Pro GRT: Warren & Kintner top 2011 Pro Gravity Tour standings

USA Cycling’s Pro Gravity calendar (Pro GRT) finished last weekend with the Northstar Downhill in Truckee, Calif. Finishing second at Northstar Cody Warren (Alpine, Calif./DRD X-Fusion Intense) earned the men’s overall title, while Jill Kintner (Ferndale, Wash./Transition Racing) topped the women’s standings despite not contesting the series finale.

Logan Binggeli (Saint George, Utah/KHS Bicycle) won the men’s race to catapult himself from ninth place on June 27 to second place in the final men’s Pro GRT standings. Warren maintained his top position in the final standings after placing second in the race. Aaron Gwin (Temecula, Calif./Trek World Racing) finished the season tied with Curtis Keene (Capitola, Calif./Specialized-SRAM) for third in the rankings while Justin Leov (NZL/Trek World Racing) was fifth.

In the series finale at Northstar, Binggeli was the only professional rider to complete the 1.97-mile course in under four minutes, finishing in 3:59.6 to win the men’s contest. Warren finshed second, 2.5 seconds ahead of Keene in the Northstar Dowhnill’s final results.

The course for the professional men and women started at 7,638 feet of elevation and covers 1,096 feet, finishing at mid-mountain of Northstar-at-Tahoe’s Moutain Bike Park – 6,542 feet of elevation.

Jill Kintner (Ferndale, Wash./Transition Racing) topped the final women’s Pro GRT standings after winning each of the three races she entered. Darian Harvey (Durango, Colo./Vixen Racing) jumped from third on June 27 into second in the final standings, sliding Jacqueline Harmony (Sedona, Ariz./All Mountain Cyclery-Vixen Racing) into third overall. Mary Moncorge (FRA/Santa Cruz Alliance) moved from sixth into a tie with Joanna Petterson (Kapea, Hawaii/Specialized) for fourth place in the standings after her third-place finish in Truckee.

Katie Holden (Kirkland, Wash./Specialized USA) won the Tahoe Pro GRT finale by 1.5 seconds over Harvey. Moncorge, who finished third, was only 4.2 seconds behind Holden. Fourth-place rider Cierra Smith (Reno, Nev./Specialized Allride Academy) was three seconds faster than Tasa Herndon (Stateline, Nev./Vixen Racing).

Pro GRT Final 2011 Overall

Men
1. Cody Warren (Alpine, Calif./DRD X-Fusion Intense) — 104
2. Logan Binggeli (Saint George, Utah/KHS Bicycles) — 106
3. Aaron Gwin (Temecula, Calif./Trek World Racing) — 100
3. Curtis Keene (Capitola, Calif./Specialized-SRAM) — 100
5. Justin Leov (NZL/Trek World Racing) — 70

Women
1. Jill Kintner (Ferndale, Wash./Transition Racing) — 180
2. Darian Harvey (Durango, Colo./Vixen Racing) — 120
3. Jacqueline Harmony (Sedona, Ariz./All Mountain Cyclery-Vixen Racing) — 100
4. Mary Moncorge (FRA/Santa Cruz Alliance) — 80
4. Joanna Petterson (Kapea, Hawaii/Specialized) — 80

For more information on USA Cycling’s Professional Mountain Bike Gravity Tours, log on to www.usacycling.org/progrt.

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