Rulebook

Proposal 63: 5B.5.7 Finishes [ Revision 4 ]

Committee: Muni (including Cyclocross)
Submitted on 2017-01-06
Status: Passed on January 21, 2017

Background

The CX in Spain showed that the actually rule is not working well.

Moreover the rule should respect situations like "broken unicycle, injured rider"

Proposal

OLD:

5B.5.7 Finishes

Riders must also ride completely across the ﬁnish line.

Riders must cross the line mounted and in control of the unicycle. “Control” is deﬁned

by the rearmost part of the wheel crossing completely over the ﬁnish line with the rider

having both feet on the pedals. In the event of a dismount at the ﬁnish line the rider

must back up, remount and ride across the ﬁnish line again.

NEW:

5B.5.7 Finishes

At Unicons and continental championships, a camera has to be set up by the Muni Officials (section 5C) to record the finish line from a suitable angle. The official footage from this camera serves as evidence in case of dismounts over the finish line or other protests after the race. Further requirements on finishes depends on disciplines:

UPHILL
Riders must cross the finish-line mounted on the unicycle, having both feet on the pedals. In the event of a dismount at the ﬁnish line the rider must back up, remount and ride across the ﬁnish line again.

CROSS COUNTRY AND DOWNHILL

Riders can cross the finish-line mounted as well as walking. To respect that riding over the finish-line requires more skill in case of close finishes, walking as well as falling over the finish-line will be penalized by adding 10 penalty-seconds.

OLD: (Cyclocross)

6B.5.5 Finishes

Riders must ride mounted completely across the ﬁnish line. They may not run across

the ﬁnish line.

Riders must cross the line mounted and in control of the unicycle. “Control” is deﬁned

by the rearmost part of the wheel crossing completely over the ﬁnish line with the rider

having both feet on the pedals. In the event of a dismount at the ﬁnish line the rider

must back up, remount and ride across the ﬁnish line again.

NEW: (Cyclocross)

6B.5.5 Finishes

Riders can cross the finish-line mounted as well as walking or running.

Body

This rule-change should facilitate the job for timing-people and the referees at the finish line, especially in CX. In XC and DH competitors should be allowed to finish the race even in case of defect (unridable) unicycle. The new rule should respect that riding over the finish-line needs more skill than walking.

References

Discussion

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Change Log:

Revision 4 changed by Paul Baumgartner (18 Jan 03:51)

replaced "needs" with "requires"

Revision 3 changed by Paul Baumgartner (14 Jan 16:11)

Finish line camera for XC, DH and UH

Revision 2 changed by Paul Baumgartner (14 Jan 00:46)

10 penalty-seconds instead of 2.

Cyclocross: no penalty.

Revision 1 changed by Paul Baumgartner (06 Jan 06:38)

Votes on this proposal:

11 out of 21 voting members have voted.

Agree: 11, Disagree: 0, Abstain: 0.