For organisersGuide
Live tracking for a multi-day stage race
The short answer
Put your stage race on livedot as one race with a day for each stage: each stage has its own course, start time and forecast at race pace, and everyone follows the race on one page at livedot.me. Participants join once and go live each day from the free Windline (cycling) or RunFast (running) app, or from their Garmin. The Gravel Burn's seven stages across the Karoo run this way. It's free for organisers and participants, thanks to ProLend.
A stage race is hard to follow from home: a new course every day, a new start time, new weather. On livedot, the whole race is one page at livedot.me, with every stage on it, the field live on the stage that's being raced, and the forecast at race pace for each stage. This guide is for organisers of cycling stage races, multi-day tours and multi-day running races, anywhere in the world.
How does a stage race work on livedot?
One race, with a day for each stage.
- Put the race on livedot with a day for each stage: its course, its date and its start time. Create it in the free Windline app (cycling) or RunFast (running), or tell livedot about it at livedot.me/organisers and a person sets it up with you, free.
- Participants join once. In the app, they join the race, choose who sees them and can set a goal. Garmin users add the free livedot app and link it once.
- Each day, they go live on that day's stage: tap Go live, or press Start on their Garmin near the course at the start time. Tracking stops by itself at the stage finish.
Followers keep one link, your race's page at livedot.me, for the whole week.
What does each stage get?
Its own course on the map, its own field live, and its own forecast.
- The forecast at race pace, for every stage: the wind on every stretch for riders, the heat for runners, timed to the hour the field gets there, and rated Good, Fair or Tough. It's from Apple Weather within 10 days of the stage, and from 10 years of weather records before that.
- The field live, on that day's course, with the riders or runners furthest along and a box to find one by name.
- A flyover video: Fly the route's Make the video makes a 26-second vertical flyover of the stage, coloured by the forecast, for WhatsApp and Instagram Stories. How it works.
A real example: the Gravel Burn
The Nedbank Gravel Burn 2026 is seven gravel stages across the Great Karoo, from Graaff-Reinet to Shamwari, from 25 to 31 October. It's one race on Windline with the official course for each stage, and riders who go live are on its page at livedot.me/gravel-burn, a free race page.
Its stage-by-stage weather guide shows what a stage race gets. It has the forecast at race pace for the stages coming up (where the headwind hits, and the heat), a flyover video of the stage, and 10 years of weather records for every stage of the week.
Stage race or tour: what's the difference?
On livedot, both are one event with a day per stage. A race is joined by many participants, who show on one race map. A tour is usually a group or one rider riding day after day, followed by the people they share with. Multi-day tours with ChatGPT or Claude covers planning one.
Does it cost anything?
No. It's free for organisers, participants and everyone following, thanks to ProLend. A bespoke page, in your own styling with your sponsors and the live map on your own website, is $200 per event, if you want one.
Questions
Do participants join every stage separately?
No. They join the race once, in Windline or RunFast, and go live on each stage's day. Each stage is a day of the race, with its own course and start time.
Is there a forecast for each stage?
Yes. Each stage has its own forecast at race pace, from Apple Weather, rated Good, Fair or Tough by Windline's engine: the wind on every stretch for riders, the heat for runners, timed to when the field gets there. Within 10 days of a stage it's the real forecast; further out it's 10 years of weather records.
Can followers see which stage is on?
Yes. The race's page lists every stage, and followers see the field on the stage that's being raced.
Can we make a video of each stage?
Yes. Fly the route in Windline or RunFast has Make the video: a 26-second vertical flyover of the stage, coloured by the forecast wind or heat, ready for WhatsApp and Instagram Stories.
What does it cost?
Nothing. It's free for organisers, participants and everyone following, thanks to ProLend. The only paid option is a bespoke branded page in your own styling, with the live map on your own website: $200 per event, if you want one.
