RSF Classics for the offseason calender

[team fl]

As every year, we need C4F classics for the offseason calendar.

Main rules:

- Races ridden as cat 1 can be proposed as cat 2
- Cat 2 can be proposed as cat 3 or to be cut
- Cat 3 can be proposed to be cut down to cat 2
- Races that haven't been ridden yet, can't be nominated

A minimum of 2 nominations are necessary to get the change of category. Same counts for downgrading from Cat. 3 to Cat. 2 or cutting a race completely.

Races should be ridable regarding temperatures. Hence, races from places where it is decently warm during this time of the year are preferred.

Here are the C4F classics from last offseason:

October 2023:

Cat. 3
- GP Brescia
Cat. 2
- x

November 2023:

Cat. 3
- San Francisco classic
Cat. 2
- Gran Prix de Agadir
- GP Coimbra
- Jable - Al Farandis
- Bosque Estatal Toro Negro Cup
- El Triptico de Colombia: Trofeo de Cali
- GP Canyon de Chelly
- Villalba GP
- El Triptico de Colombia: Trofeo de Medlin
- Itabirito - Ouro Preto

December 2023:

I don't mention the special and fixed Christmas and Sylvester races other than the Pavé de Nöel.

Cat. 3
- Aizawl Cup
- Kisoro-Kabale
- Gran Premio de Laguna de Sayula (Pavés de Nöel)

Cat. 2
- Yap Island Cup
- Colombo - Agampodigama
- Dolisie - Point Noire

January 2024:

Cat. 3
- GP Letzebuerg
- Napier bluff Hill Circuit
- Boucles de Wallis et Futuna

Cat. 2
- GP de Papeete (TTT)

[team fl]

Cut Yap Island Cup. 11.12.23 Only positive is the name, Yap and Cup, how poetic. But there's a problem with that too, it was called Yap Islands: Colonia Loop originally!!!! So the result in the history are missing too... 05.01.22 the first edition.

For the rest it's just a gravel race disguised as pavé, with all the Waffles and Eroicas we really have enough gravel races, they are more interesting than this too (assume at least in the case of Eroicas that haven't been ridden yet) Anyway, Yap is just nothing special at all, positive only the name and I realized now the mintact. Was most likely designed only because the vault was completely empty regarding pavé races, so have a gravel (pseudo pavé) one, that doesn't even follow the now standard gravel consensus, make it * or **. Can't find it under Robyfiles even, so clearly was a fast design just to have a race because there were no unridden races available.

Cut!!!!

Nothing new to propose, rode almost no 1 day races in December, so I'm just negative for the moment.

[team fl]

Found something new to propose:

Padre Hurtado - Pudahuel 19.02.24

There's a big danger of an uncontested km 1 group coming through I think, but wasn't in my group, and then it can be a very interesting stage as well.

[Tukhtahuaev]

Proposing to move GP Canyon de Chelly up to cat 3 and to cut Itabirito - Ouro Preto

[cataracs]

What if two people vote for upgrade to cat3 and two vote for a cut?

[flockmastoR]

What if two people vote for upgrade to cat3 and two vote for a cut?

+2 -2 = 0

[cataracs]

Out:
GP Canyon de Chelly. The most boring race ever.
El Triptico de Colombia: Trofeo de Medlin . It's very similar to the other Trofeo, but more interesting with the flat in the end.

Down to 2:
Kisoro-Kabale Downvote same as last year, just don't like it. cat 3 too much...

up to 3 :
Villalba GP
Itabirito - Ouro Preto. The best race in the offseason by far. You can attack 70km from the finish, 40km from the finish or defend if you have a monster rider(which is less likely). Not sure what the heck Donkey is talking about mpr.

New proposals:
Tarse - Tepekoy - Tarse 19/03/2024 Good race for sprinters with some mountain, maybe even normal sprinters and possible late attacks for strong flat riders, so perfect exciting profile.
Tsushima Island Cup 27/09/2021 Just the perfect classics race, with hills that aren't long but steep enough for attacks and siebs.
Serince - Kirikhan 27/08/2021 A good fight for the sprinters, something we don't have as classic I think.

[lennylenny]

probably too early for this winter, but Ehime Cycling Cup ridden today gets a nomination from me, interesting profile with multiple types of winning riders possible depending on the lineups of the participating teams