Updated December 16, 2009
Draft Manitoba Cup Series Criteria - Mountain Bike
The Manitoba Cup is comprised of a series of races in which points are awarded to all finishers in each category. The winner in each category is determined by the accumulation of all the points received in every race in which the athlete competes (number of races may vary each season). The points are awarded by finish as follows:
1st – 25
2nd – 23
3rd – 21
4th – 19
5th – 17
6th – 16
7th – 15
8th – 14
9th – 13
10th – 12
11th – 11
12th – 10
13th – 9
14th – 8
15th – 7
16th – 6
17th – 5
18th – 4
19th – 3
20th – 2
All others – 1
DNF – 0
DNS – 0
Athlete Requirements
Eligibility
Athletes must be members of the MCA in good standing and must hold a valid MCA/CCA/UCI racing license in order to be eligible for MB Cup points.
All athletes must abide by all MCA/CCA/UCI rules and regulations governing the conduct and responsibilities of riders. These rules and regulations can be obtained online at:
http://www.canadian-cycling.com/English/information/rulebook.htm
These rules include (but are not limited to):
• wearing approved racing attire
• having your license with you at all races and events
• respecting the organizers and officials,
• familiarizing yourself with the race course (i.e. marshals cannot give out directions to confused riders)
Points Calculation
To win the series the athletes must start a minimum of four (4) Cup races.
The total accumulation of points earned in all races will be used to determine a final score for the year.
Points for each athlete are calculated based on the official results as posted online at: http://www.cycling.mb.ca/
N.B. It is the athlete’s responsibility to review the results as soon as they are posted and to immediately inform the Chief Commissaire for MTB events of any discrepancy in regards to results. Results will be posted on-site and athletes/coaches will have 15 minutes in which to lodge an appeal. After 15 minutes with no appeals the results become official and will be posted on the MCA website for the remainder of the calendar year.
Tie-Breaker
If two or more athletes receive the same time for a particular race the athletes will share the points allocated to that shared position.
If two or more athletes receive the same amount of total points as calculated at the end of the season the athletes’ times in the same races they competed in will be used to determine a final score for each athlete.
Categories
The Manitoba Mountain Bike Cup Series places an emphasis on ability and not age for its races. Athletes should know their ability and thus which category they fall under. If an athlete is in a category under or over their ability they will be asked to change categories by the acting Mountain Bike Committee. Athletes may make a formal request by letter or email to the Committee to move up a category at any time during the season. The following categories are used in the Manitoba Mountain Bike Cup series:
• Elite male and female
• Expert male and female
• Comp male and female
• Sport male and female
• U17 male and female
• U 15 male and female
• U13 male and female
• U11 male and female
• U9 male and female
Note: The Provincial Championships use the UCI/CCA age and class divisions:
• Master 50+ male and female
• Master 40+ (40-49) male and female
• Master Expert 30+ (30-39) male and female
• Master Sport 30+ (30-39) male and female
• Senior Elite male and female
• Senior Expert (19-29) male and female
• Senior Sport (19-29) male and female
• Junior Expert (17-18) male and female
• Junior Sport (17-18) male and female
• U17 Expert male and female
• U17 Sport male and female
• U 15 male and female
• U13 male and female
May 6 Commitee Meeting
14 years ago
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Does the general requirement to abide by the UCI Regulations include the prohibition against sleeveless jerseys? Personally, I do not care, however there should be agreement upfront as to whether or not sleeveless jerseys are to be allowed.
ReplyDeleteIf my understanding in relation to the Cup Points is correct, riders must be in a minimum of 4 races however the points from all races (the number of which may vary) will be tabulated.
ReplyDeleteI assume that the minimum of 4 races is for those categories that only have a few riders, as it would make no difference to categories with a number of riders.
It appears that there in no allowance for a throw away race, in case of a crash, mechanical, etc. Should the points tabulation perhaps be from all races participated in, to a maximum of the total number of races in the series less one? If this eliminated a race, the race in which the lowest number of points were earned would be the one that was not counted.
I agree that a tie-breaker rule for the entire series is required, however I do not like the idea of the tie-breaker in each race, to be based on finish time. Even if one or more riders finish with the same time the commissaires will make a determination as to the placings of all riders in the event. We should award the points for the race strictly on the placings in that race.
ReplyDeleteSleeveless - I recall the meeting where Karin was present, the Sleeveless topic came up, I think the concensus was for Provincial Team, development Team and our Elite level - enforce the rule. For the rest, the Commissaire was to warn or inform the rider, but no enforcement. The only exception was for Provincials - the rule would be enforced there for all riders. Someone please correct me if I am wrong.
ReplyDeleteCup Points - I believe the intention was that you just don't drop any points / results (no throw away race). We reward those who are most consistent in attendance and finishing.
Tie Breaker - I agree with Dave about the Tie Breaker (he already explained it clearly).
Rules - the link or URL is NUL/dead. The only rules on the CCA site I can find are in the Companion Guide - even in there, there is no real list of clear rules. I can't find a Rules document at the CCA site - maybe someone else can find or has one?
http://www.canadian-cycling.com/cca/coaches_officials/companion_guide.shtml
So, the next place to look is the UCI, here is the page that has a link to the MTB PDF.
http://www.uci.ch/templates/UCI/UCI2/layout.asp?MenuId=MTkzNg&LangId=1
The rules for racers are on page 7 (9 of the PDF file)