2011 Club Race Schedule

UCI race regulations

Club races are a lot of fun.  All members of the club may participate in the club races, and there are no race entry fees for club members.  Non-club members are welcome to participate in club races, but they must hold an Alberta Bicycling Association (ABA) license and be of masters age (30+).  Non club members are required to pay $5 to enter a club race for insurance purposes.

A race may be cancelled due to unfavourable weather conditions or lack of participation.  The race organizer will make the final decision on whether a race will be held.  If a race is cancelled, it usually will not be rescheduled.

Additionally there are races organized by the Alberta Bicycling Association (ABA) -  see the ABA race schedule.  In order to compete in an ABA race, you will need either an annual ABA license or a Race Day License (RDL).  The RDL is ideal for riders who want to try racing and gain experience without committing to a full year ABA licence. There are some limitations regarding the number of events and type of events so check the ABA website for details.

For more information on bicycle racing rules and regulations, including ability and age categories, refer to the CCA Rulebook.

 Please note the following ABA regulations:

1. Crankmasters club members must wear the Crankmasters jersey during ABA races.  In addition, it is strongly recommended that Crankmasters club members also wear the Crankmasters jersey during club races.
2. All new Masters licensees, regardless of age or gender, will be placed in Category 5.  If a Masters rider has previously raced in Category 1/2, 3. or 4, the current category will be retained unless the rider requests, in writing to the ABA, a downgrade to Category 5.
3. ABA single event licenses will only be available for the ABA Individual Time Trial series, and will no longer be offered for road races, team time trials or criteriums.  If you are contemplating racing road, team time trial or criterium races, you must get a full ABA license.

In order to participate in club races, all racers will have to sign a waiver.  It would be most helpful to bring a pre-signed copy of the waiver to the event.

Crankmasters 2011 Club Race Calendar

In addition to the following race calendar, Crankmasters will again have a Wednesday night racing series consisting of Time Trials and Road Races.  Schedule and Policies document available here and on the Wednesday Night Series Blogspot

The full list of ABA-sanctioned road races are available at the ABA Website

MOMENT OF TRUTH AIRDRIE ADRENALIN ITT - April 3:  map   route 

Start time is 11am sharp so plan on being at the meeting location no later than 10:30am to allow for registration and a warm up.  This race is another 20km ITT on the service road between Airdrie and Crossfield on the east side of Highway 2.  The course begins at the first corner of the service road.  The turnaround is at 10km which is just before Highway 72.  Start times will be one minute apart.  Park on the road west of the Costco Distribution Centre.  After the race meet at the Airdrie Tim Hortons fro coffee and to review the result.

SPRING SERIES PRE-ROUBAIX 20 or 40km ITT - Details to come

This event is being held along with Speed Theory’s April 17 Prairie Roubaix RR.
Sign-on will be starting at 0900 at the Acme Hall with the race starting at 1100.  Racers will start at 1 minute intervals and there is both a 10km and a 20km turn.  The cost is $10 for each race or $15 for both.  Check back for further details.  Information also available on Speed Theory website  www.speedtheoryteam.com   Volunteers will also be needed.

STAMPEDE SAMPLER RIDE - June 26: map

Same location as last year - Madden Community Hall.  This is a chance for riders to preview the race course before the Stampede Road Race.  This will be a club ride on the Stampede Classic course.  Ride time is 11 AM sharp at the same meeting location as the actual race on July 18.

STAMPEDE CLASSIC ROAD RACE - July 10: map

Madden.  Registration will be via Karelo.  Event information available soon.

Full category results will be available from the ABA website.

TRUTH BE TOLD ITT - September 18:  Map   Route   Profile  Results

Same course as April 3 Moment of Truth ITT and is a chance to see how you have improved over the summer. Start time is 11am sharp so plan on being at the meeting location no later than 10:30am to allow for registration and a warm up.  This race is another 20km ITT on the service road between Airdrie and Crossfield on the east side of Highway 2.  The course begins at the first corner of the service road.  The turnaround is at 10km which is just before Highway 72.  Start times will be one minute apart.  Park on the road west of the Costco Distribution Centre.  After the race meet at the Airdrie Tim Hortons fro coffee and to review the result.