I have a suggestion,
All the "usual suspects" start 2min after us mortals.


No, I actually think it's great the way it is. It's good to have the "gods" at the front to try chase.
I guess from their perspective though, maybe some form of handicap system, where everyone starts 10 or 20sec after the next slowest competitor? It'd give everyone more of a challenge having to chase down people rather than just accelerate off the start line?
I would think it'd be more of a race on its own though. Slalom I think should always be everyone starts at the same time...