BPA Dernyfest & National Women's Omnium
May 30th 2009
DernyFest is an experience and an opportunity, it is fun, is exciting and is fast.
Not to be confused with keirin race where a group sprinters follow a Derny for several laps until it swings off the track leaving the riders to sprint for the line. Not to be confused with so called motor paced bunch races where the Derny controls the field until it again swings off leaving the bunch to race for the line in a mass charge. Derny racing as in DernyFest is totally different. Each rider is individually paced by a Derny. Racing as a team the Derny driver paces the rider, coaxing him, or her, to accelerate and attack when the time is right and resting or relaxing the rider whenever he can. Tucked in behind the Derny a rider will be able to rider faster than he can on his own or within a bunch.
DernyFest is unique. It is a race for all categories and abilities. The concept is simple.
10k heats are run off with the first two in each heat riding a 25k final, the next two in each heat rides a 20k final, the next two a 15k final and so on.
The whole field is placed as well as the overall winner the leading riders from different categories can be easily identified.
The nature of DernyFest is often that the result of the heats is established quite early on with the field spread all around the track. The finals are totally different with the field more evenly matched which results in a much closer fought race.
Entries are encouraged from anyone who wants to try something a little bit different. Don’t worry if you haven’t got your own pacer. If you have that’s great but if you haven’t then we can provide one.
Women’s Omnium Regulations
1. Open to:
Senior and Junior Women Riders who hold a full UCI Competition Licence. Foreign Nationals holding a licence of a foreign Federation.
2. Format
A minimum of three events will be run within each round of this competition:-
a) 500m Individual Standing Time Trial (may be hand held – Start to be on straights)
b) 8km Scratch Race
c) 2 Km Individual Pursuit (may be hand held – may be multi Station Start).
All Riders must complete the distance to record a time. (Whether caught or not). Riders not completing the full distance will be placed in order. That rider having covered the most distance will be placed the highest and so on. Number of riders per heat at discretion of Chief Commissaire.
d) Sprint Competition 6 heats of 4 riders. Seeding to be based on current placing in the 500m Time Trial held that day.
Heats winners to semi finals (2 x 3up)
2nd places to Minor Final A
3rd places to Minor Final B
4th places to Minor Final C
Semi Final Winners to Final A
2nd Places to Final B
3rd Places to Final C
The Chief Commissaire may adapt this formula dependent on the number of starters.
e) 8km Points Race. Points of 5, 3, 2 and 1 every 2km.
Riders failing to complete the full distance will be placed according to distance covered irrespective of points gained.
f) The events to be run in order as shown above.
3. Omnium Points Structure
a) The results of each event within each Omnium Round will carry the following points- 1st 1Point; 2nd 2 Point; 3rd 3 Points; etc
b) The Rider with lowest accumulative points will be declared winner of that Omnium League Round. In cases of equal points, the final placing of each rider in the points race shall determine the final overall placing of such riders.
c) Riders not contesting all events will be placed in that round’s overall standings in order after those who started all the events. This order will be dependant on 1) the number of events started and 2) points scored.
d) National Omnium League Points Per Round - See General Regulation 11 above. Junior Women will also have their own separate National Series (this will include any Youth A Riders) in addition to their inclusion within the National Women’s Omnium Series. The same scale of points will apply.
4. Incomplete Meetings
All National Women’s Omnium League Rounds shall commence and be completed within the same track meeting. In circumstances where a National Women’s Omnium League round is not completed due to inclement weather or other reason, the Chief Commissaire shall declare the result as at the competition of the last fully completed round of that meeting’s competition. In the case if a tie on points at this stage, the placings of those affected riders in their last event shall be used to place such riders in the final overall result. Prizes and League Points will be allocated as per items 3 & 4 based on this result.
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