Yes, the UA Crit is January 21st! The link is on the race page.
I hope to see all of you there! For those of you who have attended in past years, please note that this year the Collegiate C Men will be having their own race to prevent the large mixed-class fields that created a little (!) confusion in the past.
Dig out of the snow and find the bikes and hope to see you in Tucson!
It will be in the low 70's this weekend...hopefully the weather will be similar on race day. :-)
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Licenses and races - VERY IMPORTANT
Hello all -
I just wanted to re-iterate something that I have been saying (and that should be self-evident!) for a number of years.
Your racing collegiate license MUST match the category in which you are racing.
Seems logical, no? But pretty much every race we get people who register for the wrong category, whether or not it is intentional. Then after the race, they go to the officials or the promoter or the registration people or myself and complain that they are in the incorrect category and that the results need to be changed.
Knowing what category you are, and what race you need to be in, is the responsibility of the rider. For beginners, it may be up to the coach and/or teammates to help guide them to the correct category, help them through registration, and to help them get to the start line (remember when you all were beginners? We were all confused at some point!)
So this is the way it is going to work (again!) in 2012: your license category must match your race category.
There will be no whining to officials/promoters/registration, etc. about this, either before, during, or after a race. With most officials, promoters, and registration people being able to access the USAC database either before or after the race, they have the ability to check the database to make sure that you are registering for the correct category. If you had requested (and I have approved) a category change between the time you register and the time you show up to race, you need to print out an "authorization to ride" form from your USAC account, which will show your correct (new) race category.
To provide a further incentive to do this correctly, all race results will be double-checked by me in the week following the race, and corrections will be made. For example - if I find that someone scored in the A race, but his/her license says they are a C rider, then they will lose all individual and team points and their placings for that race (and everyone else will move up a spot).
So where does this leave all of the riders? Request upgrades (if necessary) from your USAC account before the race, including all relevant race resume information.
Men should be starting at Cat C, not Cat D. Women should be starting at Cat B.
I'm sorry if this seems harsh, but we need to straighten this out. It will benefit you all as racers to make sure that you are racing against people in your own category. It will also prevent riders who may think that they are better than they are from potentially being a safety risk to themselves and others if they "self-select" their own category. Plus, it is in the rules...we wouldn't see a Cat 3 racing with the Pro/1/2 men in "regular" USAC racing.
Thanks for reading.
PS This was not directed at any one individual and/or team...I have seen it across the board in the last few years.
Nancy
I just wanted to re-iterate something that I have been saying (and that should be self-evident!) for a number of years.
Your racing collegiate license MUST match the category in which you are racing.
Seems logical, no? But pretty much every race we get people who register for the wrong category, whether or not it is intentional. Then after the race, they go to the officials or the promoter or the registration people or myself and complain that they are in the incorrect category and that the results need to be changed.
Knowing what category you are, and what race you need to be in, is the responsibility of the rider. For beginners, it may be up to the coach and/or teammates to help guide them to the correct category, help them through registration, and to help them get to the start line (remember when you all were beginners? We were all confused at some point!)
So this is the way it is going to work (again!) in 2012: your license category must match your race category.
There will be no whining to officials/promoters/registration, etc. about this, either before, during, or after a race. With most officials, promoters, and registration people being able to access the USAC database either before or after the race, they have the ability to check the database to make sure that you are registering for the correct category. If you had requested (and I have approved) a category change between the time you register and the time you show up to race, you need to print out an "authorization to ride" form from your USAC account, which will show your correct (new) race category.
To provide a further incentive to do this correctly, all race results will be double-checked by me in the week following the race, and corrections will be made. For example - if I find that someone scored in the A race, but his/her license says they are a C rider, then they will lose all individual and team points and their placings for that race (and everyone else will move up a spot).
So where does this leave all of the riders? Request upgrades (if necessary) from your USAC account before the race, including all relevant race resume information.
Men should be starting at Cat C, not Cat D. Women should be starting at Cat B.
I'm sorry if this seems harsh, but we need to straighten this out. It will benefit you all as racers to make sure that you are racing against people in your own category. It will also prevent riders who may think that they are better than they are from potentially being a safety risk to themselves and others if they "self-select" their own category. Plus, it is in the rules...we wouldn't see a Cat 3 racing with the Pro/1/2 men in "regular" USAC racing.
Thanks for reading.
PS This was not directed at any one individual and/or team...I have seen it across the board in the last few years.
Nancy
Stop the Presses! UA Crit may be Jan 21st & link
Hello all -
Yes, I know it is confusing. Right now the UA Crit may be back on for January 21st. This is due to the fact that the competing event on the UA campus got relocated/moved from the January 21st date. The Tucson streetcar project is expected to be tearing up a good majority of the course in April, pretty much rendering it unusable.
Stay tuned for the final word ASAP!
The link to the Bike Haus/NAU criterium on January 28th is now active, please see the clendar page, thanks.
Yes, I know it is confusing. Right now the UA Crit may be back on for January 21st. This is due to the fact that the competing event on the UA campus got relocated/moved from the January 21st date. The Tucson streetcar project is expected to be tearing up a good majority of the course in April, pretty much rendering it unusable.
Stay tuned for the final word ASAP!
The link to the Bike Haus/NAU criterium on January 28th is now active, please see the clendar page, thanks.
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Date change for the UA crit & CX Natls
Hello all -
Due to circumstances beyond the UA's control, there has been a date change for the UA Criterium. Instead of January 21st, it is now April 14th. We are discussing the possibility of making it an omnium with the Colossal Cave Road Race the next day, but right now, that is just a possibility.
The NAU/Bike Haus race in Phoenix is now tentatively scheduled for January 28th.
For those of you wanting to go to CX Nationals, online registration has been available but it is closing soon. Please let me know if you plan on attending, thanks.
Due to circumstances beyond the UA's control, there has been a date change for the UA Criterium. Instead of January 21st, it is now April 14th. We are discussing the possibility of making it an omnium with the Colossal Cave Road Race the next day, but right now, that is just a possibility.
The NAU/Bike Haus race in Phoenix is now tentatively scheduled for January 28th.
For those of you wanting to go to CX Nationals, online registration has been available but it is closing soon. Please let me know if you plan on attending, thanks.
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