@Override
    protected String doInBackground(Void... params) {
      try {

        final String url = getString(R.string.base_uri) + Constants.initnewrace;

        // Set the Accept header for "application/json" or "application/xml"
        HttpHeaders requestHeaders = new HttpHeaders();
        List<MediaType> acceptableMediaTypes = new ArrayList<MediaType>();
        acceptableMediaTypes.add(MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA);
        requestHeaders.setAccept(acceptableMediaTypes);

        String username = AppSettings.getServer_username();
        String password = AppSettings.getServer_password();

        MultiValueMap<String, String> requestData = new LinkedMultiValueMap<String, String>();
        requestData.add("username", username);
        requestData.add("password", password);
        requestData.add("racename", racename);

        requestData.add("useridstring", "");

        // Populate the headers in an HttpEntity object to use for the request
        HttpEntity<MultiValueMap<String, String>> requestEntity =
            new HttpEntity<MultiValueMap<String, String>>(requestData, requestHeaders);

        // Create a new RestTemplate instance
        RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate();

        // Perform the HTTP GET request
        ResponseEntity<String> responseEntity =
            restTemplate.exchange(url, HttpMethod.POST, requestEntity, String.class);

        // Return the state from the ResponseEntity
        return responseEntity.getBody();

      } catch (Exception e) {
        //				Log.e(TAG, e.getMessage(), e);
      }

      return null;
    }
    @Override
    protected RaceStatisticsListDTO doInBackground(Void... params) {
      try {

        final String url = getString(R.string.base_uri) + Constants.updateracestatus;

        // Set the Accept header for "application/json" or "application/xml"
        HttpHeaders requestHeaders = new HttpHeaders();
        List<MediaType> acceptableMediaTypes = new ArrayList<MediaType>();
        acceptableMediaTypes.add(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML);
        requestHeaders.setAccept(acceptableMediaTypes);

        String username = AppSettings.getServer_username();
        String password = AppSettings.getServer_password();

        MultiValueMap<String, String> requestData = new LinkedMultiValueMap<String, String>();
        requestData.add("username", username);
        requestData.add("password", password);
        requestData.add("raceid", "" + raceId);

        // Populate the headers in an HttpEntity object to use for the request
        HttpEntity<MultiValueMap<String, String>> requestEntity =
            new HttpEntity<MultiValueMap<String, String>>(requestData, requestHeaders);

        // Create a new RestTemplate instance
        RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate();

        // Perform the HTTP GET request
        ResponseEntity<RaceStatisticsListDTO> responseEntity =
            restTemplate.exchange(url, HttpMethod.POST, requestEntity, RaceStatisticsListDTO.class);

        // Return the state from the ResponseEntity
        RaceStatisticsListDTO liste = responseEntity.getBody();
        return liste;

      } catch (Exception e) {
        Utilities.LogError("receiveUpdate", e);
      }

      return null;
    }