Tech Guide

The 21st Annual Cycle-Smart International Technical Guide

Saturday, November 5th and Sunday, November 6th, 2011
Look Park, Northampton, MA
Verge NECCS Rounds 10 and 11 - Shimano Series Rounds 5 and 6

Link to PDF version of the Tech Guide
 

Information:

Cat. 4 and Cat. 4 35+ (men and women) will race together as one category, with a second set of prizes and results for the 35+ riders.

Riders entering the Elite Women, U23 Women, Elite Men, and U23 Men races MUST have a UCI/USCF International license. UCI rules apply. No flat bars or tires wider than 33mm. A domestic USA Cycling license is acceptable for other categories, and are run under USAC permit. Mountain bikes without bar ends are allowed in USAC classes.

This race is part of the Eastern Collegiate Cycling Conference (ECCC) Cyclocross Series. If you are a current full-time student at an ECCC school, you are eligible for competition in the series. Collegiate riders race within the Men's Elite, 3, or Cat 4 and Women's Elite and 3/4 races and will be scored both within those fields and within their corresponding collegiate categories. To be eligible for collegiate scoring, riders must register under their proper collegiate team name and race in their collegiate team kit.

For separate starts, groups are staged with a gap, stay where they are on the line, and are started at 60-second intervals.

Riders in UCI events will be staged by UCI ranking, then by random drawing of lots. Riders in USAC events will be staged by Verge NECCS standings if applicable, then crossresults.com rankings, then order of registration.

Elite Men's prizes have 2% deducted from the prize list for the UCI Riders' Contribution to the Fight Against Doping.

For more info, contact Cycle-Smart at csi@cycle-smart.com.

Registration:

No Race Day Registration, Pre-registration only. No refunds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGMoalQ9A18

Pick Up Party: Friday's "Pick Up Party" number pick up and pre-event get together from 7:30-9 p.m. will be at Northampton Coffee. There'll be coffee, beer, snacks, music, and 'cross races on the tv. Come have a drink, mingle, get numbers, and get dirty.

http://highercup.com/locations/northampton.html

269 Pleasant St, Northampton, MA 01060

Register online at www.BikeReg.com. Online Registration closes on Thursday, November 3rd, at 8 pm. Pre-registration only, and absolutely no refunds. On line service fee applied based on Bikereg.com standard service fee rates.

Number pick up opens at 7:30 am and closes 30 minutes before each event. Failure to pick up your number at least 30 minutes prior to your event will result in your number being reassigned.

Directions to Look Park

Traveling south on I-91, take exit 20 to the first stop light and turn right on Bridge Rd. Bridge Rd. ends at Look Park. Take a left on Rt. 9, and an immediate right into the park.

Traveling north on on I-91, take exit 19 and continue straight on to Damon Rd., which becomes Bridge Rd. Bridge Rd. ends at Look Park. Take a left on Rt. 9, and an immediate right into the park.

Showers:

Showers are available at the JFK school Aquatic Center from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., anyone using the showers must be out of the building by 5:00. Access is from the back of JFK near the tennis courts - through the glass triple doors. Racers must check in at the pool office.

Course:

Two different courses will be utilized each day.

The course starts at the top of the course map, in the grass adjacent to Club Row, and enters the paved finish stretch both days.

Day 1 includes a long, grass field section, a set of barriers, then followed be a short section of sand that may be a run. Then the course doubles back for the first passage of the pit. There is one double pit, with a water supply. After the pit, the course moves on to a short paved section, into the grass again, and then up short, steep, wooded run, back to the upper section of the course. From there it winds through the trees on grass, before dropped off a steep descent back to the lower field, and a second pass of the pit area. After the pit, the rider head back up the ledge for another unforced run, more fast, grass riding through the trees, and then a U-turn on to the start/finish stretch. In total, there are 3, and possibly 4 running sections, depending on weather. Total distance per lap is approximately 3km.

Day 2's course uses many of the same lanes, but the passages from the upper to the lower field are reversed, and sections of the course are connected in different places for a course with similar feel but very different challenges.

Prize List

Elite Men's prize list is based on the UCI Financial Obligations for a Class 2 event.

Elite Women's prize list equal to the Elite Men's prize list for 15 places, except where that amount would have been below the Women's minimum UCI mandated amount. 

Additional Rules:

This event is held under UCI and USCF permits and governed by UCI and  USCF rules. UCI rules can be downloaded from UCI.ch.

Licensing and Rules

Riders entering the Elite Women, Elite Men, and U23 Men races MUST have a UCI/USCF International license and UCI rules apply in those categories. A domestic USA Cycling license is acceptable for other categories, and are run under USAC rules. Mountain bikes without bar ends are allowed in USAC classes. 

Call Ups/Start Order

In all categories, all riders will be lined up by race number.

For UCI categories (Elite/U23 Men, Women), race numbers will be assigned by UCI points, then random drawing of lots.

For USAC categories that score Verge Series points, race numbers will be assigned by Verge Series points, then crossresults.com rankings, then order of registration.

For the Cat 4 Men's race, numbers will be assigned by crossresults.com rankings.

For separate starts, groups are staged with a gap, stay where they are on the line, and are started at 60-second intervals.

Racing Age

Your racing age for the 201-12 cyclo-cross season is the age you will be on December 31, 2012.

Equipment

No flat bars, or tires wider than 33 mm allowed in UCI events. Mountain bikes without bar ends will be allowed in USCF races.

Pit Access

Only authorized personnel are allowed access to the equipment pits. Pit Passes will be distributed at registration to each competitor (one per entrant) in UCI events (Elite Men, U23, Elite Women, Juniors).

In non-UCI events, common sense will be the rule. The Pit Official will have full authorization to deny access to any person who interferes or hinders operations in the pit. The Pit is not a spectator spot.

Contacts/Organization

Race President: Adam Myerson ( adam@cycle-smart.com )
Race Director: Alec Donahue ( alec@cycle-smart.com )
Technical Director: JD Bilodeau( JDBilodeau@pioneerevents.com )
Results Coordinator: John Frey ( johndfrey1@gmail.com )
Registration Coordinator: Meesha Crowther ( meesha2565@yahoo.com )
Sponsorship Coordinator: Adam Myerson ( adam@cycle-smart.com )
Art Director: Peter Hutchins ( peter@litmusdesigns.com ) 
Media Coordinator: Jeffrey Bramhall ( jeffrey.bramhall@gmail.com )

Officials:

Chief Commissaire: Dorothy Abbott
USAC officials TBA

Held under UCI and USAC Permits