The 12 hour race at the Cowbell Challenge in Charlotte, NC marked the fourth event on the Mountain Bike Ultra-Endurance Calendar. Joshua Tostado (Breckenridge, CO) came away with the men's pro victory while Rebecca Rusch (Ketchum, ID) won the women's pro race.

 COWBELL CHALLENGE RESULTS
1. Joshua Tostado...10:29:20
2. Nat Ross...Subaru-Gary Fisher...10:42:35 
3. Chris Janiszewski...Panoptx-BCCFL-CrushRyanFish...10:25:12
4. Ernesto Marenchin...Asylum-Speedgoat...10:52:17 
5. Lewis Bob Hannah...10:34:32 
6. David Hall...Charleston Bicycle Co...10:48:45
7. Brandon Draugelis...Sobe Cannondale...10:10:59
8. Charles Clarkson...10:18:54 
9. Yuri Hauswald...Marin...10:23:45 
10. Thatcher Hurt...9:48:17
WOMEN
1. Rebecca Rusch...Specialized-Red Bull...10:35:35 
2. Carey Lowery...Outdoor Store...10:23:33
3. Rita Jett...10:37:41
4. Carol Clemens...Dirt Rag-Hoss-Lupine...10:53:47 
5. Janis Sandlin...Tough Girl-Contessa...11:04:05 
6. Eileen O'Neill...10:29:29
7. Marcelle Vanore...8:43:00 
8  Karen Minor...Bolt Brothers...5:19:46

 With four of nine events completed on the 2008 Mountain Bike Ultra-Endurance Calendar, the current standings are as follows:

 1. Joshua Tostada...90 points
2. Nat Ross...Subaru-Gary Fisher...81
3. Tinker Juarez...MonavieCannondale...60
   Harvey Minton...Independent Fab...60
   Jason Sager...MonavieCannondale...60
WOMEN
1. Rebecca Rusch...Specialized-Red Bull...100 points
2. Carol Clemens...Dirt Rag-Hoss-Lupine...85
3. Carey Lowery...Outdoor Store...70
4. Christina Smith...Lonestarworks-Austin BK...60
   Monique Sawicki...Ellsworth...60
 
The next event on the Mountain Bike Ultra-Endurance Calendar will be the U.S. 24-Hour Mountain Bike National Championships in Breckenridge, CO on July 4.
 
CROSS-COUNTRY CALENDAR
The 15th race on the Mountain Bike Cross-Country Calendar, the Category Four 3 Legged Dawg, took place in North Little Rock, AK. Luke Porter (Conway, AK) took home the men's pro win in a sprint to the finish, while Suzanne Henne (Plainview, AK) earned the women's victory.

 3 LEGGED DAWG RESULTS
1. Luke Porter...Exp...Carve...1:43:35
2. Chris Renshaw...Exp...Trek-VW Reg...1:43:36
3. Jesus Martinez...Exp...Carve...1:45:2
4. Andrew Medlock...Exp...Competitive Cyclist...1:45:50
5. Noah Singer...Pro...Competitive Cyclist...1:52:70
6. Anthony Thrower...Exp...Cyclewerx...1:53:20
7. Patrick Zimmerman...Exp...Audi...1:54:57
8. Clayton Bell...Exp...Bell & Co...1:59:1
9. Will Frank...Exp...Boston Mountain Cycle...1:59:10
WOMEN
1. Suzanne Henne...Pro...Carve...1:32:6
2. Karen Robertson...Exp...Trek-Bicycles Inc...1:35:49
3. Meredith Day...Exp...Bicycles of Tulsa...1:41:48
4. Michelle Hunt...Exp...Highlander...1:57:34

 This race had no affect on the Cross Country Calendar standings that we posted last week. So here they are again:

 1. Brad Stephenson...Sho-Air...130 points
2. Adam Craig...Giant...110
3. Barry Wicks...Kona-Les Gets...95
4. Josh Kelly...90
   Matthew Freeman...Redlands-Gary Fisher...90
WOMEN
1. Georgia Gould...Luna Chix...150 points
2. Kelli Emmett...Giant...130
3. Katerina Nash (Cze)...Luna Chix...86
4. Lea Davison...Trek-VW...73
5. Heather Irmiger...Subaru-Gary Fisher...62

 There are nine events remaining on the Mountain Bike Cross-Country Calendar. Norba will be kind enough to allow USA Cycling to include The Deer Valley Norba National as one of their sideshow Calendar events. The Category 1 race will take place in Park City, UT on June 29.