Originally Posted by
Christobevii3
In Lambra you have a lot of people who are cat 1 in mtb, cyclocross, or cross country. They show up for their one or two road race a year, blow everyone out, then not show up till next year. I'm not sure if everywhere is like this but a 44 mile cat 5 race averaging 23.8mph seems relatively quick?
People finally started upgrading this year since last year the top 10 people were like this. One upgraded to 4 and his first 4 race got 3rd.
I know this year if you race in a 4/5 race as a 4 it doesn't even count towards your point in our area. They have enough people and are forcing people to upgrade finally to stop it. The funny thing is, there are barely in 1 or 2's then too. The 1 cat 1 guy got blown out by 40 places by a cat 2 from Texas that I know in the Fayateville stage race both in the road and tt section.
USAC has rules regarding this. I believe the rule states that you cannot be more than two categories difference between disciplines: i.e. a Cat 1 in cross is automatically a Cat 3 on the road. So, you should not have any Cat 1 cross guys in your Cat 5 races.
This does not pertain to Triathletes, who are governed by USAT.
And yes, 4/5 races do count toward 4 to 3 upgrades. The only issue is that USAC only counts the Cat 4s toward the number of starters, and points available are based on the number of starters. And it's your placing in the whole race, not in your category, that is counted.