Oakland, CA - The Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis remains atop the NRC team rankings with 4985 points, holding a solid 479-point lead over Toyota-United (4506) going into the final weekend of the NRC racing season, the Parker Mainstreet Omnium in Colorado, Sept. 15-17. Navigators Insurance closed in on the second spot with a series of strong results this summer, sitting third with 4363 points.

With a ranking of 2.4 on the NRC calendar, Karl Menzies and Scott Moninger will look to the Parker Omnium to seal the team's third consecutive NRC team title, while also moving themselves up the individual NRC rankings. Garrett Peltonen will ride Parker in support for Health Net Presented by Maxxis.

Menzies is currently holding down the 7th spot in the individual rankings with 1093 points. Floyd Landis (Phonak) remained in the top spot with 1270 points, while Health Net Presented by Maxxis teammates Greg Henderson and Nathan O'Neill sit in 2nd and 3rd place with 1189 and 1180 points respectively. Moninger is in 19th overall with 691 points. Gord Fraser, in 13th with 832 points, is the team's fifth member in the top 20 individual NRC rankings.

The three-day Parker Omnium opens Friday with a rolling, 7.7 mile time trial, followed Saturday by a hilly 105-mile road race. It concludes Sunday with a criterium in downtown Parker, which is just south of Denver.