Team Selection for 2019 Qualification Races

Registration

Clubs are expected to submit a list of their respective cyclists to the JCA secretary by 1st March 2018. Please remember No Registration = No Selection.

The following information must be included for each nomination:

1. Full Name 2. Club 3. Home address 4. Date of birth 5. British cycling membership number and category

Riders must be 17 years old in 2019 to be eligible under the IG rules.

Riders

Islands are allowed to enter teams of up to 5 men and 5 women.

2019 Island Games Cycling events

Road Race, Time Trial, Criterium – there are no events for Mountain Bikes

Qualification events

a) Local

6th May: Inter Insular TT island games course 7th May: Inter Insular RR Scotcher Course 9th May: Liberation Day RR Watersplash 17th May: Track race 10 laps 24th May: Track race 15 laps 31st May: Track race 18 laps 7th June: Track race 22 laps 14th June: Track race 25 laps 24th June: RR course tba 15th July: Scotcher / Watersplash RR 5th August: JCAR RR champs 12th August: JCA circuit champs 26th -27th August: RR and TT Guernsey course tba

Notes:- i) Races above in Bold Italic will be run in conjunction with Guernsey; ii) For the TT events above riders are expected to use a UCI legal road bikes as will be the requirement in Gibraltar; iii) For the Track Series 17th May to 14th June riders will be expected to compete in at least 4 of the 5 races.

All male riders wanting to be considered are expected to race in Division 1 (senior/ scratch) category only in 2018

All female riders to be considered are expected to race in Division 1 or 2 only in 2018

b) Off-island

All riders are expected to compete in the BC South Region Road Race Championships date: tba

All riders are expected to compete off island in 3 National Level races. If taking part in France the races should be at Regional level or above. Riders who competed at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games are excluded from this requirement.

Team announcement

Riders selected for the Team will be announced on 1st November 2018.