Steven Beardsley
The OBRA Women’s Prestige Race Series is a five month long, ten race
series, run by the OBRA Oregon Cup committee. The series replaces and
expands the previous Oregon Cup Women’s competition and OBRA Cat 4-5 race
series. Presented by:- Liv/Giant (http://www.livgiant.com/)
- OBRA
Special thanks to the Let's Race Bikes Initiative for their help getting
this series started.
The OBRA Women’s Prestige Race Series goals: - Expand participation by
providing a year long competition for teams and individuals - Raise
awareness of women’s racing as a fun, safe, active and healthy activity -
Provide focus races on the calendar for women and women’s teams to train
and plan for - Encourage teamwork and team strategy - Provide resources for
promoters increase the level of support and prizes for women’s
categories. Series
Details:The race series will consist of 10 races and three different
competitions. Races will consist of road races, criteriums, time trials and
one stage race. The competitions will include a Cat 1/2/3 series, a Cat 4
series and an overall team competition. The Oregon Cup committee will
select the races and work directly with race promoters to ensure that the
races provide the highest quality event possible. Series Schedule: Kings
Valley Road Race - 4/13 Eugene Roubaix - 4/27* Banana Belt II - 5/12* Bend
Don't Break - 5/25 OBRA TTT - 6/9^ Rainer Road Race - 6/16*^ St. Honore
Criterium - 7/6 Montinore Road Race - 7/14* Giro di Portland - 8/17* Eugene
Celebration Stage Race - 8/23-25 * Sr Women Only ^ OBRA Championship Event
Prizes: Minimum $1500 cash plus merchandise.
Series leader jersey and free race entry to series races for series leader.
Leaders jersey must be worn to receive free entry.
Custom leaders numbers for series leading team.
Series Rules: Individual Competition Points 1. Individual points will be
awarded for each race in the series according to the points table. Only
those riders who are annual OBRA members will be eligible for series awards
and final series results. If a non-annual member becomes an annual OBRA
member after earning series points, they will retain all previously earned
individual points. 2. Individual points earned in a stage race will be
awarded according to overall GC placing only. Points will be awarded at
1.5x the value for individual placings according to the points table. 3. In
a team time trial, individual points will be calculated by dividing the
points awarded for the team placing by the number of riders that started on
the team. For example, if four riders start on a team and the team places
1st, each rider receives 25 points for the individual series standings.
Team Competition Points 1. In a road race, criterium, individual time trial
or stage race (GC only), team points will be calculated by adding the
points of the top three riders from each team according to the points
table. 2. In a team time trial, team points will be awarded to one team per
category (Senior Women and Category 4/5 Women) in the team competition,
according to the points table. For example, if one OBRA team starts two
separate teams in a team time trial, only the highest placed team will be
awarded team points. 3. Only registered OBRA teams are eligible for the
competition and only annual OBRA members may earn points for their team.
Series Leaders Individual series leaders will receive free entry to series
races if they wear the provided series leader jersey. The leading team will
be provided sereis leader numbers for each member of the team to wear
during series races. Points Table Place Points 1 100 2 80 3 70 4 60 5 55 6
50 7 45 8 40 9 35 10 30 11 25 12 20 13 18 14 16 15 14 16 12 17 10 18 8 19 6
20 4 21-100 2
*Additional Details and Notes:*
Please note that only OBRA annual members and registered teams are eligible
for this competition. Please make sure you get your team registered.
We are working to gather additional sponsors for the series, so keep an eye
out for additional details.
*Contact:*
Oregon Cup Committee
Steven Beardsley - srbeards@gmail.com
Karey Miles - karey.miles@gmail.com
Charlie Warner - lormormedia@gmail.com