Toyota-United Closes Gap In NRC Race
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The Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team is within 155 points of the lead in the team standings of the National Race Calendar series with two events remaining.With the addition of Chris Wherry’s 11th-place finish overall at the Tour of Elk Grove, Toyota-United picked up an additional 47 points to narrow the gap on three-time defending NRC team champion Health Net presented by Maxxis. Health Net has 4,201 points to Toyota-United’s 4,046.
With only the 24th Annual Chris Thater Memorial and the US 100K Classic criteriums remaining on the NRC schedule, Toyota-United needs to earn as many of the 652 points that are available in each race for the top 20 finishers.
Only a team’s top five riders on the NRC individual standings are eligible to score points. Toyota-United’s top five riders in the NRC standings are: Chris Baldwin (3rd, 1,226 points), Ivan Stevic (6th, 967 points), Ivan Dominguez (8th, 784 points), Wherry (11th, 536 points) and Justin England (12th, 533 points).
Health Net’s top five riders are: Rory Sutherland (2nd, 1,270 points), Karl Menzies (4th, 1,014 points), Nathan O’Neill (5th, 1,008 points), Frank Pipp (13th, 462 points) and Kirk O’Bee (15th, 447 points).
Toyota-United’s Dominguez has won six NRC races – more than any other rider in 2007.
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