Race Categories

Year:

Race Categories 2008

CQ Point Scales

Code Category Races
Stage Races

GT1

Grand Tour - Category 1

Tour de France

GT2

Grand Tour - Category 2 

Giro d'Italia & Vuelta a España

2.PT

Small ProTour Stage Race

Tour Down Under, Vuelta al Pais Vasco, Tour de Romandie, Volta a Catalunya, Dauphiné Libéré, Tour de Suisse, Benelux Ronde, Deutschland Tour, Tour de Pologne

2.XPT Small Ex-ProTour Stage Race Paris-Nice, Tirreno-Adriatico

2.HC

Stage Race 2.HC continental calendar

Critérium International, Driedaagse van De Panne, 4 Jours de Dunkerque, Bayern Rundfahrt, Euskal Bizikleta, Tour de Luxembourg, Österreich-Rundfahrt, Tour de Wallonie, Post Danmark Rundt, Vuelta a Burgos, Volta a Portugal, Tour of California, Tour de Georgia, Tour de Langkawi and Tour of Qinghai Lake 

2.1

Stage Race 2.1 continental calendar

Etoile de Bessèges, Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria, Tour Méditerranéen, Ruta Ciclista del Sol, Volta ao Algarve, Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana ... and many others. 
Until 2004 defined as category 2.2 and 2.3.

2.2

Stage Race 2.2 continental calendar

Until 2004 defined as category 2.5.

2.2U

Stage Race 2.2 continental calendar U23

 

2.NC

Stage Race Nations Cup U23

 

One Day Races

1.PT1

One Day Race ProTour - Category 1 (Top Classics)

Ronde van Vlaanderen

1.XPT1 One Day Race Ex-ProTour - Category 1 (Top Classics) Milano-Sanremo, Paris-Roubaix, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Giro di Lombardia

1.PT2

One Day Race ProTour  - Category 2

Gent - Wevelgem, Amstel Gold Race, Classica San Sebastian, GP Plouay, Vattenfall Cyclassics, ProTour Finale 

1.XPT2 One Day Race Ex-ProTour  - Category 2 Flèche Wallonne, Paris-Tours 

1.HC

One Day Race 1.HC continenal calendar

Omloop Het Volk, Milano-Torino, Rund um Köln, E3 Prijs Harelbeke,  GP Indurain, Scheldeprijs, Rund um den Henninger Turm, GP Gippingen, Dutch Food Valley Classic, Giro del Lazio, Tre Valle Varesine, Giro del Veneto, Coppa Placci, Parijs-Brussel, GP Fourmies, Giro dell'Emilia, Giro del Piemonte, Commerce Bank Int Champ. 

1.1

One Day Race 1.1 continental calendar

GP d'Ouverture La Marseillaise, Trofeo Mallorca, GP Costa degli Etruschi, Trofeo Laigueglia, Tour du Haut-Var, Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne, GP Lugano, ... and many others. 
Until 2004 defined as 1.2 and 1.3 Category.

1.2

One Day Race 1.2 continental calendar

Until 2004 defined as category 1.5

1.2U One Day Race 1.2 continental calendar U23  

1.NC

One Day Race Nation Cup U23

 

Championships

WCRR

World Championship Road Race

+ Olympic Games Road Race

WCTT

World Championship Time Trial

+ Olympic Games Time Trial

WCU

World Championship U23 Road Race

 

WCUT

World Championship U23 Time Trial

 

WCB

World Championship B-Countries Road Race

not in 2008 

WCBT

World Championship B-Countries Time Trial

not in 2008

CC 

Continental Championship Road Race

 

CCT

Continental Championship Time Trial

 

NC1

National Championship Road Race top 5

Top 5 of countries based on last years country ranking. 
In 2008 : Italy, Spain, Germany, Australia & Russia.

NC2

National Championship Road Race 6-10 

In 2008 : Belgium, Netherlands, France, USA & Switzerland.

NC3

National Championship Road Race 11-25 

In 2008 : Luxembourg, Slovenia, Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Colombia, Austria, Belarus, Ukraine, Poland, Kazachstan, Portugal, Sweden, South Africa & Argentina.

NC4

National Championship Road Race >25

All countries outside the top 25.

NCT1

National Championship Time Trial top 5

See NC1

NCT2

National Championship Time Trial 6-10

See NC2

NCT3

National Championship Time Trial 11-25

See NC3

NCT4 National Championship Time Trial >25 See NC4
Without Points
XX Special Races Commonwealth Games, Pan-American Games,...
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