Randonneurs USA

PBP Quota Thoughts and Registration Information
By Mark Thomas

Although the ACP hopes "to allow all applicants to participate in the 17th edition of Paris-Brest-Paris Randonneur," they are currently limiting the number of participants to 6000. We've recently learned that the USA's entry quota for PBP 2011 is currently set at 719. We did well last year in maximizing our openings by having great participation in ACP events. The entire field grew by 16% over 2007 and our allocation grew by 22%. Readers who are planning to enter PBP 2011 should pay particular attention to information that is available on the ACP's PBP Website as this year's registration for RUSA members will be handled by the event hosts. RUSA will have no role in the registration process so you will find the following links quite useful in your planning.

Please pay particular attention to the following dates extracted from the above, but keep in mind that the definitive word will be found on the ACP's PBP site.

April 3	Begin preregistration period for riders completing a 1000km in 2010 (including a 1200km or longer RM event)
April 17	Begin preregistration period for riders completing a 600km in 2010
May 1	Begin preregistration period for riders completing a 400km in 2010
May 15	Begin preregistration period for riders completing a 300km in 2010
May 29	Begin preregistration period for riders completing a 200km in 2010
June 11	Registration opens for preregistered riders (and others if places are available)
June 19	Deadline for preregistered riders to register
June 20	Places reserved for preregistered riders who have not registered are released
July 17	Registration deadline
June 20	Places reserved for preregistered riders who have not registered are released and open registration begins
July 17	Final registration deadline

Riders may have up to three steps in their registration process, which will require individual vigilance:

Pre-register in April or May (with payment of 30 euros)
Register by June 19 (with payment of balance) and listing at least 3 brevet homologations
Perfect registration by July 17 by listing final homologation

Failure to do #2 voids #1; failure to do #3 voids #2

Please see two charts below for some data that you might find useful.

Participants (from 1971)

Year	Registrants	Starters	US Starters
1971	367	325	2
1975	729	667	7
1979	1880	1766	35
1983	2220	2106	107
1987	2675	2587	230
1991 (centennial)	3388	3276	398
1995	2976	2860	283
1999	3669	3573	397
2003	4185	4069	458
2007	5312	5160	591
2011 (quota)	6000		719

(Sources: PBP website, RUSA/IR records)

US Brevet Participation (from 1999)

ACP & RM events only
US resident RUSA members only
By year and by member's longest distance

	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
1000+	17	64	100	106	31	109	165	182	65	118	178	326
600	415	81	112	152	567	132	171	228	752	192	302	416
400	98	63	56	109	159	91	149	155	206	151	150	238
300	79	94	99	122	169	207	170	212	282	228	230	271
200	79	91	94	185	234	237	302	302	342	322	353	471
Total	688	393	461	674	1160	776	957	1079	1647	1011	1213	1722