Wisconsin Off Road Series
- Wisconsin Off Road Series
The Wisconsin Off Road Series (usually WORS) is an off-road bicycle racing series in Wisconsin, United States. The series is billed as "America's largest state mountain bike racing series." [ [http://www.wors.org/news/article.php?id=125 News • WORS 2008 - America's Largest Mountain Bike Racing Series - The Wisconsin Off Road Series ] ] ]History
The series began as in 1991 as six separate races that were connected by a points system and overall scoring. The series has evolved to a twelve-race season. The series has 17% female participation, which is far above the national average of around 9%.
The series has been sanctioned by the National Off-Road Bicycle Association since 2003, when it averaged over 800 riders per event. [ [http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=502 Wisconsin Off-Road Series on board with NORBA] , USACycling, October 23 2003, Retrieved April 6 2007]
Classes
There are five classes (listed from lowest to highest difficulty level)
*Citizen Youth
*Citizen
*Sport
*Comp
*Elite
References
* [http://www.jsonline.com/blog/index.aspx?id=106&month=11&year=2006&entry=27295 "Top cyclocross racers look for season doubles"] , Tom Held, "November 17 2006, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Retrieved April 7 2007
External links
* [http://www.wors.org/ Official website]
* [http://www.wors.org/schedule/ Schedule]
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