What region of the country has THAT many separate Cat3 races? Most of the ones I have seen in the
Mid Atl. are 1 through 3. That makes it more difficult to upgrade.
Michigan had a whole series of separate races so upgrading was eventually going to happen if you
won/placed. Also, no one wants to stay a 3 because there is little to no teamwork. They were
essentially longer&faster cat 4 races.
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> > > In North America, most of the D3 teams don't pay their riders
*anything*, therefore most of the "professionals" here are glorified
> > > amateurs.
> > >
> > >
> > > 18 of the 57 professional teams are in North America. That certainly
is not representative of N. America's strength in the sport. We
> > > do not have 30% of the top 500 riders here.
> > >
> > > We may have the highest incidence of Delusion.
> > >
> > >
> > > K. Gringioni getting together my Fattie Master D3 team for next year
> >
> > I think we have a lot of the opposite happening in the USA as well. People who should be Cat 2's
> > or 1's who are still riding week in and week out as a Cat. 3 and sandbagging events to win money
> > in those events. Of course everyone knows who these people are who have a gazillion upgrade
> > points (I knew one guy in the Southeast who had accumulated over 200 points as a 3 over the
> > course of one season and wouldn't upgrade to a 2). So sandbaggers suck, and pros who should be
> > Cat. 3's still suck just as bad. Delisional we are.
> >
> > Tom
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> Is there really that much money to make it worth staying a Cat 3 ? Most 3's stay a 3 because they
> know that their ass will get handed to them if they upgrade. It has become more than evident that
> this year D3 teams hired marginal Cat 2 amateurs for nothing, rather than picking up quality
> seasoned Pro's and pay them a decent wage. There are a good number of U.S. Pros that are sitting
> on the sideline this year because they can't ride for peanuts. It was a marginal living at best
> for many of them, but now they simply can not make ends meet.
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> OMC