So, what is Crit racing. Criterium races (or crits, for short) are short, fast races held on closed loop courses. The races start off just like a standard road race – after the gun, the field will take off, jockeying for position, attacking, normal race stuff. The distinguishing feature of the Team CLS crits are ‘primes’ – these are similar to intermediate sprint points in road races, but there are usually a lot more of them in crits. As the field loops past the start/finish line points are awarded for the first riders across the line each lap with the final result / lap counting as double points. Results will be published for each CAT on our Group Page. It is very important that you select the correct CAT for your ability in this one and the organiser will manually adjust CAT’s if they feel a rider who has entered in the C’s should really be in the B’s etc etc.