Century Road Club Association

1. Sub-team member’s CRCA affiliation

a) Each member of a CRCA sub-team who races must have “Century Road Club Association” as club affiliation on their USCF license and must be a dues-paying member of CRCA. Each sub-team must have at least 50% of its members as CRCA Racing members, but a sub-team may have up to 50% of its roster as Associate CRCA members. A sub-team may have non-CRCA members as part of a team, but only in a support or administrative position.

b) Each sub-team’s jersey is also a CRCA jersey (See Rule 11). Teams may not allow persons who are not members of CRCA to race in team jerseys. If a sub-team knowingly allows a non-CRCA person to race in a club or open race as a team member in a team jersey, the entire team is suspended from racing as a team (i.e. in team uniform) until further notice. If the violation occurs during a Team Cup or Challenge club race, then any points earned at that race are forfeited, and additionally the sub-team is suspended from racing as a team in the next Team Cup or Challenge race (such suspension to carry over to the next season if necessary).

2. 2008 renewal

Anyone racing in a CRCA race in a sub-team uniform must first have signed their sub-team application. Existing teams renewing for 2008 must have their applications in by February 29, 2008. New teams are asked to submit their application by March 7, 2008. Failure to do so may prevent team members from being allowed to race in their team uniform and will prevent the team from accruing any Team Cup or Challenge points until the completed application is received. Mail applications to the Director of Teams: Douglas von Bushberger 215 W92nd St., Apt 3I, New York, NY 10025.

3. Rosters

Team rosters are to be submitted both on paper (on the application form), and also via e-mail. E-mail your team roster to Douglas von Bushberger at: teams[at]crca.net.

4. Contact person

Each team must designate one team contact, preferably a team manager, as an e-mail contact and must provide the e-mail address and phone number for that person. Please also name an alternate team contact, with e-mail and phone information.

5. Team duty requirements

a) Each sub-team receives many benefits by being part of CRCA. These include both elimination of team duties to USACycling and the USACycling requirement that a team stage an open race. It also allows a group of individuals to participate, as a team, in some of the most competitive racing in the New York area. In return for these benefits CRCA requires each team to provide a reasonable service to the club or to the broader cycling community during the year. This can be done by performing a specific function, i.e., pre-registration of open races, racing clinics, etc. The Director of Teams will work with team managers to arrange team duties. First priority is to provide labor for open races sponsored by CRCA. Team Duty responsibilities will be commensurate with the numbers of members of the sub-team. The team’s duty must be agreed upon with the Director of Teams no later than April 1. Teams that have not selected a Team Duty by that date will not be allowed to race until a duty is selected and approval is granted by the Director of Teams.

b) At the Director of TeamsO discretion, a sub-team may have its members do one additional marshal duty during the course of the year (assuming there is a need for additional marshaling), in lieu of performing a Team Duty. This duty may only be done after the member completes the mandatory two-race marshaling requirement. If a team’s obligations are not met by one of the above activities the team will have to pay to CRCA $60 per member. Any team that does not meet its obligations will not be allowed to register the following year. Members of that team will not be allowed to join other teams before their individual share of the obligation is met.

6. Leaving or changing teams

Sub-team members may leave or change teams during a racing season after notice is given to the Director of Teams by either the original team manager or by the departing team member (if notice is given by the departing team member, that member must also notify his or her team captain). If the member joins another team, his or her new team manager must provide notice to the Director of Teams (as stipulated in Rule 7) before that member is allowed to race as part of the team (i.e., in team uniform).

7. Change to team rosters or sponsors list

Changes (additions/deletions) must be submitted to the Director of Teams (by e-mail or letter, followed by or including a signed application) on a timely basis. No addition to or deletion from a sub-team roster shall be effective until notice of the change has been given to the Director of Teams.

8. Multiple team affiliation

Team members may not be affiliated with more than one team within the CRCA or with any team outside the CRCA without the express written consent of their title sponsors and the CRCA Board of Directors. However, at major open races, members are encouraged to form ad-hoc teams and work together, and for this purpose members of different sub-teams may all wear one jersey upon the approval of the CRCA Board of Directors.

9. Team’s responsibility for member’s marshaling dates

Team members are responsible for marshal duties as CRCA members. Marshals perform the single most important function of CRCA: protecting racers and other park users. One serious incident during a CRCA sponsored event not only taints the club, but the sport as well. CRCA teams will be held responsible for missed marshaling dates and suspensions of their team members, as follows:

a) If a member of the team is suspended from the previous year and remains on the roster in the present year, then the team is responsible for making up the date(s) before the team can compete in CRCA club races in the present year.

b) If the suspended member leaves the team and joins another sub-team then the new team is responsible for the member’s prior suspension and cannot race in CRCA club racers in the present year until the date(s) is made up.

c) If the suspended member leaves the team and renews with CRCA as an unattached blue-and-gold rider, the member is responsible for his or her own missed marshaling date(s).

d) If a sub-team is carrying any suspensions from the previous year by May 1st of the present year, then they are considered in default and will be suspended, and will not be allowed to race in team uniform or accumulate Team Cup or Challenge points.

e) If a member of a sub-team misses a marshaling date and is suspended as a result, the suspension must be made up at the next club race in accordance with CRCA marshaling policies. The rest of the team may take part as a team in the next race as long as the suspension is being made up at that race. If it is not made up at the next club race, then the entire team is suspended (although individual team members may race in blue and gold jerseys) and additionally any Team Cup or Challenge points earned from the date of the suspension are forfeited until the suspended member’s marshaling duty has been made up. In addition, if the marshal violation occurs during a Team Cup or Challenge race and the member who caused the violation participated in that Team Cup or Challenge race, than any Team Cup or Challenge points earned by the squad on that date are forfeited.

f) Suspensions will be reviewed and judged by the Director of Teams in conjunction with the Marshal Director.

10. Inclusion of CRCA in team name

All registration and publicity of sub-teams at club and open races shall include the name “Century Road Club Association” or “CRCA”, as follows: “CRCA/Your Team Name”.

11. Uniform requirement

No team may compete in a CRCA mass-start race as a team unless the entire team is wearing distinctive uniforms that comply with the following rule: long and short-sleeved jerseys, jackets, and skinsuits must display the CRCA circle logo centered on the sleeves of both shoulders between the shoulder and the elbow. The diameter of the CRCA Logo shall be at least 3.5″. The CRCA logo will be furnished to the sub-teams by the CRCA Board of Directors. In the event that a CRCA sub-team fails to comply with this rule, such team will be notified in writing of the violation and will be given 30 days to remedy the violation. If the violation is not remedied within 30 days, such team will not be permitted to compete in CRCA races. (USCF Racing Rule 1L2 is incorporated into this Rule.)