Rust Belt Roll

Details Subject to change. This is a return of the crit to Westlake after many years so we are adding new elements as well as tweaking the setup as we make it through the season. Read below for more and send suggestions to Info@RunTheLand.com or through the Questions? link on the main page.

Preems, Purse, and Financials

• 50% of all revenue after payment of the police will be distributed to the Top Men and Women (3 to 10 deep depending on field) Group A
  • Payout will be issued after the last event
• Preems will be dependent on donations from local businesses. We encourage you, the riders, to connect us with any business you feel may support! 
• We will have 2 paid staff at each event and will be demoing new timing tech from Chronotrack. Be nice to us as we work to rebuild this training series.

Race Rules:

1. Lap 1 is a control laps. No attacking and all speed increases must be gradual. A bell at the start of Lap 2 will end this.
2. If you've been dropped by your bunch and lapped, you have to pull out during the race laps or stay out of the way for the rest of the time.  
   1. Dropped Riders - please check in with timing so the system doesn't score you incorrectly

General Rules:

• Water Refills can be done by going into Sibling Revelry Brewery.
• Group A - Warm up in a Clockwise direction. Be mindful of the racers (race will follow clockwise of roads)
• This is a TRAINING series. Riders deemed to be riding in an overly aggressive or dangerous manner are subject to ejection by the officials.
• Riders must sign-in weekly, but only have to sign the release one-time
• Riders will be issued one bib number for the ENTIRE series
• Replacement numbers subject to a $5 surcharge
• Helmets and a legal race ready bike are required

What to Know Beforehand 

• A Criterium or crit is a short road race. The Rust Belt Roll is a 2 Mile Loop (3.21km)
• Crits are short, fast races, often involving technical courses with close competition. They usually have no set distance, but instead the race is run over a set time and then a number of laps. 
  
  • The Rust Belt Roll has two different race categories that include B 30 minute race plus 2 race laps and 43 minutes and 5 race laps.
    Like all sports cycle racing has rules. 95% of cycling rules have a safety intention. Do not race until you have read and understand the rules which apply to the race you plan on entering. 
• Water bottles, take one on your bike, and one for afterwards. 
• A road-race legal bicycle.
  • Road bike handlebars are mandatory, and the ends of the bars must be plugged. You can't ride disk or bladed wheels or aero-bars.  
  • Lights, mirrors, frame pumps etc., take them off before you race. Apart from them being heavy they can fall off and cause an accident. 
• A legal helmet
• Gloves aren't mandatory, but encouraged 
• Wear cycling clothes, everyone else will be in lycra (bib) knicks and jerseys
• Entry fee. This is usually $10-15
  
  • Pre-register online for the Rust Belt Ride & Run
• Be on time. Price, location, start times, race duration and anything you need to bring for RBR can be found on the race page.