ANNOUNCING the 2011 NEBRA Rankings Race Schedule

March 21, 2011

NEBRA is pleased to announce the schedule for the NEBRA Rankings for 2011.  The link to the rankings website is http://www.road-results.com/?n=results&sn=nebra.  You can also access the results from the link on the NEBRA website.

NEBRA will be awarding medals to the top three New England riders and monetary prizes to the top five New England riders in each ranked category at the end of the 2011 road season.  The rankings website will be updated by Wednesday each week so the riders will be aware of their rankings throughout the season.

The categories that will be included in the rankings are:

M35+                           Pro 1 / 2 Men                          Pro 1 / 2 Women       

M45+                           Cat 3 Men                               Cat 3 Women

M55+                           Cat 4 Men                               Cat 4 Women

Rankings Race Schedule: (revised)

4/2/2011	Chris Hinds Criterium
4/3/2011	Myles Standish RR
4/17/2011	Rick Newhouse Criterium
4/30/2011	Bennington Criterium
5/1/2011	Bennington Circuit Race
5/1/2011	Blue Hills Circuit Race
5/7/2011	Sterling RR
5/14/2011	Wayne Elliot Circuit
5/15/2011	Mystic Velo Criterium
5/21/2011	Lake Sunapee Road Race
5/22/2011	Barre Gran Prix Criterium
5/28/2011 - 5/30/11	Killington Stage Race
6/4/2011	Lake Auburn Road Race
6/12/2011	Purgatory RR
7/3/2011	Fitchburg Criterium
7/9/2011	Attleboro Criterium
7/10/2011	New Britain Criterium
7/12/2011 - 7/14/11	Working Mans SR
7/17/2011	Yarmouth Clam Festival
7/23/2011	Tour of the Hilltowns
7/31/2011	Norwell Circuit Race
8/3/2011	Beverly Criterium
8/6/2011	Concord Criterium
8/14/2011	Tokeneke RR
8/28/2011	Fall River Criterium
9/2/2011-9/5/2011	Green Mtn Stage Race
9/18/2011	Portsmouth Criterium
9/25/2011	Mayor's Cup Criterium

How will the rankings work?

• Racers will receive points by placing in events that are promoted by NEBRA clubs that have chosen to participate in the rankings.  The points will be based on the point’s scales which are shown under the “How Do These Work?” link on the rankings website.
• All combined categories will be exempt from the rankings with the exception of Women and Pro 1,2 men (example: no Cat 4/5, Men Cat 3/4, Men Pro/1/2/3,). If a race day includes a cat 4/5, cat 3, W3/4, and M35+ races then the only category that would be exempt from the rankings would be the cat 4/5)
• Any race involving Cat 5's does not count toward the ranking as per USA Cycling standard.
• Masters races must include Cat 4 and above racers only, any Master race including cat 5’s will be excluded from the rankings.

If you have any questions regarding the new rankings for 2011 please contact Kristen Mills attini17@comcast.net

Kristen Mills and the NEBRA Board of Directors

Summary of ammended rules included in the 2011 USA Cycling Rulebook

Below is a summary of amended rules that were passed and will be included in the 2011 USA Cycling Rulebook: 

·         *Singlespeed National Championship category added to USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships:

o    Category restrictions will not be used in 2010.

o    The singlespeed category will not have the 33 mm tire width rule, but riders will need to have tires no bigger than 35 mm.

o    The singlespeed category will be required to have a freewheel, one cog and drop bars (no straight bars, no mountain bikes).

·         Registered clubs/teams:

o    Must promote a race to be an active club.

o    Clubs can have multiple teams.

o    Teams may be discipline specific. Riders may race for another team in a specific discipline, i.e. cyclo-cross, even if that team is organized by a club other than his/her licensed club.

·         Women in men’s races:

o    Category 1/2 master women now, along with 3/4 master women, can race with older master men as follows:

§  Cat 1/2 master women can ride with master men up to 10 years older. Ie., a 35 year-old Cat 1 woman could ride with the master men’s group that is open to 45 year-old master men, such as 45+, but could not ride in the master men 50+ class.

§  Cat 3/4 master women can ride with master men up to 20 years older. Ie., a 35 year-old Cat 3 woman could ride with the master men’s group that is open to 55 year-old master men, such as 55+, but could not ride in a 60+ men’s age group.

·         USA Cycling categories in UCI races: A new rule now stipulates default ability categories for riding in UCI races. Ie., To race a UCI road race a male rider must be category 1, a female rider has to be category 1 or 2. See rule 1J15.

·         Women’s Category 4 maximum field limit has been increased to 75.

·         Chip timing has been added to the list of items that may be provided for rider identification.

·         Entry/Identity Fraud: Any licensee entering a race under an assumed name or conspiring to allow another rider to enter a race under an assumed name will incur a one year suspension.

·         Cyclo-cross field limits: Similar to road races, a default field limit of 100 was established if no other field limit has been set by the organizer or the local administrator.

·         *Lapped Riders in Cyclocross: Several ways to handle lapped riders in cyclo-cross are outlined. Riders may be allowed to finish, pulled at the line or pulled using the 80/20 rule.

·         *Cyclo-cross feeding: Feeding in Cyclo-cross races has been established. The default rules include: no feeding in the first two and final two laps of the race and only in the pit lane. Temperature of at least 68 degrees is recommended.

·         Sleeveless Jerseys: Riders may now wear sleeveless jerseys in time trial events.

·         Sprint Seeding: Standard tables will be developed describing how sprint seeding and the sprint formats will occur at National Championships. In masters championships age groups will not be combined in sprint tournaments.

·         Junior Omnium: The International Omnium has been added to junior track nationals.

·         Masters Scratch Race: A scratch race has been added to masters track nationals.

·         Master Women’s Team Pursuit: A 45+ event has been added to team pursuit at masters track nationals.

* denotes legislation that will take effect in 2010

A complete outline of all the rule changes can be found on the Rulebook portion of the USA Cycling website.

USA Cycling’s various Boards of Trustees are made up of a volunteer group of licensees elected by USA Cycling membership. As a part of USA Cycling’s legislative process only Trustees may submit legislation; however items may be suggested by other licensees or by staff as long as the legislation is associated with a Trustee. Trustees may or may not approve of the item submitted, but would like the topic considered by the Board. USA Cycling would like to thank all the licensees who contacted their Board of Trustee representatives to let their voices be heard.   

NEBRA is pleased to announce the NEBRA Ranking Award Winners for 2010

For Press Release

September 29, 2010

NEBRA is pleased to announce the NEBRA Rankings Award Winners for 2010

Awards will be distributed through US Postal mail in the first week of October.

The full rankings can be found at http://www.road-results.com/?n=results&sn=nebra  (Please note that only New England riders were eligible for the awards)

CONGRATULATIONS to the following riders:

Pro 1/2 Men:   1st. Ryan Serbel   2nd. Robbie King   3rd. Peter Bradshaw   4th. Emerson Oronte   5th. Justin Lindine

Pro 1/2 Women:  1st. Silke Winderwald   2nd. Anna Barensfeld   3rd. Anna McLoon   4th. Melissa Ross   5th. Kristen Gohr

Cat 3 Men:  1st. Gregory Vigneaux   2nd. Greg Whitney   3rd. Abraham Soler   4th. Nick Mashburn   5th. Synjen Marrocco 

Cat 3 Women:  1st.Jena Greaser  2nd. Christina Tamilio  3rd. Dana Prey  4th. Jessica Donovan  5th. Amy Miner  

Cat 4 Men:  1st. John Harris   2nd. Alejandro Cifuentes-Lorenzen   3rd. Peter Bowring   4th. Brian Crosby   5th. Michael Brier

Cat 4 Women:  1. Amy Miner   2. Nancy Labbe-Giguere   3. Jennifer Bonaccorsi   4. Michelle Lombardo   5. Jena Greaser

Master 35+:  1st. Bill Yabroudy   2nd. Paul Richard   3rd. Ciaran Mangan   4th. Monte Frank   5th. Matthew Kressy

Master 45+:  1st. Joe Rano   2nd. Leo Devellian   3rd. David Kellogg   4th. Paul Curley   5th. Randy Rusk

Master 55+:  1st. James Themig   2nd. William Sawyer   3rd. Karl Hambrecht   4th. Paul Curley   5th. Edward Deming

If you have any questions regarding the rankings or rankings awards for 2010 please contact Kristen Mills at tini17@comcast.net

Thank-you,

The NEBRA Board of Directors