Compton #1 In World Rankings
October 21, 2009Katie Compton (Planet Bike) has taken a commanding lead in the latest UCI Cyclocross points rankings released Oct 20th, 2009. Compton’s lead is attributed to her crushing win at the first round of the Cyclocross World Cup in Treviso, Italy. Compton padded her lead with six other wins this season making it a perfect seven wins from seven starts.
Compton, will resume her racing after a brief rest at her home in Colorado Springs, Colorado with the Blue Sky in Boulder, Colorado at the end of the month before leaving for Europe to resume her World Cup campaign. The number one status is a first for any US male or female cyclocross athlete.
Katie believes she can defend her lead in both the World Cup overall and the UCI overall points lead until the end of the season, “it’s a great start to the season and I’m really motivated to win the World Cup overall for my new sponsor, Planet Bike. The fitness is good and the bike is dialed in,” said Compton.
