Swiss Timing, working with its sister brand Tissot  has long been a key partner of cycling’s governing body, the UCI, and is actively committed to the development of new timing systems for this exciting sport, including purpose-built timing devices and customized data handling solutions.  

The rider is held at the start line with a gate that uses brake pads. One Swiss Timing innovation - certified by the UCI - automates the entire starting process. A countdown displays not only the time remaining to the mechanized start release, but then shows the rider "laps to go". In the case of pursuit races, red and green lamps on the display illuminate as each rider crosses the finish line.

Swiss Timing technicians provide transponders to officials, who distribute them during the rider confirmation meeting. Each team fixes the transponders on of its own riders’ bike for every event. The data collected from these enhances and speeds up the delivery of detailed race statistics and provides additional certainty to the timing. In case of any race disputes, the transponders can be used as support tools that help officials take their decisions.

The technology is completely connected to and integrated with a high-performance IT system, which is at the heart of processing and progressing the data for major competitions.