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PBP Quota Thoughts and Registration Information
By Mark Thomas
Although the ACP hopes "to allow all applicants to participate in the
17th edition of Paris-Brest-Paris Randonneur," they are currently
limiting the number of participants to 6000. We've recently learned
that the USA's entry quota for PBP 2011 is currently set at 719. We
did well last year in maximizing our openings by having great
participation in ACP events. The entire field grew by 16% over 2007
and our allocation grew by 22%. Readers who are planning to enter PBP
2011 should pay particular attention to information that is available
on the ACP's PBP Website as this year's registration for RUSA members
will be handled by the event hosts. RUSA will have no role in the
registration process so you will find the following links quite useful
in your planning.
Please pay particular attention to the following dates extracted from
the above, but keep in mind that the definitive word will be found on
the ACP's PBP site.
| April 3 | Begin preregistration period for riders completing a 1000km in 2010 (including a 1200km or longer RM event) |
April 17 | Begin preregistration period for riders completing a 600km in 2010 |
May 1 | Begin preregistration period for riders completing a 400km in 2010 |
May 15 | Begin preregistration period for riders completing a 300km in 2010 |
May 29 | Begin preregistration period for riders completing a 200km in 2010 |
June 11 | Registration opens for preregistered riders (and others if places are available) |
June 19 | Deadline for preregistered riders to register |
June 20 | Places reserved for preregistered riders who have not registered are released |
July 17 | Registration deadline |
June 20 | Places reserved for preregistered riders who have not registered are released and open registration begins |
July 17 | Final registration deadline |
Riders may have up to three steps in their registration process, which will require individual vigilance:
- Pre-register in April or May (with payment of 30 euros)
- Register by June 19 (with payment of balance) and listing at least 3 brevet homologations
- Perfect registration by July 17 by listing final homologation
Failure to do #2 voids #1; failure to do #3 voids #2
Please see two charts below for some data that you might find useful.
Participants (from 1971)
| Year | Registrants | Starters | US Starters |
| 1971 | 367 | 325 | 2 |
| 1975 | 729 | 667 | 7 |
| 1979 | 1880 | 1766 | 35 |
| 1983 | 2220 | 2106 | 107 |
| 1987 | 2675 | 2587 | 230 |
| 1991 (centennial) | 3388 | 3276 | 398 |
| 1995 | 2976 | 2860 | 283 |
| 1999 | 3669 | 3573 | 397 |
| 2003 | 4185 | 4069 | 458 |
| 2007 | 5312 | 5160 | 591 |
| 2011 (quota) | 6000 | | 719 |
(Sources: PBP website, RUSA/IR records)
US Brevet Participation (from 1999)
- ACP & RM events only
- US resident RUSA members only
- By year and by member's longest distance
| 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010
| | 1000+ | 17 | 64 | 100 | 106 | 31 | 109 | 165 | 182 | 65 | 118 | 178 | 326
| | 600 | 415 | 81 | 112 | 152 | 567 | 132 | 171 | 228 | 752 | 192 | 302 | 416
| | 400 | 98 | 63 | 56 | 109 | 159 | 91 | 149 | 155 | 206 | 151 | 150 | 238
| | 300 | 79 | 94 | 99 | 122 | 169 | 207 | 170 | 212 | 282 | 228 | 230 | 271
| | 200 | 79 | 91 | 94 | 185 | 234 | 237 | 302 | 302 | 342 | 322 | 353 | 471
| | Total | 688 | 393 | 461 | 674 | 1160 | 776 | 957 | 1079 | 1647 | 1011 | 1213 | 1722
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(Sources: PBP website, RUSA/IR records)
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