Haverty, Chris

There is a downside to changing TT catagories to something other than the USA cycling system, particularly for riders that also race in other regions of the country.  Also, as has been mentioned, stage race categories could get muddled if we have different TT and road racing cats.
 

--- On Mon, 8/18/08, Robert Hughes wrote:

From: Robert Hughes
Subject: [OBRA Chat] Time Trial Divisions
To: obra@list.obra.org
Date: Monday, August 18, 2008, 9:27 AM

I like the idea of many winners, and wouldn't want to change that. Changing
the way the TT is categorized wouldn't change the number of winners. On the
contrary, by placing well you would be upgraded into the next division, thus
making the divisions more meaningful. You could choose to race your age or your
division. Also, by having a seperate TT division, the Team Time Trial would
benefit by having teams of more evenly match racers. This would be safer and
more competetive, and allow for teams to be comprised of racers with similar TT
performance regardless of their Road category (how many teams dropped riders, or
had to "wait" for teammates?). Forgive my blind spot, but what is the
down side to changing the way we rank or categorize the TTs. I doubt the
multisport athletes would mind.
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