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Since inevitably a thread on this will pop up, I felt it right to put one in place to kick things off. In line with general forum ettiquite, let's keep it to a single thread, unless things get out of control on a specific topic.
First up, an amended calendard, as of 14/01/2011:
1 Geelong Mountain Bike Club Crazy 6 You Yangs – Kurrajong Saturday, 12 February 2011
2 Team Mt Beauty Big Hill Mountain Bike Park Saturday, 5 March 2011
3 Alpine Cycling Club Bright 6 Hour Bright Saturday, 9 April 2011
4 TBA TBA Sunday, 22 May 2011
5 Albury/Wodonga Albury/Wodonga 6hr Nail Can Hill Saturday, 25 June 2011
6 Gippsland MTB Club Gippsland 6 Hour Blores Hill Sunday, 31 July 2011
7 TBA TBA TBA Sunday, 28 August 2011
8 Dirt Riders Rock Hop Dallas Brooks Sunday, 25 September 2011
9 TBA TBA TBA Sunday, 30 October 2011
Main thing to point out from this most recent update is the move of the first round to Saturday from Sunday. This has been done to avoid a clash with another cycling festival on the East side of Melbourne, so you can now hopefully do both. We'd like to see those from the River/Alpine region travel down here for the first round as well, so it gives that same opportunity for people to not need to rush back after the race.
Rounds 7 and 9 are still being discussed. Bendigo have pulled out of the series after initial planning/announcement made - an alternative venue is currently being discussed.
It is highly likely that the October 30 event will be at Lake Mountain, with Officer as a backup if we experience rainfall as in 2010. This will be confirmed at a later date.
Points system for 2011
As previously said, the points for the Solo Mens categories will change in 2011.
It will now be as follows:
1 160
2 145
3 130
4 120
5 110
6 103
7 96
8 91
9 86
10 81
11 76
12 72
13 68
14 64
15 60
16 57
17 54
18 51
19 49
20 48
21 47
22 46
23 45
24 44
25 43
26 42
27 41
28 40
29 39
30 38
31 37
32 36
33 35
34 34
35 33
36 32
37 31
38 30
39 29
40 28
41 27
42 26
43 25
44 24
45 23
46 22
47 21
48 20
49 19
50 18
51 17
52 16
53 15
54 14
55 13
56 12
57 11
58 10
59 9
60 8
61 7
62 6
63 5
64 4
65 3
66 2
67 1
Categories will not be split between points - eg, if the fastest Masters rider comes 6th overall, he will recieve 103 points, not 160 with the category treated as a separate race. This is in line with the way the U23 system works in XCO.
Your points for the series will be your best seven races out of 9 rounds, however we are still discussing the possibility that you may not drop the final round.
Teams rules
A very thorough and thick rule book will be published for 2011, and the number are still subject to tweaking, but basically:
- No laps for a team member more than one higher than the median of a team will be counted count;
- There will be a required amount of total time as a percentage that each rider must be on track.
This will be enforced to prevent teams racing against the spirit of the categories, eg, a mixed pair where the male rider does 8 laps to the female riders 1, or a Masters team having a 30yo riders do 6 laps to the other two riders 4 laps.
Feel free to post questions, if they come up enough I'll turn this into an FAQ.
First up, an amended calendard, as of 14/01/2011:
1 Geelong Mountain Bike Club Crazy 6 You Yangs – Kurrajong Saturday, 12 February 2011
2 Team Mt Beauty Big Hill Mountain Bike Park Saturday, 5 March 2011
3 Alpine Cycling Club Bright 6 Hour Bright Saturday, 9 April 2011
4 TBA TBA Sunday, 22 May 2011
5 Albury/Wodonga Albury/Wodonga 6hr Nail Can Hill Saturday, 25 June 2011
6 Gippsland MTB Club Gippsland 6 Hour Blores Hill Sunday, 31 July 2011
7 TBA TBA TBA Sunday, 28 August 2011
8 Dirt Riders Rock Hop Dallas Brooks Sunday, 25 September 2011
9 TBA TBA TBA Sunday, 30 October 2011
Main thing to point out from this most recent update is the move of the first round to Saturday from Sunday. This has been done to avoid a clash with another cycling festival on the East side of Melbourne, so you can now hopefully do both. We'd like to see those from the River/Alpine region travel down here for the first round as well, so it gives that same opportunity for people to not need to rush back after the race.
Rounds 7 and 9 are still being discussed. Bendigo have pulled out of the series after initial planning/announcement made - an alternative venue is currently being discussed.
It is highly likely that the October 30 event will be at Lake Mountain, with Officer as a backup if we experience rainfall as in 2010. This will be confirmed at a later date.
Points system for 2011
As previously said, the points for the Solo Mens categories will change in 2011.
It will now be as follows:
1 160
2 145
3 130
4 120
5 110
6 103
7 96
8 91
9 86
10 81
11 76
12 72
13 68
14 64
15 60
16 57
17 54
18 51
19 49
20 48
21 47
22 46
23 45
24 44
25 43
26 42
27 41
28 40
29 39
30 38
31 37
32 36
33 35
34 34
35 33
36 32
37 31
38 30
39 29
40 28
41 27
42 26
43 25
44 24
45 23
46 22
47 21
48 20
49 19
50 18
51 17
52 16
53 15
54 14
55 13
56 12
57 11
58 10
59 9
60 8
61 7
62 6
63 5
64 4
65 3
66 2
67 1
Categories will not be split between points - eg, if the fastest Masters rider comes 6th overall, he will recieve 103 points, not 160 with the category treated as a separate race. This is in line with the way the U23 system works in XCO.
Your points for the series will be your best seven races out of 9 rounds, however we are still discussing the possibility that you may not drop the final round.
Teams rules
A very thorough and thick rule book will be published for 2011, and the number are still subject to tweaking, but basically:
- No laps for a team member more than one higher than the median of a team will be counted count;
- There will be a required amount of total time as a percentage that each rider must be on track.
This will be enforced to prevent teams racing against the spirit of the categories, eg, a mixed pair where the male rider does 8 laps to the female riders 1, or a Masters team having a 30yo riders do 6 laps to the other two riders 4 laps.
Feel free to post questions, if they come up enough I'll turn this into an FAQ.
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