Proposal 40: Proximity of start and finish, and elevation difference, in road races [ Revision 1 ]
Committee: RoadSubmitted on 2019-05-12
Status: Passed on May 29, 2019
Background
This proposal is to encourage that road races, if they are a "fixed" (traditional) distance, comply with the requirements for official IUF World Records.
Proposal
OLD RULE:
4D.1 Venue
These are races held usually on roadways or bike paths.
NEW RULE:
4D.1 Venue
These are races held usually on roadways or bike paths.
For any road race over a fixed (traditional) distance, it is encouraged that the course complies with the requirements for IUF World Records. In short:
(1) The start and finish points of the course, measured along a theoretical straight line between them, shall not be further apart than 50% of the race distance.
(2) The overall decrease in elevation between the start and finish shall not exceed 1:1000, i.e. 1m per km (0.1%).
Please refer to the IUF World Records Guidelines for details.
Body
The World Record requirements that this refers to, are being discussed at the moment, but not effective yet. For a while (hopefully not too long) there may be a discrepancy between the Rulebook and the World Record Guidelines.
This proposal is only about (some) requirements for the course. For World Records to be recognised, there are also requirements for timing accuracy, distance accuracy, witnesses, and more.
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Discussion
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Votes on this proposal:
14 out of 18 voting members have voted.
Agree: 12, Disagree: 0, Abstain: 2.