Horner set to race U.S. Gran Prix finale

With East Coast weather getting more ‘cross like with each passing day - think rain, cold, and wind - racers in the coming weekend's finals of the 2005 Crank Brothers U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross will revel in the sun bathed tradition of West Coast cyclocross in San Francisco's Bay Area. Saturday's Surf City Cyclocross, at the Watsonville Fairgrounds outside Santa Cruz , and Sunday's Clark Natwick Grand Prix, in San Francisco 's Golden Gate Park , will close out the second edition of North America 's only coast-to-coast national cyclocross series.

Top U.S. pro road racer Chris Horner (Saunier Duval-Prodir) is scheduled to make his major ‘cross debut in Santa Cruz Elite Men's race, hitting the challenging course to see if his legs and skills are up to those of U.S. Gran Prix strongmen Tim Johnson (Cyclocrossworld.com-Louis Garneau), Mark McCormack (Team Clif Bar) and Barry Wicks (Kona). On the women's side, the pink and purple armada of Northern California 's own Velo Bella squad, six-women strong, will try to use the homecourse advantage to unseat Lyne Bessette (Cyclocrossworld.com-Louis Garneau), winner of the opening four rounds of the U.S. Gran Prix.

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