Woodruff extends Pro XCT lead while Wells' margin shrinks

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Chloe Woodruff (Crankbrothers Race Club) chased in 2nd place for most of the race. (Image credit: Tom Robertson)

Chloe Woodruff (Crankbrothers Race Club) extended her lead in the USA Cycling Pro Cross Country Tour (Pro XCT) women's standings, while Todd Wells (Specialized Racing) saw his advantage reduced in the men's standings after a thrilling day of racing at the Missoula XC on June 22 in Missoula, Montana.

Woodruff finished second in the elite women's race behind Monique "Pua" Mata (Sho-Air Cannondale) in Missoula and extended her cushion in the Pro XCT women's standings, from 50 to 218 points, with three races remaining on the calendar. Erica Tingey (Jamis), 23rd in Missoula, remains in second place in the standings with 487 points. Ascending to third place by virtue of a fifth-place showing over the weekend was Judy Freeman (Crankbrothers Race Club), who now has a season total of 461 points. The top five in the women's standings are rounded out by Emily Batty (Trek Factory Racing) in fourth with 445 points, and Erin Huck (Tokyo Joe's) who enters the top five with 440 points after crossing the line in fourth place in Missoula.

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In the elite men's race, Wells recorded a sixth-place finish in Missoula but saw his Pro XCT men's standings lead over Jeremiah Bishop (Sho-Air/Cannondale) shrink to just 15 points after Bishop finished ahead of him in fourth place. It's shaping up for an exciting final three races on the calendar with Wells holding a slim 960-945 edge on Bishop. Benjamin Sonntag (American Interbanc) remains in third place with 433 points and Ryan Woodall (Top Gear Bicycles) maintains his fourth-place position with 375 points. A seventh-place finish in Missoula by Mitchell Hoke (Kenda-Felt) propels him into fifth place in the standings with 365 points.

The performances by Mata and Bishop in Missoula helped Sho-Air/Cannondale take over the top spot in the Pro XCT team standings. With three races remaining on the calendar, Sho-Air Cannondale holds a 1626-1450 advantage over Specialized Racing. Trek Factory Racing remains in third place with 1165 points, followed by Kenda/Felt in fourth place with 549 points and BMC Development in fifth place with 480 points.

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Men's Pro XCT standings after round 6
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Todd Wells	830	pts
2	Jeremiah Bishop	795	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Benjamin Sonntag	433	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Ryan Woodall	375	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Sam Schultz	280	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Cameron Jette	273	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Daniel Mcconnell	250	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Mitchell Hoke	245	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Alexander Grant	201	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Raphael Gagne	200	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Tristan Uhl	195	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Ryan Trebon	190	Row 11 - Cell 3
12	Derek Zandstra	190	Row 12 - Cell 3
13	Zachary Valdez*	181	Row 13 - Cell 3
14	Miguel Martinez	175	Row 14 - Cell 3
15	Antoine Caron*	165	Row 15 - Cell 3
16	Robert Mccarty	158	Row 16 - Cell 3
17	Colin Cares	156	Row 17 - Cell 3
18	Geoff Kabush	150	Row 18 - Cell 3
19	Adam Morka	144	Row 19 - Cell 3
20	Casey Williams*	133	Row 20 - Cell 3
21	Barry Wicks	130	Row 21 - Cell 3
22	Lukas Flückiger	115	Row 22 - Cell 3
23	Travis	110	Row 23 - Cell 3
24	Kerry Werner*	107	Row 24 - Cell 3
25	Russell Finsterwald*	101	Row 25 - Cell 3
26	Max Plaxton	100	Row 26 - Cell 3
27	Macky Franklin	98	Row 27 - Cell 3
27	Kris Sneddon	98	Row 28 - Cell 3
28	Christoph Sauser	90	Row 29 - Cell 3
29	Menso De Jong	84	Row 30 - Cell 3
30	Stephen Ettinger	80	Row 31 - Cell 3
30	Victor Alber	80	Row 32 - Cell 3
31	Cole Oberman	78	Row 33 - Cell 3
32	Peter Glassford	77	Row 34 - Cell 3
33	Jason Sager	75	Row 35 - Cell 3
34	Rotem Ishay	73	Row 36 - Cell 3
35	Shawn Milne	71	Row 37 - Cell 3
36	Omar Fraser	70	Row 38 - Cell 3
36	Payson Mcelveen*	70	Row 39 - Cell 3
37	Thomas Turner	69	Row 40 - Cell 3
38	Clinton Claassen	64	Row 41 - Cell 3
39	Howard Grotts*	60	Row 42 - Cell 3
39	Sid Taberlay	60	Row 43 - Cell 3
40	Jason Siegle	57	Row 44 - Cell 3
41	Keegan Swenson*	55	Row 45 - Cell 3
41	Emil Lindgren	55	Row 46 - Cell 3
42	Tristan Cowie	54	Row 47 - Cell 3
43	Michael Zanetti*	50	Row 48 - Cell 3
44	Elliot Reinecke	40	Row 49 - Cell 3
44	Sean Donovan	40	Row 50 - Cell 3
44	Joseph Maloney	40	Row 51 - Cell 3
44	Josejuan Escarcega	40	Row 52 - Cell 3
44	Colin Osborn	40	Row 53 - Cell 3
45	Kalan Beisel	38	Row 54 - Cell 3
45	Charles Jenkins	38	Row 55 - Cell 3
46	Jacob Albrecht*	37	Row 56 - Cell 3
46	Ivan Lizardi	37	Row 57 - Cell 3
47	Miguel Valadez	36	Row 58 - Cell 3
48	Alex Ryan	35	Row 59 - Cell 3
48	Garet Steinmetz	35	Row 60 - Cell 3
48	Kohei Yamamoto	35	Row 61 - Cell 3
49	William Melone	34	Row 62 - Cell 3
50	Connor Mccutcheon*	32	Row 63 - Cell 3
50	Taylor Smith*	32	Row 64 - Cell 3
51	Michiel Van Der Heijden*	30	Row 65 - Cell 3
51	Joel Titius*	30	Row 66 - Cell 3
52	Sean Leader	29	Row 67 - Cell 3
52	Jakub Valigura	29	Row 68 - Cell 3
53	Drew Edsall	28	Row 69 - Cell 3
53	Ryan Chandler	28	Row 70 - Cell 3
54	Gerald Drummond*	26	Row 71 - Cell 3
54	David Hanes	26	Row 72 - Cell 3
55	Michael Danish	25	Row 73 - Cell 3
56	Davis Bentley*	24	Row 74 - Cell 3
56	Ignacio Torres*	24	Row 75 - Cell 3
57	Matt Gordon	23	Row 76 - Cell 3
58	Bryan Fawley	22	Row 77 - Cell 3
58	Brian Matter	22	Row 78 - Cell 3
59	Riley Howard*	21	Row 79 - Cell 3
59	Tanner Hurst*	21	Row 80 - Cell 3
60	Ernie Watenpaugh	19	Row 81 - Cell 3
60	David Flaten*	19	Row 82 - Cell 3
60	Jeremy Martin*	19	Row 83 - Cell 3
61	Dana Weber	18	Row 84 - Cell 3
61	Osias Lozano	18	Row 85 - Cell 3
61	Samuel Morrison	18	Row 86 - Cell 3
61	Jonathan Sundt	18	Row 87 - Cell 3
62	Craig Wohlschlaeger	17	Row 88 - Cell 3
62	Kyle Taylor	17	Row 89 - Cell 3
62	Conrad Stoltz	17	Row 90 - Cell 3
62	Martin Cox	17	Row 91 - Cell 3
63	Jaroslav Kulhavy	16	Row 92 - Cell 3
63	Mathieu Bilodeau	16	Row 93 - Cell 3
63	Filippo Barbieri	16	Row 94 - Cell 3
64	Ely Woody	15	Row 95 - Cell 3
65	Carl Decker	14	Row 96 - Cell 3
65	Derek Hermon	14	Row 97 - Cell 3
65	Nathan Guerra	14	Row 98 - Cell 3
65	Michael Hosey	14	Row 99 - Cell 3
66	Sam Chovan	13	Row 100 - Cell 3
66	Eliel Anttila*	13	Row 101 - Cell 3
67	Nathan Brown	12	Row 102 - Cell 3
67	Kevin Bradford-Parish	12	Row 103 - Cell 3
67	Jim Hewett	12	Row 104 - Cell 3
68	Blake Harlan	11	Row 105 - Cell 3
68	Sepp Kuss*	11	Row 106 - Cell 3
69	Brad Wilhelm	10	Row 107 - Cell 3
69	Matthew Freeman	10	Row 108 - Cell 3
69	Keith Hargis	10	Row 109 - Cell 3
70	Billy Wood	9	Row 110 - Cell 3
70	Juancarlos Nunezgalvan*	9	Row 111 - Cell 3
71	Paul Freiwald	8	Row 112 - Cell 3
72	Josh Carlson	6	Row 113 - Cell 3
72	Nick Truitt	6	Row 114 - Cell 3
72	Miguel Ramos	6	Row 115 - Cell 3
73	Hal Helbock	5	Row 116 - Cell 3
73	Garnet Vertican	5	Row 117 - Cell 3
73	Adam Looney	5	Row 118 - Cell 3
74	Craig Kunz	4	Row 119 - Cell 3
74	Ryan Geiger*	4	Row 120 - Cell 3
75	Sam Gross*	3	Row 121 - Cell 3
76	Wiley Mosley	2	Row 122 - Cell 3
76	Thomas Bundgaard	2	Row 123 - Cell 3
77	Alex Wild*	1	Row 124 - Cell 3

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Women's Pro XCT standings after round 6
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Chloe Woodruff	505	pts
2	Erica Tingey	455	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Emily Batty	445	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Lea Davison	410	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	Annie Last	375	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Judy Freeman	321	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Nina Baum	300	Row 6 - Cell 3
8	Erin Huck	290	Row 7 - Cell 3
9	Rebecca Henderson*	265	Row 8 - Cell 3
10	Lesley Paterson	250	Row 9 - Cell 3
11	Christina Gokey-Smith	230	Row 10 - Cell 3
12	Marianne Vos	175	Row 11 - Cell 3
12	Pua Mata	175	Row 12 - Cell 3
12	Evelyn Dong	175	Row 13 - Cell 3
13	Larissa Fitchett	173	Row 14 - Cell 3
14	Caroline Mani	152	Row 15 - Cell 3
15	Rebecca Gross	150	Row 16 - Cell 3
15	Annika Langvad	150	Row 17 - Cell 3
16	Shayna Powless*	138	Row 18 - Cell 3
17	Amanda Sin	134	Row 19 - Cell 3
18	Catherine Pendrel	130	Row 20 - Cell 3
19	Erica Zaveta	115	Row 21 - Cell 3
19	Georgia Gould	115	Row 22 - Cell 3
20	Karlee Gendron*	105	Row 23 - Cell 3
21	Jamie Busch	101	Row 24 - Cell 3
22	Kelli Emmett	100	Row 25 - Cell 3
22	Catherine Peacock	100	Row 26 - Cell 3
22	Mikaela Kofman	100	Row 27 - Cell 3
23	Erin Alders	97	Row 28 - Cell 3
24	Emily Shields*	90	Row 29 - Cell 3
24	Katerina Nash	90	Row 30 - Cell 3
25	Tereza Hurikova	80	Row 31 - Cell 3
26	Lisa Uranga	76	Row 32 - Cell 3
27	Krista Park	70	Row 33 - Cell 3
28	Beth Utley	69	Row 34 - Cell 3
29	Victoria Barclay	65	Row 35 - Cell 3
30	Kata Skaggs	62	Row 36 - Cell 3
31	Vanessa Humic	61	Row 37 - Cell 3
32	Katherine Sherwin	55	Row 38 - Cell 3
32	Sarah Ruth Jansen	55	Row 39 - Cell 3
33	Sydney Fox	50	Row 40 - Cell 3
33	Amy Beisel	50	Row 41 - Cell 3
34	Deidre York*	45	Row 42 - Cell 3
35	Deyanira Guerrero	40	Row 43 - Cell 3
35	Anna Dvorak	40	Row 44 - Cell 3
36	Kelsey Withrow	35	Row 45 - Cell 3
37	Amanda Carey	27	Row 46 - Cell 3
37	Jill Behlen*	27	Row 47 - Cell 3
38	Teal Stetson-Lee	24	Row 48 - Cell 3
39	Mical Dyck	22	Row 49 - Cell 3
40	Lorenza Morfin	19	Row 50 - Cell 3
41	Rebecca Rusch	18	Row 51 - Cell 3
42	Maghalie Rochette*	12	Row 52 - Cell 3
43	Laura Bietola*	11	Row 53 - Cell 3
44	Selene Yeager	10	Row 54 - Cell 3
45	Haley Smith*	9	Row 55 - Cell 3
46	Tracy Moseley	8	Row 56 - Cell 3
47	Abby Strigel	5	Row 57 - Cell 3
48	Heidi Rentz	4	Row 58 - Cell 3
49	Kaila Hart*	3	Row 59 - Cell 3

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Team Pro XCT standings after round 6
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result	Header Cell - Column 3
1	Sho-Air/Cannondale	1626	pts
2	Specialized Racing	1450	Row 1 - Cell 3
3	Trek Factory	1165	Row 2 - Cell 3
4	Kenda/Felt	549	Row 3 - Cell 3
5	BMC Development	480	Row 4 - Cell 3
6	Kona	373	Row 5 - Cell 3
7	Luna Pro Team	345	Row 6 - Cell 3

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