Using Orbits for a Madison

Follow the same procedure you would use for a scratch race (see scratch race), with the following modifications:

Before the race starts, ensure that the race number everyone has been assigned in the registration database is identical to their bib number.

As the race continues have an assistant or assistants call out and produce a paper record of the number or name (whichever works best for you) of each rider who passes over the detector loop while riding on relief. (If a team is making an exchange while passing over the loop, just pick one team mate or the other; it doesn’t matter which.) Make sure your assistants aren’t just watching the blue line, but also looking for relief riders on the coté, waiting for racers to pass over them.

As the passing for each relief rider appears on the middle, passings screen, right click on it and delete it.

Finish the race as usual being careful to end it with the checkered flag, not the stop sign, and to move the flag to the right spot.

Hit the stop sign only well after the race is ended. Be sure to have your assistants keep recording the names/numbers of relief riders until you hit the stop sign or you may not get an accurate finish order for the last few teams.

In the passings screen, right click on the name of one of the racers. Select the option to modify the racer’s registration data. Change the racer’s name to their team name.

Now right click on the name of that racer’s partner. Change all of the partner’s registration data, except for the transponder number to make it identical. Click on OK.

Now right click on any occurrence of the team name. Again select the option to modify the registration data. One of the team’s transponders will be listed. Enter the transponder number of the other team member as a 2^nd transponder.

Click OK. When the dialogue box comes up asking you if you really want to do this, click OK again.

Repeat this procedure for each team.

Orbits will now generate accurate race results for the Madison.

If there are intermediate sprints during the Madison you will need to record passing numbers (not bib numbers) of the winner of each sprint and go back and generate points as you would during a points race (see points race).

If the Madison is interrupted for intermediate sprints or intermediate miss & out races, it is best to stop the race, start a new run for the sprint or miss & out, and then resume the Madison after the intermediate race ends. You do this by going back to the Madison event you stopped and hitting the green flag, then confirming that you want to restart the race. Be sure to do this as soon as possible, as the Madison might resume with an attack from one of the teams and you will want to have the race restarted before that happens. You can always drag the green flag down if you start too early. There is no remedy for starting late.

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