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Bishop Tops US PRO XCT Standings After Three Rounds

April 1, 2013 —  Jeremiah Bishop (Harrisonburg, Va./SHO-Air-Cannondale) held on to the lead of the USA Cycling Pro Mountain Bike Cross Country Tour (Pro XCT) after the third event on the 2013 calendar, the Fontana City National US Cup, on March 30 in Fontana, Calif.

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Bishop Leading Last Lap at Fontana National

Todd Wells (Durango, Colo./Specialized Racing) was able to win the Fontana City National cross country event after Bishop suffered a broken chain while leading the race in the event’s final minutes. Bishop regrouped to finish second after leading the majority of the race before suffering the mechanical mishap. Rounding out the top five in Fontana were Cameron Jette (CAN/Scott-3ROXRacing) in third place, Benjamin Sonntag (Durango, Colo./American Interbanc) in fourth, and Mitchell Hoke (Boulder, Colo./Kenda-Felt) in fifth.

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Bishop Continues to Lead the 2013 Pro XCT Series

Bishop remains in the lead of the Pro XCT men’s standings with 600 points, with Wells in second place with 525 points. Sonntag enters the top five in third place with 310 points, ahead of Sam Schultz (Missoula, Mont./Trek Factory Racing) in fourth with 280 points and Ryan Woodall (Ocala, Fla.) in fifth with 275 points.

The Pro XCT series continues at the 2013 Sea Otter Classic, April 18-21.

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Bishop Wins Bonelli Park Pro XCT, Triple Crown; Claims Series Lead

San Dimas, California – Jeremiah Bishop (SHO-AIR/CANNONDALE) moved into the USA Cycling Pro XCT Series lead on Saturday, with a commanding win in the Cannondale US Cup Triple Crown/Bonelli Park Pro XCT event. Bishop earned the silver medal in the event’s Short Track Cross Country race and took the overall victory in the Triple Crown competition.

Bishop spoke with Mountain Bike Radio following the event. His interview is available here.

CyclingNews.com coverage and a complete gallery from the event is available here: Bishop Wins Bonelli.

Pro XCT racing continues with the Cannondale Triple Crown – Fontana City National in Fontana, California March 30.

Next weekend, Bishop will instruct at a 2-day racing camp in conjunction with the Tuscarora Off-Road Challenge/Mid-Atlantic Super Series Endurance opener March 22-24.

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Bishop Sprints for Silver at Pro XCT Season Opener Mellow Johnny’s Classic

Dripping Springs, Texas – On Saturday, March 2, Flat Creek Crossing Ranch was the venue for the season-opening race of the Pro Mountain Bike Cross Country Series (Pro XCT) – the Subaru of Georgetown Mellow Johnny’s Classic. The spring weather welcomed racers to test their fitness against the best riders from North America. But, it was a surprise showing from Australian Dan McConnell that had racers up against another with late-summer fitness instead!

Aboard his 2013 Cannondale Scalpel 29, Jeremiah Bishop showed he’s the North American to emerge from the winter with the best early-season racing form. The race played out to be Bishop vs. everyone else. One at at time, and often in teams of two, the other racers took turns trying to end Bishop’s dominance at the front of the race. In the end, Bishop was able to leave the entire field in the Texas dust – with the exception of McConnell. With 400-meters to go, the Australian had more kick left in his legs and got the best of Bishop in a sprint across the finish line.

As McConnell departs the U.S., Bishop will enter the next round of the Pro XCT Series as the virtual leader.

The Pro XCT Series resumes March 16 at the US Cup Cannondale Triple Crown – Bonelli Park in San Dimas, California.

Hear Jeremiah Bishop’s account of the course conditions, the racing action, and a few tricks he had up sleeve:

Click here to watch more video of Mellow Johnny’s Classic Pro XCT on CyclingDirt.org

Soon, Jeremiah’s Journal from the race will be posted here at JeremiahBishop.com

A complete photo gallery of the Elite Men’s Pro XCT opener is available here.

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A New Team for 2013!

“3..2..1..Surprise”

“Mountain biking is back; The Sho-Air/Cannondale Team has been launched!”

“This past weekend we kicked off the new team with a bang. There have been fun media interviews packed with lots of questions and the excitement is building.”

“Against the perfect backdrop of and sun soaked southern California, dozens of journalists, corporate brass from Cannondale, and even Sho-Air president Scott Tedro were on site! Our team RV, Sprinters and other support vehicles were wrapped like massive Christmas presents with a giant red bows on top. The mechanics were tuning the bikes; shifting gears and turning the wheels of a machine getting ready for something BIG. We had media training photo-shoots, video-shoots, technical product training a media ride followed by some tacos and beer! Serious fun! A team meeting took place to plan a diverse plan of attack aimed at the goal of being the number one mountain bike team in North America. Not often do you get this excited about something big in American mountain biking. Our team roster is outstanding and complete. We have riders that can win long, short, east coast, west coast, Canada, USA, stage-race, XC or enduro.”

To keep reading the full update SHO-AIR/Cannondale Update from Jeremiah, click here.