Schedule
| EVENT | DATE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|
|
April 22, 2018
|
Surrey | |
|
May 5, 2018
|
Sechelt | |
|
June 23, 2018
|
Lot 4, Whistler |
Update to Series Schedule – March 30, 2018: In coordination between the event organizer and Cycling BC, the Bear Mountain Russ Hays Short Track BC Premier Series race on April 1, 2018 has been removed from the BC Premier XCO Series Schedule and will not count towards BC Premier Series points due to low registration numbers in several categories.
*The Canada Cup is a separate series hosted in partnership between Cycling Canada, its provincial sport organizations and local organizing committee, the Canada Cup Cycling Series is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI).
Series Structure
The XCO BC Premier Series consists of a series of races featuring some of BC’s top cross-country mountain bike events.
Points are calculated from the results of each race and then riders are ranked in the series standings. Series points will be accumulative for all races with all available points contributing to the series standings.
Points for each race will be awarded to the top 75 finishers as per previous years points table for top 75 places ranging from 200 points – 1 point.
In the case of a tie, the highest-placed rider in the final race will be the overall series winner.
Categories
The following categories are being tracked for series points. Additional categories to individual races may be added by the race organizer.
- Elite Men
- Elite Women
- Junior (17-18) Expert Men
- Junior (17-18) Expert Women
- Senior (19-29) Amateur Men
- Senior (19-29) Amateur Women
- U19 (17-18) Amateur Men
- U19 (17-18) Amateur Women
- U17 (15-16) Men
- U17 (15-16) Women
- U15 (13-14) Men
- U15 (13-14) Women
- U13 (11-12) Men
- U13 (11-12) Women
- Master 30-39 Men
- Master 30-39 Women
- Master 40-49 Men
- Master 40-49 Women
- Master 50+ Men
- Master 50+ Women
- Novice – BC Ride license eligible
If less than 5 Master riders (any age category) start any race in the series, points for that race will not be awarded for the category.
Results will be separated for points tracking and overall series rankings.
Points
| Place | Points | Place | Points | Place | Points | Place | Points |
| 1 | 200 | 21 | 60 | 41 | 35 | 61 | 15 |
| 2 | 175 | 22 | 58 | 42 | 34 | 62 | 14 |
| 3 | 155 | 23 | 56 | 43 | 33 | 63 | 13 |
| 4 | 140 | 24 | 54 | 44 | 32 | 64 | 12 |
| 5 | 130 | 25 | 52 | 45 | 31 | 65 | 11 |
| 6 | 120 | 26 | 50 | 46 | 30 | 66 | 10 |
| 7 | 115 | 27 | 49 | 47 | 29 | 67 | 9 |
| 8 | 110 | 28 | 48 | 48 | 28 | 68 | 8 |
| 9 | 105 | 29 | 47 | 49 | 27 | 69 | 7 |
| 10 | 100 | 30 | 46 | 50 | 26 | 70 | 6 |
| 11 | 95 | 31 | 45 | 51 | 25 | 71 | 5 |
| 12 | 90 | 32 | 44 | 52 | 24 | 72 | 4 |
| 13 | 85 | 33 | 43 | 53 | 23 | 73 | 3 |
| 14 | 80 | 34 | 42 | 54 | 22 | 74 | 2 |
| 15 | 75 | 35 | 41 | 55 | 21 | 75 | 1 |
| 16 | 71 | 36 | 40 | 56 | 20 | ||
| 17 | 69 | 37 | 39 | 57 | 19 | ||
| 18 | 66 | 38 | 38 | 58 | 18 | ||
| 19 | 64 | 39 | 37 | 59 | 17 | ||
| 20 | 62 | 40 | 36 | 60 | 16 |
Prizes
Presentation of the overall series winners will be presented with a winners jersey at BC Premier XCO Series Finals.
Riders must wear cycling apparel (comprising of clean team shorts, jersey, cycling shoes or sponsored podium shoes) to the awards ceremony when receiving the Leader Jersey or series prizes. Failure to do so will result in loss of award.
All athletes who have placed on the podium must attend the ceremonies. Failure to do so will result in loss of award.