Colt McElwaine » Who's #1? 11/02/10

Tim Johnson IS #1! Has been since DAY 1! He struck first winning the Green Mountain UCI weekend and has kept winning ever since. It's been close with he and Powers going blow for blow but nothing I've seen from Jeremy gives him an edge over Tim (he's wearing those stars and stripes for a reason)

Name one example where Jeremy edges out Tim this season??? He doesn't he's only matched him.

Yes. For only the second time this season Compton, Gould, Nash, Miller, and Van Gilder will go head to head at Fort Collins USGP. That should settle things for a while. Will be there of course. This is going to be exciting!

JJ- Kabush talked about this in an interview earlier this season. This it was after Star Crossed maybe... If you check out his speaker page you can find it there.

Anyway, came down to $$$. No on was paying for him to go and there was no prize money. He's already won it 5 or 6 times and didn't see the value in loosing money to try and do it again. That was a month ago, not sure if it's still the case.

Good job. Not too many arguements this week. I have been touting Wells for weeks now. Unfortunately he is likely to sit at third for a long time. Ultimately my guess is that Tim Johnson comes back to the top of this list. He is one mean bad ass on the bike. Hard to see him losing at nationals especially if there is snow and ice on the ground as there was last year.

Ryan's groin pull moves him down a spot just as JP's injury did to him last week. I am glad to see Summerhill comiing into form. Nobody can touch him this year at nationals. Jamey Driscoll was impressive on Sunday but still has been inconsistent. Also, Driscoll could not ride the barriers at the Boulder Cup and lost to Wells as a result. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/boulder-cup-cyclo-cross-c1/elite-men/photos/147413

ELITE MEN
1. Jeremy Powers (Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com)
2. Tim Johnson (Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com)
3. Todd Wells (Specialized/ Cal Giant)
4. Jonathan Page (Planet Bike)
5. Ryan Trebon (Kona)
6. Jamey Driscoll (Cannondale/Cyclocrossworld.com)
7. Tristian Schouten (cyclocrossracing.com/Blue/Rolf)
8. Geoff Kabush (Maxxis-Rocky Mountain)
9. Danny Summerhill (Garmin/Holowesko Partners)
10. Davide Frattini (Hudz-Subaru)

Katie Compton just seems cursed sometimes. On Saturday she tangled with course tape that was blowing in the breeze. Sunday's course had new grass clippings on it which probably contributed to her crash that day. The cornver was also the most treacherous of the day, and MANY riders went down. What is really freaky is that the Grim Reaper was standing right where Katie fell ! http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/boulder-cup-cyclo-cross-c1/elite-women/photos/147445

I have to admit I was shocked to see Katie ride away from Georgia as quickly as she did on Saturday. When healthy she is unbeatable in the USA. I am moving Georgia up to second place this week. On these dry, fast, power courses I believe she would beat Katerina two out of three times. I base that on having watched dozens of races by both of them in person. I wonder if Katerina is going to race at Fort Collins. Going to check on that.

Nicole Duke is the real deal. What she did this weekend was impressive indeed. I believe she needs to be 7th ahead of Amy Dombroski who was down will an illness picked up on the plane ride home from the Czech Republic.

I am keeping Teal Stetson-Lee at 10th. Her 5th place at the Boulder Cup was no fluke, This is no disrespect of Dede but the level of competition at the NACT race was one of the highest of the year.

ELITE WOMEN
1. Katie Compton Planet Bike)
2. Georgia Gould (Luna)
3. Katerina Nash (Luna)
4. Meredith Miller (Cal Giant/Specialized)
5. Laura Van-Guilder (C3 - Athletes Serving Athletes)
6. Sue Butler (Hudz-Subaru)
7. Nicole Duke (Hudz)
8. Amy Dombroski (Luna)
9. Natasha Elliott (Garneau Club Chaussure-Ogilvy)
10. Teal Stetson-Lee (Cal Giant/Specialized)

-=Dave from Trailwatch.net

I'm a huge nerd and look forward to this every week - thanks Colt!

I think 12th at Koppenbergcross earns Christine Vardaros a spot on the list.

Put Jonny Bold on the list! He raced Elites both days this weekend and landed on the podium both times. Beating #35 Manny Goguen on Saturday after racing masters the SAME DAY! Guy is KILLING it!

Steve- valid points about Myerson. Made adjustments. We weren't giving him enough credit for his Saturday performance. He still moves down 2 spots this week. Summerhill undeniably rode stronger in Colorado. Luke Keough did the same thing as Myerson sitting on and out-kicking Lindine but he did it while training thru the weekend and without much trouble.

Smith is no so easy to move around. I also believe she'll be fighting for top 10 next time she gets a chance to race all the best, but in the meantime, you can't afford to loose local races. Without one of the top women there to judge it's hard to tell. Maybe both of them would have been top 10 in Boulder, but we'll never know. Will watch closely at Northampton this weekend. Thanks for the input.

Nicole Duke was 3rd this weekend! THIRD! She needs to move up. I say she's 6th right now.

I'm digging the ongoing pro bike feature that you mention in this vieo. That's great content to measure out when there are no fresh race videos to watch.

Too bad to see Lindine sliding back the last few weeks. I really thought we were going to see him keep improving this year into a solid top 10 guy like Dan Timerman was last year.

Speaking of which, WTF happened to Dan Timerman? Don't see him on here anywhere..