Time Trial Starting Order Dialog

This tab sheet consists of two lists: available and classified competitors. The list of available competitors consists of all competitors who were not signed out neither dropped out at the start of the particular stage. That is also why this starting order can only be drawn up after the previous stage has finished.

If this is a half stage higher than 1 within a certain stage, and the previous half stage has not yet been ridden (i.e. no competitors exist in the previous half stage's arrival dialog) the arrived competitors from the previous full stage are shown here as available and can be used to set up an order. The competitors however, will not show up for ranking in this half stage until finished in the previous half stage (that was empty while setting up the starting order).

When competitors are already classified in the time trial to which a starting list applies, these competitors are marked in the list with an asterisk in the Ranked column. Depending on half stage settings, their starting time can or cannot be altered anymore. If these "late changes" are allowed, you can even alter the starting time, after the competitor has finished for the time trial.

Submit

Competitors can move from the available list to the classified list by entering their start no., starting order and starting time. When Submit is clicked, the data is submitted and the competitor moves.

You can also select one or multiple competitors in the classified list, change their starting times and click Submit again to apply the entered starting time to the entire selection.

Declass.

When you select one or multiple competitors in the classified list, and you click Declass., the competitors are moved back to the available list.

Functions

Note:

• As soon as a rider is classified, automatically the starting order field will be incremented. So when you are entering successively ordered competitors, you only need to enter the start nos. and possibly time (after the first competitor has been entered);
• When a rider is clicked in either one of the two lists, its data will be copied into the edit boxes in order to edit it quickly;
• A large number of competitors can be entered easily by one hand only, using the numeric keypad of the keyboard;
• Pressing the Enter key has the same result as clicking the Submit button; and
• Multiple riders from the classified list can be selected (while holding down either the Shift or the Ctrl key). All selected riders can be declassed simultaneously. Also all selected riders can be given a new starting time at the same moment.

Through the Functions menu:

• Automatic from last full stage... and Automatic from last half stage...
  
  
  
  Fill this dialog on basis of a previous half stage's classification. Depending on which half stage this time trial starting order dialog is actually for, you can choose the last half stage before this half stage or the last half stage from the previous full stage. The lowest ranked competitor is always placed further down, so that the worst ranked competitor starts first in the time trial. In the Automatic from earlier stage dialog that appears:
  • Choose the classification that must be used from the chosen half stage:
    • Use general individual classification: for normal time trials (2.6.022); or
    • Use general teams classification: particularly useful when you use the time trial as a team time trial (2.6.023).
  • Choose Avoid consecutive team members when you generate the starting order from an individual classification, in order to use a more advanced sorting method, to prevent two or more competitors from the same team to start consecutively in the time trial.
  • Choose Leave places for dropped teams when you generate the starting order from a teams classification and want room left open at the beginning of the starting list for those competitors that are not in the used teams classification anymore. This happens when teams have a too little amount of competitors left over in that teams classification.
  After automatically generating a time trial starting order with the Avoid consecutive team members option set, a warning is issued in case of the result not matching this particular criteria. This can happen if these consecutive members are at a particular end of the order list; it is by design, because it's not covered by any regulations, and it is up to the race organiser to decide upon.

• Automatic interval on selection...
  
  
  
  Calculate the times for the selected competitors. The starting time for the first or last selected competitor can be entered, and other starting times are calculated from there, in selected Ascending or Descending order. Depending on Multiply interval by start order offset:

• • For each next selected competitor the starting time is increased by the Interval that is entered; or
  • For each next competitor the starting time is calculated based on its starting order minus that of the first selected competitor, multiplied by the Interval that is entered.
    
• Remove gaps
  Ensure that all competitors in the classified list have consecutive starting orders, starting from one, using the current starting order.
• Select all
  Select all competitors at once in the classified list.