Rules

Art 1: DEFINITION
The VELO MAGAZINE - ETAPE DU TOUR is a road cycle race with individual timing taking place on Monday July 22, 2002 on the itinerary of the 17th stage of the TOUR DE FRANCE: "AIME - CLUSE" and shall follow its course.
The race is organised by VELO MAGAZINE under the aegis of the association "Friends of the Tour de France", 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 01/01/1984).
"Competition" members must send in with their application a photocopy of their membership for 2002.
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 from now on until July 2002.

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 for any reason whatsoever.

Applications are strictly personal.

They 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 31€ for F.F.C. members, 32€ for others and 46€ for competitors residing abroad includes, besides the different services, individual accident insurance.

Cheques should be made out to "S.N.C. L'EQUIPE".

Art 5: COLLECTING YOUR NUMBER
Numbers should be collected at the "Host Village" on Saturday 20 July from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday 21 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 police 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.

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 during the entire race.

Art 7: INSURANCE
INSURANCE CIVIL LIABILITY
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 a policy insuring 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, his 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 participant.

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 75 Euros and be disqualified from the race.

Art 9:
All participants acknowledge having read and approved the race regulations. Any participants who do not follow these regulations shall be excluded from the race.

Art 10: AGE CATEGORIES
Participants shall be ranked into 7 categories as follows:

­ cat. A: 18 to 29 (1984 to 1973)
­ cat. B: 30 to 39 (1972 to 1963)
­ cat. C: 40 to 49 (1962 to 1953)
­ cat. D: 50 to 59 (1952 to 1943)
­ cat. E: 60 and over (1942 or before)
­ cat. F: Females - 35 (1967 and after)
­ cat. G: Females +35 (1966 and before)

The corresponding age is that of 2002 (e.g., cat A: all those born between 1973 and 1984 included)

Art 11: RANKING
The race shall be timed and will result in several rankings:

- A scratch ranking
- A ranking by scratch and category
- A real ranking
- A real ranking by category

All rankings and a review of the "VELO MAGAZINE - ETAPE DU TOUR" will be printed in the August 2002 edition of VELO MAGAZINE and will be available on the Internet: www.letapedutour.com
Checks shall be implemented to guard against any attempts at cheating at the start of the race, taking another itinerary or being transported from one point of the race to another.

Art 12: PRIZES
Participants shall be awarded certificates named: GOLD STAGE and SILVER STAGE according to their performance time.

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