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Just saw this over at www.usacycling.org. Anybody care to comment? Thanks, Ronde Chumpion For immediate release; Colorado Springs, CO. (Aug 14, 2003) Attention USA Cycling Members: Effective Jan 1, 2004, USA Cycling will begin a series of new measures recently voted in by the board that bring parity to all classes of racing. With the unexpected surge in popularity in road cycling, the federation voted to restrict all age graded racers from participating in senior events. These changes are in effect for all road and track events from grass roots local to elite national level competitions. The primary reason such a move is possible is the incredible success of the juniors, masters, and most recently espoir age divisions. The membership has responded positively to holding races for juniors age 10-12, 13-14, 15-16, and 17-18. The masters have been equally surprising, having filled age brackets in 5 year increments from 30 years on up. This led to the recent addition of the espoirs (otherwise known as U-23). The seperation of under 23 year olds has helped in identifying future talent, and allowed USA Cycling coaches to bring them along without undue pressure for results. The biggest impact of these rule changes schedule to begin in 2004, will be the removing of age graded cyclists from the category events. The 5 category system of ranking riders will remain unchanged. Riders hoping to participate in category races must present a USA Cycling license with the correct category noted. All Category events will now only be open to riders aged 24-29. This move is expected to bring the same type of favorable response as the earlier adjustments mentioned above did. Board of Directors; USA Cycling. IOC member USA Cycling Resident Coaching Program Continued Thanks, President Biscalegia USA Cycling Inc. |
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All Category events will now only be open to riders aged 24-29.
I'd hate to be an espoir or junior, as this will substantially cut down on the races available to them, unless there's a huge upswell in the offering of these classes. I would thing the racer demographics in most areas of the country would make these classes prohibitive, as surely every race is now going to have to have multiple masters classes to accomodate all the "old" guys. What if you're in part of the country where master's races are 35+? I guess you don't get to race. |
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"ronde chumpion" wrote in message om... Hey, Just saw this over at www.usacycling.org. Anybody care to comment? Thanks, Ronde Chumpion For immediate release; Colorado Springs, CO. (Aug 14, 2003) Attention USA Cycling Members: Effective Jan 1, 2004, USA Cycling will begin a series of new measures recently voted in by the board that bring parity to all classes of racing. With the unexpected surge in popularity in road cycling, the federation voted to restrict all age graded racers from participating in senior events. These changes are in effect for all road and track events from grass roots local to elite national level competitions. The primary reason such a move is possible is the incredible success of the juniors, masters, and most recently espoir age divisions. The membership has responded positively to holding races for juniors age 10-12, 13-14, 15-16, and 17-18. The masters have been equally surprising, having filled age brackets in 5 year increments from 30 years on up. This led to the recent addition of the espoirs (otherwise known as U-23). The seperation of under 23 year olds has helped in identifying future talent, and allowed USA Cycling coaches to bring them along without undue pressure for results. The biggest impact of these rule changes schedule to begin in 2004, will be the removing of age graded cyclists from the category events. The 5 category system of ranking riders will remain unchanged. Riders hoping to participate in category races must present a USA Cycling license with the correct category noted. All Category events will now only be open to riders aged 24-29. This move is expected to bring the same type of favorable response as the earlier adjustments mentioned above did. Board of Directors; USA Cycling. IOC member USA Cycling Resident Coaching Program Continued Thanks, President Biscalegia USA Cycling Inc. Do I care to comment? Why yes, I do. This is one of your more complex trolls. It is interesting to read and almost reasonable enough to be possible. I commend your intentional misspelling of Gerard Bisceglia's name and representing him as the "President" rather than his actual title, "Chief Executive Officer (CEO)." Perhaps you thought that this would keep you from getting into legal trouble with him and the USAC. Who knows, it might. Your posts frequently add spice to RBR. Robert (just another fattie masters sometimes racer) StJames |
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"Crank Yanker" wrote in message om... All Category events will now only be open to riders aged 24-29. I'd hate to be an espoir or junior, as this will substantially cut down on the races available to them, unless there's a huge upswell in the offering of these classes. I would thing the racer demographics in most areas of the country would make these classes prohibitive, as surely every race is now going to have to have multiple masters classes to accomodate all the "old" guys. What if you're in part of the country where master's races are 35+? I guess you don't get to race. Latest word is that Masters categories will be based on BMI : Below 18.5 Underweight 18.5 - 24.9 Normal 25.0 - 29.9 Overweight 30.0 and Above Obese -T |
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"Kurgan Gringioni" wrote in message ... "Tom Schulenburg" wrote in message .. . "Crank Yanker" wrote in message om... All Category events will now only be open to riders aged 24-29. I'd hate to be an espoir or junior, as this will substantially cut down on the races available to them, unless there's a huge upswell in the offering of these classes. I would thing the racer demographics in most areas of the country would make these classes prohibitive, as surely every race is now going to have to have multiple masters classes to accomodate all the "old" guys. What if you're in part of the country where master's races are 35+? I guess you don't get to race. Latest word is that Masters categories will be based on BMI : Below 18.5 Underweight 18.5 - 24.9 Normal 25.0 - 29.9 Overweight 30.0 and Above Obese Scratch the Underweight category. I doubt there is even 1 tenth of 1 percent of Masters Fatties that are below 18.5 BMI. Yes, but by definition, doesn't the concept of "Masters" reward a person just for showing up? Nobody said it had to be competitive. Live long enough and get a Nats Jersey. -T |
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