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Sutherland, Powers leading NRC

Published: May. 18, 2009
2009 Wilmington Grand Prix: Laura Van Gilder takes the win.
2009 Wilmington Grand Prix: Laura Van Gilder takes the win.

Following this weekend's racing in the Mid-Atlantic, Rory Sutherland (OUCH-Maxxis) and Alison Powers (TeamType 1) continue to lead the National Racing Calendar standings.

Sutherland, the 2008 NRC champ, took over the lead following his win at the Joe Martin Stage Race. Powers was second at the SRAM Tour of the Gila and won the Joe Martin.

Results and Standings

Kelly Cup Men Kelly Cup Women
Wilmington Grand Prix Men Wilmington Grand Prix Women
NRC Men's Individual NRC Women's Individual
NRC Men's Team NRC Women's Team

At Saturday's BikeJam/Kelly Cup race in Baltimore, Team Bissell's Kirk O'Bee outsprinted Team Type 1's Aldo Ino Ilesic and Sebastian Haedo (Colavita-Sutter Home) for the win. In the women's race, Bridie O'Donnell of Australian National Team solo'd to an eight-second win ahead of Laura Van Gilder (C3 Sollay).

At Sunday's Bank of American Wilmington Grand Prix in Delaware, Van Gilder struck back, taking the sprint ahead of Belinda Goss of the Australian team. In the men's race, Zach Bell (Kelly Benefit Strategies) took the win ahead of Haedo and Bell's teammate Jake Keough.