Short answer is to go here and choose the upgrade/downgrade option near the bottom.

Cyclocross Category Changes:  Click here to read USA Cycling Guidelines

After requesting your upgrade, you will receive an email. Fill out the Upgrade Calculator and attach it to your email response.

Make sure to include all *USA Cycling Race Results*, whether they appear in the database or not. DO NOT include ABR, Westlake, training race, or other non-USAC permitted race results.

Your account at www.usacycling.org is the ONLY way a change can be made.

Road Upgrades
Guidelines and Notes by Category:
5 to 4: Experience in 10 mass start races. Local Associations may also establish policies where upgrade credit is given for taking a sanctioned rider education clinic.

4 to 3: 20 points in any 12-month period; or experience in 25 races with a minimum of 10 top ten finishes with fields of 30 riders or more, or 20 pack finishes with fields over 50. 30 points in 12 months is an automatic upgrade.

3 to 2: 25 points in any 12-month period, 40 points in 12 months is an automatic upgrade

2 to 1: 30 points in any 12-month period, 50 points in 12 months is an automatic upgrade

USA Cycling may add additional requirements for upgrading at their discretion. Any such changes shall be made available on the website.

Qualifying Distances for each category To qualify for upgrading points, races must meet distance standards. Races shorter than the minimum distance do not qualify for upgrading. However, if a road race is less than the road race minimum but above the criterium minimum, it will count for upgrading using the criterium points schedule.

Category	Class	Road Race	Criterium
5 to 4	Men	15 miles	10 miles
4 to 3	Men	25 miles	20 miles
	Women	25 miles	15 miles
	Junior	25 miles	15 miles
3 to 2	Men	50 miles	20 miles
	Women	40 miles	15 miles
2 to 1	Men	80 miles	30 miles
	Women	50 miles	20 miles

Point Awarded For points earned in stage races, GC and stage places both count for points, but only up to a maximum of 20 points for a cat 1 upgrade or 15 points for a cat 2 upgrade from a single stage race.

When deciding whether a rider qualifies for an upgrade, an administrator will take into account points earned in qualifying events per the table above.

	Criterium - Number of Starters
Placing	5 - 10	11 - 20	21 - 50	50+
1	3	4	5	7
2	2	3	4	5
3	1	2	3	4
4		1	2	3
5			1	2
6				1

	Road Races - Number of Starters
Placing	5 - 10	11 - 20	21 - 50	50+
1	3	7	8	10
2	2	5	6	8
3	1	4	5	7
4		3	4	6
5		2	3	5
6		1	2	4
7			1	3
8				2
9				1

Stage Races (3 to 2 and 2 to 1 only) - Number of Starters
Placing	10 - 19	20- 35	36 - 49	50+
1	5	7	10	20
2	3	5	8	18
3	2	3	6	16
4	1	2	5	14
5		1	4	12
6			3	10
7			2	9
8			1	8
9				7
10				6
11				5
12				4
13				3
14				2
15				1