Licensed

This year I am racing on a Belgian license and today I finally received it in the mail. The reason for the Belgian registration is mainly to ensure that I can ride pro races. Since our team is not Continental I normally would not have access to pro events as a foreigner. We had this problem last year and since I am staying here the entire season it makes the most sense.
Getting a license here is a little more involved than in Canada. One of the most interesting differences is that here you have to be declared fit to race by a physician in order to complete you application. The license itself is also much nicer and a bar code on the face of the license makes race registration very simple. Another interesting point is that your team manager gets an accompanying license to allow them exclusive access to dressing rooms, rider only parking and other areas at races as your official assistant. By limiting access to these areas races become much less chaotic and safer.