Wells moves into Pro XCT lead after Sea Otter Classic

Todd Wells (Specialized Racing) claimed the top spot in the USA Cycling Pro Cross Country Tour (Pro XCT) men's standings with his performance at the Sea Otter Classic, while Chloe Woodruff (Crankbrothers Race Club 11) maintained a firm grasp on the women's lead.

Men

Wells, in third place, was the top American rider at the Sea Otter Classic on Saturday in Monterey, California. It gave him a total of 655 points for the season and moved him 10 points ahead of previous leader Jeremiah Bishop (Sho-Air/Cannondale) in the Pro XCT men's standings. Bishop finished in 11th in Monterey.

Benjamin Sonntag (American Interbanc) held on to third place in the standings with 333 points after an 18th-place finish, while Ryan Woodall (Top Gear Bicycles) leapfrogged the idle Sam Schultz (Trek Factory Racing) to move into fourth place with 285 points. Schultz sits in fifth place with 280 points.

Women

The top of the Pro XCT women's standings remained largely unchanged as the first six riders in the standings all placed in the top 20 at the Sea Otter Classic. Woodruff, Emily Batty (Trek Factory Racing) and Lea Davison (Specialized Factory Racing) all finished within a minute of each other in Monterey, with Batty placing eighth, Davison ninth and Woodruff 10th to maintain their top-three places in the standings.

Woodruff now leads with 505 points, followed by Batty (445) and Davison (410). Annie Last (Trek Factory Racing) kept pace in fourth place with a 13th-place finish on Sunday to give her 375 points. The only shakeup at the top of the standings was Erica Tingey (Jamis) emerging from a tie with Judy Freeman (Crankbrothers Race Club) to claim sole possession of fifth place with 325 points. Tingey crossed the line in 16th place at Sea Otter while Freeman was more than two minutes back in 20th position.

Team

With another strong performance in Monterey, Specialized Racing has pulled to within 10 points of leader Trek Factory Racing in the Pro XCT team standings. With five races remaining on the calendar, Trek Factory Racing holds a slim 1095-1085 lead over Specialized Racing. Sho-Air/Cannondale sits in third place with 901 points, followed by Kenda-Felt in fourth place with 401 points and Kona now cracking the top five with 283 points.

See full coverage from the Sea Otter Classic.

The next round of the Pro XCT will be at the Bump 'N Grind on Sunday, June 2, in Birmingham, Alabama.

Full Standings

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Elite and U23* men US Pro XCT Standings after round 4
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResultHeader Cell - Column 3
1Todd Wells655pts
2Jeremiah Bishop645Row 1 - Cell 3
3Benjamin Sonntag333Row 2 - Cell 3
4Ryan Woodall285Row 3 - Cell 3
5Sam Schultz280Row 4 - Cell 3
6Cameron Jette273Row 5 - Cell 3
7Daniel Mcconnell250Row 6 - Cell 3
8Mitchell Hoke245Row 7 - Cell 3
9Alexander Grant201Row 8 - Cell 3
10Raphael Gagne200Row 9 - Cell 3
11Derek Zandstra190Row 10 - Cell 3
12Zachary Valdez*181Row 11 - Cell 3
13Miguel Martinez175Row 12 - Cell 3
14Antoine Caron*165Row 13 - Cell 3
15Colin Cares156Row 14 - Cell 3
16Geoff Kabush150Row 15 - Cell 3
17Adam Morka144Row 16 - Cell 3
18Casey Williams*133Row 17 - Cell 3
19Barry Wicks130Row 18 - Cell 3
20Lukas Flückiger115Row 19 - Cell 3
21Travis110Row 20 - Cell 3
22Kerry Werner*107Row 21 - Cell 3
23Robert Mccarty103Row 22 - Cell 3
24Russell Finsterwald*101Row 23 - Cell 3
25Max Plaxton100Row 24 - Cell 3
26Macky Franklin98Row 25 - Cell 3
26Kris Sneddon98Row 26 - Cell 3
27Christoph Sauser90Row 27 - Cell 3
28Menso De Jong84Row 28 - Cell 3
29Stephen Ettinger80Row 29 - Cell 3
29Tristan Uhl80Row 30 - Cell 3
30Peter Glassford77Row 31 - Cell 3
31Jason Sager75Row 32 - Cell 3
32Rotem Ishay73Row 33 - Cell 3
33Shawn Milne71Row 34 - Cell 3
34Payson Mcelveen*70Row 35 - Cell 3
35Clinton Claassen64Row 36 - Cell 3
36Ryan Trebon60Row 37 - Cell 3
36Sid Taberlay60Row 38 - Cell 3
37Jason Siegle57Row 39 - Cell 3
38Keegan Swenson*55Row 40 - Cell 3
38Emil Lindgren55Row 41 - Cell 3
39Cole Oberman51Row 42 - Cell 3
40Michael Zanetti*50Row 43 - Cell 3
41Elliot Reinecke40Row 44 - Cell 3
41Josejuan Escarcega40Row 45 - Cell 3
41Sean Donovan40Row 46 - Cell 3
41Colin Osborn40Row 47 - Cell 3
42Kalan Beisel38Row 48 - Cell 3
42Charles Jenkins38Row 49 - Cell 3
43Ivan Lizardi37Row 50 - Cell 3
43Jacob Albrecht*37Row 51 - Cell 3
44Miguel Valadez36Row 52 - Cell 3
45Kohei Yamamoto35Row 53 - Cell 3
46William Melone34Row 54 - Cell 3
47Connor Mccutcheon*32Row 55 - Cell 3
47Taylor Smith*32Row 56 - Cell 3
47Tristan Cowie32Row 57 - Cell 3
48Michiel Van Der Heijden*30Row 58 - Cell 3
48Joel Titius*30Row 59 - Cell 3
49Jakub Valigura29Row 60 - Cell 3
50Drew Edsall28Row 61 - Cell 3
50Ryan Chandler28Row 62 - Cell 3
51David Hanes26Row 63 - Cell 3
52Thomas Turner24Row 64 - Cell 3
52Ignacio Torres*24Row 65 - Cell 3
53Matt Gordon23Row 66 - Cell 3
54Brian Matter22Row 67 - Cell 3
54Bryan Fawley22Row 68 - Cell 3
55Riley Howard*21Row 69 - Cell 3
56Jeremy Martin*19Row 70 - Cell 3
56Ernie Watenpaugh19Row 71 - Cell 3
57Jonathan Sundt18Row 72 - Cell 3
57Dana Weber18Row 73 - Cell 3
57Samuel Morrison18Row 74 - Cell 3
58Conrad Stoltz17Row 75 - Cell 3
58Craig Wohlschlaeger17Row 76 - Cell 3
58Kyle Taylor17Row 77 - Cell 3
59Mathieu Bilodeau16Row 78 - Cell 3
59Jaroslav Kulhavy16Row 79 - Cell 3
60Ely Woody15Row 80 - Cell 3
61Carl Decker14Row 81 - Cell 3
61Derek Hermon14Row 82 - Cell 3
61Michael Hosey14Row 83 - Cell 3
61Nathan Guerra14Row 84 - Cell 3
62Eliel Anttila*13Row 85 - Cell 3
62Sam Chovan13Row 86 - Cell 3
63Jim Hewett12Row 87 - Cell 3
63Nathan Brown12Row 88 - Cell 3
63Kevin Bradford-Parish12Row 89 - Cell 3
64Blake Harlan11Row 90 - Cell 3
64Sepp Kuss*11Row 91 - Cell 3
65Keith Hargis10Row 92 - Cell 3
65Matthew Freeman10Row 93 - Cell 3
65Brad Wilhelm10Row 94 - Cell 3
66Juancarlos Nunezgalvan*9Row 95 - Cell 3
66Billy Wood9Row 96 - Cell 3
66Sean Leader9Row 97 - Cell 3
67Paul Freiwald8Row 98 - Cell 3
68Nick Truitt6Row 99 - Cell 3
68Miguel Ramos6Row 100 - Cell 3
68Josh Carlson6Row 101 - Cell 3
69Garet Steinmetz5Row 102 - Cell 3
69Garnet Vertican5Row 103 - Cell 3
69Adam Looney5Row 104 - Cell 3
69Hal Helbock5Row 105 - Cell 3
70Craig Kunz4Row 106 - Cell 3
70Ryan Geiger*4Row 107 - Cell 3
71Sam Gross*3Row 108 - Cell 3
71Gerald Drummond*3Row 109 - Cell 3
72Wiley Mosley2Row 110 - Cell 3
72Thomas Bundgaard2Row 111 - Cell 3
73Alex Wild*1Row 112 - Cell 3
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Elite and U23* women US Pro XCT Standings after round 4
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResultHeader Cell - Column 3
1Chloe Woodruff505pts
2Emily Batty445Row 1 - Cell 3
3Lea Davison410Row 2 - Cell 3
4Annie Last375Row 3 - Cell 3
5Erica Tingey325Row 4 - Cell 3
6Judy Freeman321Row 5 - Cell 3
7Nina Baum300Row 6 - Cell 3
8Erin Huck290Row 7 - Cell 3
9Rebecca Henderson*265Row 8 - Cell 3
10Lesley Paterson250Row 9 - Cell 3
11Christina Gokey-Smith230Row 10 - Cell 3
12Marianne Vos175Row 11 - Cell 3
12Evelyn Dong175Row 12 - Cell 3
13Larissa Fitchett173Row 13 - Cell 3
14Annika Langvad150Row 14 - Cell 3
14Rebecca Gross150Row 15 - Cell 3
15Shayna Powless*138Row 16 - Cell 3
16Amanda Sin134Row 17 - Cell 3
17Catherine Pendrel130Row 18 - Cell 3
18Georgia Gould115Row 19 - Cell 3
19Karlee Gendron*105Row 20 - Cell 3
20Jamie Busch101Row 21 - Cell 3
21Mikaela Kofman100Row 22 - Cell 3
21Kelli Emmett100Row 23 - Cell 3
22Erin Alders97Row 24 - Cell 3
23Katerina Nash90Row 25 - Cell 3
24Tereza Hurikova80Row 26 - Cell 3
25Lisa Uranga76Row 27 - Cell 3
26Krista Park70Row 28 - Cell 3
27Beth Utley69Row 29 - Cell 3
28Victoria Barclay65Row 30 - Cell 3
29Kata Skaggs62Row 31 - Cell 3
30Vanessa Humic61Row 32 - Cell 3
31Katherine Sherwin55Row 33 - Cell 3
31Sarah Ruth Jansen55Row 34 - Cell 3
32Amy Beisel50Row 35 - Cell 3
32Sydney Fox50Row 36 - Cell 3
33Deidre York*45Row 37 - Cell 3
34Deyanira Guerrero40Row 38 - Cell 3
34Anna Dvorak40Row 39 - Cell 3
35Kelsey Withrow35Row 40 - Cell 3
36Jill Behlen*27Row 41 - Cell 3
36Amanda Carey27Row 42 - Cell 3
37Teal Stetson-Lee24Row 43 - Cell 3
38Mical Dyck22Row 44 - Cell 3
39Lorenza Morfin19Row 45 - Cell 3
40Rebecca Rusch18Row 46 - Cell 3
41Maghalie Rochette*12Row 47 - Cell 3
42Laura Bietola*11Row 48 - Cell 3
43Selene Yeager10Row 49 - Cell 3
44Haley Smith*9Row 50 - Cell 3
45Tracy Moseley8Row 51 - Cell 3
46Abby Strigel5Row 52 - Cell 3
47Heidi Rentz4Row 53 - Cell 3
48Kaila Hart*3Row 54 - Cell 3
49Caroline Mani2Row 55 - Cell 3
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Teams US Pro XCT Standings after round 4
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResultHeader Cell - Column 3
1Trek Factory Racing1095pts
2Specialized Racing1085Row 1 - Cell 3
3Sho-Air/Cannondale901Row 2 - Cell 3
4Kenda-Felt401Row 3 - Cell 3
5Kona283Row 4 - Cell 3

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