Sutherland, Colavita top NRC rankings

OUCH Pro Cycling's Rory Sutherland leads the USA Cycling national racing calendar standings after the Nature Valley Grand Prix. He took the lead in the standings ahead of Tom Zirbel (Bissell) with the NVGP victory. The Colavita/Sutter Home Men's Cycling Team presented by Cooking Light leads the team National Racing Calendar standings with six riders placed in the individual ranking's top 15.

Sprinter Sebastian Haedo is third overall, with six individual victories, including two stage wins at last week's Nature Valley Grand Prix in Minnesota. Haedo's Argentine compatriot and fellow sprinter Alejandro Borrajo ranks fifth, while his teammates Anthony Colby and Tyler Wren follow in sixth and seventh, respectively.

US time trial champion Alison Powers leads the women's rankings after her third overall in Minnesota. Overall NVGP winner Kristin Armstrong (Cervelo TestTeam) rode into second in the rankings, while second overall Shelley Olds (Proman) is third.

In the women's team rankings, Team Type 1 leads ahead of TIBCO and Webcor.