{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.paris-roubaix-espoirs","code":"thing-q2435617","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q2435617/","name":"Paris–Roubaix Espoirs","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":"Paris-Roubaix Espoirs is a one-day road cycling race in northern France for men in the under-23 category, distinguished by cobbled sectors and its association with the senior Paris-Roubaix race.","purpose":"Enable an agent to identify Paris-Roubaix Espoirs, distinguish its editions and neighbouring races, and assess participation, course conditions and results using edition-specific evidence.","scope":{"in":["Continuity of the Paris-Roubaix Espoirs identity across edition names and calendar changes","Edition dates, operational status and responsible sporting authorities","Edition-specific rider eligibility, team participation and confirmed starters","Authorised route, cobbled sectors, finish arrangements and course revisions","Race incidents, official classifications and subsequent result amendments"],"out":["The elite men's Paris-Roubaix race and its independent results","Paris-Roubaix Femmes and Paris-Roubaix Juniors as separate competitions","Paris-Roubaix Challenge participation and recreational riding","Complete rider biographies, team histories and career forecasts","Permanent management of roads, cobbled sectors and sporting venues"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Match the competition's own Espoirs or U23 designation and edition identifier; a Paris-Roubaix name or logo alone does not establish identity.","Check the edition's participant category against its governing record; the 2024 UCI listing specifies men under 23 ([UCI competition record](https://www.uci.org/competition-details/2024/ROA/72567)).","Separate U23 documentation from U19 documentation even when presented together: the organiser explicitly distinguishes Espoirs U23 and Juniors U19 ([organiser event page](https://www.velo-club-roubaix.fr/paris-roubaix-juniors-u19-espoirs-u23-2026/)).","Require the Espoirs edition's own route and classification; shared Roubaix branding, roads or venues do not make another race the same event."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"race-identity-and-continuity","name":"Race identity and continuity","description":"Establish which documents and historical runnings belong to the registered Espoirs competition.","layers":[{"id":"competition-boundary","name":"Competition boundary","description":"Separate the Espoirs race from neighbouring Roubaix events.","findings":[{"id":"espoirs-identity-evidence","name":"Espoirs identity evidence","description":"Require an authoritative competition designation and edition context before attaching a document to this thing.","questions":[{"text":"Which organiser or federation record identifies this document as belonging to Paris-Roubaix Espoirs?","id":"espoirs-identity-evidence-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What distinguishes it from the junior, elite or recreational event when branding or publication pages are shared?","id":"espoirs-identity-evidence-q02","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"historical-continuity","name":"Historical continuity","description":"Connect edition names and numbering without inventing uninterrupted annual occurrence.","findings":[{"id":"edition-lineage","name":"Edition lineage","description":"Treat year, edition number and title as separately evidenced indicators of continuity.","questions":[{"text":"Which source connects a changed title or organiser to the same Espoirs race lineage?","id":"edition-lineage-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"How are cancelled, omitted or disputed runnings reflected in official edition numbering?","id":"edition-lineage-q02","kind":"definition"}]}]}]},{"id":"edition-calendar-and-authority","name":"Edition calendar and authority","description":"Determine when an Espoirs edition was planned or held and who could authorise changes.","layers":[{"id":"scheduled-and-actual-running","name":"Scheduled and actual running","description":"Distinguish calendar dates from the actual race interval and cancellation history.","findings":[{"id":"edition-time-and-status","name":"Edition time and status","description":"Retain original announcements and later changes with their publication times.","questions":[{"text":"What scheduled date and local start time does the edition's authoritative programme give?","id":"edition-time-and-status-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"What evidence establishes that the race started, finished, was postponed or was cancelled?","id":"edition-time-and-status-q02","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Does a reported date refer to the Espoirs race itself or an associated Roubaix event?","id":"edition-time-and-status-q03","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"decision-making-authority","name":"Decision-making authority","description":"Attribute organisational and sporting decisions to their responsible bodies.","findings":[{"id":"authorised-edition-decisions","name":"Authorised edition decisions","description":"Separate organiser announcements, federation records and commissaire decisions according to their remit.","questions":[{"text":"Who is named as organiser, sanctioning body and sporting decision authority for this edition?","id":"authorised-edition-decisions-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which notice authorises a schedule change, cancellation or alteration of race operations?","id":"authorised-edition-decisions-q02","kind":"action"},{"text":"Who attributes a change to weather, logistics or another cause, and is that explanation contested?","id":"authorised-edition-decisions-q03","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"espoirs-eligibility-and-field","name":"Espoirs eligibility and field","description":"Interpret the edition's U23 entry conditions and establish who actually participated.","layers":[{"id":"entry-conditions","name":"Entry conditions","description":"Apply the rules governing rider and team admission for the selected edition.","findings":[{"id":"rider-and-team-eligibility","name":"Rider and team eligibility","description":"Ground eligibility decisions in dated regulations rather than an informal interpretation of under 23.","questions":[{"text":"How do the applicable rules calculate age eligibility for this Espoirs edition?","id":"rider-and-team-eligibility-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which licence categories, team types and team-size limits are permitted?","id":"rider-and-team-eligibility-q02","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"What evidence is still required before an agent can assess a proposed entry as eligible?","id":"rider-and-team-eligibility-q03","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"confirmed-participation","name":"Confirmed participation","description":"Track the transition from announced field to actual starters.","findings":[{"id":"start-list-reconciliation","name":"Start-list reconciliation","description":"Reconcile invitations, entries, substitutions and starter evidence within one edition.","questions":[{"text":"Which list establishes actual starters rather than invited teams or preliminary entries?","id":"start-list-reconciliation-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"How are late substitutions, withdrawals and riders who did not start represented?","id":"start-list-reconciliation-q02","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which edition-specific bib and team association distinguish riders with similar names?","id":"start-list-reconciliation-q03","kind":"boundary"}]}]}]},{"id":"espoirs-route-and-cobbles","name":"Espoirs route and cobbles","description":"Represent the edition's authorised itinerary, cobbled passages and finish configuration.","layers":[{"id":"authorised-itinerary","name":"Authorised itinerary","description":"Establish the actual route version and competitive boundaries.","findings":[{"id":"route-version-and-distance","name":"Route version and distance","description":"Associate start, finish and distance with a dated Espoirs route document and any superseding notices.","questions":[{"text":"Where are the neutralised departure, competitive start and finish defined for this edition?","id":"route-version-and-distance-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"What is the competitive distance in kilometres, and does the published total include neutralised riding?","id":"route-version-and-distance-q02","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which route revision was authorised for race day?","id":"route-version-and-distance-q03","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"cobbled-sector-sequence","name":"Cobbled sector sequence","description":"Capture the order and extent of cobbled passages used by the Espoirs field.","findings":[{"id":"sector-exposure","name":"Sector exposure","description":"Record sector names, numbering, lengths and positions using the selected edition's route conventions.","questions":[{"text":"Which cobbled sectors are traversed, in what order and over what stated lengths?","id":"sector-exposure-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Are sector numbers and difficulty ratings specific to this route, and who assigned them?","id":"sector-exposure-q02","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which sectors were bypassed or shortened, and how should comparisons with the planned route change?","id":"sector-exposure-q03","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"race-conduct-and-classification","name":"Race conduct and classification","description":"Connect conditions and sporting decisions to the edition's documented outcome.","layers":[{"id":"conditions-and-interventions","name":"Conditions and interventions","description":"Locate consequential conditions and incidents within the Espoirs race.","findings":[{"id":"incident-and-response-evidence","name":"Incident and response evidence","description":"Separate reports of crashes, mechanical problems or hazardous sectors from confirmed interventions and causal conclusions.","questions":[{"text":"Which source locates the reported condition or incident within this Espoirs edition and its route?","id":"incident-and-response-evidence-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What official response, if any, altered passage, timing or continuation of the race?","id":"incident-and-response-evidence-q02","kind":"action"},{"text":"Is a claimed effect on the outcome documented, attributed commentary or unresolved inference?","id":"incident-and-response-evidence-q03","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"official-outcome","name":"Official outcome","description":"Establish finish order and classification status while preserving revisions.","findings":[{"id":"classification-and-amendments","name":"Classification and amendments","description":"Use the edition's official classification to distinguish placings, time gaps and non-finishing or exclusion statuses.","questions":[{"text":"Which document supplies the official Espoirs classification, and when was it issued?","id":"classification-and-amendments-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"How does that classification define recorded times, gaps and non-finishing statuses?","id":"classification-and-amendments-q02","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Has a later sporting decision amended the result, and which earlier claims must be updated?","id":"classification-and-amendments-q03","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 Paris-Roubaix Espoirs this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-confidence-notes-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation","name":"Standards and regulation","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of Paris-Roubaix Espoirs this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-standards-and-regulation-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 Paris-Roubaix Espoirs 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to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of Paris-Roubaix Espoirs this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-neighbours-q01","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Report race editions and results from official sources.","Describe the cobbled sectors and their condition from organizer information."],"mustNot":["Help a rider or team cheat or dope, including young riders.","Encourage spectators to crowd cobbled sectors where riders pass.","Repeat doping allegations beyond official sanctions.","Present results of the under-23 race as those of the senior race."],"requiresHuman":["Correcting results after a sanction or appeal."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Under-23 riders are young athletes whose careers and health depend on clean, safe racing.","Cobbled sectors are heritage roads kept by local volunteers."],"affectedParties":["Young riders","Spectators","Local 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