Who can Participate?
Since Cyclo-Cross World Championships are in January 2020, categories are based on rider’s age as of December 31, 2020.

What Type of Membership is Required?
The minimum licence requirement to participate in the Eastern Ontario Cyclocross Series is a Citizen Permit. If you do not hold a Citizen Permit or UCI licence, Non-Member permits may be available. All registration for events is in advance, there is no day-of registration. Citizen Permits can be purchased at the same time as registering.

Place and Upgrade Points
The OCA Upgrade/Downgrade Committee has approved a new upgrade points system starting with 2018 cyclo-cross events. This new system, along with some minor changes to category structure, hopes to be able to promote riders through the system at a more even pace while also assuring competitive balance across the various categories.

The point structure below will be based on races that have the ability based category system such as regional races and Ontario Cup races (IE. M3, M2, M1, Elite 1/2, Elite 3, Elite 4, etc.). Races that are run under age based categories (or other forms of ability based categories) will not have upgrade points associated with them (Citizen Sanctions, Provincial Championships and Eastern Series Cross).

The new upgrade point structure will be based on the specific category field size.

Points will be based on the following criteria:

Mandatory Upgrades are required at 35 points
Optional Upgrades begin once a rider obtains 20 points

Other Important Upgrade Information

• Points will be carried over for one (1) season. (NEW!!!!)
  • So any points earned in 2018 (unless the rider already is upgraded or reaching the mandatory cut-off) will be what the rider starts with for the next Cyclocross season.
• The OCA Upgrade/Downgrade Committee also reserves the right to review the category numbers at the end of the season and should re-allocation of members be required, can implement a system prior to the CX season to achieve this.

CATEGORIES EXEMPT FROM MANDATORY UPGRADE

For Master Male riders who have a racing age of 50 years or older (Master C or Master D), there will be no Mandatory Upgrade to M1. Riders in this age bracket who achieve enough upgrade points to upgrade to M1 may still choose to upgrade but it will not be mandatory.

UPGRADING WITHOUT POINTS REQUIRED

Anyone without the points required to upgrade, or who are looking to downgrade, may submit a formal request to the OCA Upgrade/Downgrade Committee using the form below. We ask, because of the condensed cross schedule, that all requests for the following weekend are submitted prior to Noon each Tuesday of the season. This will allow the committee time to review and come up with a decision prior to the weekend race(s).

Adult Upgrade/Downgrade Request Form

Youth MTB/CX Upgrade Policy and Request Form (2018 COMING SOON)

Series Points
Series points will be awarded as follows:

Note: Series points only available to those who hold an OCA Citizen Permit (if category allows) or UCI Licence.

**New members MUST select an entry level/novice category unless they have a previous race licence with another cycling body (proof of this is required before a licence will be granted).

Provincial Championships have different licence requirements.
Citizen Events
Licence requirements subject to event rules. Please consult Event Technical Guide for more info. Availability of non-member permits subject to OCA approval.

There will be a reduced Cyclo-cross only UCI licence that will be offered. This will be made available only in August prior to the start of the first cyclo-cross race.