ATTN: SO CAL CYCLING PROMOTERS

... REPORT YOUR RESULTS!!!

I am absolutely sure that this will not be a surprise to anyone currently racing in California, however one quick blurb in case you have not been paying attention. As a member of USA Cycling, and clearly a racing license holder, your results for your races are to be reported by the promoter so you maybe ranked against your peers and fellow racing enthusiasts. However, after having participated in about 15 USA Cycling sanctioned events I have only had my results for 3 of these races reported.

Now this to me seems inherently odd, because if I go to SoCalCycling.com, I can access all my results for the year. Clearly there is a break down in communication here. Promoters are reporting results to SoCalCycling but not to USA Cycling... clearly reporting to USA Cycling must be difficult for these absent minded promoters, therefore I have decided to post step by step instructions online.

Results and Rankings

Following you will find the guidelines for submitting your race results online. Please feel free to contact the Results and Rankings Coordinator at rankings@usacycling.org, at any time during the process if you have any questions.

1.You will need to have an account on the USA Cycling website. You do not need to purchase a rider license to have an account; just create a login and password.

2.Once you have created an online account, please complete the online results and rankings agreement (see link below) to have the ranking logo applied to your race. This logo also indicates that the point value level has been set for your race. If this value is not set, the system will not rank your event.

3.When the point value level is set, you will receive an email notification granting permission to submit and edit race results directly from your USA Cycling account.

4.When your race results are set with the proper information (follow example format headings for Mountain Biking and Road/Track/Cyclo-cross), you will just need to follow the directions through the new system submission process.

Here is the Agreement form below, which keep in mind all of the local promoters have had to have established... especially in the event that they post their USA Cycling permit number.

USAC and Promoter Results and Rankings Agreement

USAC and event promoters agree on a process that each will follow for events that are to become part of the USAC Results and Rankings Program. The objective of this agreement is to identify the responsibilities each of us has in keeping the integrity of the rankings program accurate and a value to members at all levels of ability.

Event Promoters

- Agree to submit race results in the 21 days following the conclusion of the event.
- Recognize that should a promoter not live up to this agreement, action may be taken by USAC on future sanctioning of events.

USAC

- Will continue to commit itself to the goal of maintaining an athlete ranking program that distinguishes its value to all of its constituencies.
- Will calculate the rankings on a daily basis.
- Will provide members with access to their ranking on the USAC web site. Riders will be able to compare themselves with other riders on a national level, state level and even by their own zip code.

This agreement is established to serve the USAC membership. USAC, along with our promoters, recognizes the need to continually increase participation and strengthen our sport.

I agree to the conditions listed in the USAC and Promoter Results and Rankings Agreement. I agree to follow the USAC approved format using Excel or any other comma delimited file and submit it directly to the web site or to rankings@usacycling.org. I understand that results need to be submitted within 21 business days after the close of the event.

I would really like to call attention to the line above, "USAC, along with our promoters, recognizes the need to continually increase participation and strengthen our sport." Why has this vision been lost between the promoters and our representatives at USA Cycling. Clearly penalty for missing he 21day reporting deadline must not be very serious, as evidenced by the fact that none of our events are being reported in a timely manner. In fact TORRENCE CRITERIUM just reported last week... only 110 days later. Yet for some reason SoCalCycling had results within 2 days. I cannot believe that the same email that goes to SoCalCycling must be that difficult to forward to USA Cycling. Here is their email one more time, rankings@usacycling.org .

Please let your promoters now by voicing your concern for the reporting. My email requests have undoubtedly ended up in someones junk mail. Perhaps if we get enough out there, crowding enough space in the inbox, we may finally get some of these promoters to add that extra CC in the address box.

Please its not that difficult... please send in your results, otherwise I may never now how much better I am than Mark Vitaliano from Chicago or little Billy Applebee from Podunk, Kentucky... I need the validation of results to finally prove once and for all that not only am I the best racer, but more endowed and able to piss further than all of my competition.