Mountain Bike Resources Online - Mountain Biking News - May 27th

May 27th, 1996

Two Spots Filled, Two Left for the US Olympic Mountain Bike Team

Last week Tinker Juarez (Volvo-Cannondale) & Juli Furtado (GT) guarenteed their places on the US Olympic Team.

This leaves two spots left to be decided in the final qualifying event to be held in Traverse City, Michigan on June 30th.

US Olympic Mountain Bike Selection Point Standings

Men
1. Juarez - 195 pts
2. Overend - 122
3. Brown - 119.5
4. Myrah - 119
5. Gullickson - 100


Women
1. Furtado - 198 pts
2. Matthes - 165.5
3. DeMattei - 156
4. Jacques - 155.5
5. Ballantyne - 127

US Olympic Mountain Bike Selection Results from Conyers Georgia

Men
1. John Tomac (Giant-Tioga) 29 miles in 2:24:37
2. Steve Tilford (Specialized-Mountain Dew) at 0:43
3. Rishi Grewal (Klein) at 1:58
4. Tinker Juarez (Volvo-Cannondale) at 2:36
5. Travis Brown (Trek-Volkswagen) at 2:46
6. Don Myrah (Trek-Volkswagen) at 3:42
7. Peter Webber (Gary Fisher) at 4:19
8. Andy Bishop (Gary Fisher) at 5:15
9. Marc Gullickson (GT) at 5:41
10. Peter Swenson (Ross-Jeep) at 10:57
11. Ned Overend (Specialized-Mountain Dew) at 7:05
12. Eric Lemaire (Caloi USA) at 7:08
13. Carl Swenson (BMW-ProFlex) at 10:57
14. Dave Wiens (Kona) at 11:47
15. Bill Poulson (Jamis) at 14:06
16. Max Lawson (Jamis) at 16:12
17. Daryl Price (Trek-Volkswagen) at 18:25
18. Jeff Bicknell (Trek-Volkswagen) at 23:01
19. Dale Knapp (Ellsworth Cycles-Kemper Funds) at 27:10


Women
1. Juli Furtado (GT) 21 miles in 1:42:37
2. Ruthie Matthes (Volvic-PowerBar) at 2:47
3. Tammy Jacques (Schwinn) at 4:17
4. Sara Ballantyne (Univega-Louis Garneau) at 7:27
5. Susan DeMattei (Diamondback) at 8:39
6. Karen Wilson (Jamis) at 12:12
7. Jan Bolland (Volvic-PowerBar) at 13:11
8. Abby Paulsen (Jamis) at 13:48
9. Ann Trombley (Schwinn-Grand West Outfitters) at 16:46
10. Laurie Brandt (Ross-Jeep) at 18:17
11. Catharine Walberg (Bianchi-Martini) at 20:47