The Venue

Druid Hill Park is a beautiful, historic 745 acre urban park established in 1859.

The Event

Charm City Cross in 2011 will mark the 7th annual Charm City Cross and our third year as a UCI sanctioned race. This is a Category 2 UCI and USAC cyclo-cross event. The event will be held under UCI regulations and USAC Permit # (Permit Pending). UCI scale of penalties and USAC penalties will apply.

Registration

www.bikereg.com
Reg. Fees: $35 for UCI Elite events, $10 for Amateur U19 events, $20 for Elite U19 Men, & $25 for all other events. Lil’ Belgians Free
Online registration closes on Thursday, September 15th at 7:00pm
There is a nominal additional fee for online registration with BikeReg.
No mail-in registration
On Site Late Registration is available for non-UCI classes, however we urge you to register online to avoid the additional $10 same day registration fee.
The registration pavilion will open by 8:00am

Licensing Requirements

The UCI Elite Men/U23 Men, UCI Elite Women/Master Women 35+/U23 Women must have a current International License. A domestic USAC license is acceptable for all other categories.

Annual and One Day USAC licenses will be available for sale at the registration booth.

NOTE ON RACING AGE: Your racing age is your age as of December 31, 2012 (not 2011).

Note: There will be no separate payout for the U23 Men and U23 Women racing in the UCI categories.

Schedule for both Saturday and Sunday

9:00am 40 minutes Cat 4 Men (field limit 125)
10:00am 45 minutes Cat 1/2/3/4 Master Men 45+, Cat 1/2/3/4 Master Men 55+ & 60+ (field limit 125)
11:00am 40 minutes Cat 3/4 Women, Cat 1/2/3/4 Master Women 45+, U19 Amateur Men & Women (field limit 125)
12:00pm 45 minutes Cat 1/2/3/4 Master Men 35+, Elite U19 Men (field limit 125)
1:00pm Lil’ Belgians Kids Race
1:15pm 40 minutes UCI Elite Women/U23 Women/Masters Women 35+ (field limit 125)
2:30pm 60 minutes UCI Elite Men/U23 Men (field limit 125)
3:45pm 45 minutes Cat 2/3/4 Men (field limit 125)

Note: For the races with combined fields the 125 field limit is for the COMBINED field, not for each individual field. BikeReg has been set up so that once the limit has been reached for the combined field registration will close for each of the individual fields within the combined field.

The course will be open for inspection and warm-up approximately 15 minutes prior to each event. The officials will make an announcement when the course has been opened for inspection. Warming up on the course during an event is strictly prohibited and will not be tolerated. We suggest you inspect the course at least two slots before your race as you will need to get to the starting grid 15 minutes before your start time for staging.

Start Line Protocol

Racers must report to the holding pen adjacent to the starting grid for staging 15 minutes before the start of their race.

Call-Up Protocol

All racers will be staged sequentially by race number.

Race numbers will be assigned based on the following: UCI points (most recently published), MAC Series points (most recently published), order of registration, late registrants, and promoter’s discretion.

The Cat 4 Men’s race will be staged by order of registration.

Feeding

Note that feeding during competition is generally prohibited. However, if the temperature is above 20 degrees C (68 degrees F), the Chief Commissaire may authorize feeding during a race. If feeding is permitted it must be done in the Pit lane, but is not allowed during the first two and final two laps of the race.

Lapped Riders in UCI Events (UCI Rule 5.1.051): All riders lapped before the final lap must leave the race the next time they cross the finish line. The rider will be given a placing if he or she was lapped more than half way through the race. A rider who is lapped on the final lap shall be stopped at the beginning of the finishing straight line and shall be given a placing on the basis of his or her position. Additionally, Commissaires may pull riders who are behind by more than 80% of the leaders lap time.

Lapped Riders in Non-UCI Events: Lapped riders will finish on the same lap as the leaders. Riders in danger of being lapped must yield to oncoming racers and are not to interfere with their progress or trail behind them.

Pit

There will be one double-sided pit on the course. Only authorized personnel are allowed access to the pit. Pit passes will be distributed at registration to each competitor (one per entrant) in UCI events (Elite Men, Elite Women).

In non-UCI events only those working the pit will be allowed. The pit official will have the authority to remove anyone that is interfering with the proper functioning of the pit.

We will have bike racks in the Pit. These are for racers that are currently racing, not for storing your equipment all day. Please remove your equipment immediately following your race to make room for others.

Equipment

No flat bars or tires wider than 33mm will be allowed in UCI events (Elite Men, Elite Women). Officials will check tires in the holding pen prior to the start of the UCI races.

Anti-Doping

Anti-doping is under the control of USADA in accordance with UCI regulations. The location of the anti-doping area will be noted on site. Dopers Suck.

Directions to Druid Hill Park

You can plug Hanlon Dr. Baltimore, MD 21211 into Google Maps

Directions from points North and West of Baltimore

The directions below are from I-83. You can get to I-83 in the following ways:
From Philly: I-95 to I-695 to I-83 South
From Central PA: I-83 South
From WV: I-70E to I-695N to I-83 South

From I-83 Take exit 7 (west) to Druid Park Lake Drive.
Make a right at the light onto Swann Drive to enter the park, continue on Hanlon Dr.
At the second stop sign, make a left onto Mansion House Drive.
Park on closed road or in designated areas. Do not park on the grass!

Directions from points South of Baltimore

I-95N to Exit 53 I-395N toward ML King Blvd
Continue on ML King Blvd
Turn LEFT on McCulloh St/MD-129
Turn RIGHT at Druid Park Lake Dr.
Turn LEFT at Madison Ave
Continue on Swann Dr
Continue on Hanlon Dr
At the second stop sign, make a left onto Mansion House Drive.
Park on closed roads or in designated areas. Do not park on the grass!

Spectating

Druid Hill Park is a very spectator friendly venue with good sight lines of the entire track from a central location. Most spectators congregate in the area adjacent to the pit, natural barrier (tree planter), and sand. The Lil’ Belgians course, kid’s playground, food vendor area, and beer garden are also right there. Bring the family and enjoy the day. We will have clean port-o-john’s and hand sanitizer adjacent to the Registration/Finish Line area. These will be delivered the morning of the race. There are other port-o-john’s scattered around the Park but those will not be clean and we do not recommend using them.

Lodging

When visiting Baltimore we recommend staying at the Intercontinental Harbor Court hotel
for classic European style on the Inner Harbor.