olympic qualifying am I missing something

shaungil

Just flicking through Irishcycling site today and I saw this article http://www.irishcycling.com/publish/news/art_6100.shtml re Caroline Ryan and her olympic qualification hopes.
I thought the oracle who knows all that is track (and has one buried in his underground lair) told me the event she is doing is not on the programme in the olmypics? did i miss something? Is she aiming to qualify in a different event?

Beasty

There are 5 track events for both males and females

Sprint
Team Sprint
Kieran
Team Pursuit
Omnium

Caroline Ryan was originally attempting to qualify in the Team pursuit, but Ireland could not put together a good enough team and that idea was abandoned some time ago

I assume she is actually attempting to qualify for the road events, not the track

RobFowl

Womens TT is the aim afaik

Celtic chrono at stormont is an Olympic points qualifying event and Caroline is already one of very few Irish women with a UCI ranking. A few top level performances at the right events and a bit of luck........
If it wasn't achieveable she wouldn't be going for it.

shaungil

Thanks lads the article didn't make that clear at all. Seems to be a pretty late run for this but would be great to get another Irish cyclist in London.

Beasty

She has 8 UCI ranking points putting her in 226th place, 1,726.92 points behind Marianne Vos!

Siobhan Horgan has 10 points in 201st place

However 30 points gets you in the top 100, and you qualify by virtue of (amongst other things) the nation's performance

Ireland are currently in 43rd place, and about the 25th European nation with 25 points, and another 5 points would have moved them up to equal 32nd place, so there does seem to be scope to move up the rankings

I presume that if she qualifies for the TT it would be on the back of qualifying for the RR, as there are no separate TT rankings that I am aware of, and that would allow her to compete in both events

RobFowl

The CI ctriteria are here
(as Beasty says you have to qualify for the TT on the back of the rr)

Appendix G – Selection Criteria for 2012 London Olympic Women’s Time Trial
Number
Criteria for 2012 London Olympic Women’s Time Trial
Total Points Available
1.
Only riders selected for the Olympic road race are eligible for selection.
n/a
2.

Placings in “WC/CDM” UCI time trial events from 01-01-2012 to 31-05-2012 as follows: 1st to 3rd 100 points, 4th to 6th – 90 points, 7th to 9th – 80 points, 10th to 12th – 70 points, 13th to 15th – 60 points, 16th to 20th 50 points, 21st to 25th – 40 points, 26th to 30th – 30 points, 31st to 40th – 20 points, 41st to 50th – 10 points.



600
3.
Placings in “1.1/2.1” UCI time trial events from 01-01-2012 to 31-05-2012 as follows: 1st to 3rd – 75 points, 4th to 6th – 67 points, 7th to 9th – 60 points, 10th to 12th – 52 points, 13th to 15th – 45 points, 16th to 20th – 37 points, 21st to 25th – 30 points, 26th to 30th – 22 points, 31st to 40th – 15 points, 41st to 50th – 7 points.


4.
Placings in “1.2/2.2” UCI time trial events from 01-01-2012 to 31-05-2012 as follows: 1st to 3rd – 50 points, 4th to 6th – 45 points, 7th to 9th – 40 points, 10th to 12th – 35 points, 13th to 15th – 30 points, 16th to 20th – 25 points, 21st to 25th – 30 points, 26th to 30th – 20 points, 31st to 40th – 10 points, 41st to 50th – 5 points.


5.
Suitability to the London Olympics course and potential to be competitive.
100

Maximum points possible
700

Notes:
a. Best six results from all categories 2 to 4 above to count.
b. Above points apply to individual road time trials within or outwith of stage races, prologues less than 8 kilometres are excluded.

Appendix F – Selection Criteria for 2012 London Olympic Women’s Road Race
Number
Criteria for 2012 London Olympic Women’s Road Race
Total Points Available
1.
Only riders who have scored UCI points in road race events from 01-01-2011 to 31-05-2012 will be considered for selection.
n/a
2.
Placings in “World Cup/Coupe de Monde” road race UCI events from 01-01-2012 to 31-05-2012 as follows: 1st – 100/(80) points, 2nd – 70/(56) points, 3rd – 40/(32) points, 4th – 30/(24) points, 5th - 25/(20) points, 6th – 20/(16) points, 7th – 15 (12) points, 8th – 10 (8) points, 9th – 9 (8) points, 10th – 8 (7) points.

600
3.
Placings in “1.1/2.1” road race UCI events from 01-01-2012 to 31-05-2012 as follows: 1st – 80/(64) points, 2nd – 56/(45) points, 3rd – 32/(26) points, 4th – 24/(20) points, 5th – 20/(16) points, 6th – 16/(13) points, 7th – 12/(10)points, 8th – 8/(7) points, 9th – 7/(6) points, 10th – 6/(5) points.


4.
Placings in “1.2/2.2” road race UCI events from 01-01-2012 to 31-05-2012 as follows: 1st – 40/(32) points, 2nd – 30/(24) points, 3rd – 16/(13) points, 4th – 12/(10) points, 5th – 10/(8) points, 6th – 8/(7) points, 7th – 6/(5) points, 8th – 3/(2) points, 9th – 2/(1) points, 10th – 1/(0) points.


5.
Suitability to the London Olympics course and potential to be competitive.
100

Maximum points possible
700

Notes:
a. Best six results from all categories 2 to 4 above to count.
b. Above points apply to one-day road races, road stages of stage races.
c. Points not in brackets apply to one-day results, for stage placings (excluding time trial or prologue stages) the points in brackets apply.
d. No points are earned for final GC placing.

shaungil

So we need to get the 2 Irish girls to get some ranking points quickly and then Ireland will qualify one place?

The this one place would have to be dcided who'd go Ryan or Horgan and then that rider could bo both events Road and TT?