Mid-season NRC rankings released
By Kirsten Frattini published
Colavita-Sutter Home men and Team Type 1 women dominate NRC lead
Mid-way through America's 2009 National Racing Calendar (NRC) Colavita-Sutter Home professional men's team and Team Type 1 professional women's team lead the overall team standings while Sebastian Haedo and Alison Powers lead their respective teams in the individual rankings.
Haedo leads the men's individual standings with a total of 830 points over Rory Sutherland (OUCH p/b Maxxis) on 785 points and third-placed Tom Zirbel with 757 points. In the team standings, Colavita-Sutter Home's 2066 points tops the scoreboard ahead of Bissell Pro Cycling team's 1717 points and OUCH p/b Maxxis 1351 points.
On the women's side, Alison Powers continues to dominate the individual standings with her tally of 1030 points ahead of Kristin Armstrong (Cervelo Test Team) with 905 points and third-placed Shelley Olds (Proman-Hit Squad), who sits on 532 points.
Men's individual standings | |||
1 | Sebastian Haedo (Colavita-Sutter Home) | 830 | pts |
2 | Rory Sutherland (OUCH p/b Maxxis) | 785 | |
3 | Tom Zirbel (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) | 757 | |
4 | Ben Jacques-Maynes (Bissell Pro Cycling Team) | 421 | |
5 | Alejandro Borrajo (Colavita-Sutter Home) | 376 |
Men's team standings | |||
1 | Colavita-Sutter Home | 2066 | pts |
2 | Bissell Pro Cycling | 1715 | |
3 | OUCH p/b Maxxis | 1351 | |
4 | Jelly Belly Cycling Team | 801 | |
5 | Team Type 1 | 732 |
Women's individual standings | |||
1 | Alison Powers (Team Type 1) | 1030 | pts |
2 | Kristin Armstrong (Cervelo Test Team) | 905 | |
3 | Shelley Olds (Proman-HitSquad) | 532 | |
4 | Katharine Carroll (Team TIBCO) | 459 | |
5 | Joanne Kiesanowski (Team TIBCO) | 450 |
Women's team standings | |||
1 | Team Type 1 | 1495 | pts |
2 | Team TIBCO | 1477 | |
3 | Webcor-Builders Cycling Team | 1202 | |
4 | Colavita-Sutter Home | 1191 | |
5 | Value Act Capital Cycling Team | 941 |

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Kirsten Frattini is an honours graduate of Kinesiology and Health Science from York University in Toronto, Canada. She has been involved in cycling from the community and grassroots level to professional cycling's WorldTour. She has worked in both print and digital publishing, and started with Cyclingnews as a North American Correspondent in 2006. Moving into a Production Editor's role in 2014, she produces and publishes international race coverage for all men's and women's races including Spring Classics, Grand Tours, World Championships and Olympic Games, and writes and edits news and features. As the Women's Editor at Cyclingnews, Kirsten also coordinates and oversees the global coverage of races, news, features and podcasts about women's professional cycling.