USA Cycling announced on Friday a new name for its national road calendar, dubbing the combined former National Racing Calendar and National Criterium Calendar as the USA Cycling Pro Road Tour.
“We are proud to unveil the new USA Cycling Pro Road Tour, which will showcase the top American teams and riders on the road starting in 2016,” said Micah Rice, USA Cycling vice president of national events. “Thank you to our team of race directors and US-based teams for giving valuable input in implementing this exciting new change in the American road cycling scene.”
The USA Cycling Pro Road Tour combines stage races, road races, omniums and criteriums across the country from April to September.
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Scoring for the series puts the most emphasis - in succession of decreasing points - on "international" stage race overall finishes; domestic stage race overall finishes; international time trials, road races or stages; domestic road races, time trials or stages; individual domestic criteriums and criterium omnium overall placings. Points are awarded to the top-10 finishers in each applicable event.
For the individual scoring, all applicable points will be calculated into a given rider's total. In the case of a tie on total individual points, the tie will be broken in the favor of the rider who has the most first-place finishes or, if still tied, the most second place finishes. If the individual placings still do not determine a winner, the highest placing in the last individual race of the calendar will be used.
For team scoring, the top-three riders of each team in each event score points for their team. For any given day of racing, the total team points for a given day will be the sum of the individual points for the top-three scoring riders.
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