This event is part of the Genesee Valley Cycling Club’s Classic Road Race (a USAC sanctioned event).  To register, click here.

This race is a revival of the BBC vs GVCC Club vs Club Race!  We plan on hosting friendly inter-club competition on a hilly course as part of the USAC sanctioned GVCC Classic Road Race!  This is a special race because BBC member will be on one team, and every GVCC member will be on another team.  Regardless of regular team affiliation or usual club racing dynamics, for this race, we all work together to get the better of our collective competition in the GVCC.  As this is also a sanctioned race, we understand that your top priority is going for your own result, so the key objective is to race this hilly course for your own best result and your club’s best result!  As this is a sanctioned race, there will be racers from other regions besides Buffalo and Rochester, so they will not count in the club vs club separate scoring.

This year, the GVCC will be hosting it in Rochester on their GVCC Classic Road Race sanctioned event.  It’s a hilly course with an uphill sprint finish!  It’s not too far away from the Buffalo area, off the Victor exit on the 90

Parking:

Bristol Mountain Ski Resort, 5662 NY-64, Canandaigua, NY 14424

Course:

Click Here to View the Course Page for 1 lap, 2 lap, and 3 lap courses.  This is a hilly course with each category doing different distances as noted below.

What You Should Expect on Race Day:

1. A USA Cycling Sanctioned race requires more preparation.  Please plan to arrive 60 minutes early to get into your riding clothes and get your bike ready
2. Head over to the registration tent to get your race number and pin it on your jersey according to the instructions,
3. head out on the bike get a few pedal strokes in the legs to warm up
4. Line up in the parking lot 5 minutes before your Category’s race time.  Your race will begin at the sound of the chief referee’s whistle!
5. After your race, head back to the parking lot to check on the results.  You have a 15-minute protest period until results are official.  Follow the instructions of the chief referee.

Fields:

Men’s P/1/2 (74 miles)

Men’s Cat 3 (51 miles)

Men’s Cat 4 (51 miles)

Men’s Master’s 40 / 50 / 60 / 70+ (51 miles)

Women’s P/1/2/3 (51 miles)

Women’s 4/Novice (29 miles)

Men’s Novice (29 miles)

Scoring:

This race is different from most because the only score that matters is your club’s total score!  Everyone who is a member of the BBC is on one team and everyone from GVCC is on the other team (regardless of regular team affiliations).  The winner of the BBC vs GVCC Club vs Club race is the club that scores the most cumulative points across the fields above, not the individual winners of the races.

1st = 15 points

2nd = 13 points

3rd = 11 points

4th = 9 points

5th = 7 points

6th = 6 points

7th = 5 points

8th = 4 points

9th = 3 points

10th = 2 points

11th and after = 1 point each