UCI CYCLING REGULATIONS  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).  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:  Start of the race  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.  Men Elite  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;  E170421  ROAD RACES  37 