Bishop and Batty lead Pro XCT standings

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Jeremiah Bishop (Sho-Air/Cannondale) and Todd Wells (Specialized) early on lap one. (Image credit: John Muller/US Cup)

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.

Xterra world champ Paterson surprises with victory at Bonelli Park Pro XCT

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) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Jeremiah Bishop	450	pts
2	Todd Wells	350	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Sam Schultz	280	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Daniel McConnell	250	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Raphael Gagne	200	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Ryan Woodall	195	Row 5 - Cell 3
6	Benjamin Sonntag	195	Row 6 - Cell 3
7	Derek Zandstra	150	Row 7 - Cell 3
8	Mitchell Hoke	145	Row 8 - Cell 3
9	Cameron Jette	140	Row 9 - Cell 3
9	Antoine Caron*	140	Row 10 - Cell 3
10	Colin Cares	120	Row 11 - Cell 3
10	Adam Morka	120	Row 12 - Cell 3
11	Zachary Valdez*	111	Row 13 - Cell 3
12	Russell Finsterwald*	100	Row 14 - Cell 3
13	Alexander Grant	90	Row 15 - Cell 3
14	Kris Sneddon	85	Row 16 - Cell 3
15	Robert McCarty	81	Row 17 - Cell 3
16	Tristan Uhl	80	Row 18 - Cell 3
16	Kerry Werner*	80	Row 19 - Cell 3
17	Casey Williams*	78	Row 20 - Cell 3
18	Jason Sager	75	Row 21 - Cell 3
19	Payson McElveen*	70	Row 22 - Cell 3
19	Travis Woodruff	70	Row 23 - Cell 3
20	Peter Glassford	65	Row 24 - Cell 3
21	Macky Franklin	60	Row 25 - Cell 3
21	Barry Wicks	60	Row 26 - Cell 3
22	Keegan Swenson*	55	Row 27 - Cell 3
22	Rotem Ishay	55	Row 28 - Cell 3
23	Cole Oberman	51	Row 29 - Cell 3
24	Menso de Jong	50	Row 30 - Cell 3
24	Michael Zanetti*	50	Row 31 - Cell 3
25	JoseJuan Escarcega	40	Row 32 - Cell 3
25	Colin Osborn	40	Row 33 - Cell 3
26	Kalan Beisel	38	Row 34 - Cell 3
27	Miguel Valadez	36	Row 35 - Cell 3
28	Clinton Claassen	34	Row 36 - Cell 3
28	William Melone	34	Row 37 - Cell 3
29	Connor McCutcheon*	32	Row 38 - Cell 3
29	Tristan Cowie	32	Row 39 - Cell 3
30	Ryan Chandler	28	Row 40 - Cell 3
30	Drew Edsall	28	Row 41 - Cell 3
31	Shawn Milne	26	Row 42 - Cell 3
31	David Hanes	26	Row 43 - Cell 3
32	Ignacio Torres*	24	Row 44 - Cell 3
33	Joel Titius*	23	Row 45 - Cell 3
33	Matt Gordon	23	Row 46 - Cell 3
34	Bryan Fawley	22	Row 47 - Cell 3
34	Jason Siegle	22	Row 48 - Cell 3
35	Riley Howard*	21	Row 49 - Cell 3
36	Ivan Lizardi	20	Row 50 - Cell 3
36	Sean Donovan	20	Row 51 - Cell 3
37	Ernie Watenpaugh	19	Row 52 - Cell 3
37	Elliot Reinecke	19	Row 53 - Cell 3
38	Jonathan Sundt	18	Row 54 - Cell 3
38	Samuel Morrison	18	Row 55 - Cell 3
39	Craig Wohlschlaeger	17	Row 56 - Cell 3
39	Taylor Smith*	17	Row 57 - Cell 3
39	Kyle Taylor	17	Row 58 - Cell 3
40	Mathieu Bilodeau	16	Row 59 - Cell 3
41	Ely Woody	15	Row 60 - Cell 3
42	Jacob Albrecht*	14	Row 61 - Cell 3
42	Charles Jenkins	14	Row 62 - Cell 3
43	Nathan Guerra	13	Row 63 - Cell 3
43	Jakub Valigura	13	Row 64 - Cell 3
44	Nathan Brown	12	Row 65 - Cell 3
44	Kevin Bradford-Parish	12	Row 66 - Cell 3
45	Blake Harlan	11	Row 67 - Cell 3
46	Eliel Anttila*	10	Row 68 - Cell 3
46	Keith Hargis	10	Row 69 - Cell 3
47	Billy Wood	9	Row 70 - Cell 3
47	JuanCarlos NunezGalvan*	9	Row 71 - Cell 3
48	Brad Wilhelm	8	Row 72 - Cell 3
49	Derek Hermon	7	Row 73 - Cell 3
50	Nick Truitt	6	Row 74 - Cell 3
51	Hal Helbock	5	Row 75 - Cell 3
51	Garet Steinmetz	5	Row 76 - Cell 3
52	Craig Kunz	4	Row 77 - Cell 3
52	Thomas Turner	4	Row 78 - Cell 3
53	Gerald Drummond*	3	Row 79 - Cell 3
53	Sam Gross*	3	Row 80 - Cell 3
54	Wiley Mosley	2	Row 81 - Cell 3
55	Alex Wild*	1	Row 82 - Cell 3
55	Garnet Vertican	1	Row 83 - Cell 3

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Elite women US Pro XCT standings after two rounds
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Emily Batty	375	pts
2	Annie Last	340	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Chloe Woodruff	300	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Erin Huck	260	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Rebecca Henderson*	250	Row 4 - Cell 3
5	Lesley Paterson	250	Row 5 - Cell 3
6	Christina Gokey-Smith	230	Row 6 - Cell 3
7	Judy Freeman	210	Row 7 - Cell 3
8	Erica Tingey	200	Row 8 - Cell 3
9	Lea Davison	175	Row 9 - Cell 3
10	Nina Baum	165	Row 10 - Cell 3
11	Rebecca Gross	150	Row 11 - Cell 3
12	Amanda Sin	120	Row 12 - Cell 3
13	Jamie Busch	85	Row 13 - Cell 3
14	Larissa Fitchett	80	Row 14 - Cell 3
15	Lisa Uranga	70	Row 15 - Cell 3
15	Krista Park	70	Row 16 - Cell 3
16	Victoria Barclay	65	Row 17 - Cell 3
16	Shayna Powless*	65	Row 18 - Cell 3
17	Mikaela Kofman	60	Row 19 - Cell 3
17	Karlee Gendron*	60	Row 20 - Cell 3
18	Kata Skaggs	55	Row 21 - Cell 3
18	Katherine Sherwin	55	Row 22 - Cell 3
19	Sydney Fox	50	Row 23 - Cell 3
19	Amy Beisel	50	Row 24 - Cell 3
20	Deidre York*	45	Row 25 - Cell 3
21	Anna Dvorak	40	Row 26 - Cell 3
22	BETH UTLEY	38	Row 27 - Cell 3
23	Vanessa Humic	36	Row 28 - Cell 3

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Teams US Pro XCT standings after two rounds
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Trek Factory Racing	935	pts
2	Sho-Air/Cannondale	540	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Specialized Racing	525	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	BMC MTB Development Team	145	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Kona	140	Row 4 - Cell 3