Lang, a graduate of Marin Catholic High School in Kentfield, celebrated her 29th birthday by taking the victory over second place Shelley Olds (Los Gatos, PROMAN/Paradigm) and third place Kelly Benjamin (Cheerwine Cycling Team). The one-hour event featured a few breakaways and tight competition among the 35 entrants in the Elite Women Pro 1/2 class.

"I'm an attack sprinter, so I'm able to go longer than some of the girls," said Lang, who rides for Karl Strauss/SDBC.  "I just knew I had to make the move before the last two turns if I was going to win."

Lang was a solo rider battling multi-rider teams from Webcor Builders, PROMAN/Paradigm and Cheerwine, which made her victory even more impressive over the twisting .7-mile course.

"Patience is definitely important when you're riding alone," said Lang. "I was really watching Kelly Benjamin and Martina Patella because they're both great sprinters.  It was a great, fast, fun race."

The raceway, which is best known for hosting motor-sports events like the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series and IndyCar(r) Series, has hosted the Infineon Cougar Mountain Classic since 2004. NRC racing returns to the Sonoma Valley on Sunday with road-circuit events for both Elite Women (11:10 a.m.) and Elite Men (12:50 p.m.).

In addition to NRC racing, the weekend also features action in SuperD, cross country and downhill. For more information on the weekend, visit www.cmclassic.com.

Infineon Cougar Mountain Classic
SONOMA, Calif. - Top-10 results Saturday from the road criterium race at the Infineon Cougar Mountain Classic at Infineon Raceway. Team and hometown in parenthesis:

Road Criterium
One hour/.7-mile course

1.       Anna Lang (Karl Strauss/SDBC, La Jolla)
2.       Shelley Olds (PROMAN/Paradigm, Los Gatos)
3.       Kelly Benjamin (Overland Park, Kan., UCI WPTCheerwine)
4.       Malindi Maclean (Salinas, Jazz Apple Cycling Team)
5.       Karen Brems (Palo Alto, Webcor Builders)
6.       Stacy Marple (Oakland, Team Tibco)
7.       Rachel Heal (Manchester, Webcor Builders)
8.       Flavia Oliveria (Lafayette)
9.       Katharine Carroll (Sausalito, Aaron's Professional Cycling Team)
10.     Melissa Sanborn (Portland, Wenzel Coaching)