Cycling race and event management software

Cycling is several sports under one federation. On the road, a mass-start race sends the whole field off together and the first rider across the line wins, while an individual time trial sends riders off one at a time at fixed intervals and the fastest time over the course wins. Criteriums race short laps of a closed circuit, and team time trials ride against the clock as a unit.

Track cycling runs on a velodrome and mixes timed events with bunch races. Sprints and keirins are decided head to head or in small heats, pursuits are ridden against the clock, and bunch races such as the scratch race, points race, elimination and madison are decided by finishing order or points. An omnium combines several of these into one result.

Mountain biking has its own formats again, from cross-country laps on a technical circuit to downhill runs timed one rider at a time. On Zeetius, the discipline, the number of rounds or heats, the category structure and the way a result is decided are set by the organiser for each event, so one calendar can hold all of them.

• Road. Mass-start road races, criteriums, individual and team time trials, and multi-day stage races.
• Track. Sprint, keirin, pursuit and bunch races such as the scratch, points and elimination races, with heats and finals as configured.
• Mountain bike. Cross-country and downhill events, with the number of runs or laps set per category.

Race day in cycling is built around the start list. A road race needs each category's riders and race numbers confirmed before the flag drops, and an event with several categories on one course has to space their start times so that fields do not catch one another. A time trial needs a start order and a start time for every rider, usually at regular intervals.

Start lists in Zeetius are produced from the confirmed entries, and the start order can follow the organiser's rules, whether that is a ranking, a seeding, a random draw or the reverse order of a previous classification. Track meetings need a programme of heats and finals across a single velodrome, so the order of events and the rest between a rider's races can be planned in advance.

Technical officials are central to a cycling event. Commissaires, finish judges and other officials are accredited, nominated and allocated to races from the same record in Zeetius Tournaments and Zeetius Federation, so the chief commissaire knows who is on duty at every race and every official's appointments are kept in one history.

• Start order. Set by ranking, seeding, random draw or a previous classification, as the event's rules require.
• Category waves. Several categories planned on one course with their own start times and race numbers.
• Officials. Commissaires and judges nominated and allocated to each race from one record.

Young cyclists are developed by clubs and academies over many seasons, from first rides on closed circuits through to junior racing. Zeetius Academy manages riders, training groups, training plans, attendance and assessments, so a coach can see each rider's progress and plan the next block of training from real records rather than memory.

Fees, coach payroll and expense claims sit in the same system as the coaching. Parents see their own child's attendance, assessments and fees, and nothing else, while coaches record sessions from the mobile app at the track or the club ride instead of copying notes into a spreadsheet afterwards.

Zet AI answers questions about an academy's own data, such as which riders have trained most consistently this term or which group is due its next assessment. Clubs and coaches can also list in the Zeetius Sports Directory, where riders and parents looking for cycling coaching nearby can find them.