DT wrote:Why is there a Cat 4 Championship? I mean seriously, guys who upgraded to 3 last month should have waited just to claim the 'champion' title! Just get rid of it. Your reward for doing well in the 4s is that you get to be a 3. All this does is reward 4s who have not upgraded yet. It's stupid. If you are going to have a 4s champ, you might as well hold a 3s championship. Or better yet neither! It is as stupid as winning the NORBA National title in the Sport category. Is NCNCA forced to hold this event for 4s?

Since a Cat 4 RR championship is called for under the USCF rule book ( see page 106 rule 6F2 state Road Race Championships) NCNCA is basically forced to offer a Cat 4 championship in the road race. To make things fair we do offer a Cat 4 championship for women on the road even though the rule book only calls for a Men's Cat 4 RR championship.

Why is there a Cat 4 Championship? I mean seriously, guys who upgraded to 3 last month should have waited just to claim the 'champion' title! Just get rid of it. Your reward for doing well in the 4s is that you get to be a 3. All this does is reward 4s who have not upgraded yet. It's stupid. If you are going to have a 4s champ, you might as well hold a 3s championship. Or better yet neither! It is as stupid as winning the NORBA National title in the Sport category. Is NCNCA forced to hold this event for 4s?

No separate championship for Cat 3s. A Few year ago we decided just to offer the championships called for in the USCF rulebook for several reasons. The rulebook calls for a 1-3 and a 4 championships for elite riders at the state level. There aren't separate category championships for Criterium or Time trials only the 1/2/Pro men and 1/2/3 women.