## Signature of the starting sheet 

The organiser can set the team order for team presentation and to sign the starting sheet for one day events and for the first road race stage of stage races 

The organiser can also set the riders or teams order for all the other stages according to provisions to be detailed in a communique. 

For the signature of the starting sheet, riders will wear their competition clothing (official team shorts and jersey). 

The signature of the starting sheet will take place one hour and 10 minutes before the start time at the assembly point and will end ten minutes before the start time. 

Riders shall be required to sign on the starting sheet. 

Riders and their sports directors shall assemble at the place where the starting sheet is to be signed. 

They shall be present and ready at least fifteen minutes before the time of the start from the assembly point. 

In case of failure to respect the above provisions, the rider and the team manager will be penalised in accordance with article 2.12.007. 

(text modified on 1.01.05; 1.10.10; 1.10.11; 1.01.15; 1.01.19; 1.07.19). 

## Start of the race 

2.3.010 The real start will be given - flying or standing - at a point no more than 10 km from the assembly point. 

2.3.011 At world championships and olympic games, identification numbers shall be distributed on the day before the road race or two days before. The numbering of the start list will be as follows: 

## Men Elite 

1. the nation which won the world champion title at the previous world championships and the olympic champion title at the previous olympic games; 

2. the other nations in the order of the last published men’s UCI world ranking by nation; 

3. the start order of nations which are not ranked in the men’s UCI world ranking shall be determined by drawing lots. 

## Women Elite 

1. the nation which won the world champion title at the previous world championships and the olympic champion title at the previous olympic games; 

2. the other nations in the order of the last published women’s UCI world ranking by nation; 

3. the start order of nations which are not ranked in the women’s UCI world ranking shall be determined by drawing lots. 

## Men Under 23 

1. for the world championships only, the nation which won the previous world champion title; 

