerksen (USA) Cole/Marten Trans 326 26 Jennifer Tilley (USA) Velo Bella/Kona 309 27 Theresa Richardson (USA) Sobe Cannondale 291 28 Wendy Simms (Can) Kona 290 29 Carolyn Popovic (USA) Cicle/Bear Valley 273 30 Kathy Sherwin (USA) Sobe-Cannondale 265 31 Jamie Dinkins (USA) Devo/Vantaggio 255 32 Heather Ranoa (USA) Intense 254 33 Patricia Buerkle (USA) Vanderkitten 253 34 Melanie Mcquaid (Can) Bmc/Natures Path 212 35 Kara C Holley (USA) Subaru/Gary Fisher 207 36 Annajean Dallaire (USA) Sobe-Cannondale 207 37 Rachel Throop (USA) Devo 203 38 Sarah Kaufmann (USA) Roaring Mouse 186 39 Shannon Gibson (USA) Velo-Bella/Kona 177 40 Kimberly Flynn (USA) Vantaggio/Specialized 164 41 Dellys Starr (Aus) Dales Pale Ale 163 42 Catherine Vipond (Can) Norco 156 43 Kyia Anderson (USA) Ekho/Cannondale 149 44 Jana Repulski (USA) Team Tamarack 147 45 Danae York (USA) Velobum.Com 137 46 Rachel Lloyd (USA) Proman Racing 132 47 Susan Haywood (USA) Trek/Vw 127 48 Lindsey Bishop (USA) Mafia Racing/Felt 126 49 Stacey Scanlan (USA) Team Tamarack 117 50 Sonya Looney (USA) Sobe Cannondale 114 51 Shonny Vanlandingham (USA) Luna Womens Mtb 111 52 Jennifer Gersbach (USA) Dales Pale Ale 102 53 Erika Powers (USA) Revolution/Peak 99 54 Jennifer Hanks (USA) Revolution/Peak 93 55 Sarah Barber (USA) Trek/Vw 90 56 Sarah Kerlin (USA) Another Bike Shop 90 57 Maureen Bruno Roy (USA) 84 58 Jane Pearson (USA) Yorkstown Cycles 81 59 Danelle Kabush (Can) Luna Womens Mtb T 81 60 Aleksandr Rokita (Pol) Lechia Piechowice 78 61 Sonya Bugbee (USA) Yeti Beti 78 62 Megan Monroe (USA) Dales Pale Ale 75 63 Mikaela Kofman (Can) 3 Rox Racing 75 64 Becca Blay (USA) Sobe/Cannondale 69 65 Marci Titus-Hall (USA) Desalvo 66 66 Shannon Edson (USA) Velo Bella 66 67 Jennifer Sica (USA) Schampa 60 68 Bryna Nestor (USA) Sobe Cannondale 58 69 Erin Huck (USA) Tokyo Joes 56 70 Kathy Bodie (USA) Gu 54 71 Mary-Elle Ash (Can) Easton/Sugarcrm 48 72 Alexandri Fabbro (USA) Velo Bella 44 73 Jamie Stamps (USA) Another Bike Shop 40 74 Melissa Buhl (USA) Khs Bicycles 39 75 Jennifer Tribe-Wilson (USA) 37 76 Paz Bash (Isr) Spider-Kona 36
