| Alto Velo Development Team |
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| The primary goal of the Alto Velo Development Team (AVDT) is to provide racers within
the AVDT an organized managed team approach to road bicycle racing. The AVDT will
promote bicycle racing as a team sport. The team also serves to provide exposure of
Alto Velo sponsors by racing as a team in designated events during the racing season,
and to elevate the overall racing culture within the Alto Velo Racing Club. |
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| AVDT will help to improve the overall cycling and racing experience by making it structurally organized,
goal-oriented and focused. It will achieve this by promoting a high level of fitness through team
training rides, development, general oversight by Sports Directors and coaching, as well
as encouragement by fellow racers. The AVDT recruits Category 3, 4 and 5 men racers from
within as well as outside of Alto Velo. The core Category 3 and 4 squads will serve as the
hub of the program to onboard promising Cat 5 racers, and produce new Cat 2 racers. The
careful selection of the team roster will allow the team to achieve its goals as well as the
goals of individual team's racers. |
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| Team members are expected to attend designated team activities. Participation is a key
factor in team selection and is important to team building. If you have a conflict, please let a
DS (Mike or Shin), or team management know as soon as possible. |
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Training rides
These rides are planned to develop team racing skills and provide training efforts
commensurate with upcoming races.
- January-March: One mandatory weekend training ride per week (if you are attending a race you are excused) and a "suggested" 2nd weekend day ride;
- April-October: One mandatory ride on a weekday and one on the weekend (if you are attending a race you are excused) and a "suggested" 2nd weekend day ride;
- DSs will determine the plans for the mandatory training rides based on race schedules and team needs;
- Mandatory rides will be planned to focus skills and/or fitness;
- DSs will provide guidance for "suggested" rides, but the actual routes and efforts will be determined by those in attendance;
- Attendance to “suggested” rides is encouraged, but not mandatory.
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Training camps
Currently 3 camps have been tentatively scheduled for 2013. This is an opportunity to hang with teammates, learn on & off bike skills, and train.
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Team Races
- Race selection and participation: Team members are expected to attend team
races. The selected / mandatory team race schedule file will be posted to an AVDT
Google Drive (Jan 1st 2013). If you have a conflict, please let a DS (Mike or Shin), or team
management know as soon as possible.
- Strategy: For each team race, a DS will post initial race strategy during the week prior
to the race. Following discussions, a Plan-A Race Strategy will be set with racer selections
and secondary Plan-B if deemed necessary. The strategy will include individual roles
(Protected racers, on-road team captains, domestiques, sprinters, etc.). Final selection and
identification will be made by Friday. The DS expects racers to buy into the strategy and
execute to the best of their abilities.
- Race registration: For team races, AVDT management will register racers when
possible. AVDT currently has team accounts set up with BikeReg and will use the accounts
when appropriate. Race registrations for team races will be made well in advance of races,
so it is important that racers be aware of upcoming races and inform DS or management of
conflicts or potential conflicts.
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Race Team Membership, Alternates & Dismissal
The following may invoke removal from AVDT and/or replacement with an alternate:
- You fail to show to 2 of your assigned races without a reasonable excuse;
- You don’t respect and seriously upset your teammates and they vote you off.
In addition, any racer may be dismissed from AVDT at the discretion of AVDT Management.
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AVDT Program Elements
- Funded - incentive based program;
- Limited to 20 - 24 racers;
- Must be an Alto Velo member in good standing;
- Mandatory volunteering at Pescadero RR (and potentially a new downtown crit, certain team members may be exempt to go race);
- Regular attendance of monthly club meetings;
- Commitment level of 15 races/year designated by team management;
- Race as squads at same events;
- Coordinated calendars and entries;
- Pre-race strategy, warm-ups, race, cool-downs, post-race mortems
- Train as a Team
- Weekly / Daily
- Camps (3) and organized clinics run by Level 1 USA Cycling Coach
- Schedule and strategy managed by Sports Directors;
- Mentored by senior riders;
- Sanctioned and funded by the Alto Velo Board of Directors and the club.
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Category5, Category 4 and Category 3 racers can apply by completing the application form.
The deadline for the applicatons is November 16, 2012.
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| You can learn more about the team, its vision and 2012 season by downloading this presentation (in Adobe PDF format). |
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