Racing Strategy for the Ultimate Cycling Challenge

1. Activity 1 – Part 1 Facts from Scenario – Learn them all! • There are six stages in the race • A stage must start and finish in one of the nine towns • A stage must go through all nine towns • A stage must be at least 150km but must not exceed 200km • A check point is where two or more roads cross • Overall Champion • All riders start together, each rider given an individual time for each stage • If a rider fails to complete a stage they are out of the competition • Rider with the lowest aggregate time wins • Team Race • Each team has 5 riders, fastest 3 of those are recorded for each stage • Town with overall shortest team time over the 6 stages wins • King of the Mountains • 2 stages must be climb stages • Can only have 2 category 1 climbs or 1 category 1 and 1 category 2 climb • Category 1 climb should average greater than or equal to 9% • Category 2 climb should average in excess of 7% but less than 9% • Sprint Cup • One stage must be a sprint stage • No climbs greater than 5% • Spotters at 6 of the checkpoints

2. Activity 1 – Part 2 Decisions – Learn them ALL • Routes for each stage, making sure 1 stage is a sprint and 2 other stages are climb stages • Which stage will be a sprint stage, with no climbs greater than 5% • Which stages will be climb stages – either 2 cat 1 or 1 cat 1 and 1 cat 2 • Average Heights of climbs • Length of stages (more than 150km but less than 200km) Assumptions – Learn them ALL • That the pedometer has given accurate distances between checkpoints • Height measurements are accurate for each checkpoint. • Aggregated climb % are accurate based on the watch measurements. Remember – Activity, Name, Candidate No, Centre No in the Header or Footer