Schreck, George
Marco Serpellini 35
Marco Serpellini 33
Are these the famous Marco Serpellini twins who were born two year's
apart?
I would prefer a 40+ because at age 54, I find it more difficult to race
against people 20 years my junior, but I do not want to race in a 4/5
field. I suppose it may be a self centered position, but probably no
more so than the same reasons that those 35 years old want to race
masters. After all, those who are under 40, could choose to down grade
if they feel they cannot compete in their current category against the
younger guys, but I suppose they do not want to do that any more than I
want to race in a 4/5 field.
As for the numbers, I have found the 40+ plus fields are fairly large
without the need to go to younger ages, as OBRA keeps aging. The CAT
1/2 fields often are smaller. Of course, the CAT 3 fields tend to be
huge, as most of us at any age are average and tend to rise to CAT 3 and
get no better.
There is no right answer to this and someone is always going to be
disappointed.
-----Original Message-----
From: hogie-@yahoo.com [mailto:hogie-@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 4:23 PM
To: ob-@topica.com; cmur-@obra.org
Subject: RE: [OBRA Chat] Mt. Hood Cycling Classic now NRC but still
Master 40+ Unlike Ca
Why 35+
Retiring this year
Lance Armstrong 34
Mario Chipollini 38
Francesco Casagrande 35
Pavel Tonkov 36
Angel Casero 33
Rolf Aldag 37
Uwe Peschel 37
Igor Gonzalez de Galeano 32
Niki Aebersold 33
Ludo Dierckxsen 41
Tristan Hoffman 35
Marco Serpellini 35
Marco Serpellini 33
Bart Voskamp 37
Javier Pascual LLorente 34
Peter Farazijn 36
Average Age 35.4
Take out the highest and lowest and it's still 35.2
That seems to be the age when most start so slow, even the pros.
It's too late for 06 but for 07
35+ A and B
A: cat 2/3
B: cat 4/5 and 3's over 45(unless you win too much then you're boot up)
Besides the largest number of "traditional" masters (35+) is between 35
and 39. Numbers drop in each 5 year span above that.
Richard
cmur-@obra.org wrote:
OBRA is trying to get all race organizer to change their masters to
40+
Candi
-----Original Message-----
From: Schreck, George [mailto:george.-@pacificorp.com]
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 3:27 PM
To: hutchsr-@yahoo.com; ob-@topica.com; mh-@gorge.net
Subject: RE: [OBRA Chat] Mt. Hood Cycling Classic now NRC but still
Master
40+ Unlike Ca
Why? Maybe the Cascade Classic should fall in line and raise the age
to
40+. It seems to me that if you are under 40, you are a bit young to
claim
to be a masters racer and should be able to race with your category.
In
many other sports 40 is the cut off.
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