Another BC points question .............
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Woman 4th cat rider, got points in two races within her region, total 12 (8 and 4).
BC rider page shows:
National points: 12
Regional Points: 0
Can anyone explain this to me. What is the difference? And the inevitable question, how many National or Regional points does she need to become a 3rd Cat.*
Also, why doe women's races award 15 points for a win? Thought it was 10. Dunno.
*yes, I know women's race cats can be more than a bit nonsensical (in some cases!!)
BC rider page shows:
National points: 12
Regional Points: 0
Can anyone explain this to me. What is the difference? And the inevitable question, how many National or Regional points does she need to become a 3rd Cat.*
Also, why doe women's races award 15 points for a win? Thought it was 10. Dunno.
*yes, I know women's race cats can be more than a bit nonsensical (in some cases!!)
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She's a 3rd cat now.
All womens races are national, there's no regional rankings for women so she has no regional points.
The womens races tend to be in the higher band because they're E/1/2/3/4 I guess, or maybe just because of points inflation... I guess it's just the way it is.
For the OP - as far as upgrading a licence goes points are points whether you get them in a regional race (normally a race for categories below 1st) or a national race.
However BC has regional rankings and national rankings. For the former it takes the points you scored in your own region in regional races - disregarding regional points scored outside your region. For national rankings it takes the points you have scored in national races (races that include 1st cats and above).
I don't really get why BC excludes regional points scored in other regions from their rankings but someone must have thought it was a good idea.
it's a hard life if you don't weaken.
It's all here !
http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/road/a ... _Explained
it's a hard life if you don't weaken.
So, as it's an E/1/2/3/4 race it's National, and as it's National, it's a 15 pointer?
PS when does the BC rider page update to reflect the new category status - now? next season?
Now it may be the rules are different for women, that that rule has been changed or it may just be that it is being overlooked or else I am wrong - because I didn't think you could have a national all cat race and either way it wouldn't be a 15 pointer!
You can look up the classification of any given race in the calendar/results anyway and the points allocation will follow from the race classification.
it's a hard life if you don't weaken.
All womens racing, like all youth racing is national, there's only regional racing for men.
it's a hard life if you don't weaken.
They're classified as "Regional C+" or whatever, but if you look at the rankings of the rider which is where the OP came in, they'll appear on the list as national points even though they were obtained in a race which is nominally a regional one.
I believe all points gained in mens regional races also appear the same as a national ranking points for women - certainly in the BC site at the moment there are women who scored in mens regional races who do not have any regional points.