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stage race

vr.tr.stage-race · thing-q1318941

Let an agent handle stage races by edition, stages, classifications, category and results, distinct from one-day races.

Thing Registry Activities and processes ACT.EVT
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Edition Which running.

Identity

Name and year.

Edition

Edition details.

  1. Which edition, when and where? definition
  2. How many stages? measurement

Route

Stages.

Route

Stage route.

  1. What are the stages and their profiles? definition
  2. Which are decisive? definition
Classifications How winners are decided.

Overall

General classification.

GC

General classification.

  1. Who leads or won the general classification? provenance
  2. By what margin? measurement

Secondary

Points, mountains, youth.

Secondary

Other classifications.

  1. Who won the points, mountains and youth classifications? provenance
  2. How are they calculated? definition
Field Teams and category.

Category

UCI class.

Category

Category.

  1. What UCI category is this race? provenance
  2. For which gender and age? definition

Teams

Participants.

Teams

Teams.

  1. Which teams take part? provenance
  2. How were they selected? definition
Integrity and safety Rules and risk.

Safety

Course safety.

Safety

Safety measures.

  1. What safety measures apply on the course? definition
  2. How are extreme weather rules applied? action

Results

Changes.

Results

Result changes.

  1. Have results been changed after the event? provenance
  2. Why? provenance

Classifiers Filled

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Activities and processes
Entry kind
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Plane
ACT
Domain
ACT.EVT
Other names and narrower kinds
Rutas de América, Epic Series, Uno-X Ladies Cup, Tour of China, Tour de Liège, Tour of Luzon, Ster der junioren 1937, Ster der junioren 1939, Ster der junioren 1940, Ster der junioren 1942, Tour of Tasmania, Festningsrittet

What it is Filled

A cycling race held over several days, divided into stages, with an overall classification decided by cumulative time and secondary classifications such as points and mountains.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle stage races by edition, stages, classifications, category and results, distinct from one-day races.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • Multiple stages over several days
  • Overall classification by cumulative time
  • Secondary classifications
  • Series and editions must be kept apart

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Publish unofficial classifications as if they were official.
  • Interfere with riders, team vehicles or the course during a stage.
  • Help anyone dope or evade anti-doping controls.
  • Share riders' private health or location data without consent.

Only with a human decision

  • Neutralising or cancelling a stage for weather or safety.

May

  • Report stage results, times and classifications from the organiser's official results.
  • Inform road users and residents of closures along the route.

Moral aspects Filled

  • Riders face crashes, traffic and exhaustion over many days.
  • Doping has damaged the sport and riders' health.

Who is affected

  • Riders and teams
  • Spectators by the road
  • Residents along the route

Owners Filled

Steward

The race organiser, under the rules of the cycling federation.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q15091377 - registry parent class

related

  • sports competition - cycling race
  • single-day road race - one day
  • UCI - category
  • road - closed roads

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.stage-race
  • Wikidata: Q1318941 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1318941)

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

  • duration: 2-23 days - grand tours are about 21 stages
  • total distance: 300-3500 km

Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Tour names and stage numbers
  • Leader jerseys such as yellow or pink
  • UCI category on calendars
  • Riders in a peloton over several days, with leaders jerseys for classifications.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • hold an edition, with a route of stages
  • enter teams, by invitation or right
  • follow classifications
  • close roads for stages

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Crashes
  • Weather extremes
  • Doping cases changing results

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • UCI Cycling Regulations for stage races
  • Road closure law
  • World Anti-Doping Code

Context of use required Filled

  • Multi-day competition in road cycling, from grand tours to regional tours.
  • grand tours
  • UCI WorldTour and ProSeries stage races
  • national and regional tours
  • women and junior stage races

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q1318941: stage race - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: Race stage - general description of the item

Open questions

  • Should series and editions be separate entries?
  • How should stage results and classifications be linked?
  • The registry entry lists specific races as aliases; should they link as instances?

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q1318941/spec.json