Race points
Marcryan206
Posts: 116
Hi guys
Booked in for my first road race and was just wondering how the points system works? Is it different or each race and so on? The race involves cats 2/3/4 so is there just points for say the first ten in cat2 then 3 and so on or is it just set points for all?
Thanks
Marc
Booked in for my first road race and was just wondering how the points system works? Is it different or each race and so on? The race involves cats 2/3/4 so is there just points for say the first ten in cat2 then 3 and so on or is it just set points for all?
Thanks
Marc
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If you look at the BC website, each race is in a given points band.
The points for each band are shown here:
http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/road/article/roadst_National_Regional_Rankings_Explained0 -
Cheers for that ill check it out!0
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The points are given to the first x people crossing the line. Your category only limits the races you can enter.0
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what race is it?0
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Brentor stage race, so top 15 get points well out of 50 will good going as a cat4 then lol. Best get the training in!!0
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That's cool then!! See you there I'm sure ill see you some where in there!!0
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Your first race is a 2/3/4 road race? Fair play to you, I hope it goes better than mine did - dropped after 5 minutes!CAPTAIN BUCKFAST'S CYCLING TIPS - GUARANTEED TO WORK! 1 OUT OF 10 RACING CYCLISTS AGREE!0
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Yea I know! You never know how you are going to do if you don't push your self! Well I say that now lol0
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To be honest I don't tend to find 2, 3, 4 races to be any harder than 3/4 usually.0
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Think it will interesting just to see how good each cat is and how I find it! Can you see who is racing and what cat they are in?0
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Marcryan206 wrote:Think it will interesting just to see how good each cat is and how I find it! Can you see who is racing and what cat they are in?
If it is online entry you can view who has entered and what category they are, you can also click on their names and get details of the races they've entered and where they finished.0 -
Yea it's on BC website ill have to check that. Cheers for that!0
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Pross wrote:To be honest I don't tend to find 2, 3, 4 races to be any harder than 3/4 usually.CAPTAIN BUCKFAST'S CYCLING TIPS - GUARANTEED TO WORK! 1 OUT OF 10 RACING CYCLISTS AGREE!0
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Back before the introduction of elite and 4th cats I used to race as a 3rd cat. Most races had two races a 3rd / Junior and a 1/2/3, I used to generally enter the 1/2/3 unless the distance was too great as even though the average speed was higher it was less jumpy and safer. I have found the same with 2/3/4 races since I started riding again (although I haven't done a huge amount of racing). My biggest problem in 2/3/4 races is getting up any hills with the bunch!0
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Pross wrote:Back before the introduction of elite and 4th cats I used to race as a 3rd cat. Most races had two races a 3rd / Junior and a 1/2/3, I used to generally enter the 1/2/3 unless the distance was too great as even though the average speed was higher it was less jumpy and safer. I have found the same with 2/3/4 races since I started riding again (although I haven't done a huge amount of racing). My biggest problem in 2/3/4 races is getting up any hills with the bunch!
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the Brentor race is a bit different re pts - each stage will be be pts for top 10 and then after the overall is decided, pts for top 15.
I think the guy who won last yr, won all the stages + overall, so collected something like 50pts
entry limited to 60 due to time contriants with the TT
Its a brutal course so i hope you like hills ? but arnt they all0 -
I'm glad I didn't do it last year now. Someone told me before the course down there was more or less flat with one side of a triangle being a slight drag that grinds you down but that was when they had a series of one off races there, it must have changed for the stage race. I fancy doing the race in Modbury but can't see that being anything other than horribly hilly!0
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mamba80 wrote:the Brentor race is a bit different re pts - each stage will be be pts for top 10 and then after the overall is decided, pts for top 15.
I think the guy who won last yr, won all the stages + overall, so collected something like 50pts
entry limited to 60 due to time contriants with the TT
Its a brutal course so i hope you like hills ? but arnt they all
Yea enjoy hills now iv improved with training still got some improvement to do but should be a real test!!0