National Cyclo-Cross Rankings Explained

This is a guide to how the British Cycling Cyclo-Cross Rankings work.

1. Rankings are produced for the following categories: Senior Open (Men) - Women - Veteran Men - Junior Men - Youth. From September 2011 the Veteran Men category will be split into Veteran 40-49 and Veteran 50+ categories, and the Youth into seperate boys and girls categories.
2. All rankings start from zero at the beginning of the cyclo-cross season.
3. Qualifying events are those which take place between 1st September and the end of February.
4. The Senior Open rankings include any junior or veteran male rider who gains overall points in races open to Seniors.
5. The Youth boys and girls, Veteran Men 40-49 and 50+, Junior Men and Women's rankings are discrete categories.
6. The Women 's rankings include junior and veteran women.
7. Events may be upgraded, downgraded, added or removed at the discretion of the Cyclo-Cross Commission. Events run on a handicap basis do not qualify for ranking points.
8. Only BC full licence holders will qualify for points, but if non-qualifying riders finish in points scoring positions the schedule will not be adjusted as a result.

The points allocations for all categories to be used for the 2011-2012 season are as follows:

Category A events: To the first 20 on the basis of 40 to the winner, 34 for second place, 30, 26, 23, 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10, 9 and then descending by 1 point intervals to 1 point for 20th place. If there are less than 20 eligible riders in any category the points scale shall default to the Category B allocation.

Category B events: To the first 10 on the basis of 20 to the winner, 16 to second place, 12, 9, 7, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. NB: All Regional Championships shall receive ranking points according to the Category B scale, regardless of the actual event category. If there are less than 10 eligible riders in any category the points scale shall default to the Category C allocation.

Category C events: To the first five overall on the basis of 6 to the winner, 4 to second place, 3, 2, 1. If there are less than 5 eligible riders in any category thepoints scale shall default to 3 points to the winner, 2 to second place and 1 to third.

National Events

Men's Elite National Trophy races: To the first 30 on the basis of 60 to the winner, 50 for second place, 45, 40, 35, 30, 28, 26, 24, 22, 20, 19 and then descending by 1 point intervals to 1 point for 30th place.

Junior Men, Women's, Veteran 40-49, Veteran 50+, Youth U16 Boys and Youth U16 Girls National Trophy races: As Category A above.

Youth U14 Boys and Youth U14 Girls National Trophy races: As Category B above, with points counting to the relevant U16 Youth rankings.

National Championship: double the Trophy points scale. The system of defaulting to a lower points scale according to entries does not apply to these National events.  The U23 National Championship will be awarded double Category A points towards the Senior rankings.