DRS Rules & Scoring

2.1 Rider Info and Biometrics

1. Riders must have a fully registered ZwiftPower.com account that has enabled the sharing of rider data with ZwiftPower from your Zwift Profile Connections.
2. Riders must have a fully registered DirtRacingSeries.com account that has your full name, correct Zwift ID and your DRS Role listed.
3. Riders must have accurate height and weight entered in-to their Zwift profile, either through Companion app or Zwift.com. Weight reductions of >2kg close to the event will require the rider to verify this with a weigh-in video.
4. Riders are not permitted to change their height, weight or any other biometric information from the point they enter the pen to when they exit the race.
   1. Failure to comply will result in a Single Race DQ for the rider.
5. Riders should ensure that races in this series are saved as PUBLIC to ensure transparency.
   1. In the event that a rider is reported to Race Control, then Race Control will request the original ZWIFT FIT file from the Team Captain via notification on Direct Message on Discord or email. This will need to be provided within 24-hours and failure to provide that FIT file will itself be a Single Race DQ for the rider in question.

2.2 Rider Equipment

1. All riders must transmit power information to Zwift.
   1. This can be done by using a Smart turbo trainer, Smart bike or Classic ‘dumb’ trainer with a separate power meter.
   2. Don’t use anything to generate power other than a bike or hand-bike (Ski-Erg and all power multipliers are prohibited).
   3. Not transmitting power information to the game will result in a Single Race DQ for the rider.
2. All riders are expected to wear a heart rate monitor (HRM) that transmits data directly to Zwift.
   1. We do not auto-DQ for not wearing a HRM. However, if a review is requested for not wearing a HRM and you have a (recent) history of races with less than 75% of them wearing a HRM, this will result in a Single Race DQ for the rider.

3.1 Team Rosters:

1. A team can comprise up to 8 nominated riders (all 8 can race!) of which a maximum of 4 will score points towards the Team Classification in each event. All riders who race in each event will score points towards their Individual Classifications.
   1. Once a registered rider enters a Stage, they are locked-in to the team.
2. Teams must be made up of riders at or below the team category threshold the team is registered to.
3. To avoid any unnecessary DQ’s we’ll check your rider’s data before each stage. If you want your rider’s data checked by our system, please make sure to add them at least 24-hours before Stage start.
4. You can add riders to your Team Rosters up to any time until Stage start, the Team Rosters won’t lock.

3.2 Upgrading, downgrading, moving and deleting riders:

DRS is a team event. Riders who join are expected to ride with their team for the duration of the season unless a change is unavoidable. To help team captains maintain stable teams, we provide a reasonable threshold that a rider may grow within a season, even into the next higher category, without having to leave the team.

How this plays out in practice:

1. Once a rider has raced during a season they are locked into that category or higher for the season.  For clarity if a rider was on the roster but did NOT race – then they can be moved around as required.  After a rider has raced then they can only switch teams if:
   1. The rider upgraded, elects to upgrade or has been asked by Race Control to upgrade to a higher category.
      • Their team spot will become available for a new rider.
   2. The rider wants to join a team in a different time zone.
      • Their team spot will become available for a new rider. The rider can’t return to their old time zone/category combination during that season.
2. If a rider wants to withdraw from the Series:
   1. You can delete the rider from your team.
      • Their team spot will become available for a new rider.
3. If a rider was deleted but had NOT upgraded OR downgraded a category then the rider can’t return to their old time zone/category combination during that season.

Rider Categories are based on your 30-day maximum Race Ranking which can be found on your Rider profile page at www.zwiftracing.app.

DRS category boundaries can be found in the image below:

Categories for the following time zones:
EMEA C, ATLANTIC, US W, US E

Categories for the following time zones:
EMEA W

1. We expect the best racers to increase their Race Ranking as a result of winning races. That is why we will allow racers to increase their ranking by a total of 35 above the category limit during the season and remain with their current team – provided that they have already competed where their vELO score was below the DRS category limit at the time of the pre-race freeze..
   1. For example: Platinum Rider has a race ranking of 1230 prior to the rider’s first DRS race. If this rider does well in races and gain a ranking of anywhere up to 1334.99 during the DRS season, then they are permitted to continue to race in Platinum, provided they didn’t breach point 2 below.
2. If a rider increases their Race Ranking by over 50 during a DRS race AND that takes their ranking 35 over the category threshold, the rider will face a Single Race DQ and be asked to race in their new category. This level of performance increase is likely only possible without a recent 5-min max effort in a race prior to DRS.

1. Starting Pens are as listed on the Rider Dashboard!
   
   
2. General rules that apply to all racing formats:
   1. Use of techniques or equipment that would not be permitted, or not be effective, in real life cycling events, is prohibited. Although we recognise this can often be unintentional, the first offence will still be a Single Race DQ for the rider because the technique likely gave an unfair advantage.
   2. Use of an in-game bike, or any other virtual equipment, that is designed for para-cycling athletes by non-para-cycling athletes is prohibited and will result in a Single Race Rider DQ.
      
      
3. Race specific rules:
   1. Mass start with your own category.
   2. Draft is turned ON.
   3. Free bike and wheel choice.
      • Unless mentioned otherwise in the Stage description.
   4. There are NO power-ups in play.
      
      
4. Individual Time Trial (iTT) specific rules:
   1. Mass start with your own category.
   2. Draft is turned OFF.
   3. Free bike and wheel choice.
      • Unless mentioned otherwise in the Stage description.
   4. There are NO power-ups in play.
   5. The use of ERG-mode is prohibited and will result in a Single Race Rider DQ.
      
      
5. Team Time Race Stages (Mass Start with Draft) specific rules:
   1. Mass start with your own category.
   2. Draft is turned ON.
   3. Free bike and wheel choice (be aware: TT bikes have NO draft).
      • Unless mentioned otherwise in the Stage description.
   4. There are NO power-ups in play.

1. Leaderboards
   
   
   1. Team Classification
      1. Accumulated League Points of a team in all stages.
      2. In the event of a tie, the riders Total Contributed Points that counted for the team will be used and were teams to still be tied then the team with the fastest Team Time Trial time would be declared the winner.
         
         
   2. Rider Classification
      1. Accumulated Total Rider Points of a rider in iTT and Points stages.
      2. Best 4 stages (unless there are only 4 or less Points scoring stages, in which case all count) will count for the Rider Classification.
      3. In the event of a tie, the rider’s Total Contributed Finishing Points will be used to declare the winner.
         
         
   3. Specialist Sprinter Classification
      1. Accumulated FTS & FAL Sprint points of a rider in iTT and Points stages.
      2. Best 4 stages (unless there are only 4 or less Points scoring stages, in which case all count) will count for the Sprint Classification.
      3. In the event of a tie the FTS & FAL Sprint points scored in the iTT stage will be used to declare the winner.
         
         
   4. Specialist Climber Classification
      1. Accumulated FTS & FAL KOM points of a rider in iTT and Points stages.
      2. Best 4 stages (unless there are only 4 or less Points scoring stages, in which case all count) will count for the KOM Classification.
      3. In the event of a tie the points scored in the iTT stage will be used to declare the winner.
         
         
2. Points allocation in different Races
   
   
   1. Race Stages and Individual Time Trial (iTT) Stages:
      1. Finishing Position (FIN):
         • FIN points are awarded to all riders finishing the stage.
      2. Fastest Through Segment (FTS):
         • FTS points are awarded to the top 10 times through the segment on each lap – in conjunction with the Stage description.
      3. First Across the Line (FAL):
         • FAL points awarded to the top 10 riders across the segment finish line on each lap – in conjunction with the Stage description.
      4. Total Rider Points:
         • FIN, FTS and FAL points are totalled for each rider to give the Total Rider Points.
      5. In order to rank the Teams the 4 largest Total Rider Points are summed and the teams ranked / assigned League Points in order of largest to smallest points.
         1. In the event of a tie on Total Rider Points then the higher place will be given to the team with the higher total FIN points for those top 4 riders.
      6. All riders must finish the Race within 135 percent of the winner’s finishing time.
         1. Not meeting the time cut-off will result in losing any FTS and FAL points, FIN points will still be awarded.
            
            
   2. Team Time Race (TTR) Stages:
      1. Team Finish Time:
         • The Team Finish Time is taken from the 4th rider to cross the line based on the finish times shown by ZwiftPower.
      2. Fastest Through Segment (FTS):
         • FTS points are NOT in play during TTR Stages.
      3. First Across the Line (FAL):
         • FAL points are NOT in play during TTR Stages.
      4. In order to rank the Teams, the Team Finish Times are ranked in order of fastest to slowest.
      5. In the event that a team completes the course with less than 4 riders a League Points deduction will be done based on the amount of missing riders:
         1. Scored League Points in TTR – (2 + 1 x Missing riders)
            • For example: if a team with 3 riders wins the TTR, they will score 20 League Points, but will face a deduction of 3 points (2 + 1 x Missing riders). Their total League Points for the TTR stage will be 20 – 3 = 17 League Points.

1. Finishing Points (FIN)
   
   
   
   
2. Fastest Through Segment (FTS)
   
   

   wdt_ID	Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
   1	Points	15	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5

   
   
3. First Across the Line (FAL)
   
   

   wdt_ID	Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
   1	Points	10	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5

   
   
4. League Points
   
   

1. Leaderboards
   
   
   1. Team Classification
      1. Teams are ranked by their Season Finishing position, subject to point 2 below, and Grand Championship Points are applied as per the table in 7.2.1.
      2. For season 3 onwards, a team must have raced in at least one prior season in the same category in order to be incorporated into the Grand Championship Point rankings.
      3. Best 3 seasons (unless there are only 3 or less seasons, in which case all count) will count for the Team Classification.
      4. In the event of a tie, the Total Individual Season Points that counted for the team will be used to declare the winner.
         
         
   2. Rider Classification
      1. Riders are ranked by their Season Rider-Overall position and GC – Riders points are applied as per table 7.2.2.
      2. Best 3 seasons (unless there are only 3 or less seasons, in which case all count) will count for the Rider Classification.
      3. In the event of a tie, the highest points in the most recent season will be used to declare the winner.
         
         
   3. Specialist Climber Classification
      1. Riders are ranked by their Season Specialist-Climber position and GC – Climber points are applied as per table 7.2.3.
      2. Best 3 seasons (unless there are only 3 or less seasons, in which case all count) will count for the Sprint Classification.
      3. In the event of a tie, the highest points in the most recent season will be used to declare the winner.
         
         
   4. Specialist Sprinter Classification
      1. Riders are ranked by their Season Specialist-Sprinter position and GC – Sprinter points are applied as per table 7.2.4.
      2. Best 3 seasons (unless there are only 3 or less seasons, in which case all count) will count for the Climber Classification.
      3. In the event of a tie, the highest points in the most recent season will be used to declare the winner.
         

1. Teams – Overall – Grand Championship Points per Season
   
   
   
   
2. Riders – Overall GC – Riders Points per Season
   
   
   
   
3. Specialist – Climber – GC Sprinter Points per Season
   
   
   
   
4. Specialist – Sprinter – GC Sprinter Points per Season