Rob Hughes

I am not suggesting that a new method of categorizing time trial performance should have any bearing on a racer's ability to upgrade in the road category. Also, if you race in a stage race then your TT time would be compared to others in your TT category for the purpose of determining TT rankings in the BAR (generally the TT course of a stage race is the same across all categories). Your road category would determine which group you raced in during the rest of the stage race. For instance: if a racer's TT performances (whether part of a stage race or not) consistently put him in the company of Cat 2 riders then he would be cat 2 for TT. If he never scores a point in a road race or criterium then he will forever be a cat 5 roady. This would make the OBRA TT competition more meaningful.