2017 BC Premier XCM Series

The 2017 season marks the inaugural year of a provincial series for the cross-country marathon discipline, the BC Premier Cross-Country Marathon Series. The marathon format has seen continued growth over recent years with competitors engaging in the endurance format across the categories in full-family affairs.

The BC Premier XCM Series consists of four races featuring some of BC’s top mountain bike events:

Date	Event	Location
May 6, 2017	Vedder Mountain Classic	Cultus Lake
May 13, 2017	Sunshine Coaster	Sechelt
May 20, 2017	Nimby 50	Pemberton
June 17, 2017	Sp’akw’us 50	Squamish

Many aspects around the format of the Marathon (XCM) style of racing differs from the cross country olympic format (XCO), for this reason there will be some slight changes and considerations in the structure and format of the XCM series.

Series Standings

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Licensing

Riders are required to hold a BC Race licence (includes a UCI licence) or an out-of-province UCI license to be eligible for series points tracking and standings. Points are calculated from the results of each race,ranking riders in the series standings. Series points will be cumulative for all races, with all available points contributing to the series standings (see points table below).

Unlicensed riders will be able to purchase one day licences and race in their selected categories; unlicensed riders will be able to win the category on the day but will not have access to series points and are therefore not eligible to become the overall series winner. Unlicensed riders results will be removed from the standings leaving the order of the licensed riders to apply to the points table below.

Points

Points for each race will be awarded to the top 75 finishers as per below points table for top 75 places, ranging from 200 points to 1 point.

In the case of a tie, the highest-placed rider in the final race will be the overall series winner.

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.

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

Overall series winners will be recognized and awarded the series winners trophy at the annual Cycling BC awards ceremony (scheduled for late November after provincial Cyclocross Championships).

All athletes who have placed on the podium must attend the ceremonies. Failure to do so will result in loss of award.