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| Withdrawal from l'Etape du Tour Vélo
Magazine All competitors wishing to withdraw from l'Etape du Tour Vélo Magazine in favour of another person must imperatively send us as soon as possible : - A letter of withdrawal - The original entry confirmation - The entry form duly completed and signed by the replacement person - The 2003 licence or a medical certificate testifying that you are apt to participate in competition cycling - A cheque for the entry fees. Important: No reimbursements will be made to anyone wishing to withdraw from the competition, on any grounds whatsoever (§ signed regulations on the entry form). Art 1 : DEFINITION The VELO MAGAZINE - ETAPE DU TOUR is a road cycle race with individual timing taking place on Wednesday July 16, 2003 on the itinerary of the 16th stage of the TOUR DE FRANCE: "PAU - BAYONNE" and shall follow its course. The race is organised by AMAURY SPORT ORGANISATION under the aegis of the association "TDF SPORT", organiser of the professional TOUR DE FRANCE. It is part of the F.F.C calendar of events and is open to members and non-members. Art 2 : The race is open to member and non-member cyclists and amateur racing cyclists aged at least 18 during the year (born before 01/01/1986)."Competition" members must send in with their application a photocopy of their membership for 2003.Other competitors (FFCT members and non-members) must supply the original or a photocopy of a doctor's certificate stating that they are "fit to take part in cycle races" no more than 3 months old on the date of application. Competitors under age must provide parental consent. Art 3 : APPLICATIONS The different information and application forms will be printed in VELO MAGAZINE between now and July 2003.Application forms should be completed in full and sent to VELO MAGAZINE ETAPE DU TOUR. Confirmation will be sent in return with the race number that will be needed to collect the latter on the day. Applications remain the property of the organisers and fees shall not be refunded, in case of withdrawal, for any reason whatsoever.Applications are strictly personalThey can, under no circumstances, be transferred to another person without prior consent from the organisers, and any persons attempting to do so shall be excluded definitively from the Vélo Magazine Etape du Tour. Art 4 : APPLICATION FEES The application fees of 40€ for F.F.C. members, 41€ for others and 46€ for competitors residing abroad include, besides the different services, individual accident insurance. Cheques should be made out to "ASO". |
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| Art 5 : COLLECTING YOUR NUMBER Numbers should be collected at the "Host Village" on Monday 14 July from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Tuesday 15 July from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., by presenting your entry confirmation and some form of ID.No numbers will be sent by post. Each participant must come to collect his number in person. Art 6 : SAFETY AT THE RACE The race will benefit from special safety measures with Gendarmerie motorcycles, civil motorcycles and protection at all crossroads until the "sag wagons" and two "End of Race" vehicles have passed. Private cars shall be strictly prohibited from following the race, under pain of exclusion. The Gendarmerie and Police shall provide Road safety.Physicians and the Red Cross shall provide medical services. The latter may take competitors out of the race for medical reasons. Any competitors overtaken by the "End of Race" vehicles at any point on the itinerary shall be excluded and must leave the race. All competitors must wear a hard helmet and keep it on during the entire race. Art 7 : INSURANCE CIVIL LIABILITY INSURANCE: All participants officially entering the competition are covered by civil liability insurance. Hence, should they cause an accident and injure or harm third parties, all damages shall be covered by our insurance company. This insurance covers participants from the starting line to the finishing line. PHYSICAL INJURY INSURANCE: F.F.C members are covered by physical injury insurance. For all other participants, we shall take out insurance for physical injuries occurring during their "active participation in our event". For this reason, we ask F.F.C.T. members and non-members to have a physician fill in the appropriate part of the application form, with the date, signature and physician's stamp. MATERIAL DAMAGE INSURANCE: Our insurance contract does not cover any damage to the competitor's cycle or equipment in the event of a fall or theft. It is therefore up to the participant to take out insurance covering material damages. LIABILITY: Competitors acknowledge that the organisers shall not be held responsible for personal objects lost or stolen. All participants of the Vélo Magazine Etape du Tour agree to allow the race organisers to record and film, in part or in full, their participation in the event (photos, televised films, radio reports, video tapes), and to use them for publicity or commercial-type promotions, and that they shall not be liable to pay any fees whatsoever to the participants. Art 8 : TIMING Timing will be taken using the Winning Time system. All participants shall receive a transponder that will be automatically set off at the starting line and shall serve to monitor regularity at different points of the itinerary.Any competitors that do not follow the entire itinerary shall not be given a ranking at the finish.The organisers shall collect the chip at the finish. Should any participants drop out or not take part in the race the chip must be returned to the organisers within two weeks of the race. Any participants who do not return their transponder shall be billed 80 Euros and be disqualified from the race. |
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