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It's odd. My seeding index did not really change this last year, yet for this race I dropped down from 3D for last year to 3G this year.

 

Same thing happened to my son. He was hit harder. Down from 1E to 2A.

 

Agreed, seeding index didn't really change either yet we also dropped a few groups. Oh well

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Thank you Nick...  :thumbup:

 

Should probably just read through everything. 

 

Not sure on your situation but entries appear to still be open which might be an easier/ cheaper route.

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Since then I've done (by my standards) big mileage and training and will probably be at my fittest ever for the CTCT. But how would the organisers know this without me doing any races to prove it.

 

Perhaps Strava...If you gave them permission and if you use it...????

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It's odd. My seeding index did not really change this last year, yet for this race I dropped down from 3D for last year to 3G this year.

 

Same thing happened to my son. He was hit harder. Down from 1E to 2A.

I will be in Volvo kit in 3G, look out for me as you fly past 

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Perhaps Strava...If you gave them permission and if you use it...

I think that might also be a little difficult as you dont know what outside influences the person had on their training rides.

 

Plus then I'd have to use Strava

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Has this being confirmed?

 

Is it general access or ppa members only ?

 

There's an Enter Here link on the home page. A friend entered last night. That's all I know.

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And have they received their starting time and number ?

 

He has not.

 

But I suspect the seeding is a batch task rather than set up to be automatically processed on entry.

 

Maybe give them a call to confirm?

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Agreed, seeding index didn't really change either yet we also dropped a few groups. Oh well

There's no hard and fast rule that converts an index number to a start group.

 

They will determine the cut off index values for each start group based on the field that has entered and then split the indexes into appropriate/desired group sizes.

 

So if last year's field had more riders with higher indexes, the index cut off for each group will be closer, if that makes any sense.

 

An extreme example, if there are 500 riders with indexes below 10, but they want to limit the bunch size to 100, the cuttoff for the first group will probably be 1 or 2. Compared to if the same 500 riders have indexes spread across 0 to 20, the cutoff for the first group will prob be around 3 or 4.

 

So even if your index doesn't change, you can either drop or go up a group.

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