For those who follow professional mountain biking, the women's team secured the number one ranking last weekend at the UCI Mountain Biking World Cup in Belgium. Unfortunately, the men's team dropped from third to fifth. The next event is this weekend at the Greenbrier Challenge in frederick, Maryland.

Led by Georgia Gould (Ketchum, Idaho/Luna), who placed eighth as the top American in the series opener in Houffalize, the U.S. is currently ranked number one in the world with 864 points. With an impressive showing in Belgium, China improved from 11th to second with 790 points, followed by New Zealand (712), Australia (640) and Chile (626). Gould is currently ranked third in the world, while compatriot Mary McConneloug (Chilmark, Mass./Kenda-Seven) is ranked fourth.

In the men's standings, after the best result was a 36th-place effort courtesy of Todd Wells (Durango, Colo./GT-Hyundai), the men dropped to fifth place with 599 points behind Australia (777), Spain (667), Canada (659) and France (626). Wells continues to be the highest-ranked American in the individual standings, ranked eighth overall.

Thanks to Dirt World for the info.