February 19, 2007 – Our goal is to win the National Championships and the Western Canada Games, and to place as many riders as possible on the National team for the Junior World Championships.

To reach this goal, we will be selecting the strongest riders in the Province who have a strong possibility of winning our targeted events. We will provide them with preparation training camps and race support at the Junior National Championships and Western Canada Games.

The following criteria define the selection method for this program. Rankings will be determined by tests at training camps (same points awarded as races) as well as race results, as outlined below. The final list of selected athletes will be released on June 13th, 2007.

BC Team Qualifying Events

Road Events (Qualifying for Team BC for Nationals and WCGs)
1. March, 31st/1st April Devo Spring Series Road Race/Circuit race/Time Trial
2. April, 28th/29th Mission Stage Race
3. May, 26th/27th Victoria (TBC)

MTB XC Events (Qualifying for Team BC for Nationals and WCGs)
1. May, 12th Surrey MTB XC
2. May 20th Kamloops MTB XC
3. June 9th Kamloops MTB XC

MTB DH Events (Qualifying for Team BC for Nationals only)
1. April 8th Downhill Derby Kimberly Alpine Resort
2. May 6th Rat Race DHI (Roberts Crk.)
3. June 10th DHI BC Cup – Kamloops

Track (Qualifying for Team BC for Nationals only)
May (Date to be confirmed) Trials and Races Burnaby

Points Structure

Points will be awarded according to final ranking in each event. The best two of three competitions for each individual will be used, except for the Track where there is only one qualifying competition. International results will be taken into consideration. All riders considered for Western Canada Games must ride a minimum of one road and one mountain bike cross-country event. Points will be awarded as follows:
“¢ 1st place = 12 points
“¢ 2nd place = 10 points
“¢ 3rd place = 8 points
“¢ 4th place = 6 points
“¢ 5th place = 5 points
“¢ 6th place = 4 points
“¢ 7th place = 3 points
“¢ 8th place = 2 points
“¢ 9th place to last finisher = 1 point


Selection Details

WCG team – 5 male and 5 female riders will be selected (riding both Road and MTB XC), with the rest of the team to be placed as reserves in rank order.

National Road Championships – 3 male and 3 female riders will be selected. Selection must be confirmed by a minimum fitness test before the 3rd June.

National MTB Championships XC – 3 male and 3 female riders will be selected. Selection must be confirmed by a minimum fitness test before the 3rd June.

National DH Championships 2 male and 2 female riders will be selected based on points only.

National Track Championships 1 – 2 male and 1 – 2 female riders will be selected per event. Selection must be confirmed by a minimum fitness test before the 3rd June.

All tests must be booked through Richard Wooles (richard@cycling.bc.ca ) at Cycling BC. The last date for testing is June 3rd.


BC Team Training Camps

BC Team selection will be finalized on the 13th of June, 2007. All training camps prior to this are open to any riders (U19 males, U21 females) who make a successful application by email to the coach running the camp (see www.cycling.bc.ca news for updates).

“¢ March 19th — 21st: Victoria
“¢ May 19th — 21st: Kamloops (MTB — Camp)
“¢ June 16th — 17th: Race/Train as Team BC (Invitation only)
“¢ June 23rd- 24th: Race as Team BC (Invitation only)
“¢ July 31st — 3rd August: (place to be decided) (Invitation only)
“¢ We hope to run other camps, but we need to find more funding first.




BC Team Events

Once the team is selected, they will compete as Team BC at the following events.

“¢ July 2nd-5th National Track Championships (Quebec)
“¢ July, 2nd-15th National Road & TT Championships (Quebec)
“¢ July 21st-22nd National MTB XC Championships (Mt. Washington, BC)
“¢ August 4th-5th National MTB DH Championships (Mt. Washington, BC)
“¢ August 3rd-11th Western Canada Games (Alberta)

Benefits of being part of Team BC

Support will be provided to all riders that are selected to Team BC. This will be in the form of funding towards travel costs and accommodation, coaching assistance from the Provincial Coach, and clothing for the events. Details of this support will be provided once the team has been selected and a structure to reward success at National Championships is finalized.

Other race projects
We will look at doing other races if we can justify the need and find the funds to support the projects.