September 14, 2010
Atkinson, Kintner claim overall Pro GRT titles
 The USA Cycling Professional Mountain Bike Gravity Tour (Pro GRT) wrapped up over the weekend with Bryn Atkinson (Ferndale, Wash./Transition Racing) and Jill Kintner (Seattle, Wash./Transition Racing) claiming the overall wins in the five-race series. The best of the best in gravity racing converged on the Whiteface Mountain Bike Park in Lake Placid, New York on Sunday for the final where Justin Leov (NZL) and Tracy Moseley (GBR/Trek World Racing) claimed the wins in the pro men's and women's contests.
Leov posted a time of 7:44.39 over the five-kilometer downhill time test to take the win in the men's event while Andrew Neethling (RSA/Trek World Racing) grabbed second place with a time of 7:55.51. Though not present in Lake Placid, Bryn Atkinson had accumulated 205 points over the Pro GRT season and kept the number one spot after the final. Neethling was second in the series with 195 points after the finale while Leov moved into third-place with 190 points after winning the Whiteface event.
In the women's race, Moseley descended the fastest with a time of 8:58.28 compared to the second-place time of 9:35.83 posted by American Jill Kintner. The Whiteface win wasn't good enough to regain her Pro GRT lead however and Kintner stayed in the number spot with 335 points compared to the British rider's 240. Coming in third in the final women's Pro GRT standings was Melissa Buhl (Chandler, Ariz./KHS Bicycles) with 180 points.
For complete results from this Whiteface Mountain Bike Park 5K Downhill event, please click here.
The final 2010 USA Cycling Pro GRT standings are as follows:
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Men's Standings
1. Bryn Atkinson (Ferndale, Wash./Transition Racing) - 205
2. Andrew Neethling (RSA/Trek World Racing) - 195
3. Justin Leov (NZL/Trek World Racing) - 190
4. Kieran Bennett - 120
5. Waylon Smith (Valencia, Calif./Mongoose-NEMA) - 117
Women's Standings
1. Jill Kintner (Seattle, Wash./Transition Racing) - 335
2. Tracy Moseley (GBR/Trek World Racing) - 240
3. Melissa Buhl (Chandler, Ariz./KHS Bicycles) - 180
4. Jacqueline Harmony (Sedona, Ariz.) - 180
5. Darian Harvey (Durango, Colo./Vixen Racing)- 108
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*To see the complete 2010 USA Cycling Pro GRT standings, please click here for the men's or here for the women's.
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Photo: Great Britain's Tracy Moseley claimed the victory in the women's event at the Pro GRT finale at the Whiteface Mountain Bike Park last weekend. Photo courtesy of Evan Spinosa
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