RULES & REGULATION

These sporting rules (hereinafter the Rules) apply to all participants in the Event. They are an integral part of the General Terms of Sale mentioned above. In the event of a conflict between the General Terms of Sale, the provisions of the Rules prevail.

L'Etape du Tour de France is a cyclosportive event which will be held on Sunday 5 July 2020 on the route of the 2nd stage of the route of the “Tour de France 2020” between Nice and Nice (hereinafter called “the Event”). The race will be timed and organised on roads which are closed to traffic. The Event route covers around 177 kilometres. The details of the route will be presented on the Event’s website and its social networks later on.

To take part in the Event, you must be at least eighteen years-old (18-years-old) at the latest on 31 December 2020.

The age categories will result in a separate classification in agreement with the French Cycling Federation (ci-après la FFC)

At the end of the Event, several rankings will be established:

• Women’s and men’s scratch rankings: a ranking based on the official time achieved by the participant (the official time having as a starting point the pistol marking the start of the race, regarless of the actual start time of the race for the participant) .the first three women and the first three men to go over the finish line in Nice. These six people will be the reward people during the official award ceremony.
• The best climber ranking: a ranking will be established based on the cumulative times for the ascents of the Col de la Colmiane, Col de Turini and the Col d’Eze. There will not be a prize giving ceremony for this challenge.

Riders are reminded that checks will be carried out during the Event to ensure that it takes place according to these rules, in particular according to the terms relating to age and medical certificates.

By participating in the Event, you are participating in one of the sporting events organised or approved by a sport federation. Consequently, your participation is subject to the compulsory presentation of

• A valid FFC licence (Fédération Française de Cyclisme);
  • Pass’Cyclisme Open
  • Pass’ Cyclisme
  • Pass’Cyclo-sportive
  • Pass’sport Nature (VTT)
• One of the following licenses, provided that it authorizes the “practice of cycling in competition”:
  • License issued by the Union Française des Œuvres Laïques d'Education Physique
  • License issued by the Fédération Française du Sport Travailliste
  • License issued by the Fédération Sportive et Culturelle de France
  • License issued by the Fédération Sportive Gymnique du Travail
• or, for those who do not hold such a license and who are eligible to take part in these competitions, presentation of this medical certificate alone or its copy, which must be dated within a year of the date of the race.

Mandatory wording on the medical certificate: « non contre-indication à la pratique du cyclisme en compétition »: the lack of any contraindication to the practice of competitive cycling.

Foreign licence holders must provide a medical certificate stating that there are no contraindications for them to take part in cycling competitions, even if they are holders of a competition licence issued by a federation which is affiliated to the UCI.

This certificate must be dated, signed and allow the authentication of the doctor, whether the latter is based in France or not. If the doctor is foreign, the medical certificate must be drawn up in one of the following languages: French, English, Spanish, German, Italian or Portuguese. A French translation must be enclosed with medical certificates drawn up in English, Spanish, German, Italian or Portuguese.

Prior to the Event, participants may send their medical certificate or photocopy of the licence in digital format through the upload tool accessible on their time to account. Any medical certificate that is sent by post or by email will not be considered.

These digital items must be submitted sufficiently in advance of the Event and no later than fifteen days prior the Event to enable the Organiser to approve them. The participant should, therefore, check their time to account to ensure their document has been approved. If this is not the case, this item should be physically submitted when the race numbers are collected.

Checks on the authenticity of medical certificates and licences may be carried out on site, even if participants have already uploaded these items via their time to account. participants must, therefore, be able to provide these items when they collect their race numbers or during the Event.

Race numbers as well as timing chips must be collected, upon presentation of the following:

• Your licence or medical certificate which meet the aforementioned terms (only if it hasn’t been uploaded and validated beforehand on your time to account),
• Your notification letter which can be downloaded on your time to account and/or sent by email before the Event.
• Your valid proof of identity.

Race numbers can only be collected in the dedicated area in the Event Village, on Friday 3 July and Saturday 4 July 2020 from 10am to 7pm. Event Village: Palais de Expositions – Nice Acropolis, Parvis de l’Europe 06000 NICE.

The allocation of race numbers is firm and definitive. Race numbers cannot be sent by post or sent on the day of the Event.

The race number must be placed on your back and the plate on the front of the bike, will be mandatory in order to access to the departure area and must remain completely visible throughout the race, including in the event of bad weather.

Timing will be done using an electronic detection system.

The whole route will be timed and will give rise to the final ranking. The three ascents previously mentioned will also be timed and give rise to the best climber classification.

Feeding stations are set up along the whole route and after the finish line for all the participants.

A real time limit to cross the finish line (from the crossing of the starting line) is defined by the Organiser according to the difficulties of the course, technical constraints, etc. and is fixed at eleven hours thirty minutes (11:30). Any participant exceeding this real limit time, even if crossing the finish line, will be downgraded.

Once the end of race vehicle has passed by, participants must imperatively comply with the traffic regulations of the “Code de la Route” (French highway code), the traffic being allowed to be reopened at any time following the passage of the said vehicle.

All participants will be issued with an electronic chip when they pick up their race numbers (the chip is attached to the back of the frame numbers), which will be automatically initialised on the start line and will track the conformity of the race at each antenna along the Event’s route and at the finish line.

Caution : In order to allow the timing chip to function properly it must not be folded or bent. The frame plate must be attached to the front of the bike.

Participants who do not follow the route defined by the Organiser, who use human and/or material assistance, or who cross the finish line without their “chipped” frame plate will not be recorded as having finished.

The electronic detection system has been chosen according to strict reliability requirements. Despite tests conducted by the manufacturers, a very low percentage of cases of non-detection remains. Due to the lack of information resulting from this non-detection, the Organiser may be unable to show the official or real time for the participant concerned in the ranking. The Organiser cannot be held responsible for this.