Junior vs U-23 vs Elite

U-23, formerly espoire, was instituted to replace "amatuer"
racing and provide a clear step for juniors to take upon
entering the senior ranks. They more or less did away with
amatuer elite racing to form (in most euro countries) Elite
pro racing and elites w/o contracts. U-23's have their own
special calendar of racing and the age range is from 19-22
(juniors can't compete in UCI U-23 races) and juniors are
U-19, though UCI races limit participation to 17-18 juniors.

Hope that clarifies things.

Chris

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Anybody know how the destinction is drawn for U-23's by
the UCI? What's the histroy of that destiction? Came up on
another forum I Haunt. TY

chris said:

U-23, formerly espoire, was instituted to replace
"amatuer" racing and provide a clear step for juniors to
take upon entering the senior ranks. They more or less did
away with amatuer elite racing to form (in most euro
countries) Elite pro racing and elites w/o contracts. U-
23's have their own special calendar of racing and the age
range is from 19-22 (juniors can't compete in UCI U-23
races) and juniors are U-19, though UCI races limit
participation to 17-18 juniors.

Hope that clarifies things.

Chris

Faster Bordello <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Anybody know how the destinction is drawn for U-23's by
the UCI? What's the histroy of that destiction? Came up on
another forum I Haunt. TY

That was kinda what I suspected. Thanks.