The USA Cycling National Racing Calendar (NRC) is an annual competition of road bicycle racing events held in the United States and sponsored by USA Cycling . The NRC includes a men's and women's individual and team rankings based on points awarded at the events. The competition is open to amateur and professional riders regardless of national origin.
7-465: In 2011, the NRC had 30 events: 8 stage races, 15 crits, 2 one-day road races, and 5 omniums . In 2012, the NRC has 29 events, and a total prize purse of more than one million dollars. This cycling-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Omnium An omnium (from Latin omnium : of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling . Historically
14-491: A similar manner to the first five events in the regular omnium. A road race omnium consists of a time trial , a criterium , and a mass-start road race – typically held across a weekend or other 2-3 day period. Points are awarded to the top finishers at each event and totalled at the end of the event. The overall winner for the event is chosen based on the number of accumulated points. Often, organisers will stipulate that riders must complete each event in order to qualify for
21-553: The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) consisted of the following six events held over 2 days: For the first five events, each winner was awarded 40 points, each second place 38 points, each third place 36, etc. Riders ranked 21st and below will each be awarded 1 point. In the Points Race, riders add to and lose points from their totals based on laps gained and lost, and points won in sprints. After
28-463: The 2016 season, the three timed events – the sprint time trial, flying lap and individual pursuit were all removed from the event, a tempo race added, and the event shortened to a single day. The points race as final race format remains with minor modifications. The winner of the Omnium is the rider who has obtained the highest total of points. In the event of a tie in the final ranking, the places in
35-472: The elimination race and the distances of the events were lengthened to favour endurance cyclists. The omnium replaced the individual pursuit and the points race at the Summer Olympic Games beginning in 2012 . The change received some criticism from cyclist Rebecca Romero , who was left unable to defend her Olympic title. From June 2014 until the end of 2016, the omnium as defined by
42-428: The final sprint of the last event, the Points Race breaks the tie. A rider must have completed every event in the omnium, otherwise they are ranked last. A para omnium in para-track cycling was introduced in 2020, featuring four events: Individual events except the flying 200 m may be held as part of the stand-alone events, with only the omnium participants eligible for omnium points. Points are awarded in
49-528: The omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that feature the three primary road race events ( time trial , mass start and criterium ). The omnium was re-introduced into the World Championships as a five-race track cycling format for men in 2007 and for women in 2009. The omnium was changed in 2010 by the UCI to include
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