{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.escalada-a-montju-c","code":"thing-q1366776","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q1366776/","name":"Escalada a Montjuïc","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Activities and processes","entryKind":"thing","plane":"ACT","domain":["ACT.EVT"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"Escalada a Montjuïc was a cycling competition held on Montjuïc hill in Barcelona, Spain, whose professional event combined a short road race and an individual uphill time trial.","purpose":"Enable an agent to recognise Escalada a Montjuïc, reconstruct its editions and results, and judge whether a claimed race, record or revival belongs to this registered cycling event.","scope":{"in":["The named event series and evidence linking individual editions to it","Edition dates, numbering, occurrence and cancellation status","Montjuïc courses and the relationship between competitive components","Participant categories, entry conditions and edition-specific roles","Component results, overall classifications and their supporting evidence","Organisation, cessation and claims of continuation or revival"],"out":["Montjuïc as a geographic place and the castle as a building","Other cycling competitions visiting Montjuïc, including Grand Tour and Volta stages","Complete biographies and career records of participating cyclists","General bicycle specifications and road-cycling rules","Barcelona's wider sporting history","Independent recreational climbs and digital segment leaderboards"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Requires an explicit connection to the named Escalada event; a bicycle ascent of Montjuïc alone is insufficient.","Separates the recurring event from any one dated edition and from an individual race within that edition.","Tests a claimed result against the edition's component structure; a component winner is not automatically the overall winner.","Treats the historically reported two-component road-racing format as an identification clue, subject to edition-specific verification. [Event overview](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escalada_a_Montju%C3%AFc)","Requires continuity evidence before treating a later similarly named climb as another edition; a club describes an Escalada al Castell format using individual Strava attempts. [Club event account](https://clubciclistacatalu.wixsite.com/cccatalunya/escalada-al-castell-de-montju%C3%AFc)"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"escalada-identity","name":"Escalada identity","description":"Recognises the registered event and controls its boundary against other uses of Montjuïc and the Escalada name.","layers":[{"id":"names-and-referents","name":"Names and referents","description":"Connects attested titles to the event without silently creating or merging registry entries.","findings":[{"id":"named-event-evidence","name":"Named event evidence","description":"A candidate mention needs contextual evidence that it denotes this event rather than a generic ascent.","questions":[{"text":"Which title does the source use, and what organiser, date or programme connects it to Escalada a Montjuïc?","id":"named-event-evidence-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Does the mention denote the series, one edition, a component race or a different activity?","id":"named-event-evidence-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"neighbouring-montjuic-races","name":"Neighbouring Montjuïc races","description":"Distinguishes the Escalada from other competitions and ascents on the mountain.","findings":[{"id":"shared-course-is-not-identity","name":"Shared course is insufficient","description":"A shared climb, finish area or participant does not establish that two records describe the same event.","questions":[{"text":"What evidence distinguishes this record from a Volta stage, championship race or recreational Montjuïc climb?","id":"shared-course-is-not-identity-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"Should the agent attach the record to this registry identity, retain it as a related event or leave the identity unresolved?","id":"shared-course-is-not-identity-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"edition-chronology","name":"Edition chronology","description":"Reconstructs when editions occurred and how their numbering relates to the series history.","layers":[{"id":"dates-and-occurrence","name":"Dates and occurrence","description":"Separates programme dates from evidence of completed racing.","findings":[{"id":"dated-race-occurrence","name":"Dated race occurrence","description":"Each edition needs its own date precision and occurrence evidence.","questions":[{"text":"What Gregorian date or interval is supported for this edition, and is it an announced date or the actual race date?","id":"dated-race-occurrence-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which report or result record establishes that the Escalada took place?","id":"dated-race-occurrence-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"numbering-and-series-limits","name":"Numbering and series limits","description":"Preserves edition numbers as attributed claims rather than deriving them automatically from calendar years.","findings":[{"id":"edition-number-reconciliation","name":"Edition number reconciliation","description":"A contemporary preview calls the 2007 race the 44th edition while identifying 1965 as the first year; the relationship requires verification. [2007 race preview](https://as.com/masdeporte/2007/10/21/polideportivo/1193004300_850215.html)","questions":[{"text":"Which authorities assign edition numbers, and do their sequences agree?","id":"edition-number-reconciliation-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Do gaps, multiple editions within a year, counted predecessors or reporting errors explain any mismatch?","id":"edition-number-reconciliation-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"montjuic-course-and-format","name":"Montjuïc course and format","description":"Describes how racing on Montjuïc was organised into competitive efforts for each edition.","layers":[{"id":"component-programme","name":"Component programme","description":"Establishes which races contributed to which classifications.","findings":[{"id":"edition-specific-racing-format","name":"Edition-specific racing format","description":"Component type, order and start mode must be established for the edition rather than inherited from a generic description.","questions":[{"text":"Which components used collective starts or individual timed starts, and in what order?","id":"edition-specific-racing-format-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which components belonged to the same overall contest, and which were separate category races or demonstrations?","id":"edition-specific-racing-format-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"route-and-ascent","name":"Route and ascent","description":"Connects course measurements to the actual component and year.","findings":[{"id":"comparable-montjuic-efforts","name":"Comparable Montjuïc efforts","description":"Timing comparisons require compatible start and finish locations, lap structure and course measurements.","questions":[{"text":"What start, finish, circuit, lap count and distance are documented for each component?","id":"comparable-montjuic-efforts-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"What evidence permits or rules out comparison with another edition's ascent time?","id":"comparable-montjuic-efforts-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"participation-and-race-authority","name":"Participation and race authority","description":"Establishes who competed, under what category conditions, and who governed the edition.","layers":[{"id":"riders-and-categories","name":"Riders and categories","description":"Keeps participation claims attached to the appropriate edition and contest.","findings":[{"id":"verified-participation","name":"Verified participation","description":"Invitations, entries, starts and finishes represent different participation states.","questions":[{"text":"Which riders and categories appear in the programme, start list and final results?","id":"verified-participation-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What eligibility or invitation conditions applied to each Escalada contest in this edition?","id":"verified-participation-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"organisers-and-sanction","name":"Organisers and sanction","description":"Identifies edition-specific responsibilities and sporting recognition.","findings":[{"id":"authority-to-set-and-confirm","name":"Authority to set and confirm","description":"Organisation, sanctioning and result confirmation need distinct evidence and must not be inferred from sponsorship.","questions":[{"text":"Which organisation promoted the edition, and which officials or body confirmed its results?","id":"authority-to-set-and-confirm-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What calendar classification and regulations applied that year, and where are they documented?","id":"authority-to-set-and-confirm-q02","kind":"definition"}]}]}]},{"id":"results-and-classification","name":"Results and classification","description":"Connects performances in Escalada components to the published overall outcome.","layers":[{"id":"component-performance","name":"Component performance","description":"Interprets result values within their particular race and category.","findings":[{"id":"result-meaning","name":"Result meaning","description":"A reported number needs its timing or scoring basis, precision and participant status.","questions":[{"text":"Does each value represent elapsed time, a gap, points or placing, and for which component?","id":"result-meaning-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"How does the source distinguish non-starters, non-finishers, disqualifications and missing data?","id":"result-meaning-q02","kind":"definition"}]}]},{"id":"overall-outcome","name":"Overall outcome","description":"Explains and audits the transition from component results to the edition classification.","findings":[{"id":"winner-reconstruction","name":"Winner reconstruction","description":"An overall winner claim should identify the applicable rules and preserve any unresolved discrepancy with published results.","questions":[{"text":"How were component performances combined, including bonuses, penalties and tie-breaks?","id":"winner-reconstruction-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Can the published overall classification be reproduced from the available component results?","id":"winner-reconstruction-q02","kind":"action"},{"text":"When records disagree, which classification is official, corrected or a secondary transcription?","id":"winner-reconstruction-q03","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"cessation-and-continuity","name":"Cessation and continuity","description":"Interprets the end of the historical series and claims that later activities continue it.","layers":[{"id":"historical-end","name":"Historical end","description":"Separates the last documented race from a documented decision to discontinue the event.","findings":[{"id":"cessation-evidence","name":"Cessation evidence","description":"The latest located result does not by itself establish a formal termination date or its cause.","questions":[{"text":"What is the last edition supported by completed-race evidence, and is there a separate cessation announcement?","id":"cessation-evidence-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"Who attributes the event's cessation to particular causes, and what evidence supports those explanations?","id":"cessation-evidence-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"later-escalada-claims","name":"Later Escalada claims","description":"Assesses successor and commemorative relationships without assuming equivalence.","findings":[{"id":"continuation-assessment","name":"Continuation assessment","description":"Later events require evidence of organisational, regulatory or explicitly asserted historical continuity before entering the same edition sequence.","questions":[{"text":"Does a later organiser claim a resumed edition, a tribute or an independent event inspired by the historical Escalada?","id":"continuation-assessment-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Should its results extend the historical palmarès or remain linked as a separate related activity?","id":"continuation-assessment-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"evidence-and-external-alignment","name":"Evidence and external alignment","description":"What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.","layers":[{"id":"reported-evidence","name":"Reported evidence","description":"Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-confidence-notes","name":"Check these first","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these check these first hold for the sense of Escalada a Montjuïc this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-confidence-notes-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-real-world-use","name":"Real-world use","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Escalada a Montjuïc this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-real-world-use-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-measurements","name":"Typical measurements","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of Escalada a Montjuïc this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-measurements-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards","name":"Failure modes and hazards","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of Escalada a Montjuïc this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-neighbours","name":"Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of Escalada a Montjuïc this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-neighbours-q01","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Report past editions, winners and times from archived sources.","Explain its format of a short road race and an uphill time trial."],"mustNot":["Present the event as still running without a source.","Alter historical results or climb times without an official basis.","Make doping claims about named riders without a finding.","Misplace the event outside Barcelona's Montjuic hill."],"requiresHuman":["Correcting results in a shared historical record."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["The event is part of Barcelona's sporting heritage and riders' careers.","Fair coverage matters for riders who cannot respond today."],"affectedParties":["Former riders","Barcelona cycling 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