Does a race start at the starting gate or end of lead-in?

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Casse-Pattes has a lead-in of 0.9 km (0.6 miles). When I raced this course yesterday at 20:30, it seemed that the on-screen timer didn’t start until the end of the lead-in (but certainly not out of the starting gate).

What I’m trying to determine is this – If the race doesn’t actually start until the end of the lead-in and if there is no drafting (TT race), then wouldn’t it be reasonable to just put out moderate power (conserve effort) until the end of the lead-in rather than going full-bore from the starting gate?

Possibly related – The Zwift Companion shows my individual time as 46:39 whereas the race results (showing all finishing times for the D category) shows my time as 47:02 (the same as Zwiftpower).

Don C.

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The race start when the you cross the start line out of the Pen.

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The race starts when it starts, if you don’t go hard you get dropped. The screen timer only starts however when you cross a line in the road that’s a little way out of the pens, in some worlds there’s a faint white line at this point but I haven’t seen this everywhere. It may take 15s or so out of the pen to reach this point, so indicated time will differ from actual racing time.

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