Montra Team Time Trial (14th April 2013)

[Vasanth Ramaswamy]

Welcome to Montra Team Time Trial 2013 We are happy to inaugurate the competitive events for this season (2013-14) with a Team Trial event. During the last one year several records were broken and new records were set. Its only a matter of time before these records are broken and the bar is raised again. We had many teams participating from various cities and towns. There was tremendous improvement in performance of many cyclists and some have also turned pro !!! We invite all cyclists to participate in this event and benchmark your teams performance against other teams and improve it over the year. Participants can choose their team mates on a mutual basis and are free to change them over the year. to read more about the time trial event. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_time_trial Event Details: Start point: Mayajaal, ECR, Uthandi GPS: 12.848185,80.240781 Finish point: TTDC Petrol bunk, ECR, Mahabs GPS: 12.638265,80.198252 Distance: 24.65 Km (one way ride) Categories: Men & Women  Team Size: 2 riders/team Timeline: Registrations Open: 5:30 am Registrations Close: 6:00 am Race Start time: 6:00 am Race Finish time: 7:30 am Results, Presentation Ceremony: 7:35 am Breakfast: 7:45 am Registrations: 1. Complete this registration form with all required details. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/vie ... E6MA#gid=0 2. Registration fee is Rs. 200/team and is payable at the venue. 3. Online Registration closes on Friday (12th Apr 2013) by 11:59 pm 4. Spot registrations will be charged Rs.300/team 5. All registrations will be closed by 6:00am on 14th Apr 2013 6. Cancellations must be notified through the registered e-mail before close of online registrations. 7. No Show participants / teams are liable to pay the full registration fees of Rs.200 to TCC Support: At the start point: 1. Basic tools and Cycle pump will be available  2. First Aid Kit At the Finish point: 1. Basic tools and Cycle pump will be available  2. Refreshments (Water, South Indian breakfast,..) 3. First Aid Kit Support vehicles (Participants): 1. Support vehicles of participants must be registered and approved by the event director.  2. The support vehicle cannot be ahead of the participant at any point of time and must not obstruct the fellow riders.  3. Support vehicles should not come in the way of the normal conduct of the event. Any violation will lead to disqualification of the team(s) supported.  Safety Guidelines: 1. SAFETY must be the single most important aspect of the ride to be observed by all riders. You are responsible for your own safety. Obey all traffic rules. The road is not closed for the event. You are deemed to be a regular road user. 2. Ensure that your bike is in a good and safe-to-ride condition.  3. Use of Helmet is mandatory at all times during the ride. General safety requirements: 1. Respect the rights of other road users.  2. Never ride aggressively among vehicles or other riders.  3. Allow plenty of room when passing pedestrians, cycles or other vehicles. 4. Signal your intentions when stopping, turning or passing using arm signals and voice commands such as "Stopping!",  5. Stay calm and focused on the road. Let others know if you see something unsafe, like a pothole or obstacle in the road, or sandy patch in the bike lane. 6. Warming up on the race course is forbidden. You can warm-up in the opposite direction. Rules: 1. Line up at the starting line on the shoulder in departure order. Stay off the traveled part of the road. 2. Missing your start time means you go last. The time penalty for this will be 15 seconds. 3. Drafting in team trials is limited to drafting behind your teammate. No drafting of any other kind is allowed and will lead to disqualification. Disqualification of a rider leads to the disqualification of the team he/she is part of.  4. Any action or omission that creates an unfair advantage for one rider over another will lead to disqualification of the rider seeking the unfair advantage. 5. Call out your rider number loud and clear as you approach and cross the finish line. If another rider is crossing the finish line just ahead of you, allow him or her to call his or her number first so that the correct finishing sequence can be recorded. 6. Ride through the finish line and continue riding in the same direction so as not to interfere with riders finishing behind. 7. Official finish time for a team in a team trial event is the finish time of the rider finishing 2nd in the team.  8. Riders must return their rider IDs to the race organizers at the end point. 9. Riders shall not approach the timekeepers for information on times prior to the announcement of official results. 10. The decision of the Event Marshal is final and shall be binding on all participants. 11. Follow the rules and ride in the spirit of friendly competition. 12. An indemnity MUST be signed before start of the event. 13. Participants must strictly adhere to the timeline given above. 14. Participants will be disqualified if found involved in any malpractice. 15. Participants will be flagged off in 30sec / 60sec intervals as per the sequence. Missing your turn will add 15 secs penalty to the final timing. 16. Teams will be marked as DNF if they exceed the maximum duration for completion of the ride. Mens Open - 75mins (max duration) Womens Open - 90mins (max duration) Results: 1. All participants will be awarded points based on their final standings. e.g. 30 points for first position, 28 points for the second position and so on. position 15 and over will be awarded 2 points each. 2. The points will get accumulated from various competitive events held through out the year and the champions trophy (Men, Women) will be awarded on this basis. Prizes: Top 3 positions in each category of event will receive prizes as detailed below. Note: Second prize will be applicable in case there are more than 10 participants in a category and similarly Third prize will be applicable when there are more than 20 participants in the category. 1st Prize: T-Shirt / Jersey, Medal, Certificate 2nd Prize: Medal, Certificate 3rd Prize: Certificate