Davison and Plaxton top final US Pro XCT standings

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Lea Davison (Specialized) descends "the wall" with a lead over Katerina Nash (Luna) (Image credit: Dave McElwaine/trailwatch.net)

Lea Davison (Specialized) won the final race on USA Cycling's Pro Cross Country Tour (Pro XCT) calendar (Pro XCT), the Missoula XC on Marshall Mountain in Missoula, Montana to overcome a 10-point deficit to Georgia Gould (Luna Pro Team) and top the final women's standings. Despite hometown hero Sam Schultz (Subaru-Trek) winning the last race on the US Pro XCT schedule, Max Plaxton (Specialized USA Factory Racing) topped the men's standings.

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In earning her first win on the Pro XCT, Davison was nearly two minutes faster than her closest competitor, Heather Irmiger (Subaru-Trek), and three minutes faster than Katerina Nash (Luna Pro Team) in the final results. Nash took a slight lead on the second of the four-lap women's contest. Davison capitalized on Nash riding off the singletrack to take the lead and never relinquished it. Proving to be the fastest climber and a strong descender, Davison gradually expanded her lead throughout the remaining two laps of the race.

Schultz won with a time of 1:18:49, one minute faster than his teammate Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (Subaru-Trek) and 2:34 faster than series winner Plaxton. The top three finishers in the final results stayed together through the first four of five laps of a course that has a lot of steep climbing, sharp descents and not a lot of recovery. Schultz countered to regain the lead and maintain his advantage through the descents, although the three riders stayed tightly packed. Schultz emerged in front on the final lap and, using the raucous energy from friends and family scattered throughout the course, rode away from Plaxton and Horgan-Kobelski for the win.

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Elite men
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Max Plaxton	1140	pts
2	Todd Wells	910	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Sam Schultz	890	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski	750	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Adam Craig	720	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Stephen Ettinger	630	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Sid Taberlay	590	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Spencer Paxson	565	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Jeremiah Bishop	560	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Geoff Kabush	480	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Rotem Ishay	445	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Adam Morka	420	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Barry Wicks	300	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Kerry Werner	259	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Ryan Woodall	256	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Mitchell Hoke	254	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Raphael Gagne	250	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Carl Decker	250	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Ryan Trebon	210	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Ignacio Torres	202	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Tj Woodruff	189	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Kris Sneddon	188	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Troy Wells	187	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Jason Sager	185	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Jack Hinkens	174	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	Juan Carlos Herndandez	160	Row 25 - Cell 3
27	Drew Edsall	158	Row 26 - Cell 3
28	Peter Glassford	155	Row 27 - Cell 3
29	Justin Lindine	142	Row 28 - Cell 3
30	Lachlan Norris	130	Row 29 - Cell 3
31	Derek Zandstra	130	Row 30 - Cell 3
32	Dana Weber	112	Row 31 - Cell 3
33	Benjamin Sonntag	85	Row 32 - Cell 3
34	Seamus Powell	80	Row 33 - Cell 3
35	Thomas Turner	80	Row 34 - Cell 3
36	John Curry	80	Row 35 - Cell 3
37	Bryson Perry	72	Row 36 - Cell 3
38	Colton Andersen	70	Row 37 - Cell 3
39	Colin Cares	69	Row 38 - Cell 3
40	Russell Finsterwald	66	Row 39 - Cell 3
41	Alejando Barajas	55	Row 40 - Cell 3
42	Emmanuel Valencia	52	Row 41 - Cell 3
43	Brad Bingham	50	Row 42 - Cell 3
44	Tristan Schouten	50	Row 43 - Cell 3
45	Vincent Lombardi	50	Row 44 - Cell 3
46	Brian Matter	45	Row 45 - Cell 3
47	Rick Wetherald	42	Row 46 - Cell 3
48	Jesse Anthony	40	Row 47 - Cell 3
49	Matt Gordon	40	Row 48 - Cell 3
50	John Nobil	40	Row 49 - Cell 3
51	Miguel Valadez	39	Row 50 - Cell 3
52	Bryan Fawley	35	Row 51 - Cell 3
53	Nathan Guerra	35	Row 52 - Cell 3
54	Kalan Beisel	35	Row 53 - Cell 3
55	Joshua Carlson	32	Row 54 - Cell 3
56	Ben Parsons	30	Row 55 - Cell 3
57	Mitch Bailey	30	Row 56 - Cell 3
58	Antoine Caron	28	Row 57 - Cell 3
59	Blake Harlan	28	Row 58 - Cell 3
60	Adam Snyder	28	Row 59 - Cell 3
61	Kevin Fish	26	Row 60 - Cell 3
62	Mike Phillips	26	Row 61 - Cell 3
63	Thomas Sampson	25	Row 62 - Cell 3
64	Francis Morin	24	Row 63 - Cell 3
65	Brandon Draugelis	24	Row 64 - Cell 3
66	Zachary Valdez	23	Row 65 - Cell 3
67	Eric Batty	23	Row 66 - Cell 3
68	Lukas Buchli	22	Row 67 - Cell 3
69	Tad Elliott	20	Row 68 - Cell 3
70	Jose Juan Escarcega	20	Row 69 - Cell 3
71	Brian Van Ulden	20	Row 70 - Cell 3
72	Phil Grove	18	Row 71 - Cell 3
73	Jeff Herrera	18	Row 72 - Cell 3
74	Ben Bostrom	18	Row 73 - Cell 3
75	Jorge Munoz	18	Row 74 - Cell 3
76	Cody Kaiser	16	Row 75 - Cell 3
77	Brady Kappius	16	Row 76 - Cell 3
78	Tyson Wagler	16	Row 77 - Cell 3
79	Sean Donovan	14	Row 78 - Cell 3
80	Jason Siegle	14	Row 79 - Cell 3
81	Aaron Elwell	12	Row 80 - Cell 3
82	David Tinker Juarez	12	Row 81 - Cell 3
83	Peter Ostroski	10	Row 82 - Cell 3
84	Marton Blazso	10	Row 83 - Cell 3
85	Aaron Bradford	9	Row 84 - Cell 3
86	Lucas Brusseau	9	Row 85 - Cell 3
87	Kevin Bradford-Paris	8	Row 86 - Cell 3
88	Martin Cox	8	Row 87 - Cell 3
89	Kevin Smallman	8	Row 88 - Cell 3
90	Jason Young	7	Row 89 - Cell 3
91	Andy Schultz	6	Row 90 - Cell 3
92	Tim Allen	6	Row 91 - Cell 3
93	John Rines	6	Row 92 - Cell 3
94	Ken Onodera	5	Row 93 - Cell 3
95	Craig Wohlschlae	5	Row 94 - Cell 3
96	Brent Gorman	4	Row 95 - Cell 3
97	Anthony Sinyard	4	Row 96 - Cell 3
98	Ned Overend	4	Row 97 - Cell 3
99	Blake Zumbrunnen	3	Row 98 - Cell 3
100	Menso De Jong	3	Row 99 - Cell 3
101	Graham Aldredge	3	Row 100 - Cell 3
102	Jim Hewett	3	Row 101 - Cell 3
103	Ronald Stawicki	3	Row 102 - Cell 3
104	Wiley Mosley	2	Row 103 - Cell 3
105	Colin Osborn	2	Row 104 - Cell 3
106	Darrin Braun	1	Row 105 - Cell 3
107	David Hanes	1	Row 106 - Cell 3

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Elite women
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Lea Davison	1090	pts
2	Georgia Gould	910	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Emily Batty	880	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Chloe Forsman	810	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Krista Park	738	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Heather Irmiger	700	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Judy Freeman	595	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Sarah Kaufmann	486	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Zephanie Blasi	470	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Kelli Emmett	400	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Catherine Pendrel	390	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Carolyn Popovic	351	Row 11 - Cell 3
13	Katerina Nash	350	Row 12 - Cell 3
14	Erica Zaveta	345	Row 13 - Cell 3
15	Amanda Carey	340	Row 14 - Cell 3
16	Daniela Campuzano Chavez	328	Row 15 - Cell 3
17	Kathy Sherwin	320	Row 16 - Cell 3
18	Nina Baum	300	Row 17 - Cell 3
19	Lydia Tanner	172	Row 18 - Cell 3
20	Teal Stetson-Lee	170	Row 19 - Cell 3
21	Marie-Helen Premont	160	Row 20 - Cell 3
22	Pua Mata	140	Row 21 - Cell 3
23	Amanda Sin	130	Row 22 - Cell 3
24	Linnea Koons	128	Row 23 - Cell 3
25	Mical Dyck	120	Row 24 - Cell 3
26	Laura Lorenza Morfin Ma Couzet	110	Row 25 - Cell 3
27	Shannon Gibson	105	Row 26 - Cell 3
28	Kaila Hart	94	Row 27 - Cell 3
29	Kelsy Bingham	90	Row 28 - Cell 3
30	Sarah Maile	85	Row 29 - Cell 3
31	Jenna Rinehart	80	Row 30 - Cell 3
32	Erica Tingey	70	Row 31 - Cell 3
33	Deyanira Guerrero	69	Row 32 - Cell 3
34	Abby Strigel	60	Row 33 - Cell 3
35	Laura Bietola	55	Row 34 - Cell 3
36	Bryna Blanchard	55	Row 35 - Cell 3
37	Rebecca Rusch	50	Row 36 - Cell 3
38	Catherine Vipond	45	Row 37 - Cell 3
39	Aleksandra Mooradian	35	Row 38 - Cell 3
40	Susan Stephens	35	Row 39 - Cell 3
41	Susan Butler	30	Row 40 - Cell 3
42	Kim Eppen	28	Row 41 - Cell 3
43	Danelle Kabush	28	Row 42 - Cell 3
44	Kristina Laforge	26	Row 43 - Cell 3
45	Melanie Colavito	24	Row 44 - Cell 3
46	Alice Pennington	24	Row 45 - Cell 3
47	Meghan Korol	22	Row 46 - Cell 3
48	Lisa Krayer	20	Row 47 - Cell 3
49	Rebecca Beaumont	20	Row 48 - Cell 3
50	Brandi Heisterman	18	Row 49 - Cell 3
51	Maren Cosens	16	Row 50 - Cell 3
52	Susan Juedes	14	Row 51 - Cell 3
53	Rebecca Blatt	12	Row 52 - Cell 3
54	Caroline Mani	10	Row 53 - Cell 3
55	Anna Fortner	9	Row 54 - Cell 3
56	Caley Brooks	8	Row 55 - Cell 3
57	Laura Winberry	7	Row 56 - Cell 3