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Amateur bicycle racing in the U.S. is broken up by Category, Age, and Gender. On the road, males start as a Category 5 or "Cat 5" and females start as "Cat 4". At first all it takes to upgrade is
starting 10 races, but after that you have to finish races & start being competitive to move up. Points are award based on USAC Category Upgrade guidelines.