This year teams will again be competing for the Cannondale Team Cup trophies. The team cup challenge is a great way to stimulate more interest and incentive to ride, train and work together for a common goal. For 2008 we will offer 9 team cup trophies by offering 3 divisions as follows.
• Large Team - Teams over 10 riders
• Small Team - Teams 10 Riders and Under.
• Grassroots Team – Beginner and Sport riders only, no experts.
The team competition is open to any group (bike shop affiliation, club, jersey, etc) that would like to participate in the team competition. A team can only enter in one of the team categories. Teams may be made up of any combination of racers from any of the classes and categories. For MASS team competitions, a racer can only be affiliated with one team.
Team Managers must submit a team roster to the series director prior to the first race. To score team points a racer must be registered for the series on BikeReg and on a team roster prior to the race in which the racer will be eligible for team points. Final team rosters will be due June 1st. No roster changes will be accepted after that date. There will be no retroactive scoring.
The team competition will be scored as follows:
For Large Teams having more than 10 riders
1. The 10 highest scoring riders will be counted first.
2. After the top ten highest scoring riders for a team are counted, any rider that had a top three finish that was not counted in the top 10 will also be scored toward team points.
For Small Teams less than 10 riders
ALL riders on the team will be counted towards team points.
For Grassroots Teams
• Any amount of riders
• Beginner and sport riders only
1. The 10 highest scoring riders will be counted for any one team.
2. For teams with more than 10 riders after the top ten highest scoring riders for a team are counted, any rider that had a top three finish that was not counted in the top 10 will also be scored toward team points.