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
2003004006001000flèches <200 2003004006001000darts 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.

DistanceACP Points (per finisher)
200km2
300km3
400km4
600km6
1000km10
1200km (PBP only)12 (male finisher)
18 (female finisher)

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

Club Finishers ACP Points
2003004006001000
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 DistanceDomestic Points (per finisher)
RUSA Populaire1
ACP or RUSA 200km2
ACP or RUSA 300km3
ACP or RUSA 400km4
ACP or RUSA 600km6
ACP or RUSA 1000km10
RM-sanctioned 1200km (e.g., BMB)12
ACP flèche or RUSA arrow4
RUSA dart2

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)
2003004006001000total 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
BrevetsFlèchesPBP (M)PBP (F) 1200+km PopulairesBrevetsArrowsDartsPerm'ts ACPRUSA
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 2008ClubACP Points
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 (ytd)
1Audax Australia - Victoria (AUS)              1131 3949 2716  
2A.R.A. Nordbayern (DEU)  188 342 617 925 0 925 1344 2513 1403  
3Seattle International Randonneurs (USA)563 251 404 845 1921 967 1164 1536 2022 1344 427
4Audax Rand Saitama (JPN)                1123 1336  
5Auxax Rand Japan Chiba (JPN)                  1015  
6Penya Ciclista Bonavista (ESP)                  979  
7Audax Rand Kanagawa (JPN)              716   953  
8Auxax Rand Japan Utsunomiya (JPN)            666 0   903  
9Lower Mainland (CAN)0 252 864 1009 931 0 931 932   900  
10Etoile 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 2008NationACP Points
19992000200120022003200420052006200720082009 (ytd)
1USA15558 4530 6406 8618 20019 8136 10280 12216 22490 10449 6862
2Japan0 0 0 827 1354 1475 3037 4759 5988 6678  
3Italy3856 1642 785 2080 7645 1814 1365 2701 9119 5693  
4France69371 3817 3374 5355 58301 4239 3953 5029 54970 4503  
5Australia4772 2241 2460 2794 3661 2448 3278 3329 6457 3750  
6Spain13138 301 453 342 6056 527 3087 1750 5387 3045  
7Germany3265 954 924 1418 6294 1614 2075 2517 8293 2836  
8Brazil0 0 0 0 159 990 0 468 2527 2761  
9Canada3608 1718 1887 2404 4406 3053 3368 3140 4429 2661  
10Russia813 307 359 598 1062 462 1146 1988 2250 1778  
11England15880 4621 3284 3895 15384 3348 2305 2591 13070 1151  
12Denmark4358 688 644 767 5628 555 827 1064 3941 1012  
13Taiwan0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 102 932  
14Sweden1938 359 671 593 1743 489 585 676 2290 899  
15Greece0 0 0 0 739 536 627 718 964 807  
16Belgium2920 1040 1232 1529 3774 2078 2810 829 1956 585  
17Holland2406 311 375 597 2201 287 331 539 1795 352  
18Slovenia0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 92 318  
19Austria579 131 110 87 454 6 128 124 765 312  
20Bulgaria279 221 351 255 467 310 296 441 594 267  
21Ireland48 0 21 79 97 26 80 26 230 208  
22Norway1084 317 396 310 807 236 185 213 467 147  
23S. Africa585 418 326 356 773 132 892 1020 1001 105  
24Finland216 24 0 5 209 53 45 42 230 97  
25Singapore0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 51 91  
26Luxembourg24 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 19  
27Ukraine110 27 0 0 110 87 45 30 36 12  
28Switzerland60 0 78 156 454 117 75 111 776 12  
29China0 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 2008NationACP PointsPopulation
(millions)
ACP Points
per million people
1Australia3750 18.9 198
2Denmark1012 5.3 191
3Slovenia318 2 159
4Sweden899 8.9 101
5Italy5693 57.3 99
6Canada2661 30.2 88
7Spain13045 39.6 77
8France4503 59.1 76
9Greece807 10.6 76
10Belgium585 10.2 57
11Ireland208 3.7 56
12Japan6678 126.7 53
13Luxembourg19 0.4 48
14Taiwan932 22.2 42
15USA10449 273.8 38
16Austria312 8.2 38
17Germany2836 82.2 35
18Norway147 4.5 33
19Bulgaria267 8.2 33
20Singapore91 3.6 25
21Holland352 15.8 22
22England1151 58.8 20
23Finland97 5.2 19
24Brazil2761 170.1 16
25Russia1778 146.9 12
26S. Africa105 40.4 3
27Switzerland12 7.4 2
33Ukraine12 50.5 0
34China4 1277.6 0