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      "Edition dates, local time conventions, lifecycle status and evidence of changes or cancellation",
      "Race categories, eligibility, competition format and official results",
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      "Complete biographies, employment histories and season records of riders and teams",
      "Maryland geography and permanent road infrastructure beyond their event roles",
      "Internal governance of organising, sanctioning or sponsoring organisations",
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      "An official organiser or sanctioning record identifies the event as the Maryland Cycling Classic; a Maryland location alone does not establish identity.",
      "A dated race or programme item can be linked to a particular Classic edition rather than treated as the entire recurring event.",
      "Race category, route and results belong to the same documented edition and constituent race; shared branding does not make those attributes interchangeable.",
      "A similarly branded community activity is distinguished from a competitive race through its programme designation, entry conditions and results arrangements."
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        "why_it_matters": "Prevents a date, result or cancellation from being applied to the wrong level of the Classic."
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        "why_it_matters": "Distinguishes the Classic's actual course for an edition from promotional maps or previous routes."
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      "Resolve a Maryland Cycling Classic reference to the series, a particular edition or one constituent race.",
      "Compare documented editions to identify changes in programme, route, classification and delivery.",
      "Check whether a proposed rider, team, volunteer or spectator action meets the relevant edition's published conditions.",
      "Locate the responsible authority and latest applicable notice for schedule, access or route changes.",
      "Trace participation and results to official race records while preserving corrections and unresolved conflicts."
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        "Report race results, routes and dates from official organiser sources.",
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        "Publish doping allegations without an official finding.",
        "Alter results without the organisers' or federation's decision.",
        "Encourage spectators to step into the road or follow the race in vehicles.",
        "Share riders' personal data beyond what they publish."
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        "Changing the course or safety arrangements of the race."
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        "Closing roads affects Baltimore-area residents and businesses.",
        "Riders and spectators share public roads during the race."
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        "Residents along the route"
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      "Crashes in urban sections with road furniture.",
      "Spectator and vehicle incursions on the course."
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    "standards_and_regulation": [
      "UCI Cycling Regulations, Union Cycliste Internationale."
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    "what_it_is_for": [
      "This event brings professional road cycling competition to Maryland through an organized one-day race.",
      "It is encountered in race calendars, results archives, sports coverage and local spectator information.",
      "Edition-specific information supports planning for attendance, race operations and road access."
    ],
    "visual_identification": [
      "Official event signage identifies the race by its name and distinguishes it from other cycling events in Maryland.",
      "Edition dates on banners, accreditation or race materials distinguish one running from another.",
      "Baltimore location markings and matching official route information support identification, while cyclists and team clothing alone do not."
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        "name": "Classic identity and continuity",
        "description": "Establishes what counts as the Maryland Cycling Classic and how its editions and activities relate.",
        "rationale": "The recurring name must remain recognisable without treating every branded activity or changed programme as the same race.",
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                "name": "Authoritative Classic identity",
                "description": "Record evidence connecting official names, sponsor-qualified titles and organiser references to this registered thing.",
                "questions": [
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                    "text": "Which organiser or sanctioning records establish the event represented by vr.tr.maryland-cycling-classic?",
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                    "text": "Which title changes preserve the Classic's identity, and what evidence supports continuity across them?",
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                  {
                    "text": "Which competitive races and associated activities does the official programme include in each Classic edition?",
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                  {
                    "text": "When a race category is added or removed, how does the organiser describe its relationship to the continuing Classic?",
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                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What dates delimit the Classic edition's full programme, and which dates belong specifically to its competitive races?",
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                    "id": "dated-edition-extent-q01"
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                  {
                    "text": "Which calendar, time zone and timing precision apply to published starts, finishes and road-access windows?",
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                "id": "edition-status-evidence",
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                "description": "Record announcements and subsequent outcomes without inferring completion from an old calendar listing.",
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                  {
                    "text": "Which dated notices establish whether the edition was scheduled, postponed, cancelled or completed?",
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                    "id": "edition-status-evidence-q01"
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                  {
                    "text": "Where sources disagree about an edition's status or reasons for a change, who makes each claim and which authority can resolve it?",
                    "kind": "provenance",
                    "id": "edition-status-evidence-q02"
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                  {
                    "text": "Which planning or attendance actions must be revised after a confirmed status change?",
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        "id": "race-programme-and-results",
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                "description": "Record each race's documented format and eligibility without carrying classifications forward automatically.",
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                    "text": "What discipline, format, participant categories and sanctioning classification are documented for each race in this edition?",
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                    "id": "edition-specific-competition-contract-q01"
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                  {
                    "text": "What invitation, qualification, registration or licensing conditions govern rider and team entry?",
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                    "id": "edition-specific-competition-contract-q02"
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            "id": "starters-and-classification",
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            "description": "Separates announced participation from actual starters and official outcomes.",
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                  {
                    "text": "Which official records distinguish invited or announced teams and riders from those who actually started?",
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                    "id": "participation-to-result-trace-q01"
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                  {
                    "text": "How are finish order, time gaps, non-finishes and exclusions represented in the official classification?",
                    "kind": "measurement",
                    "id": "participation-to-result-trace-q02"
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                  {
                    "text": "Which corrections or adjudications supersede an earlier published Classic result?",
                    "kind": "provenance",
                    "id": "participation-to-result-trace-q03"
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        "description": "Connects each Classic race to its documented course and the temporary use of Maryland roads.",
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                "id": "verified-classic-course",
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                "description": "Record start and finish locations, road sequence, any circuits and distance against a dated course source.",
                "questions": [
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                    "text": "Which Maryland locations and roads constitute the published course for this particular Classic race?",
                    "kind": "boundary",
                    "id": "verified-classic-course-q01"
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                    "text": "What distance, circuit arrangement and lap count does the authoritative route version specify?",
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                    "id": "verified-classic-course-q02"
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                  {
                    "text": "Was the published course changed or shortened, and which record establishes the route actually raced?",
                    "kind": "provenance",
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            "id": "closures-and-access",
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            "description": "Relates the course to jurisdiction-specific traffic controls and public access notices.",
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                "id": "race-road-access-conditions",
                "name": "Race road access conditions",
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                "questions": [
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                    "text": "Which road authorities publish closures or traffic controls for the edition, and what locations and times do their notices cover?",
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                    "text": "Where and when may residents, spectators and service vehicles cross or enter the affected roads?",
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                    "text": "Who is responsible for organising the edition, directing competition and authorising its use of public roads?",
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                    "id": "classic-delivery-authorities-q01"
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                    "text": "What documented readiness conditions govern whether the race may start, continue, change course or stop?",
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            "description": "Captures edition-specific public participation opportunities and communication channels.",
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                "name": "Supported public actions",
                "description": "Ground spectator, volunteer and viewing actions in current official instructions for the relevant race or activity.",
                "questions": [
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                    "text": "Which official instructions govern spectator areas, accessibility, admission and volunteer registration for this edition?",
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                    "id": "supported-public-actions-q01"
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                  {
                    "text": "Which channels provide authoritative race-day changes and any confirmed broadcast or streaming access?",
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                  "Check edition-specific dates, routes, distances, race classifications and participant eligibility before describing any particular edition.",
                  "The inaugural race was a men's professional event; verify subsequent additions or changes to the event programme rather than assuming that format persisted."
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                    "id": "evidence-confidence-notes-q01",
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                    "text": "Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of Maryland Cycling Classic this model covers, and on what evidence?",
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                  {
                    "id": "evidence-real-world-use-q01",
                    "text": "Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Maryland Cycling Classic this model covers, and on what evidence?",
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                    "id": "evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01",
                    "text": "Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of Maryland Cycling Classic this model covers, and on what evidence?",
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                    "name": "Stage race",
                    "difference": "A stage race combines multiple races into an overall classification; the Maryland Cycling Classic's inaugural competition was decided in a single road race."
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                    "name": "Criterium",
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    "Which authoritative records establish the Classic's founding, first completed edition and continuity across any naming or organisational changes?",
    "Which editions were announced but did not take place, and what explanations are supported by attributable sources?",
    "How have constituent race categories, competition formats and sanctioning classifications changed across editions?",
    "Which archived route documents establish planned versus actually raced courses, including any last-minute alterations?",
    "Does an existing Vercy world model already cover this event, and should the registry entry link to it as the single source of truth?"
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