Cycling Australia

2008 Australian Elite & U19 Track Championships

4 to 10 February 2008
Dunc Gray Velodrome - Sydney NSW

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The program for this event is now available. To download (PDF file) click here. 

For information on the 2007 Junior Track Championships click here.

Results for this event are now available by clicking here.

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Closing date for entries
Entries close with CA on Monday 21 January. States are to enter their full team into iMIS. Should you have any problems entering your team please contact Ron Bonham. You can now also enter the OMNIUM and AWD TANDEM events through iMIS. It is imperative that you include seeding times where required.

Entry Fees
After receipt of entries CA will issue an invoice to each State for the entry fee of $25 per rider.

Entry List
A list of entrants are available by clicking here.

Ticketing

Spectator tickets will be available at the door at the following prices:

Information on the Championships, including the program, ticketing details and results when available can be found on both the CA website and Cycling NSW website www.nsw.cycling.org.au

Program run sheet
A run sheet of events for the Championships will be circulated during the first week of January. To download the program, click here.

Managers Meeting / Permanence
These meetings will be held on Monday 4 February in the Conference Room at the Dunc Gray Velodrome at the following times:
 - 12.00pm Permanence for NSW, Victoria and Queensland
 - 12.20pm Permanence for Tasmania, SA and WA
 - 12.40pm Permanence for ACT, NT and international competitors
 - 1.00pm Manager’s meeting
 - 1.30pm Commissaires meeting

Managers are reminded of the following for the above meetings:
• Managers are to have the licences of all competing cyclists and the officials in your team. All licences must be signed by the holder. If a manager cannot produce a specific licence he must have either a receipt or a letter of explanation from the Federation concerned
• Managers must produce a sample of the clothing their cyclists will be wearing.
• All team members and officials must be registered with a UCI affiliated Federation.
• All riders need to have their bikes inspected, riders who may fall outside the normal
measurements note re: morphological rule should be raised at permanence.

Omnium – Elite and U19 Men:
This year the sequence for the omnium events will be as per the UCI regulations (listed below). Maximum two entries per State. The events in the omnium will be:
 1) 200 metres time trial (flying start)
 2) Scratch race (approx 5km)
 3) Individual pursuit (3000m for elite - 2000m for U19 - without finals, heats will be drawn based on the overall ranking after the scratch race)
 4) Points race (15km with 6 sprints)
 5) Kilometre time trial (riders will race two up)

All events run as per the Technical Regulations in each event. Any rider failing to attempt to start in one of the events will not be allowed to take part in the subsequent events and will be recorded
as a “DNF” A cumulative total of rankings obtained in each event shall be updated in increasing order after each event. The winner shall be the rider who has obtained the lowest total of rankings. In the
event of a tie, the best rider shall be determined by the lowest cumulated time of the time trial events.

Promoter
Cycling NSW are the promoters of the Championships, if you require any information on the event contact:
 - Anna Powell, Operations Officer, Cycling NSW
   Phone: (02) 9738 5850 or anna.powellcycling.org.au

Monday 4 February
In support of the two Championship events being conducted on Monday 4 February, Cycling NSW will be staging some club racing which States are welcome to enter. For further information on this
racing contact Anna Powell at CNSW. Racing commences at 7.00pm.

Transport
CNSW have offered airport transfer assistance for team’s bikes and equipment only to/from the Dunc Gray Velodrome. Please complete the travel details and estimated freight quantity on the
attached form if you wish to take advantage of this offer.

Training Schedule
The velodrome will be available for training on Sunday 3 and Monday 4 February free of charge. Please nominate your preferred training times on the attached form. We will advise in due course
of the training schedule. Should you wish to book the velodrome outside of these days contact Michael Clancy, Venue Manager on email: michaelclancy@bankstownsports.com to negotiate the
terms.

Rider information
To assist with publicity for the Championships and to ensure the announcers have the correct information on the cyclists can you please provide to Anna Powell at CNSW a brief bio on each of
your representatives.

International Participants
In accord with CA Technical Regulation 3.22.01 the CA Board have agreed that international riders will be permitted to participate in the Championships at qualifying level of individual events with
only two to proceed to medal rounds. In mass-start endurance events, priority will be given to Australian competitors.

Medals
International riders will be eligible for medals.

Australian Champions Jerseys
The first placed Australian cyclist will be awarded the Australian Champions Jersey in Open/Elite categories only. International competitors are not eligible for these jerseys.

Clarence Street Cyclery Cup
The 26th Clarence Street Cyclery Cup will be held on Saturday 2 February. CNSW have scheduled this event at this time to provide State Teams the opportunity to compete in this major NSW track carnival. Further information and entry details are available from Anna Powell at CNSW.