Strava Segment of the Month
Take part in our Strava Segment of the Month competition.
Join the Venta Segment of the Month Competition
VC Venta hosts its tenth annual Segment of the Month (SoTM) competition during 2024. A friendly competition, open to all fully paid-up VC Venta club members.
New for 2024, our updated competition now has two categories:
OPEN CATEGORY
Available and open to all club members, in both the men’s and women’s competition.
Points will be awarded to the top 10 finishers in each of the men’s and women’s open competitions and will also count towards the overall annual open General Classification (GC) competition.
Prizes for this category have been kindly donated by Neil Wyatt from the South Downs Social café, with each monthly winner in both the men’s and women’s open competitions receiving a voucher (via email) for a complimentary hot drink and cake.
The eventual GC winners in both the men’s and women’s open competitions will be able to select either a Handmade Cyclist mug or espresso cup of their choice from the range available at South Downs Social.
See the link below to our updated 2024 OPEN category SoTM Strava Club:
Join the Strava Club Open Category
SENIOR CATEGORY
An age-group category, available and open only to club members in the men’s competition aged 40 and over (as of 01 January 2024).
Due to the current limited participation in the women’s open competition, it’s not viable for us to run a parallel women’s senior competition this year. We’ll continue to review this for future years, if participation levels change.
Points will be awarded to the top 10 finishers in the men’s senior competition and will also count towards the overall annual men’s senior General Classification (GC) competition.
Prizes for this category have been kindly donated by Bike-X Winchester, with each monthly winner in the men’s senior competition receiving a voucher (via email) for £10 towards any in-store purchase.
The eventual GC winner in the men’s senior competition will receive a complimentary £90 (X2) level bike service at Bike-X in Winchester.
See the link below to our updated 2024 SENIOR category SoTM Strava Club:
Join the Strava Club Senior Category
RULES
Each month a different Strava segment will be selected. Whoever records the fastest time (men’s and women’s) over the segment is the stage winner in that competition category.
Placings in each individual month contribute to the overall General Classification (GC) competition in that category for the year.
Club members can only enter and participate in one category so eligible riders will need to make a firm choice, joining only one Strava club for the one category they select (either OPEN or SENIOR). Mid-year changes won’t be allowed and any duel Strava club entries will be removed.
· The competition is open to all fully paid up members of VC Venta
· You must have a personal Strava account and join either of the VCV SOTM 2024 Strava clubs (open or senior but not both).
· Set a time on the nominated segment between 00:01hrs on the 1st of the month and 20:00 on the last day of the month (20:00 cut off is to allow enough time to consolidate results before the ‘monthly’ analysis disappears in Strava)
· Only your best time counts so have as many goes as you like
· Your time must be recorded on a human-powered bicycle!
· Use of TT bikes or TT bars is not permitted, to support and encourage equal opportunity for inclusive participation
· At the end of each month the top 10 riders will be announced (male and female) in each category and respective KoM and QoM points for the General Classification (GC) competition will be awarded.
· Over the course of the year there will be a good mix of flat, rolling and mountain stages, that will contribute cumulative points towards the GC competition
· Equal points are awarded to both competitors in the event of any tied times
· All stages must be ridden solo with no drafting for your time to be counted
· There will be 10 stages (January to October). The riders (male and female) with the highest cumulative points across all stages (GC) will be declared the 2024 year winners in their category.
· The organiser’s decision is final in any dispute
· A reminder that the rules of the road must be observed and the safety of yourselves and others is always the first priority
· Please note that the club’s own insurance covers this competition for third party claims, however, any participating rider is strongly advised to make sure they have in place their own personal cover for injury or damage to equipment.
Point Scoring
GC: 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 points in descending order for 1st to 10th places
One nominated segment will be the Queen Stage with double KOM/QOM points.
Suggest a Segment
If you’d like to see one of your favourite local Strava segments in this year’s competition.
Please send recommendations to [email protected]