ELIGIBILITY Para-cycling Athletes: Must be a United States citizen with a USA racing nationality. LICENSING National Championships: Riders may have a current International or Domestic USA Cycling license (USA citizenship) or Foreign Federation license showing a USA racing nationality to register. World Championships Selection: Riders must have a current International USA Cycling license with a USA racing nationality on or before June 20, 2019 in order to be selected for the Team USA roster for the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships. Selection procedures for the World Championships can be found on the U.S. Paralympics Cycling Website: https://www.teamusa.org/US- Paralympics/Sports/Cycling/Selection-Procedures REGULATIONS General: All events conducted under UCI Regulations, including UCI equipment regulations. Road Race and Time Trials: • No National Team Kit or National championship uniforms are allowed. • For the Road Race, only neutral service and official’s cars are allowed in the caravan. • For the Time Trial, bicycles and handcycles must be checked 15 minutes before the athlete’s assigned start time. Courtesy checks will be available from 1 hour before the first start. No follow vehicles are allowed. • For all sport classes in the road race, athletes are required to wear a helmet in the correct sport class color, or use an appropriately color helmet cover, as follows: RED MC5, WC5, MT2, MH4, WH4, MB WHITE MC4, WC4, MH3, WH3, WB, WT2 BLUE MC3, WC3, MH2, WT1 BLACK MH5, WH5, MC2, WC2, MT1 YELLOW MC1, WC1, WH2 GREEN MH1 ORANGE WH1 Handcycle Team Relay (TR): New National Championship event run under UCI and special regulations below: • Team Requirements: Teams eligible for the National Championship Team Relay, must be respect the following composition: o Teams of three athletes o Using the table below, the total of points for the three TR athletes may not be more than six (6) points which must include an athlete with a scoring point value of 1. • Composite teams may be formed (which may include riders from different teams). • Teams not meeting composition requirements will be allowed to compete but are not eligible for the National Championship title and medals. • TR rosters must be submitted to the Chief Judge no later than 4:00 pm on Friday, June 28. The submission of the roster confirms the order in which the athletes must compete. Team Relay Point Scoring Table Sport Class Points Men H5 3 Men H4 3 Men H3 2 Men H2 1 Men H1 1 Women H5 2 Women H4 2 Women H3 1 Women H2 1 Women H1 1 ONLINE/ONSITE REGISTRATION – ALL EVENTS Entry Fee Men Women Early Bird (before May 22) $85 $85 Regular (May 23 – June 24) $110 $110 Late On-Site $160 $160 QUALIFICATION CRITERIA No preliminary or qualifying events are required RIDER CLASSIFICATION Physical Impairment Classification: All registered athletes who have never been classified, have a national review (NR) or a fixed review date (NR 2018 or earlier) must go through a classification evaluation. Athletes should request classification by emailing Bryce Boarman at [email protected] and filling out the U.S. Paralympics Medical Diagnostics Form found at: https://www.teamusa.org/US-Paralympics/Sports/Cycling/Classification Classification appointments for physical impairments will be scheduled on June 25th or 26th from 9am – 6pm. Athletes requiring classification must be available for appointments on the 25th or 26th starting at 9am. Failure to attend your scheduled classification appointment will result in the athlete being removed from the competition. Visual Impairment Classification: All registered athletes who have never been classified, have a national review (NR) or a fixed review date (NR 2018 or earlier) must have their optometrist/ophthalmologist complete the visual impairment medical diagnostic form found at https://www.teamusa.org/US-Paralympics/Sports/Cycling/Classification and submit to Bryce Boarman at [email protected] by June 12th. Failure to submit your VI medical forms by June 12th will result in the athlete being removed from the competition. PROTOCOL & AWARDS There will be independent awards ceremonies for each competition throughout the event. See the schedule in this Technical Guide for times. The top-3 finishers for all events are required to attend and participate in the awards ceremony. Athletes will be directed from the finish to a backstage area, pending commencement of the official awards ceremony. Riders should be prepared for media inter- views in the staging area for the awards ceremony. Up to 3 medals will be provided for each event / sport class in the table below – regardless of combined starting groups - provided the sport class has one (1) or more entrant. Individual Time Trial Road Race Handcycle Relay • MC1 • WC1 • MC1 • WC1 • MC2 • WC2 • MC2 • WC2 Mixed Relay Teams* • MC3 • WC3 • MC3 • WC3 (H1-H5 men and/or women) • MC4 • WC4 • MC4 • WC4 • MC5 • WC5 • MC5 • WC5 *Only teams • MT1 • WT1 • MT1 • WT1 meeting the • MT2 • WT2 • MT2 • WT2 composition • MH1 • WH1 • MH1 • WH1 requirements outlined in the • MH2 • WH2 • MH2 • WH2 regulations above • MH3 • WH3 • MH3 • WH3 are eligible for • MH4 • WH4 • MH4 • WH4 podium and • MH5 • WH5 • MH5 • WH5 National • • • • MB WB MB WB Championship title. .