Posted from a recent email from Shawn Farrell
RE: number of officials for CX races

I think we definitely need 5 or 6 officials, depending on
circumstance. To run with fewer would be impossible. At a minimum you
need the CR, at least one in the pit, and two judges, but two judges
will not cut it in a multiple event day. So, you need at least one
more, who may be able to float between judge/scorer/AR duties
depending on the need. Given that few CX races use transponders, and if they do use them, they rarely work for primary data collection, it is always up to the judges to get the results regardless of how they are later processed. That means for an international race, we should
always have 3 judges. I would say for a C2 then, we have a minimum of
5. For a C1, we should have 6.

The unknown factor is the course. Some courses beg for another referee
out and about, while others do not.

Shawn Farrell
Technical Director
USA Cycling

Note: UCI C1 events require at least two International Commissaires
(one appointed by UCI) and one National Commissaire, plus Regional
officials
UCI C2 events require a minimum of the appointed International
Commissaire and at least two National Commissaires, plus Regional
officials

At the Toronto UCI Cross races, the primary data collection did in fact come from the timing tags.

See the following photo of the tag on the front axle: http://www.velonews.com/photo/99392

And results here:
http://www.ontariocycling.org/...satresultslaps_1.htm
http://www.ontariocycling.org/...sunresultslaps_1.htm

Every lap, every race, for two days captured by transponders with results sent live the internet so people could look at results and lap counts in the pits as the race progressed.

See:
http://allsportsevents.com/Res...SpectaCross2009.html

Jenna,

Very cool. Some of our CCX events in Oregon this year have seen 1400 racers. How do you distribute/collect the transponders while ensuring you actually get them back? Do you distribute for the "day", or per event? If it is "per day", then I assume you must have a healthy stock of transponders?

Thanks for the info.

Jim Fischer

Jim,
I haven't been here in a while. Contact me through my website if you're still interested how we manage races with hundreds and even thousands of participants.
Jenna
www.allsportsevents.com