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Kabush, Gould continue unbeaten streak at Fontana NMBS

Published: May. 5, 2007
Gould rode away from the competition
Gould rode away from the competition
Photo: Dave McElwaine

Georgia Gould (Luna) and Canadian Geoff Kabush (Maxxis) won the May 5 National Mountain Bike Series cross-country race at Southridge Park in Fontana, California. The two, who both won the NMBS cross-country rounds in Fountain Hills, Arizona, and Santa Ynez, California and claimed the April 15 Sea Otter Classic cross-country, are unbeaten this year on North American soil.

As she has done all season, Gould simply rode away from the women’s field from the get-go. Her teammate Katerina Nash held Gould’s wheel for the first of two laps around the 7.5-mile course, but then Gould powered away on the second lap to win by nearly three minutes.

American Barry Wicks (Kona) attacked on the first lap of the men’s race and held a 10-second gap over chasers Kabush, Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (Subaru-Gary Fisher), Ryan Trebon (Kona) and Todd Wells (GT).

Kabush was visibly struggling on the climbs as the chasers caught and dropped Wicks, but as he did at the April 29 Santa Ynez Classic cross-country, the Canadian sat on the back of the chase group, then attacked on the final short ascent to beat Horgan-Kobelski by nine seconds.

Stay tuned to www.velonews.com for additional updates from the National Mountain Bike Series round in Fontana, California.

Kabush struggled on the climbs, but still had enough in the tank to take the win
Kabush struggled on the climbs, but still had enough in the tank to take the win
Photo: Dave McElwaine

2007 Fontana NMBS
Cross-country
Women
1.Georgia Gould (Luna), 1:44:29
2.Katerina Nash (Luna), 1:47:10
3.Willow Koerber (Subaru-Gary Fisher), 1:48:23
4.Shonny Vanlandingham (Luna), 1:48:52
5.Susan Haywood (Trek-VW), 1:49:20
6.Alison Sydor (Rocky Mountain), 1:50:34
7.Catherine Pendrel (Norco), 1:50:57
8.Jamie Whitmore (Cannondale), 1:51:27
9.Wendy Simms (Kona), 1:52:15
10.Heather Irmiger (Gary Fisher-Subaru), 1:52:51

Men
1.Geoff Kabush (Maxxis), 2:02:40
2.Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (Gary Fisher-Subaru) 2:02:49
3.Ryan Trebon (Kona), 2:03:04
4.Todd Wells (GT), 2:03:13
5.Barry Wicks (Kona), 2:04:48
6.Adam Craig (Giant), 2:06:09
7.Kris Sneddon (Kona), 2:06:31
8.Max Plaxton (Rocky Mountain), 2:06:58
9.Jeremiah Bishop (Trek-VW), 2:07:10
10.Alan Obye (Jamis), 2:08:51

Results courtesy of Dave McElwaine of www.trailwatch.net

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