Many of you may have already heard this, and I don't know how many people on this board it applies to but, USA Cycling has made a change regarding pro's having to qualify for the championships in Mammoth. Apparently they decided that pro's don't need to qualify to compete. I stumbled upon this info on the web page looking for something else. The link on the main page has the old guidelines and the link on the Mountain page has some new info (but both the correct and incorrect info is up on their web page). I called to double check that I was understanding the new information correctly and it was confirmed that Pro's don't need to qualify, but any other class that had to previously, still has to. The rep said they were having some problems advertising this change to the masses. It really only impacts independent riders, as factory riders have team managers that are supposed to find those things out. Regardless, I figured I would pass this info along in case other people had not heard. Here are the links to the information pages at USA Cycling in case any one is interested.
This link, which has been up for a couple months now says everyone needs to qualify:
http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=649
This new link, which is only in the MTB section, is revised and says pro's don't need to qualify to go:
http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=890
This link, which has been up for a couple months now says everyone needs to qualify:
http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=649
This new link, which is only in the MTB section, is revised and says pro's don't need to qualify to go:
http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=890