2009 Summary of Results

These tables include results submitted and fully processed through 2009/06/18.

USA 2009 Finishers by Region (year to date)

Region	# of finishers
	ACP events						RM events	RUSA events
	200	300	400	600	1000	flèches		<200	200	300	400	600	1000	darts	arrows
Anchorage, AK									33	9
Little Rock, AR									3
Casa Grande, AZ	37	25	15	11					10	2
Davis, CA	89	62	40
Los Angeles, CA	55	32	20
San Diego, CA	49	31	17	20
San Francisco, CA	106	68	35
Santa Cruz, CA	23	31	17
Santa Rosa, CA	31	22	12
Boulder, CO								65	19
Central FL	42	39	27	23					13
Gainesville, FL	50	32	23	19
Atlanta, GA	30	35							18
Cedar Valley, IA	22
Chicago, IL	61
Quad Cities, IL									12	10
Louisville, KY	30	16
New Orleans, LA	11	3	5						6	5
Westfield, MA	84	18						26
Capital Region, MD	98							5	28
Kansas City, MO	22	18
St. Louis, MO	40	23							15	3
Jackson, MS	4	4
High Point, NC	46	9												6
Raleigh, NC	36	17
Princeton, NJ	32
Cedar Crest, NM	11	5							11
Saratoga, NY	10	9
Columbus, OH	36	28
Portland, OR	56	55						34
Eastern PA	30								66
Pittsburgh, PA									8
San Juan, PR									70
Spartanburg, SC	6
Nashville, TN	28	13	12
Amarillo, TX	9	3
Austin, TX	11	11	4
Brownsville, TX	12	2
Dallas, TX	42	14	12	23				45	43	12	14	9
Houston, TX	35	18	20	15	14				28
Cedar City, UT	7
Northern VA	17	16
Seattle, WA	113	67						44
TOTALS	1421	726	259	111	14			219	383	41	14	9		6

ACP Points

The ACP assigns "points" for each rider that completes an ACP-sanctioned event. The number of points assigned depends on the brevet distance as indicated by the table below. Nations and organizing clubs are ranked by the number of points accumulated during the year and the results are listed in the annual ACP plaquette (magazine). PBP completions accumulate ACP points; however, other 1200km+ events such as BMB do not. There are no ACP points for fleches nor are there any for domestically-sanctioned events such as populaires, arrows, and domestic brevets.

Distance	ACP Points (per finisher)
200km	2
300km	3
400km	4
600km	6
1000km	10
1200km (PBP only)	12 (male finisher) 18 (female finisher)

USA 2009 ACP Points by Organizing Club (year to date)

Club	Finishers					ACP Points
	200	300	400	600	1000
San Francisco Randonneurs/905030	106	68	35			556
Davis Bike Club/905014	89	62	40			524
Central Florida Randonneurs/909062	42	39	27	23		447
Houston Randonneurs/943030	35	18	20	15	14	434
Seattle International Randonneurs/947018	113	67				427
Gainesville Cycling Club/909005	50	32	23	19		402
San Diego Randonneurs/905140	49	31	17	20		379
Lone Star Randonneurs/943026	42	14	12	23		312
Pacific Coast Highway Randonneurs/905051	55	32	20			286
Oregon Randonneurs/937020	56	55				277
Southern Arizona Randonneurs/903020	37	25	15	11		275
Northeast Sport Cyclists/921033	84	18				222
Santa Cruz Randonneurs/905106	23	31	17			207
DC Randonneurs/946012	98					196
Santa Rosa Cycling Club/905048	31	22	12			176
Audax Atlanta/910004	30	35				165
Ohio Randonneurs/935012	36	28				156
St Louis Cycling Club/925034	40	23				149
Harpeth Bicycle Club/942046	28	13	12			143
North Carolina Bicycle Club/933045	36	17				123
Great Lakes Randonneurs/913005	61					122
Bicycle For Life Club/933057	46	9				119
Louisville Bicycle Club/917002	30	16				108
Kansas City Ultra Cycling/925001	22	18				98
Randonneurs of the Mid-Atlantic/946013	17	16				82
Hill Country Randonneurs/943025	11	11	4			71
New Jersey Randonneurs/930029	32					64
Pennsylvania Randonneurs/938017	30					60
Crescent City Randonneurs/918002	11	3	5			51
Upstate NY Brevet Series/932034	10	9				47
Iowa Randonneurs/915005	22					44
New Mexico Brevet Series/931003	11	5				37
TexSun Randonneurs/943048	12	2				30
Hell Week Randonneurs/943037	9	3				27
Magnolia State Randonneurs/924002	4	4				20
Color Country Cycling Club/944002	7					14
Freewheelers of Spartanburg/940046	6					12
Quad City Randonneurs/913042						0
Rocky Mountain Cycling Club/906002						0
San Juan Cycling Club/952001						0
Arctic Bicycle Club/902003						0
Central Arkansas Brevet Series/904003						0
Western Pennsylvania Wheelmen/938016						0
TOTALS	1421	726	259	111	14	6862

Domestic Points

RUSA also has developed a system of points that includes all events on its calendar, some of which are not counted under the ACP points system. For example, a small region that organizes a 1200km event or a series of populaires may accumulate more domestic points than ACP points during a season. Domestic points recognize RBAs who are expanding the range of randonneur event types in their regions. The domestic points system may be used in various cost-sharing formulas or rebate systems intended to assist RBAs.

Type and Distance	Domestic Points (per finisher)
RUSA Populaire	1
ACP or RUSA 200km	2
ACP or RUSA 300km	3
ACP or RUSA 400km	4
ACP or RUSA 600km	6
ACP or RUSA 1000km	10
RM-sanctioned 1200km (e.g., BMB)	12
ACP flèche or RUSA arrow	4
RUSA dart	2

USA 2009 RUSA Points by Region (year to date)

Region	RUSA Points
Dallas, TX	589
San Francisco, CA	556
Davis, CA	524
Houston, TX	490
Central FL	473
Seattle, WA	471
Gainesville, FL	402
San Diego, CA	379
Portland, OR	311
Casa Grande, AZ	301
Los Angeles, CA	286
Capital Region, MD	257
Westfield, MA	248
Santa Cruz, CA	207
Atlanta, GA	201
Eastern PA	192
St. Louis, MO	188
Santa Rosa, CA	176
Columbus, OH	156
Nashville, TN	143
San Juan, PR	140
High Point, NC	131
Raleigh, NC	123
Chicago, IL	122
Louisville, KY	108
Boulder, CO	103
Kansas City, MO	98
Anchorage, AK	93
Northern VA	82
New Orleans, LA	78
Austin, TX	71
Princeton, NJ	64
Cedar Crest, NM	59
Quad Cities, IL	54
Saratoga, NY	47
Cedar Valley, IA	44
Brownsville, TX	30
Amarillo, TX	27
Jackson, MS	20
Pittsburgh, PA	16
Cedar City, UT	14
Spartanburg, SC	12
Little Rock, AR	6

Makeup of Participants (year to date)

Region	# of finishers						% RUSA members (see note A)
	200	300	400	600	1000	total ACP brevets
Anchorage, AK / 902003							n/a
Little Rock, AR / 904003							n/a
Casa Grande, AZ / 903020	37	25	15	11		88	64%
Davis, CA / 905014	89	62	40			191	80%
Los Angeles, CA / 905051	55	32	20			107	85%
San Diego, CA / 905140	49	31	17	20		117	84%
San Francisco, CA / 905030	106	68	35			209	80%
Santa Cruz, CA / 905106	23	31	17			71	94%
Santa Rosa, CA / 905048	31	22	12			65	75%
Boulder, CO / 906002							n/a
Central FL / 909062	42	39	27	23		131	95%
Gainesville, FL / 909005	50	32	23	19		124	94%
Atlanta, GA / 910004	30	35				65	86%
Cedar Valley, IA / 915005	22					22	91%
Chicago, IL / 913005	61					61	74%
Quad Cities, IL / 913042							n/a
Louisville, KY / 917002	30	16				46	96%
New Orleans, LA / 918002	11	3	5			19	100%
Westfield, MA / 921033	84	18				102	78%
Capital Region, MD / 946999	98					98	87%
Kansas City, MO / 925001	22	18				40	93%
St. Louis, MO / 925034	40	23				63	70%
Jackson, MS / 924002	4	4				8	100%
High Point, NC / 933057	46	9				55	100%
Raleigh, NC / 933045	36	17				53	70%
Princeton, NJ / 930029	32					32	81%
Cedar Crest, NM / 931003	11	5				16	50%
Saratoga, NY / 932034	10	9				19	84%
Columbus, OH / 935012	36	28				64	89%
Portland, OR / 937020	56	55				111	88%
Eastern PA / 938017	30					30	97%
Pittsburgh, PA / 938016							n/a
San Juan, PR / 952001							n/a
Spartanburg, SC / 940046	6					6	83%
Nashville, TN / 942046	28	13	12			53	98%
Amarillo, TX / 943037	9	3				12	83%
Austin, TX / 943025	11	11	4			26	88%
Brownsville, TX / 943048	12	2				14	50%
Dallas, TX / 943026	42	14	12	23		91	100%
Houston, TX / 943030	35	18	20	15	14	102	88%
Cedar City, UT / 944002	7					7	71%
Northern VA / 946013	17	16				33	100%
Seattle, WA / 947018	113	67				180	97%
TOTALS	1421	726	259	111	14	2531
% RUSA finishers	82%	88%	95%	95%	100%		86%

Note A: This percentage is calculated on ACP-sanctioned brevets only. Populaires and 1200km randonnees attract a significant percentage of non-member and foreign participants. Including these types of events would skew the results for those regions that offer them.

The "RUSA finishers %" is calculated for each brevet length and each region. It is no surprise that the longer brevets attract the more dedicated riders who are more likely to be RUSA members. What is unexpected was the wide variation in RUSA participation among the regions. While there is a correlation between this figure and the number and types of brevets offered in each region, there are still wide variations among regions offering the same set of brevets.

total participants	1624
participants who are RUSA members	1203
% of participants who are RUSA members	74%

At first, the "% of participants who are RUSA members" figure seems improbably low because it is well below most of the "% RUSA finishers" figures from the table above. However, they are not directly comparable figures. The first table calculates brevets done by RUSA members as a fraction of total brevets, whereas the second table calculates RUSA member participants as a fraction of total participants. To see how there can be such a wide discrepancy, consider the following example. Suppose there are two brevets and 100 riders finish each one. At each event, there were 80 finishers who were RUSA members and 20 finishers who were non-members. In the first table, we would show that 80% of the finishers were RUSA members. But the second table will depend on who came to the brevets. If the same RUSA members finished both brevets but the 20 non-members who finished the first brevet were not the same 20 non-members who finished the second, the "% RUSA participants" figure would be 80/120=67%. Even though non-members may account for a small percentage of brevet completions, they represent a significant percentage of our total "head count." We typically see these non-members just once at a 200km or populaire. One could view this population as a reservoir of potential members. However, it is not clear from this analysis alone whether RUSA has been successful in converting these non-members to members.

total number of RUSA members	2193
participants who are RUSA members	1203
% of RUSA members doing one or more brevets	55%

There is a significant fraction of RUSA members who do not do brevets. Have these members lost interest in RUSA?

USA Historical Trend

Year	ACP Events				RM Events	RUSA Events					Partici- pants	Points
	Brevets	Flèches	PBP (M)	PBP (F)	1200+km	Populaires	Brevets	Arrows	Darts	Perm'ts		ACP	RUSA
1999	3438	69	262	42			0				964	15558	10186
2000	1430	75			104		0				760	4530	6078
2001	2023	90			122		0				957	6406	8250
2002	2745	71			93	27	0				1242	8618	10035
2003	4697	81	344	56		153	62				1610	20019	15481
2004	2721	142			99	363	37			90	1437	8136	10346
2005	3338	142			209	387	253			282	1673	10280	14270
2006	3901	153			186	670	860		33	775	2258	12216	17858
2007	6845	216	365	45		743	874		17	1705	2684	22490	26296
2008	3374	237			102	941	1786	18	44	2144	2568	10449	17932
2009 (ytd)	2531					219	447		6	1281	1624	6862	8092

Other than PBP, this table includes only those events run by USA clubs.
It does not include events done by USA participants in other countries.

The 1999 ACP points figure includes brevets run under both the RUSA and the International Randonneurs organizations. RUSA does not have any of the data from International Randonneurs in its database.

World Rankings -- Clubs

ACP points accumulated by each organizing club in the world are listed in the annual plaquette. The top 10 clubs organizing brevets in 2008 were:

Rank in 2008	Club	ACP Points
		1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009 (ytd)
1	Audax Australia - Victoria (AUS)								1131	3949	2716
2	A.R.A. Nordbayern (DEU)		188	342	617	925	0	925	1344	2513	1403
3	Seattle International Randonneurs (USA)	563	251	404	845	1921	967	1164	1536	2022	1344	427
4	Audax Rand Saitama (JPN)									1123	1336
5	Auxax Rand Japan Chiba (JPN)										1015
6	Penya Ciclista Bonavista (ESP)										979
7	Audax Rand Kanagawa (JPN)								716		953
8	Auxax Rand Japan Utsunomiya (JPN)							666	0		903
9	Lower Mainland (CAN)	0	252	864	1009	931	0	931	932		900
10	Etoile Baltique (RUS)						628	628	949		859

World Rankings -- Nations

ACP points are accumulated for each of the world's nations and these are also ranked. The 2008 standings were:

Rank in 2008	Nation	ACP Points
		1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009 (ytd)
1	USA	15558	4530	6406	8618	20019	8136	10280	12216	22490	10449	6862
2	Japan	0	0	0	827	1354	1475	3037	4759	5988	6678
3	Italy	3856	1642	785	2080	7645	1814	1365	2701	9119	5693
4	France	69371	3817	3374	5355	58301	4239	3953	5029	54970	4503
5	Australia	4772	2241	2460	2794	3661	2448	3278	3329	6457	3750
6	Spain1	3138	301	453	342	6056	527	3087	1750	5387	3045
7	Germany	3265	954	924	1418	6294	1614	2075	2517	8293	2836
8	Brazil	0	0	0	0	159	990	0	468	2527	2761
9	Canada	3608	1718	1887	2404	4406	3053	3368	3140	4429	2661
10	Russia	813	307	359	598	1062	462	1146	1988	2250	1778
11	England	15880	4621	3284	3895	15384	3348	2305	2591	13070	1151
12	Denmark	4358	688	644	767	5628	555	827	1064	3941	1012
13	Taiwan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	102	932
14	Sweden	1938	359	671	593	1743	489	585	676	2290	899
15	Greece	0	0	0	0	739	536	627	718	964	807
16	Belgium	2920	1040	1232	1529	3774	2078	2810	829	1956	585
17	Holland	2406	311	375	597	2201	287	331	539	1795	352
18	Slovenia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	92	318
19	Austria	579	131	110	87	454	6	128	124	765	312
20	Bulgaria	279	221	351	255	467	310	296	441	594	267
21	Ireland	48	0	21	79	97	26	80	26	230	208
22	Norway	1084	317	396	310	807	236	185	213	467	147
23	S. Africa	585	418	326	356	773	132	892	1020	1001	105
24	Finland	216	24	0	5	209	53	45	42	230	97
25	Singapore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	51	91
26	Luxembourg	24	0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	19
27	Ukraine	110	27	0	0	110	87	45	30	36	12
28	Switzerland	60	0	78	156	454	117	75	111	776	12
29	China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	4

¹ACP sometimes reports points for the Catalan and Vasco regions of Spain separately. This is a combined total.

In non-PBP years, the USA typically leads all nations in ACP points. In PBP years, France dominates the competition. For example, in 1999, France had 69371 points versus 15558 in the USA. Points resulting from PBP completions make a huge difference: 20034 for France vs. 3900 for the USA in 1999.

In 2003, ACP reported national rankings for BRM brevet points (200km-1000km) just as it does in non-PBP years. However, it also published the "Challenge ACP" which ranked nations and clubs for 200km through 600km brevets and PBP finishes (inexplicably, this ranking omits points for 1000km brevets). The table above uses the "Challenge ACP" rankings and totals for 2003; for all other years, the totals include points for 1000km brevets. In 2007, ACP reported national rankings but excluded points for PBP finishes. This makes the 2007 points total incomparable with the 1999 and 2003 totals (which included PBP points).

An interesting statistic is the number of ACP points accumulated relative to the nation's population, a crude measure of the popularity of randonneur cycling in that country. The following table is based on the points from 2008 and the population estimate of 2000.

Rank in 2008	Nation	ACP Points	Population (millions)	ACP Points per million people
1	Australia	3750	18.9	198
2	Denmark	1012	5.3	191
3	Slovenia	318	2	159
4	Sweden	899	8.9	101
5	Italy	5693	57.3	99
6	Canada	2661	30.2	88
7	Spain1	3045	39.6	77
8	France	4503	59.1	76
9	Greece	807	10.6	76
10	Belgium	585	10.2	57
11	Ireland	208	3.7	56
12	Japan	6678	126.7	53
13	Luxembourg	19	0.4	48
14	Taiwan	932	22.2	42
15	USA	10449	273.8	38
16	Austria	312	8.2	38
17	Germany	2836	82.2	35
18	Norway	147	4.5	33
19	Bulgaria	267	8.2	33
20	Singapore	91	3.6	25
21	Holland	352	15.8	22
22	England	1151	58.8	20
23	Finland	97	5.2	19
24	Brazil	2761	170.1	16
25	Russia	1778	146.9	12
26	S. Africa	105	40.4	3
27	Switzerland	12	7.4	2
33	Ukraine	12	50.5	0
34	China	4	1277.6	0