The Courses

Each course is designated by a series of gates, each gate is composed of two slalom poles with a gate panel stretched between them and fastened in such a way so as to tear or break away.

Start

Start gates are used for the event. A staff designated as the ‘Starter’ will call up a competitor when required to do their Practice, Qualifications or Finals round.

Start Command

  • The Starter will make sure both competitors are ready before signalling the gate start command.False Starts
  • Penalties will occur if the competitor goes through the gate before the start command

Gate Failure

  • If one or both start gates fail to open, the start must be repeated.

Finish

A finish will be marked on either side of the course. A competitor is considered through the finish line when the most forward part of their bike or person (providing the person is still attached to their bike) crosses the marked finish.

Timing

As in Dual Events, two competitors race side by side; it is possible to measure either the difference in time (at Finish) or the individual run times (Start to Finish). If run times are measured, the difference in time will be calculated from the run times (in 1/1000th seconds).

In the event of a tie after the second run, the competitor who wins the second run advances to the next round or will be ranked

The Race

Each heat between two competitors consists of two runs, the two competitors change courses for the second run

Qualifier Runs

  1. All competitors are required to do one run on each Times are then totaled together for their qualifications ranking.
  2. In the event of a tie, the competitor with the faster time from their second run will be ranked
  3. In the event of the finals being canceled results will be based of qualifying runs.
  4. In the event that both run of the round of 16 were complete before the event was canceled, the 8 riders that qualified for the round of 8 will be ranked in order of their qualifying runs from 1 -8, the eliminated riders would then be ranked 9-16 based on qualifying times.
  5. In the event that both run of the round of the quarter finals were complete before the event was canceled, the 4 riders that qualified for the round of semi-finals will be ranked in order of their qualifying runs from 1 -4, the eliminated riders would then be ranked 5-8 based on qualifying
  6. If the event that the semi-finals were complete before the event was canceled, the 4 riders will be ranked according to the big and small finals and their qualifying time.

Number of Competitors

The finals of a competition should not include more than 32 competitors. These 32 competitors may either be entered directly or be the first 32 finishers from qualification competitions.

Heats

  1. Sixteen heats of competitors are formed, after the finish of the selected qualification run, in the following manner:

 

the 1st and the 32nd the 9th and the 24th
the 2nd and the 31st the 10th and the 23rd
the 3rd and the 30th the 11th and the 22nd
the 4th and the 29th the 12th and the 21st
the 5th and the 28th the 13th and the 20th
the 6th and the 27th the 14th and the 19th
the 7th and the 26th the 15th and the 18th
the 8th and the 25th the 16th and the 17th

 

The competitors receive the numbers from 1 to 32 as classified and they keep them until the end of the races.

Start Order

  • Following the order of the appended table, from top to bottom. All heats race in succession of their first run and then their second. The lower starting number goes down the red course first, the higher number the blue course. For the second run it is reversed. This same system is used for all rounds including the finals.
  1. Sixteen winners remain as a result of the first In other words, those who, in their group, have obtained the lower total for the two runs or possibly two times zero.
  2. Competitors having a bye are required to do the first run in their heat. The second run isn’t always The starter will confirm before their second run.

Round of 16

  1. The 16 qualified competitors start according to the start system in pairs from top to bottom.
  2. There are 8 that qualify for the quarter-
  3. The losing 8 competitors receive a rank based on qualifying (9th – 16th).

 

Quarter-finals

  1. The 8 qualified competitors start according to the start
  2. The losing 4 competitors receive a rank based on qualifying (5th – 8th).

 

Semi-finals and Final

  1. The 4 qualified competitors start according to the start
  2. The losers of the semi-finals race their first run for the 3rd and 4th positions before the finalists race their first run, then the semi- finalists their second run and then the finalists their final race.

Course Marshalls/Race Operation

 

The course marshals are situated on both exterior sides of the courses. The course marshals are responsible for notifying the Commissaire of any disqualifications and will have a red flag to alert riders and other marshals of any course holds/closures. The red flag is to be used immediately to notify the competitors on course of a hold/closed course. Competitors are required to stop as soon as they see the flag raised and wait for instructions from the nearest course marshal.

Disqualifications / Did Not Finish

The competitor who is disqualified in, or who does not finish the first run of a heat will start the second run with a penalty time.

The competitor who is disqualified during or does not finish the second run of a heat is eliminated.

If both competitors do not finish the second run, the result of the first run counts. If both were tied, disqualified or did not finish the first run, the competitor who biked the furthest distance in the second run will advance to the next round.

The Race Directorwill make the final decision on a disqualification. Replays may be used to make the judgement call. If a replay is inconclusive, the call made within the field of play is final.

 

Causes for Disqualifications:

  • False start
  • Changing from one course to another
  • Interfering with an opponent, accidentally or not
  • Not passing through a gate correctly (as shown in Appendix A)
  • Jumping the timing laser / finish line
  • Missing the start of a heat

 

Penalty Time (Max Differentials):

The penalty time (max differential) will be 1.5 seconds. In all cases, the maximum time difference for the first run of each pairing can never be higher than the penalty time. If both competitors are tied after the second run, the competitor who wins the second run advances to the next round. If both competitors are disqualified or did not finish in the second run, the competitor who biked the furthest distance before disqualification or did not finish advances. If both competitors are disqualified or did not finish at the same gate in the second run, then the competitor who won the first run will advance.

Protests / Reruns

Competitors have the option to protest a call. Protests must be brought to the Commissaire at the end of the heat the call was made, not after the second heat has started.

 

Reruns

Competitors who would like to request a rerun need to stop on course and proceed immediately to the nearest course marshal. Reruns are not guaranteed. In all cases, the Commissaire will make the final call on granting rerun requests.

Causes for Possible Rerun:

  • Course interference, by person or object
  • Timing Failure
  • Start Gate Failure

Reruns will not be granted to a competitor for course obstruction caused by their own course or gate interference, accidently or not.

Required Athlete Equipment

  • Helmet REQUIRED