Climbing Classifications

For every half stage you can set up a scheme of points for the climbing classification.

Climbing points are awarded for intermediate sprints that specifically take place on hills or mountains.

In a climbing classification, the amount of difficulty of the location of the sprint is taken into account. Therefore, for each half stage you can enter points schemes for up to four normal categories plus a Horse Classe ("HC"), which each correspond to a certain grade of difficulty.

Once you have determined the existing categories for a half stage and the matching points schemes, you have to lay down the order in which categories are used.

For example, imagine a half stage using three categories of climbing difficulty. The first climbing sprint in the race will be of category 2, the second of the most difficult category ("HC"), then one of category 2 again, one of category 1 and finally one of category 3. This could require the following data to be entered:

Note that if you do not use all five available categories, you do not necessarily need to use consecutive categories.

The sum of these points from every half stage will be used to calculate a general individual climbing classification from. This classification is independent from the actual stage classification. However, for a competitor to appear in the climbing classification, he/she must successfully complete the half stage.

For climbing classifications a separate publication is generated, which lists all the intermediate sprint results as well as the general sprint classification.

Configuration

The configuration of climbing points will be done by use of the tab sheet Climbing classification of the configuration of the particular half stage. This can be found through Configure selection... in the Configuration menu, when the appropriate half stage is selected in the event tree.

On the tab sheet there are five lists: Cat. 1 through Cat. 4 and Order. The sprint points in the category lists correspond to the successive rankings, starting from 1. The numbers in the Order list correspond to the categories (1 through 4), laying down the order in which categories are used.

Add Points

To add climbing sprint points, the number of points has to be entered in the field above the particular list and Add has to be clicked.

There is no real limit to the amount of climbing sprint points entries that you can enter.

Remove Points

If a climbing sprint points entry is selected from a list, it can be deleted by clicking Remove.

Add Category Use

To add the use of a category, the category number has to be entered in the field above the Order list and Add has to be clicked.

StageRace allows to enter up to 25 category uses, which should be amply sufficient.

Remove Category Use

If a category number entry is selected from the Order list, it can be deleted by clicking Remove.

If the amount of categories used is zero, the Climbing classification item will subsequently be removed from the event tree.