Nebraska Cycling News

The downhill and four cross contests at Blast the Mass made up the fifth race on the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Gravity Calendar. Aaron Gwin (Morongo Valley, Calif.) earned the win in the men's pro downhill, while Sage Wilderman (Fraser, Colo.) took the women's competition. Ross Milan (Littleton, Colo.) won the pro men's four cross as recently crowned World Champion Melissa Buhl (Chandler, Ariz.) took the women's four cross victory. For complete results from Blast the Mass, click here <http://www.usacycling.org/results/index.php?permit=2008-1968> .

The current 2008 USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Gravity Calendar <http://www.usacycling.org/forms/mbnc/MTBNatzCalendar_Gravity.pdf>  standings are as follows:

Men's Standings
1. Petr Hanak (Winter Park, Colo.) 200
2. Rich Houseman (Temecula, Calif.) 182
3. Kain Leonard (Gunnison, Colo.) 160
4. Chris Boice (Albuquerque, N.M.) 129
5. Aaron Gwin (Morongo Valley, Calif.) 126

Women's Standings
1. Melissa Buhl (Chandler, Ariz.) 450
2. Neven Steinmetz (Boulder, Colo.) 265
3. Rachel Bauer (Aspen, Colo.) 203
4. Darian Harvey (Durango, Colo.) 185
5. Stephanie Hatlasky (Gunnison, Colo.) 160

*For complete 2008 USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Gravity Calendar standings, click here <http://www.usacycling.org/rankings/gravity.php> .

The sixth event on the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Gravity Calendar will include the downhill, dual slalom and super D contests at the USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships <http://www.usacycling.org/events/2008/mtbnationals/>  in West Dover, Vt., July 17-20.