Green Brings Home Gold

In a spectacular finish to an awesome season, Canada's Roland Green won Gold yesterday at the World Cup XC Championships in Vail, Colorado. Green and Michael Rasmussen (DEN) battled hard until the last lap when Green was able to open up a huge lead. Unfortunately Rasmussen flatted in the final lap and was overtaken by Thomas Frischknecht (SUI) and Christophe Sauser (SUI) who finished in 2nd and 3rd respectively. Surprisingly absent from the front of the pack was Miguel Martinez of France who didn't arrive until late Saturday night due to Tuesday's terrorist attacks. He finished a very disappointing 45th.
In the U23 Espoirs, Ryder Hesjedal was able to add a silver medal to the Relay Gold won on Thursday. He finished second to Julien Absalon of France.