UNR Stage Race Details

I know you have all been graciously awaiting this information so here it is.

The UNR Stage Race is a points race consisting of 3 events.  Tuesday’s event witll be a 14 mile TT out at the Cold Springs Course, Wednesday’s event is the Boca Road Race, and Thursday wraps up with an Aircenter Criterium.  Points are awarded to the top 8 riders in each event and the rest of the participants get a minimum amount of participation points.  There will also be points available for KOM (2 separate KOM’s going 4 deep) and intermediate prime sprints (2 primes going 4 deep).  You can do as few or as many of the events as you want but must do all 3 to be considered for the overall prizes.

There will be 4 categories for the stage race.  A’s, B’s, C’s, and Women.  The women’s category will start at about the same time as the C category in each event with a little bit of separation so the groups don’t get mixed up.  If they do intermingle you cannot work with someone or draft off of someone that is not in your category.  There will be no separate junior category.  Juniors should participate in the category that they are most competitive in.

Prizes will be 5 deep in each category for each event and will be 5 deep for the overall classification.  Prizes will consist of a mix of cash and merchandise.

I won’t be needing any volunteers at these events as the UNR cycling team will be providing the necessary support at all the events.   As this is a fundraiser for the UNR Cycling team all entries are $10.00 each at the event.  If you have already purchased a blue ticket please save it for another event as those will not be accepted this week at the race.  Anyone that has free entries coming for whatever reason will have to save those for another event also as they will not be honored at the UNR events this week.  Women and Juniors pay a $5.00 entry fee per event.  This is your opportunity to help fund the UNR Cycling team.  They are a self supporting club at the university and with the possible exception of a $100.00 grant the ASUN gives all clubs at the university, they receive no monetary support from the school.

Registration for Tuesday’s TT will open at 5:15 and the first rider will start at 6:15.  Riders will start in order of registration and will be separated by 30 second intervals.

Registration for Wednesday’s Boca Race will open at 5:15 with the first group (A’s) starting at 6:15 followed shortly afterwards by the other groups.

Registration for Thursday’s Aircenter Criterium will open at 4:45 and the first groups (C’s and Women) will start at 5:30 followed by the B’s at 6:00 and the A’s at 6:40.

Here are the points tables for the stage race events by category.  

  See you at the races,   Rich