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Information for All Racers

For information about a specific discipline or type of competitor, see the links on the left of this page. Access USAC rulebooks for all disciplines here.

A USAC Release Form (Road/Cyclocross Release Form  MTB Release Form) is required at all USA Cycling events, whether you pre-registered or not. It's recommended that you print it out, fill out the required information, and present it with your license at race registration. It will save you a bunch of time.

Licensing

Don Russell on licensing:

Good news!! The USA Cycling license fees have not changed. Bad news is all your 2006 licenses have expired; as of 31 Dec 2006. So it’s time to get a new one now. Don’t wait until you have to line up at the race venue, fill out another form and have to remember your old number as well as the release form (which I print out and fill out the day before). Go online www.usacycling.org, go to your page and renew. If you’re eligible to upgrade, do that now, so it shows up on your license.

Remember Collegiate racers: Get your NCCA license as primary and then add on USAC Road and/or MTB. It’ll save you $30. Juniors are $30 with $30 for the add-on Road or MTB license. Everyone else, it doesn’t matter which is your primary, the add-on (MTB or Road) is $30, so $60 for one and $90 for both.

Do everyone a favor, especially yourself and the first race promoters, get your license on-line, today. When you get your license print out the confirmation page. Until you get your actual license, that is your license. You must have either it or the license when you show up to race. Don’t expect the promoter or official to have a list of all the licensed racers. If you don’t have a license or proof of a license you can fill out an application with required funds, the official will check your license currency when they get online or back with me, and if you’re licensed, they’ll tear up the form. If not, they’ll send it into USA Cycling with the rest of the paperwork. If USAC shows it as duplicate, they’ll tear it up. Meanwhile, I may recommend that USAC suspend your racing privileges for a week to a month, because you misrepresented your status and raced without a license. You can always race on a one-day license (Road/CX, $10) but you’ll be limited to Cat 5 (Men), Cat 4 (Women), or assuming you’re old enough (40+ in MT), you can race Masters.