They don’t belong in OSM for the reasons you state, and would be better hosted independently on umap or similar.
But in any case, they absolutely should not be tagged route=bicycle, as routers and renderers use this as a signifier that “this road/path is particularly suitable for cycling”. Professional bike races take place on closed roads, sometimes even trunk roads/motorways, and certainly not just those identified as bike-friendly. If these routes are to stay in OSM (which they shouldn’t) then they should be route=bicycle_race or similar. cheers Richard -- Sent from: http://gis.19327.n8.nabble.com/Tagging-f5258744.html _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
