Race Information

LOGISTICS

A medical team made up of eleven emergency doctors will cover the event. The Red Cross will assist this team and set up:

10 ambulances along the route

4 permanent medical tents

10 Doctors and 2 nurses

Security

325 Gendarmes including 25 motorcyclists

70 Policemen

150 Signalling staff

60 CB motorcyclists

500 Signposts throughout the course: directions, security information, race information and distances…

Organisation

40 ASO personnel

600 Voluntary workers

15 "mop-up" vehicules during the race

ELIMINATION SYSTEM

Élimination

1. Any competitor overtaken by the "End of Race" vehicule, at any point on the itinerary, will be considered as eliminated from the race and must obligatorily return his transpondeur and this bib number and board one of the "Sweep Up" coaches.

2. Two "Elimination" points will be set up ont the race:

The first at the Kilometre 108.6 in Briançon

he second at the Kilometre 176.3 at the foot of the ascent to l’Alpe d’Huez

The maximum time limit will be calculated according to an average speed of 19 km/h. All riders arriving after the scheduled time limit must abondon the race.

3. The "End Of Race" will be indicated by 2 Organisation vehicules accompanied by 2 Gendarmerie motorcycles and the sweep up coaches. The "End of Race N°2" vehicule will force riders who are over the scheduled time limit to stop and place their bikes in the bike van and their transponders in the "Sweep Up Coach".

RANKING SYSTEM

To ensure fairness, we shall once again be using a high-performance timing system that will record times to the closest second, between the start and finish line.

Therefore, at the "Host Village", along with the bib number, all competitor shall provide a transponder (chip) that they must fix to their ankle with Velcro on the day of the race.

This transpondeur is proof of the presence in the race of each competitor. This will enable the organisation to verify each presence at the start, at certain points of the rave and at the finish, and give the exact time over the distance actually coverec.

Please note
Transponders will be lent to all participants and must be returned to the organisers at the finish in Saint-Flour.
All participants who do not return them shall be disqualified.
If the transponder is lost or not returned to the organisers, the participant must pay 75 €.

MEDALS AND CERTIFICATES

A medal shall be given to each participant after the finish, when transponders have been collected.
Certificates will be sent to competitors' homes by post according to their age category and race time.

For a distance of 191.1 km

Category	distance	"GOLD" Diploma		"SILVER" Diploma
Category	distance	Time	S.A.*	Time	S.A.*
Elite + A	191.1	6:43:00	28,00	7:41:00	24,50
B	191.1	6:58:00	27,00	8:01:00	23,50
C	191.1	7:14:00	26,00	8:11:00	23,00
D	191.1	7:32:00	25,00	8:33:00	22,00
E	191.1	7:51:00	24,00	8:58:00	21,00
F1	191.1	7:41:00	24,50	8:08:00	21,00
F2	191.1	8:01:00	23,50	9:25:00	20,00

* S.A. : Speed Average (Kph)

AGE CATEGORIES

Participants shall be ranked into 7 categories as follows:

cat. A : 18 to 29 years (1988 to 1977),

cat. B : 30 to 39 years (1976 to 1967),

cat. C : 40 to 49 years (1966 to 1957),

cat. D : 50 to 59 years (1956 to 1947),

cat. E : 60 years et plus (1946 or before),

cat. F : women under 35 years (1971 or after),

cat. G : women over 35 years (1971 or before).
The corresponding age is that of 2006 (e.g., cat A: all those born between 1977 and the 31^st of December 988).