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Hammer Chase At A Glance (June 4th)

• ​The Hammer Chase is a fox-and-hounds team pursuit on time trial bikes.
  
• Each team chooses 5 riders for the 50km circuit Team Time Trial (TTT) with their fourth-placed finisher's front wheel the piece of carbon fiber to keep your eyes on!
  
• Teams set off with a staggered start. The leading team after the first 2 Days goes off first, the second-placed team sit for an agonising 30 seconds and watch them disappear into the distance… and then their gun goes off. The third placed team sweats it out for another 25 seconds -- then they go. Fourth team feel the adrenalin surging for 20 more seconds before they're released. Then it's 15-second gaps between all the remaining teams. Fixed time gaps to be adjusted based on time bonuses gained during the first 2 Days.
  
• All teams must stay in their own formation -- no drafting other teams.
  
• And now there's nowhere to hide… it's a race to the finish line for the most dramatic possible climax to the 3-Day challenge.
  

After both point race Days comes the decider: the Hammer Chase, a 50km team time trial with a twist. Teams start in the same order as the leaderboard after the first two days of racing, with the leading team going off first. After a fixed time period, they're then chased by the second placed team, who are in turn shortly pursued by the third placed team and so on to deliver a gripping chase to the line; the time gaps between teams are based on fixed time gaps per position and bonus time gained during Days 1 and 2.

In the Hammer Chase, whichever team crosses the line first secures the Hammer Race victory, earning points towards the Hammer Series. The overall winner at the end of the Hammer Series earns the ultimate bragging rights as the best team in the world: Cycling's Superteam. Proven.

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