We’ve made cycling a user-friendly spectator sport.” With this format, they can follow the race, they can root. “People aren’t going to stand around for an hour just to watch a blur of riders pass them for 20 seconds,” NCL Commissioner Peter O’Neil said in a 1991 LA Times article. More recently, the World Cycling League/TeamTrak tried something similar in the velodrome with location-based teams like PA Lightning, Mexico Heat, Colorado Cyclones, and the Dublin Thunder competing in events in 2016.
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Yes, a little odd by today’s standards, but they were trying to bring something to the masses that somewhat resembled a format they were used to with major pro sports. Check out Steve Tilford’s blog post about his time in the NCL and his championship ring. At the end of the season, riders would get championship rings, similar to what you’d find on the hands of Super Bowl Champions. At the end of the season, two teams from each conference and two wild card teams made it to the World Title Race. Teams were made up of five riders, and you could sub one rider in at halftime, and only three teams raced. The team with the most points at the end won.
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On each sprint, the top four riders from each team scored points, along with points awarded to the top 10 riders at the end of the race. The format changed a little over the years, but in 1991, there were two halves that were made up of 12 laps, with sprints every 3 laps and a 15-minute halftime in between. The National Cycling League was started in the late ’80’s with many connections to the NFL, including the NCL commissioner and former players as owners, like Franco Harris.īack then, the format was a little different from what we come to expect at a crit race. If you’ve been around the crit scene since the 1990’s, this might sound familiar. Nothing has been said about any possible conflicts with trade teams or sponsors at this time. Rosters will be made up of up-and-coming riders, big names in the crit world, and National Champions and Olympians.
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Riders will wear team jerseys that will include their name and number on the back, like other major pro sports. The amateur and pro women’s fields will race as usual, but for the men, there is a “new” concept of racing for city teams, not rider’s trade teams. There’s a twist though that is bringing back memories of American crit racing from the early to mid-’90s. The $100,000 equal prize money payout, including $20,000 in primes, the largest in US Crit history, will be sure to attract many of the top crit teams and racers in the nation to the invitational event. The three-race event will be held on October 30th at the California State Capitol building in Sacramento, CA, with racing for Amateurs (1/2/3) and Pro Women’s and Men’s fields. 元9ION of Los Angeles’ Justin and Cory Williams have helped create an event coming later this month called Into the Lion’s Den, Powered by SRAM.