The League 2000 is a series of 10 age-related cycling rounds for under 18’s.
There are three events that take place during each of the 10 rounds of the League 2000. These are a ‘Skills Test’, a ‘Time Trial’ and a ‘(Handicapped) Road Race’.
- Skills Test – participants attempt a short obstacle course that includes various challenges in the quickest time. One, five and ten second time penalties apply for a foot down, attempt but fail and no attempt of each individual obstacle. Prize money is awarded for the most combative rider – £2.
- Time Trial – participants complete a short one km time trial at 30 second intervals where they compete for the fastest time. It is also one of the many deciding factors in a riders starting position in their respective (handicapped) road race. Prize money is awarded for the most improved time at each round – £2.
- (Handicapped) Road Race – participants are split up into one of our five road races. This depends on a number of factors, including a rider’s time trial time (not specifically their time done on that evening or when a PB). Races include two small laps, two large laps, three large laps, four large laps and five large laps. Prize money is awarded for the top three in each race – 1st £3, 2nd £2 & 3rd £1.
Every rider who attends a round of the League 2000 will earn points in their respective age category. Build points to earn more prizes, which can be redeemed at our prize presentation towards the end of the year. Points mean prizes, so how are they calculated?
ALL three events (Skills, Time Trial & (Handicapped) Road Race) count towards a rider’s overall score at each round.
The winner of each event gets one point, second two points and so on until the last placed rider. This gives the overall placings of the Skills Test, Time Trial and (Handicapped) Road Race for that particular round and does NOT take into consideration age categories. This is worked out at a later stage.
Riders’ positions are added together from each event (Skills Test, Time Trial & (Handicapped) Road Race) giving them their overall points for that particular round.
The rider with the lowest points at that round will be the best placed in their age category and will receive 100 points towards their season total, with 2nd 95 points, 3rd 90 points, 85, 80, 75, 70, 69, 68 and so on, until the last placed rider in attendance at that round.
The best 8 of 10 round point scores are taken towards the overall final placings. But points accumulated across all 10 rounds can still be cashed in for prizes.
Results are published after each round and a prize presentation takes place at the end of the year to celebrate everyone’s accolades and achievements.
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