2010 GENERAL RACE PARAMETERS

CATEGORIES
The disciplines and their relative categories are indicated in the table below. Categories depend on
age. The age class a rider is eligible to ride is determined by his age, which shall be calculated by
deducting the year of birth from the current year.

Discipline Category Age

20” Trials Combined Elite/Junior Men 16 years and older

26” Trials Combined Elite/Junior Men 16 years and older

20”/26” Trials Women 15 years and older

COMPETITION FORMAT
In the women’s category, each trials world cup is one single event.

In the men’s categories, each trials world cup race shall include a quarterfinal event, semifinal and a
final round .The best ten riders from the quarterfinal and the ten highest ranked riders on the UCI
ranking will be eligible to compete in the semifinal (see Chapter VII for the UCI trials ranking)

Best eight riders in the semifinal will be eligible to compete in the final.

Quarterfinal
The trial world cup event will commence with a quarterfinal event. The world cup quarterfinal events
are open to all non-qualified riders. The quarterfinal event shall consist of three rounds of six sections.
The competition time shall be four hours. The commissaries panel may adjust the time according to
the number of entered riders.

Minimum number of riders per category: eight

Semifinal
A minimum top ten rider from the quarterfinal in each category qualifies for the semifinal. More riders
can qualify if the number of directly qualified (from the UCI ranking) is less than ten riders

The Semi-final shall consist of two rounds of six sections. The competition time shall be four hours.
The commissaries panel may adjust the time if necessary.

Finals
The best eight riders in the semifinal will be eligible to compete in the final. The scores gained in the
qualification do not count in the final. Each finalist starts with zero points.

The competition time for the finals shall be 20 minutes per lap (two laps).

Riders will start in a specific order and in a specific section order (Section 1 to 6)

Start time in final

Rider in 8th position (1/2 final) starts first.
Rider in 7th position (1/2 final) starts + 3 min
Rider in 6th position (1/2 final) starts + 6 min
Rider in 5th position (1/2 final) starts + 9 min
Rider in 4th position (1/2 final) starts +12 min
Rider in 3rd position (1/2 final) starts + 15 min
Rider in 2nd position (1/2 final) starts + 18 min
Rider in 1st position (1/2 final) starts + 21 min

In case of a tie, the points from the semifinal will act as a tiebreaker.

UCI/JOL Page 1 4/19/2010

Number of sections and rounds
The number of sections and rounds are as indicated below;

Type of competition Number of sections Number of rounds

Quarterfinal 20” 6 3
Quarterfinal 26” 6 3
Women 20”/26” 6 3
Semifinal 20” 6 2
Semifinal 26” 6 2
Final 20” 6 2
Final 26” 6 2

ENTRIES
Riders wishing to compete in the UCI Trials World Cup may register only under the auspices and
through their National federation. All competition entry dates must be adhered to and no late entries
will be accepted. Pre-registration for the Trials World Cup is subject to the following restrictions:

Registration
Start Date End Date Event Country Venue Deadline
21.05.2010 22.05.2010 UCI Trials World Cup ESP Ripoll 11.05.2010
26.06.2010 27.06.2010 UCI Trials World Cup ITA Biella 16.06.2010
31.07.2010 01.08.2010 UCI Trials World Cup BEL Antwerp 21.07.2010
St François
07.08.2010 08.08.2010 UCI Trials World Cup FRA Longchamp 28.07.2010

PRIZE MONEY
UCI has set a minimum prize money amount of 5’000 Swiss Franc (Elite/Junior Men) and 900 Swiss
Franc (Women) for each Trials World Cup event. The payment of the prize money will be paid out in
cash by the Organizer directly after the event; the amount will be paid either in Swiss Franc or Euros
(according to the schedule below)

26” Class Swiss Francs (CHF) 20” Class Swiss Francs (CHF)
Place Amount Place Amount
1st 1000.00 1st 1000.00
2nd 750.00 2nd 750.00
3rd 500.00 3rd 500.00
4th 250.00 4th 250.00
Total: 2500.00 Total 2500.00
Euros € Euros €
Place Amount Place Amount
1st 667.00 1st 667.00
2nd 500.00 2nd 500.00
3rd 334.00 3rd 334.00
4th 167.00 4th 167.00
Total 1’668.00 Total 1’668.00

UCI/JOL Page 2 4/19/2010

 Women Class Swiss Francs (CHF)
Place Amount
1st 500.00
2nd 250.00
3rd 150.00
Total: 900.00
Euros €
Place Amount
1st 325.00
2nd 165.00
3rd 100.00
Total 590.00

UCI TRIALS WORLD RANKINGS

The selection criteria for directly qualified riders for the Trials World Cup, is based on the UCI Trials
Ranking (See Chapter VI – UCI trials classification). The ranking includes the latest World Cup events
as well as the UCI Trials World Championships. To view the latest ranking, go to “ranking” under the
UCI webpage

UCI/JOL Page 3 4/19/2010