Event Classification System

The event classification system for road and circuit racing was introduced in 2006.  Aimed at increasing the opportunities to race and the relevance of the racing, the system breaks events down into two main categories: national and regional, and is linked to national, regional, club and team rankings.

Road and circuit events, other than those exclusively for youth, juniors, women and masters, are classified as follows:

National A

Eligibility: Open to Senior male Elite, 1st and 2nd category riders. National A closed road circuit events shall also be open to 1st and 2nd category junior riders.

Distance/Time:

 - Single Day Event: minimum130 km if terrain is demanding; maximum of 180 km on flatter terrain.

 - Road Stage of Stage Race: minimum 80 km.

 - Circuit Race: minimum time 60 minutes, and maximum 90 minutes.

Prize List: The main prize list shall be a minimum of £2,000. Prize money shall be paid to riders placed at least 1st to 20th.

Note: Only one National A event shall be held on the same day in the UK.

National B

Eligibility: open to Senior male Elite, 1st 2nd & 3rd category riders, final year Junior male 1st, 2nd & 3rd category and Senior female Elite 1st and 2nd category riders. Where the minimum distance for a road race is not achieved, the race shall be open to all Junior male 1st, 2nd and 3rd category riders and all Junior female 1st and 2nd category riders.
Distance/Time:

 - Single Day Event: minimum120 km if terrain is demanding.

 - Circuit Race: minimum time 60 minutes.

Regional A

Eligibility: open to Senior and Junior male 2nd, 3rd and 4th category and Senior and Junior female riders of all categories
Distance/Time:

 - Single Day Event: minimum 80 km.

 - Circuit Race: minimum time 50 minutes.

Regional B

Eligibility: open to Senior and Junior male 3rd and 4th category riders and Senior and Junior female riders of all categories
Distance/Time:

 - Single Day Event: maximum 90 km.

 - Circuit Race: minimum time 40 minutes.

Regional C & Regional C+

Eligibility: open to Senior and Junior riders of all categories, to be run as a handicap event, or other appropriate format .  Such events may also be restricted to 4th category riders only.
Distance/Time:

 - The minimum time shall be 60 minutes, and the maximum 90 minutes

Notes: Where the circuit is too small to allow for a handicap event which meets the minimum time requirement, the organiser may choose to use an alternative format, provided that the chosen format reasonably caters for the widest possible range of ability. Time Trials shall be run as Regional C+ or Regional C events.

Go Race

Eligibility: open to 4th category riders, British Cycling members without racing licences and non-members.
Distance/Time:

 - The maximum time for a Go-Race event shall be 90 minutes