"The 33"-Road Bike Racing - How long are collegiate road races?

As the title implies, what length do college road races last? And what about time trials?

thanks :)

Collegiate D-categories are usually 25-35 mile RR and 15-20 TT.
Collegiate A is 45-75 mile RR and usually the same TT course.

As the title implies, what length do college road races last? And what about time trials?

thanks :)

Depends on the category, just like USCF racing.

C's and D's are usually 20-25 miles, B's 40-60, A's 50-75.

TTs vary.

Duke, I saw that you race collegiate in another thread. What conference are you in? Also what category? This will be my first season maybe we will being racing against each other sometime this year.

Chris

Midwest, A.

I am also MWCCC, A

I will also be racing in the midwest. I don't know what category yet as I have never been on a road race before. I BMX raced for about 7 years and have done a few mtb races. I will most likely end up in B.

Atlantic Coast here :)

Eastern baby! Nothing like racing through Boston in the middle of March!

According to the Collegiate Rule book:

Suggested minimums are:

Men A: RR 60 miles Crit: 60 min.
Men B: RR 40 miles Crit: 45 min.
Women A: RR 40 miles Crit: 45 min.
Men C: RR 30 miles Crit: 30 min.
Women B: RR 30 miles Crit: 30 min.
Men D: RR 20 miles Crit: 20 min.

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Another Midwest Conference rider. I'll do my first or second or second race as a B, and then probably move up from there. I'm already looking forward to the long car ride to OSU for the first race of the season.

I'll be interested in seeing how competitive the conference is compared to the West Coast Conference, where I raced last year.

yup ill be racing MWCCC as well. no idea what category though since i picked up a bike and started riding it 7 months ago and havnt raced yet. hopefully i see some of you out there? putting a face to some of these names would be nice.

rocky mountain CCC hell yeah

Wow, plenty of MWCCC folks here. It's gonna be a fun season. I'll probably spend most of my time in B's.

forget what conference you're in.... what schoolz?

(go hoosiers)

G-Dub

bdcheung, are you racing the U of MD crit in March? I'm bummed that it looks like a collegiate-only event this year...

forget what conference you're in.... what schoolz?

(go hoosiers)

Northern Michigan University, looooong drives but i'm looking forward to them.

Pete: It's not on our preliminary schedule but I can talk to the team. Here's the races that I have:
Feb 24-25 Wm and Mary (crit and road race)
March 3-4 Navy (crit and TTT- maybe rr)
March 25 UVa (road race)
March 31-Apr 1 Wake Forest (crit and rr)
Apr 14-15 NC State (crit and rr)
Apr 21-22 WVU Conf Championships

I heard that Maryland was doing a joint event with the ECCC this year, possibly in Philadelphia. I think this is tentatively the third weekend of the season. This is according to information that went out through our listserv a few days ago.

Northern Michigan University, looooong drives but i'm looking forward to them.

we michiganders should get the nps to allow a mtb race on isle royale.

I heard that Maryland was doing a joint event with the ECCC this year, possibly in Philadelphia. I think this is tentatively the third weekend of the season. This is according to information that went out through our listserv a few days ago.

Is it the Johns Hopkins U. Road Race???

http://www.mabra.org/article.php?did=419&scid=34

No, it's the weekend before that. I guess the interconference weekend will replace the JHU crit/UMD RR. Nice to see that the UMD crit is still on the schedule. That one is my favorite.

Apr 21-22 WVU Conf Championships


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Today was my first time out on my road bike in good weather. I averaged 20mph over 25 miles, so I have a way to go. But I figured it isn't too bad of a time considering I've only been riding a little over a month (on my mtb). I would love the oppurtunity to race at CSU next year if I was good enough. For now I will focus on having fun!

Should I try to get faster over the 25 mile ride, or should I increase my distance? What would be better for reaching a goal of riding 25 mph over 50 miles (flat terrain)?

Should I try to get faster over the 25 mile ride, or should I increase my distance? What would be better for reaching a goal of riding 25 mph over 50 miles (flat terrain)?

Quit school, train full time, buy a Cervelo P3 and Zipp 808's, hire a full time coach, nutirionist, and soignor. And work like hell for 4-5 years.

I doubt there are 5 people on this board that could do that. 25mph for a 40 k TT is sort of a bench mark. 1 hour 40k is no longer that elite, but even today very very few people can do two of them together.

MWCCC/B's.

Unfortunately, I'll probably only be doing the OSU races. All the other races are too far away considering I can drive an hour to a race and race with my USCF team.

Today was my first time out on my road bike in good weather. I averaged 20mph over 25 miles, so I have a way to go. But I figured it isn't too bad of a time considering I've only been riding a little over a month (on my mtb). I would love the oppurtunity to race at CSU next year if I was good enough. For now I will focus on having fun!

Should I try to get faster over the 25 mile ride, or should I increase my distance? What would be better for reaching a goal of riding 25 mph over 50 miles (flat terrain)?

Work on both. That is to say, going fast over 25 miles is great if you want to dominate the collegiate c and d fields, but if you want to move up, you'll have to work on distance too.

[edit] forgot to mention:
MWCCC/B's/A's(?)
Univ of Chicago

Today was my first time out on my road bike in good weather. I averaged 20mph over 25 miles, so I have a way to go. But I figured it isn't too bad of a time considering I've only been riding a little over a month (on my mtb). I would love the oppurtunity to race at CSU next year if I was good enough. For now I will focus on having fun!

Should I try to get faster over the 25 mile ride, or should I increase my distance? What would be better for reaching a goal of riding 25 mph over 50 miles (flat terrain)?

Aerobars, EPO and new parents. 25mph solo is pretty damn fast, solo, on a road bike.

Today was my first time out on my road bike in good weather. I averaged 20mph over 25 miles, so I have a way to go. But I figured it isn't too bad of a time considering I've only been riding a little over a month (on my mtb). I would love the oppurtunity to race at CSU next year if I was good enough. For now I will focus on having fun!

Should I try to get faster over the 25 mile ride, or should I increase my distance? What would be better for reaching a goal of riding 25 mph over 50 miles (flat terrain)?


Best way to prepare for most any road bike racing, particularly shorter races, is to do high intensity training. Forget average speed during most of your workouts and do shorter burts so you are ready for the surges and uneven pace of road racing.

Thanks for the responses! I got 25mph from another forum where I asked what average speeds racers averaged over longer distances.

Thanks for the responses! I got 25mph from another forum where I asked what average speeds racers averaged over longer distances.

In RACES and big, bad group training rides, yeah. But solo, hell no. I can rock 25mph in the drops or rowing on the hoods for a good while, but certainly not 2 hours.

That's pro level, son.

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