Jeremy Powers win the Trek USGP of Cyclocross Smartwool Cup 2012
Jeremy Powers of Team Rapha-Focus registered an essential victory after his heroic performance during the Trek USGP of Cyclocross Smartwool Cup 2012.
The reigning US Champion launched a late attack in the race to help himself with an important victory during the American event.
He took a total time of 1 hour and 10 seconds to complete the event, restricting his major opponents.
Powers’ teammate Christopher Jones finished 7 seconds behind at the second position with Geoff Kabush of Team Scott-3Rox Racing, Daniel Summerhill of Team Chipotle-First Solar Development Team and Ben Berden of Team Raleigh-Clement claiming the third, fourth and the fifth positions in the respective order.
Yannick Eckmann of Team Cal Giant Berry Farm looked good but failed to finish amongst the top-five falling just one second short of Daniel Summerhill at the sixth position.
Adam Craig of Team Rabobank, Tristan Schouten of Team Optum Pro Cycling, James Driscoll of Team Cannondale p/b Cyclocrossworld and his teammate Timothy Johnson occupied the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth positions respectively.
Jeremy is now leading the Elite Men-Overall standings after the round 4 with total number of 184 points in his back pocket.
Ryan Trebon of Team Cannondale p/b Cannondale is 71 points behind at the second position with Christopher Jones of Team Rapha-Focus further one point behind at the third spot.
Ben Berden of Team Raleigh-Clement (109 points) and Timothy Johnson of Team Cannondale p/b Cyclocrossworld (95 points) secure the fourth and the fifth positions in the respective order.
Yannick Eckmann of Team Cal Giant Berry Farms/Specialized leads the U23 men-Overall standings with Evan McNeely of Team Specialized Canada and Cody Kaiser of Team Cal Giant Berry Farms/Specialized holding the second and the third positions respectively.
Top fifteen cyclists after the Round 4 U23 men-Overall rankings are as below,
1
Yannick Eckmann (Ger) Cal Giant Berry Farms/Specialized
180
pts
2
Evan McNeely (Can) Specialized Canada
164
3
Cody Kaiser (USA) Cal Giant Berry Farms/Specialized
121
4
Tobin Ortenblad (USA) Ritte Elite U23 Development Team
64
5
Russell Finsterwald (USA) Trek Cyclocross Collective
60
6
Jeffrey Bahnson (USA) Van Dessel Factory Team
60
7
Joshua Johnson (USA) Bissell-ABG-Nuvo
53
8
Zach McDonald (USA) Rapha-Focus
50
9
Kevin Fish (USA) Super Squadra
49
10
Keegan Swenson (USA) Cannondale Factory Racing
42
11
Jesse Goodrich (USA) Evol Elite Racing
40
12
Robin Eckmann (Ger) Cal Giant Berry Farms/Specialized
36
13
Daniel Gerow (USA) Wolverine Racing Elite CX
31
14
Zane Godby (USA) enCompass Racing
21
15
Joseph Maloney (USA) KS Energy Services/Team Wisconsin
20
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