Plaxton solos to cross country win

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Bishop, Schultz round out top three

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Max Plaxton (Specialized) rolls in for the victory(Image credit: Dave McElwaine/trailwatch.net)

Max Plaxton (Specialized) faced down the toughest climb on the US Pro XCT circuit and proved he deserved the win at round two in Fontana, California. A resurgent Jeremiah Bishop (Cannondale) was second, but could not quite hang on to Plaxton's wheel. Sam Schultz (Trek-Subaru) nailed down third place.

The new course at Fontana proved to be much more difficult than in past years. The climb up the mountain was made twice as long. Riders were calling it "The Beast" while the race announcer called it "Hurl Hill". Geoff Kabush (Team Maxxis) and Bishop took early turns on leading up the mountain, but Plaxton launced a third-lap attack that left the other contenders scratching their heads in amazement.

"I'm just trying to find my pacing," said Plaxton. "Other years I've gone out hard and faded the last couple laps. Now I'm trying to make my last couple of laps strong. Today I just punched it near the top of the climb on the third lap."

Bishop gave kudos to Plaxton "Max was definitely really strong. He came around me right at the top. He was riding full suspension. I was riding a hardtail. He definitely had the course dialed. He was the fastest on the descents - flowing and saving a lot of energy. I was glad that I pulled together a clean race and salvaged a great result."

Full Results

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#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Max Plaxton (Can) Specialized1:48:32
2Jeremiah Bishop (USA) Cannondale0:01:33
3Samuel Schultz (USA) Subaru-Trek0:02:01
4Todd Wells (USA) Specialized Racing0:02:18
5Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (USA) Subaru-Trek0:02:26
6Geoff Kabush (Can) Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain0:05:32
7Sid Taberlay (Aus) Kenda/H2O Overdrive0:05:43
8Derek Zandstra (Can)0:06:01
9Rotem Ishai (Isr) Jamis0:06:23
10Adam Craig (USA) Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team0:07:16
11Raphael Gagne (Can) Rocky Mountain0:08:10
12Stephen Ettinger (USA) BMC Development0:08:23
13Spencer Paxson (USA) Kona0:08:52
14Adam Morka (Can)0:09:14
15Peter Glassford (Can)0:09:48
16Ryan Woodall (USA)0:11:12
17Travis Woodruff (USA)0:11:25
18Troy Wells (USA)0:12:04
19Jesse Anthony (USA)0:12:35
20Miguel Valdez (Mex)0:12:56
21Bryson Perry (USA)0:13:03
22Antoine Caron (Can)0:13:07
23Kevin Fish (USA)0:14:11
24Francis Morin (Can) BH-Suntour-Peisey Vallandry0:14:33
25Vincent Lombardi0:14:36
26Kalan Beisel (USA)0:14:40
27Benjamin Bostrom (USA)0:14:47
28Tyson Wagler (Can)Row 27 - Cell 2
29Sean Donovan (USA)0:14:56
30Adam Snyder (USA)0:15:51
31Marton Blazso (Hun)0:15:54
32Aaron Bradford (USA)0:16:08
33Kevin Smallman (USA)0:16:11
34Jack Hinkens (USA)0:16:40
35Tim Allen (USA)0:17:02
36Ken Onodera (Jpn)0:17:37
37Jason Siegle (USA)0:17:40
38Jim Hewett (USA)0:17:42
39Colin Osborn (USA)0:17:46
40Ned Overend (USA)0:17:48
41Marcus Hayward (USA)0:18:10
42Zachary Valdez (USA)0:18:22
43Yuki Ikeda (Jpn)0:18:38
44Brad Bingham (USA)0:19:17
45Brent Steinberg (USA)0:19:44
46Bryan Fawley (USA)0:20:00
47Dana Weber (USA)0:20:06
48Zachary Keller (USA)0:20:13
49Clinton Claassen (USA)0:20:31
50Jeff Herrera (USA)0:20:51
51Cody Kaiser (USA)0:21:50
52Brandon Draugelis (USA)0:21:56
53Gregory Carpenter (USA)0:22:08
54Braden Kappius (USA)0:23:22
55Nate Whitman (USA)0:23:47
56John Nobil (USA)0:24:25
57Ryan Atkins (Can)0:25:03
58Will Curtis (USA)0:25:07
59Franklin Macky (USA)0:27:18
60Michael Mooradian (USA)0:29:06
61Graham Aldredge (USA)0:29:40
62Bradley Johnson (USA)0:30:18
63Charles Jenkins (USA)Row 62 - Cell 2
64Kerry Werner (USA)Row 63 - Cell 2
65Alex Boone (USA)Row 64 - Cell 2
66Brad Wilhelm (USA)Row 65 - Cell 2
67Matthew Cochran (USA)Row 66 - Cell 2
68Nicholas Weighall (USA)Row 67 - Cell 2
69Keisuke Goda (Jpn)Row 68 - Cell 2
70Will Patterson (USA)Row 69 - Cell 2
71Riley Predum (USA)Row 70 - Cell 2
72Matthew Paziuk (Can)Row 71 - Cell 2
73Hal Helbock (USA)Row 72 - Cell 2
74Ben Jones (USA)Row 73 - Cell 2
75Sean Ahmadi (USA)Row 74 - Cell 2
76Matthew Connors (USA)Row 75 - Cell 2
77Chris Heinrich (USA)Row 76 - Cell 2
78Chris Suter (USA)Row 77 - Cell 2
79Derek Herman (USA)Row 78 - Cell 2
80Rich Weis (USA)Row 79 - Cell 2
81Kendal Johnson (USA)Row 80 - Cell 2
DNFChris Hurst (USA)Row 81 - Cell 2
DNFPaul Freiwald (USA)Row 82 - Cell 2
DNFRobert Herber (USA)Row 83 - Cell 2
DNFAndy Schultz (USA)Row 84 - Cell 2
DNFMenso De Jong (USA)Row 85 - Cell 2
DNFBarry Wicks (USA)Row 86 - Cell 2
DNFKris Sneddon (Can)Row 87 - Cell 2
DNFRussell Finsterwald (USA)Row 88 - Cell 2
DNFOsan Poshard (USA)Row 89 - Cell 2
DNFMitchell Peterson (USA)Row 90 - Cell 2
DNFEric Batty (Can)Row 91 - Cell 2

 

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