Lea Davision

Lea Davison won the final race on USA Cycling's Pro Mountain Bike Cross-Country calendar (Pro XCT), the Missoula XC on Marshall Mountain in Missoula, Mont., to overcome a 10-point deficit to Georgia Gould and top the final women's standings. 

Despite hometown hero Sam Schultz winning the last race on the Pro XCT schedule, Max Plaxton topped the men's standings. Todd Wells finished between Plaxton and Schultz in the final standings. Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski finished fourth 30 points ahead of Adam Craig.

Davison and Gould were followed by Emily Batty in third place while Chloe Forsman placed fourth and Krista Park finished fifth in the final women's XCT standings.

In earning her first win on the Pro XCT, Davison was nearly two minutes faster than her closest competitor, Heather Irmiger, and three minutes faster than Katerina Nash in the final results. Nash took a slight lead on the second of the four-lap women's contest. Davison capitalized on Nash riding off the single-track to take the lead and never relinquished it. Proving to be the fastest climber and a strong descender, Davison gradually expanded her lead throughout the remaining two laps of the race.

Sam Schultz

Schultz won with a time of 1:18:49, one minute faster than his teammate Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski and 2:34 faster than series winner Plaxton. The top three finishers in the final results stayed together through the first four of five laps of a course that has a lot of steep climbing, sharp descents and not a lot of recovery. Schultz countered to regain the lead and maintain his advantage through the descents, although the three riders stayed tightly packed. Schultz emerged in front on the final lap and, using the raucous energy from friends and family scattered throughout the course, rode away from Plaxton and Horgan-Kobelski for the win.

PRO XCT standings

Men

1. Max Plaxton (CAN/Specialized USA Factory Racing)
2. Todd Wells (Durango, Colo./Specialized Factory Racing)
3. Sam Schultz (Missoula, Mont./Subaru-Trek)
4. Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski (Boulder, Colo./Subaru-Trek)
5. Adam Craig (Bend, Ore./Rabobank-Giant)

Women

1. Lea Davison (Jericho, Vt./Specialized)
2. Georgia Gould (Fort Collins, Colo./Luna Pro Team)
3. Emily Batty (CAN/Subaru-Trek) — 880
4. Chloe Forsman (Tucson, Ariz./BMC Mountain Development Team)
5. Krista Park (Madison, S.D./Cannondale-No Tubes)

Team

 
1. Specialized USA Factory Racing
2. Subaru-Trek
3. BMC MTB Development Team
4. Luna Pro Team
5. Kona Bikes