Fwd: PBP pre-reg, reg etc dates explained

[Mike Sturgill]

Below is a message from Rob Hawks, RUSA Brevet coordinator, with a lot of detailed information about PBP next year. If you think you might want to ride it, make sure you understand these details.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask here or PM me personally.
-Mike
PBP Ancien '03, '07, '11, '15, '19, '23

Rob's message:
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Many of you already know all this info, but here in one place are all the dates explained.

Dates of importance:

November 1, 2025 through October 31, 2026: Audax Club Parisien (ACP) qualifiers for pre-registration. Longest ACP event (or an Randonneurs Mondial (RM) event which is 1200km or longer)

November 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027: ACP qualifiers for registration.

January 16, 2027 through March 27, 2027: Paris-Brest-Paris (PBP) pre-registration time frame

May 27, 2027: first date to register for PBP if spaces available. This may be a typo on the pbp website. I have asked the ACP for clarification

May 29, 2027: First day to convert pre-registration to registration with at least 3 qualifiers completed

June 12, 2027: Last day to convert pre-registration into registration with at least 3 qualifiers

July 4, 2027: last day to add 4th qualifier to registration

August 22, 2027 through August 26, 2027: PBP

Here are the details behind these dates:

PBP has pre-registration and registration phases, each with their own mutually exclusive dates.

November 1, 2025 through October 31, 2026

If you want to pre-register for PBP, that process will be based on the ACP sanctioned events you complete between Nov. 1st 2025 and Oct. 31st 2026. ACP sanctioned events completed during this time count for pre-registration purposes only. It is recommended that you pre-register for PBP. It is technically possible to register for PBP without pre-registering, but that process is uncertain at best.

January 16, 2027 through March 27, 2027

Longest BRM achieved in 2026 Pre-registration on
1000km or RM 1200+                          January 16, 2027
600km                                                  January 30, 2027
400km                                                  February 13, 2027
300km                                                  February 27, 2027
200km                                                  March 13, 2027
None BRM in 2026                               March 27, 2027

Using my own current status (as of July 18th, 2026), I've completed a 400km ACP event (April 11,2026) during the time frame, so I would be able to *pre-register*  on Feb. 13th, 2027. If I complete an ACP 600km,  or ACP 1000km before Oct. 31st this year, I could 'move up' and pre-register on January 30th, 2027. As of today (July 18, 2026, there are 22 different ACP 400kms on the RUSA calendar before October 31, 2026, 30 ACP 600kms, 10 ACP 1000kms, and zero RM 1200+ events.

You also select your start group (80, 90 or 84 hour group) and start wave within those groups at this time. It is possible to switch, but only if the group/wave you want is available at that later time.

There are 8000 slots, 2500 of which are reserved for French riders until March 31st. Pre-registration will set aside a registration slot for you until June 12th, 2027. 8000 slots is more than were offered in 2023 or any previous PBP.

In 2023, all pre-registration slots were selected during the time frame for riders that had completed a 200km the year before. Some riders who had completed at least a 200km the year before PBP could not pre-register. In 2027 there are more slots available than in 2023. There is no way to predict when or if all slots will be selected.

November 1, 2026 through June 30th, 2027*

ACP sanctioned events completed from November 1st, 2026 and June 30th can be used to complete the  *registration* requirements. See below for why I'm using June 30th, 2027 rather than July 4th, 2027.

May 27th, 2027

The PBP website says this:

People who have not gone through the pre-registrations will be able to register directly from May 27 in the starting wave of their choice, within the limit of the remaining available places.

Why would someone who has not pre-registered be allowed to register 2 days before anyone that had pre-registered?

• The May 27th date is a typo (I have asked the ACP for clarification)
• It isn't a typo but there are unclaimed slots. This seems exceedingly unlikely to happen.,

My advice is to *not* rely on being able to register on this date without having pre-registered.

May 29th, 2027

On May 29th, 2027 anyone that has at least 3 of the 4 required events (200, 300, 400 and 600km, or 3 separate 600kms for example) can convert their pre-registration status into a registration status.

June 12th, 2027

This is the last day to convert your pre-registration into a registration. You need at least 3 completed, required qualifying rides to be registered. It is understood that pre-registrations that are not converted by this day will go into an open pool and can be selected by someone who has not pre-registered but has completed all 4 required qualifiers.

June 30th, 2027

This is the last *practical* date to have completed your last qualifier. My advice is to think about June 27th, 2027 instead as the deadline. June 30th, 2027 would be trusting others to complete steps that are out of your control in order to complete your registration. See below:

July 4th, 2027, 7pm Eastern Time

This is the last day and time for a prospective PBP participant to update their PBP registration status

NB: updating your registration status on July 4th would require:

• event completed by you
• results processed by the RBA hosting the event and filed with RUSA
• results processed by the RUSA brevet coordinator and filed with the ACP
• you get the on PBP website and complete all steps before 7pm Eastern time/4pm Pacific time

July 3, 2027 is a Saturday. Most RUSA regions host events on weekends, but some might run a weekday event. Here is a brief explanation why doing an ACP sanctioned event on July3rd, 2027 would be unlikely to help you complete registration even though it is before the stated July 4th, 2027 deadline: If this were a 600km event that started at 6am on July 3rd, 2027, the event would not officially be over until 10pm on July 4th, 2027. If the event were run on the East Coast, 10pm on July 4th, 2027 Eastern Time would be July 5th, 2027 in France. Additionally, the RBA would have to process and file all results immediately *and* the RUSA brevet coordinator would have to send the results to the ACP. All results are sent in batch for the entire roster of riders that completed the event. Results are not sent individually, so the RBA would need to have at hand *all* results in order to submit results to RUSA just to start this process.