May 6, 2008 – With six men’s races and eight women’s events on the 2008 NRC now complete, Burke Swindlehurst (Salt Lake City, Utah) leads the overall individual standings on the men’s side while Leigh Hobson (CAN) is the current women’s leader. The teams currently atop the standings include the Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team in the men’s rankings and the Cheerwine Professional Cycling Team in the women’s . View the latest version of the USA Cycling National Racing Calendar here.

Men’s Individual Standings

1. Burke Swindlehurst (Salt Lake City, Utah/Bissell) 292
2. Santiago Botero (COL/Rock Racing) 286
3. Gregorio Ladino Vega (COL/Tecos) 230
4. Rory Sutherland (AUS/Health Net-Maxxis) 198
5. Chris Baldwin (Boulder, Colo./Toyota-United) 170

11. Dominique Rollin (Toyota-United) 140
67. Christian Meier (Symmetrics) 14
68. Will Routley (Symmetrics) 13
81. Francois Parisien (Symmetrics) 10

Men’s Team Standings

1. Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team 704
2. Health Net Pro Cycling Team presented by Maxxis 618
3. Colavita/Sutter Home Men’s Cycling Team presented by Cooking Light 600
4. Rock Racing 514
5. Bissell Pro Cycling Team 498

14. Symmetrics 37

Women’s Individual Standings

1. Leigh Hobson (CAN/Cheerwine) 334
2. Alex Wrubleski (CAN/Webcor) 302
3. Leah Goldstein (CAN/ValueAct Capitol) 291
4. Mara Abbott (Boulder, Colo./High Road) 255
5. Katharine Carroll (Sausalito, Calif./Aaron’s ) 224

7. Anne Samplonius (Cheerwine) 205
9. Felicia Gomez (Aaron’s Pro Women’s Cycling) 176
28. Alison Testroete (Aaron’s Pro Women’s Cycling) 62
50. Erinne Willock (Webcor) 25
74. Jenny Trew (Vanderkitten Racing) 12
89. Sarah Stewart (Proman Racing) 10
94. Leah Guloien (Vanderkitten Racing) 8
106. Marni Hambleton (ValueAct Capitol) 5

Women’s Team Standings

1. Cheerwine Professional Cycling Team 852
2. Aaron’s Cycling Team 770
3. Colavita/Sutter Home Women’s Cycling Team presented by Cooking Light 665
4. High Road 593
5. Team Tibco 458

*For complete 2008 NRC Individual and Team Standings, click here.

The next race on the USA Cycling National Racing Calendar will be the Joe Martin Stage Race www.joemartinstagerace.com, May 8-11. The 2.2-rated, four-day contest is both a men’s and women’s NRC competition and will take place in and around Fayetteville, Ark.