ECCC Road Championships
Scituate and Charlestown, RI
April 22-23, 2017
Held under USAC Cycling Event Permit
Schedule of Events
Saturday, April 22
Scituate Team Time Trial
Field
Start
Distance
Men D
8:00am
12 miles
Men E
to follow
12 miles
Women C
to follow
12 miles
Women D
to follow
12 miles
5 minute break
Men A
to follow
12 miles
Men B
to follow
12 miles
Men C
to follow
12 miles
Women A
to follow
12 miles
Women B
to follow
12 miles
Scituate Road Race
Field
Start
Men D
10:30am
Men E
10:35am
Women C
10:40am
Women D
10:45am
Men A
1:00pm
Men B
1:05pm
Men C
1:10pm
Women A/B
1:15pm
Distance
33 miles
33 miles
33 miles
33 miles
65 miles
49 miles
33 miles
49 miles
Sunday, April 23
Ninigret Criterium
Field
Start
Men D
9:00am
Men C
9:35am
Women C
10:20am
Beginners Clinic * 11:00am
Men E
12:00pm
Women D
12:35pm
Men B
1:10pm
Women A/B
2:05pm
Men A
3:00pm
Distance
30 min
40 min
40 min
N/A
30 min
30 min
50 min
50 min
60 min
* Beginners Clinic will take approximately 1 hour. In addition to collegiate cyclists, new non-collegiate racers with 1-day or first time
Category 5 (men)/Category 4 (women) licenses may enter Beginners Clinic and Men's E/Women's D criterium race respectively.
Contact Info: Jonathan Davies, [email protected], 401-500-4509; Monica Wright, [email protected]
Collegiate fields are open only to full time collegiate students with valid USAC Collegiate licenses and full time high school students
with valid USAC Junior licenses. Jerseys and bibs for all such riders must feature school names and/or logo, or be generic blank kits;
non-scholastic club and trade team kits are not permitted. USA Cycling licenses available for sale on-site. Consult the ECCC website
at http://collegiatecycling.org/eccc for more information on categories, eligibility, licensing, and other general questions.
Registration Fees: Team Time Trial - $25/team; Road Race - $25; Criterium - $20; Beginners Clinic - $20.
Pre-Registration is available on-line at BikeReg.com, where service charges might apply. Registrations not received before 5pm on
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April 20 will incur a $5 per rider per event late fee. Large ECCC Teams may submit a spreadsheet with the following information:
Rider Name, USAC License Number, Race Category and Races being entered for each rider. This spreadsheet must be sent to
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[email protected] and received by April 20 at 5pm in order to avoid a $5 late registration fee per rider per event.
Registration is located near finish line for all races. It opens 1 hour before the start of the first scheduled race and ends 15 minutes
before the start of each race.
Promoter is not required to refund pre-registration in an event of an unforeseen cancellation.
Medical: A stand-by ambulance will be present for the road race, along with on-course EMTs for the criterium. The nearest hospitals
for the road race are Rhode Island Hospital - 2 Dudley Street, Providence, RI, (401) 444-7700 (14.2 miles away), and Our Lady of
Fatima Hospital - 200 High Service Ave, North Providence, RI, (401) 456-3000 (12.6 miles away). The nearest hospital to the criterium
is South County Hospital, 100 Kenyon Ave, Wakefield, RI, 401-782-8000 (11.2 miles away).
ECCC Host Housing: Sign up as a host housing guest or provider via forms on the calendar at
http://collegiatecycling.org/eccc/calendar. Contact the host housing coordinator at [email protected] with any
questions. All host housing recipients are required to marshal during the weekend's races.
Lodging: Nearby hotels and motels that are available close to the road race venue are the following:
 La Quinta Inn & Suites Warwick, 36 Jefferson Blvd, Warwick, RI, 401-941-6600.
 Extended Stay America, 1000 Warren Ave, East Providence, RI, 401-272-1661.
 Hampton Inn & Suites Providence/Warwick-Airport, 2100 Post Rd, Warwick, RI, 401-739-8888
 Comfort Inn Airport, 1940 Post Rd, Warwick, RI, 401-732-0470
 Best Western Airport Inn, 2138 Post Rd, Warwick, RI 401-737-7400
Directions to Team Time Trial & Road Race:
GPS: 94 Trimtown Road, North Scituate, RI 02857.
From north: Take I-95 South. Take exit 4 to I-295 S. Take exit 6
for US-6W. Turn left on RI116S/W Greenville Rd. Take second
right onto Danielson Pike. Slight left onto Rockland Rd. Turn
left onto Trimtown Rd.
Directions to Criterium:
GPS: Ninigret Park, Charlestown, RI 02813
From Boston/points northeast: Take I-95 south to Exit 9 (RI 4).
Continue onto US 1 South to Charlestown. Follow U-Turn signs to
Ninigret Park, and after the U turn bear right onto RI 1A; Follow
event signs for the park entrance and parking.
From south: Take I-95 North. Take exit 5B to RI-102N. Turn
left on Rockland Rd. Turn right to stay on Rockland Rd. Turn
right onto Trimtown Rd.
From Worcester/points northwest: Take I-395 south to Exit 24 (CT
201) south. Take left onto CT 2 east. Once past I-95, bear right
onto RI 78 to US 1. Left turn on US 1 North to Charlestown.
Following signs to Ninigret Park, bear right onto RI 1A and follow
event signs for the park entrance and parking
From NYC/points west: Take I-95 to Exit 92 (CT 2) south. Bear right
onto RI 78 to US 1. Left turn on US 1 North to Charlestown.
Following signs to Ninigret Park, bear right onto RI 1A and follow
event signs for the park entrance and parking
TTT Course Description and Map: The TTT is a 12-mile rolling out-and-back course by the Scituate Reservoir. Scenic. Fast. Painful.
No aero equipment (USAC mass start legal only) allowed.
Road Race Course Description:
A 16 mile counter-clockwise road race loop taking in some of Rhode Island’s best terrain features. Total elevation per lap of 1,040 ft.
Criterium Race Course Description:
This is a classic New England criterium course;
.9 miles, dead flat, and can be windy. Very wide
finish stretch, good mix of power, speed, and
technique.