Classification Rules (Sorting Process)

To describe how rules can be applied for a certain derived classification, a part of the sorting process is described in a uniformed way. Details are different for each derived classification. The basics are explained here once.

When sorting competitors, the competitor that needs placing (Subject) is taken and compared to the competitors that are already in the list. Every existing competitor in the list is taken, starting with the first, working down in the list. Every competitor that is taken is referred to as Test, and compared to Subject.

The test that is done basically comes down to asking "insert here?" with Subject and Test as parameters. Such test could be "is time Test > time Subject?". If the result of the test is positive, Subject is inserted before Test, as illustrated in the schematic just before. Unfortunately, in practice the tests are more complicated than that.

The tests are different for each derived classification and are described in connection to the respective derived classification:

• General individual classification on time and all masked variations
• General individual classification on points
• General individual sprint classification (on points)
• General individual climbing classification (on points)
• Half stage teams classification on time
• General teams classification on time

You can set which rules must be applied for calculating derived classifications, through the ranking settings.