Any one have any tips or info on USAC sanctioned road races that are still planning on being held this summer and fall? I believe that as of June 1st, events are allowed to be held at the discretion of individual directors and local government. Would really love to race some this year if possible. Thanks in advance.
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Maybe they will be releasing this the coming Monday?
With the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, USA Cycling has been working to develop tools to help event organizers plan for the future of rides and races. On Monday, May 18 at 2:00 pm MDT, we are excited to serve the broader cycling community by hosting a free webinar for those in event organization as well as communities hosting cycling events. If you are unable to attend the live webinar a recording will be made available.
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Anything interesting to report?
Not particularlyā¦Just off the top of my head:
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they shared the results of the survey. ~75% of people would go ahead with an event they had planned to do. Slightly more focused on local/regional racing.
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only about 30-40% of people would be willing to sign up for an event more than a week before. She mentioned that this may make race promoters nervous to hold events.
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insurance will still cover races, as long as that race is not being held against state and local laws. Iād you catch covid at a race and can prove it then the insurance may cover you
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part of the calculation for holding races is the public perception. So itās a bit subjective but itās good that that is being considered
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due to competitor separation, time trials may be the first form of racing to go on, then mountain biking, then road racing.
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then they went into the current research shows how it spreads
Iām sure Iām missing things. The slides and recorded presentation are up on USAFās website.
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I agree with @mwglow15ās summary. You can find the info here:
Survey results are up there. (The speaker went through a bunch of data verbally, which was kind of hard to followā¦ so Iām glad the full results are up.) They said something about parsing the data in different ways, but I donāt know if that will be released. I wish they presented the data differently on some of the slidesā¦ for Q15 they didnāt break down all of the datapoints by gender, and I suspect there is a big difference between the two. It looks like they are skewing the results to show that people will be happiest with huge (250+) field sizes, which is really surprising to me.
They said they were going to post the recording of the event on that page, as well.
There was a bit of discussion from Dr Roshon and Dr. Finnoff about risks etc., but I found that to be a little confusing and not totally helpful.
Also: thereās going to be another webmeeting on Thursday at 2pm MT about group riding. Maybe there will be more specific useful information there.
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Thank you for posting. Sounds fairly positive for the prospect of racing at some point this year. 
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Yea, Iād come to grips with having everything for the summer goneā¦would be really dissapointed if there was no CX in the fall though.
I wonder if the answer about the field sizes was skewed by the fact that most people compete in fondos or other more mass start events as opposed to your local crit races
Obviously thatās kinda their job but the overall vibe of their news at least sounded positive toward that possibility.
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I could see bracket racing for XC or CX actually beingā¦kind of fun? Especially if there were dual lines to race?
The birth of the dyanmic duo of Upduro and Downcountry?
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I sold my TT bike years ago but if this is the only way to race in 2020, I will likely buy another.
Looking at the Ohio section on USAC today anything thatās a real race with flyer/info/etc on it says cancelled, and the other ones with out real info on it donāt have anything.
Maybe something will come back in the fall but Iām of the belief there will be a major spike as soon as things open up and weāll be back to where we are now. Thinking this year is just going to be the year of ājust enjoy riding for ridingā.
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Come race in Brown County (Indiana) the first weekend of June. Brian has a solid plan that should work pretty well so we can race.
Oh ā¦ donāt get mad at me about the start hill.
NB: USAC will still ONLY permit events if you have permission from your local government and landholder, whose laws override event permits. So remember, thatās the real driving force behind sanctioned events moving forward.
In yesterdayās meeting and all the preceding ones, they didnāt provide much āguidanceā to event promoters, but have sent out suggestions for strategies to maintain social distancing guidelines. Drive-through packet pickup, handwash stations, new race formats, and the like.
Bottom line is they canāt really do much because every locality is going to be different. So itās not a blanket āall events are onā.
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Yup they covered that. If the event goes on against local and state laws then the insurance and everything else associated with event is voided. I would assume this probably applies to any additional accident insurance you purchased on top of that.
This meeting sounded mostly like they want to have all of their ducks in a row so that once states start opening up and going back to ānormalā they are ready.