Bishop and Batty lead Pro XCT standings

Jeremiah Bishop (Sho-Air/Cannondale) and Emily Batty (Trek Factory Racing) vaulted into the USA Cycling Pro Cross Country Tour (Pro XCT) lead with their performances at the Bonelli Park US Cup, held on March 16-17 in San Dimas, California.

Men

With the absence of first-round winner Daniel McConnell (Trek Factory Racing), Bishop and Todd Wells (Specialized Racing), who were second and third, respectively, in last week's standings, had the top spot in their sights heading into the Bonelli Park race.

Bishop and Wells, along with Raphael Gagne (Rocky Mountain) quickly separated themselves from the pack, but as Bishop applied the pressure on the technical and warm course, Wells and Gagne could not keep pace and Bishop crossed the line with over a minute to spare on Gagne and over two minutes on Wells.

With his victory, Bishop takes over the US Pro XCT men's standings lead with 450 points, followed by Wells with 350 points and Sam Schultz (Trek Factory Racing) with 280 points. McConnell and Gagne round out the top five of the men's standings with 250 and 200 points, respectively.

Women

Lesley Paterson (Scott Bicycles), the 2011 and 2012 XTerra Triathlon world champion, bested a field that included Olympic cross country mountain bikers Emily Batty (Trek Factory Racing), Lea Davison (Specialized Factory Racing) and Annie Last (Trek Factory Racing) to claim victory on the redesigned course at Bonelli Park.

After starting near the back row, Paterson caught up to the three Olympians on the second of five laps and then broke away with Batty on the third circuit. Paterson would slowly pull away from Batty to finish more than 20 seconds in front.

The silver medal by Batty, along with her third-place finish at the Mellow Johnny's Classic season opener on March 2, gives the Canadian the series lead in the Pro XCT women's standings after two events with 375 points. Last is close behind Batty with 340 points, followed by Chloe Woodruff (Crankbrothers Race Club 11) with 300 points, and Erin Huck (Tokyo Joe's) with 260 points. Mellow Johnny's Classic winner Rebecca Henderson (Trek Factory Racing) is fifth in the women's standings with 250 points. Henderson was racing at home in Australia instead of at Bonelli Park.

Trek Factory Racing maintains its lead in the Pro XCT team standings after two of nine races on the calendar with 935 points. Sho-Air-Cannondale sits in second place with 540 points, followed by Specialized Racing in third place with 525. BMC MTB Development Team has a slim lead over Kona for the fourth-place spot with 145 points to Kona's 140 points.

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Elite men US Pro XCT standings after two rounds
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResultHeader Cell - Column 3
1Jeremiah Bishop450pts
2Todd Wells350Row 1 - Cell 3
3Sam Schultz280Row 2 - Cell 3
4Daniel McConnell250Row 3 - Cell 3
5Raphael Gagne200Row 4 - Cell 3
6Ryan Woodall195Row 5 - Cell 3
6Benjamin Sonntag195Row 6 - Cell 3
7Derek Zandstra150Row 7 - Cell 3
8Mitchell Hoke145Row 8 - Cell 3
9Cameron Jette140Row 9 - Cell 3
9Antoine Caron*140Row 10 - Cell 3
10Colin Cares120Row 11 - Cell 3
10Adam Morka120Row 12 - Cell 3
11Zachary Valdez*111Row 13 - Cell 3
12Russell Finsterwald*100Row 14 - Cell 3
13Alexander Grant90Row 15 - Cell 3
14Kris Sneddon85Row 16 - Cell 3
15Robert McCarty81Row 17 - Cell 3
16Tristan Uhl80Row 18 - Cell 3
16Kerry Werner*80Row 19 - Cell 3
17Casey Williams*78Row 20 - Cell 3
18Jason Sager75Row 21 - Cell 3
19Payson McElveen*70Row 22 - Cell 3
19Travis Woodruff70Row 23 - Cell 3
20Peter Glassford65Row 24 - Cell 3
21Macky Franklin60Row 25 - Cell 3
21Barry Wicks60Row 26 - Cell 3
22Keegan Swenson*55Row 27 - Cell 3
22Rotem Ishay55Row 28 - Cell 3
23Cole Oberman51Row 29 - Cell 3
24Menso de Jong50Row 30 - Cell 3
24Michael Zanetti*50Row 31 - Cell 3
25JoseJuan Escarcega40Row 32 - Cell 3
25Colin Osborn40Row 33 - Cell 3
26Kalan Beisel38Row 34 - Cell 3
27Miguel Valadez36Row 35 - Cell 3
28Clinton Claassen34Row 36 - Cell 3
28William Melone34Row 37 - Cell 3
29Connor McCutcheon*32Row 38 - Cell 3
29Tristan Cowie32Row 39 - Cell 3
30Ryan Chandler28Row 40 - Cell 3
30Drew Edsall28Row 41 - Cell 3
31Shawn Milne26Row 42 - Cell 3
31David Hanes26Row 43 - Cell 3
32Ignacio Torres*24Row 44 - Cell 3
33Joel Titius*23Row 45 - Cell 3
33Matt Gordon23Row 46 - Cell 3
34Bryan Fawley22Row 47 - Cell 3
34Jason Siegle22Row 48 - Cell 3
35Riley Howard*21Row 49 - Cell 3
36Ivan Lizardi20Row 50 - Cell 3
36Sean Donovan20Row 51 - Cell 3
37Ernie Watenpaugh19Row 52 - Cell 3
37Elliot Reinecke19Row 53 - Cell 3
38Jonathan Sundt18Row 54 - Cell 3
38Samuel Morrison18Row 55 - Cell 3
39Craig Wohlschlaeger17Row 56 - Cell 3
39Taylor Smith*17Row 57 - Cell 3
39Kyle Taylor17Row 58 - Cell 3
40Mathieu Bilodeau16Row 59 - Cell 3
41Ely Woody15Row 60 - Cell 3
42Jacob Albrecht*14Row 61 - Cell 3
42Charles Jenkins14Row 62 - Cell 3
43Nathan Guerra13Row 63 - Cell 3
43Jakub Valigura13Row 64 - Cell 3
44Nathan Brown12Row 65 - Cell 3
44Kevin Bradford-Parish12Row 66 - Cell 3
45Blake Harlan11Row 67 - Cell 3
46Eliel Anttila*10Row 68 - Cell 3
46Keith Hargis10Row 69 - Cell 3
47Billy Wood9Row 70 - Cell 3
47JuanCarlos NunezGalvan*9Row 71 - Cell 3
48Brad Wilhelm8Row 72 - Cell 3
49Derek Hermon7Row 73 - Cell 3
50Nick Truitt6Row 74 - Cell 3
51Hal Helbock5Row 75 - Cell 3
51Garet Steinmetz5Row 76 - Cell 3
52Craig Kunz4Row 77 - Cell 3
52Thomas Turner4Row 78 - Cell 3
53Gerald Drummond*3Row 79 - Cell 3
53Sam Gross*3Row 80 - Cell 3
54Wiley Mosley2Row 81 - Cell 3
55Alex Wild*1Row 82 - Cell 3
55Garnet Vertican1Row 83 - Cell 3
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Elite women US Pro XCT standings after two rounds
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResultHeader Cell - Column 3
1Emily Batty375pts
2Annie Last340Row 1 - Cell 3
3Chloe Woodruff300Row 2 - Cell 3
4Erin Huck260Row 3 - Cell 3
5Rebecca Henderson*250Row 4 - Cell 3
5Lesley Paterson250Row 5 - Cell 3
6Christina Gokey-Smith230Row 6 - Cell 3
7Judy Freeman210Row 7 - Cell 3
8Erica Tingey200Row 8 - Cell 3
9Lea Davison175Row 9 - Cell 3
10Nina Baum165Row 10 - Cell 3
11Rebecca Gross150Row 11 - Cell 3
12Amanda Sin120Row 12 - Cell 3
13Jamie Busch85Row 13 - Cell 3
14Larissa Fitchett80Row 14 - Cell 3
15Lisa Uranga70Row 15 - Cell 3
15Krista Park70Row 16 - Cell 3
16Victoria Barclay65Row 17 - Cell 3
16Shayna Powless*65Row 18 - Cell 3
17Mikaela Kofman60Row 19 - Cell 3
17Karlee Gendron*60Row 20 - Cell 3
18Kata Skaggs55Row 21 - Cell 3
18Katherine Sherwin55Row 22 - Cell 3
19Sydney Fox50Row 23 - Cell 3
19Amy Beisel50Row 24 - Cell 3
20Deidre York*45Row 25 - Cell 3
21Anna Dvorak40Row 26 - Cell 3
22BETH UTLEY38Row 27 - Cell 3
23Vanessa Humic36Row 28 - Cell 3
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Teams US Pro XCT standings after two rounds
#Rider Name (Country) TeamResultHeader Cell - Column 3
1Trek Factory Racing935pts
2Sho-Air/Cannondale540Row 1 - Cell 3
3Specialized Racing525Row 2 - Cell 3
4BMC MTB Development Team145Row 3 - Cell 3
5Kona140Row 4 - Cell 3

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