Team Type 1’s Alison Powers tops the Women’s Prestige Cycling Series individual standings

Women’s Prestige Series: Powers at Redlands

Photo: Mitchell Clinton

Team Type 1’s Alison Powers is the first leader of the 2009 Women’s Prestige Cycling Series, a points series. Powers earned the title thanks to a consistent strong performance at the Redlands Bicycle Classic, the traditional series opener.

The series includes four events and only riders on teams who register with the series are eligible. So, for example, Team Columbia-Highroad’s Ina Yoko Teutenberg won Redlands, but does not appear in the series points rankings because her team is not signed up with the series.

The other races in the series are:

• Joe Martin Stage Race (May 7 – 10)
• The Nature Valley Grand Prix (June 10 – 14)
• The Cascade Classic (July 22 – 26).

The rankings:
Individual Classification
1. Alison Powers, Team Type 1
2. Katheryn Mattis, Webcor Builders Cycling Team
3. Lauren Tamayo, Team TIBCO
4. Kristin Sanders, ValueAct Capital
5. Meredith Miller, Team TIBCO

Best Young Rider
1. Julie Beveridge, Team TIBCO
2. Rebecca Much, Webcor Builders Cycling Team
3. Tiffany Cromwell, Colavita Sutter Home
4. Lindsey Myers, Wines of Washington
5. Jacquelyn Crowell, Team Type 1

Best Sprinter
1. Kori Seehafer, Team Type 1
2. Tina Pic, Colavita Sutter Home
3. Alison Powers, Team Type 1
4. Lauren Tamayo, Team TIBCO
5. Joanne Kiesanowski, Team TIBCO

Best Team
1. Team TIBCO
2. Webcor Builders Cycling Team
3. Team Type 1
4. ValueAct Capital Cycling Team
5. Colavita Sutter Home p/b Cooking Light

Full results can be found at www.womencyclists.com.