INTERNATIONAL SUPER RANDONNEES – ORGANISERS STANDARDSROUTES CERTIFICATION
Local / national organisers must send me a route proposal (including controls) both on adetailed cue sheet and on openrunner.com, an online mapping website.
The length is 600 km (it can be a little longer, but should not exceed 619 km).
The total amount of climbing is at least of 10 000 meters but can be higher.
The route shouldn’t be consisting of doing the same loop multiple times, nor be star-shaped.
Some out-and-back sections are admitted, but they should be avoided as much as possible.
When the route is approved, the ACP validates the creation of the new Super Randonnée.
ORGANISERS DUTIESLocal / national organisers have to make sure that the Rules for Riders are respected:
http://www.audax-club-parisien.com/EN/index.php?showpage=422
Please note :- Local / national organisers have to propose both riding options : Tourist and Randonneur.
- Riders must be self-sufficient. Support vehicules are forbidden.
- Local / national organisers have to consider all finishers equal. Riders should never beclassified by performance.
Riders receive a personal brevet card and a frame badge. The local / national organiser willorder those brevet cards and frame badges from the ACP.
Each local / national organiser receives the applications for his Super Randonnée. After eachride, he must check the brevet cards, the checkpoint pictures and the time of passage at all
designated controls (including start and finish). This time check is mostly for those riders whochoose the 50 hour time limit.
Individual results will be collected by the local / national organiser and sent to me for theACP validation.
There is no need to send the brevet cards back, but I retain the right to ask each individualorganiser to send me a copy of the completed brevet cards and if need be, some of the control
pictures. Irregularities may result in the non homologation of the rider.
RATES
The local / national organiser determines the rate while keeping it moderate. The organiser
does not provide any support on the ride so there is no reason to ask for a high rate.
The local / national organiser transmits a sum of 3 € per rider to the ACP, to cover theshipping costs.

MEDALA Super Randonnée (SR) exists without medal.
The ACP has made a medal for the existing French Super Randonnées but will not make amedal for each Super Randonnée abroad, nor a generic medal. Local / national organisers may
decide to provide a medal or another award for their SR.
ABOUT THE DIFFERENT RIDING OPTIONSSR are intended to offer a hard challenge that remains open to a large number of riders (andnot to an elite few). That’s why we offer 2 riding options. Riders can choose to ride either
with, our without time limit (50 hours). We called the time-limited riders 'Randonneurs' andthe no-time-limited riders 'Tourists'.
The Tourist mode should not be neglected. It helps checking out a route (and services)
carefully in daylight before riding it as a Randonneur. It attracts those who are looking for achallenging ride but want to get the best of an unknown scenery without the fatigue of sleep
deprivation and the stress of the timed schedule. Moreover the ability to finish a "normal" 600km brevet in the 30-35 hour range is no predictor that the same rider can finish a SR within
the 50 hours.
I attach great importance to considering all finishers equal, whether Tourists or Randonneurs.
The ACP has decided that only the Super Randonnées ridden within the 50 hour time limit
would be accepted to validate the new R-10000 award :http://www.audax-club-parisien.com/EN/index.php?showpage=461
NB : The ACP is currently working on an improvement of the Rules for Riders. For thoseriding in limited time, a bonus of +/- 2 hours should be granted if the total climbing amount ofa particular Super Randonnée reaches or exceeds 11 000 meters. If it reaches or exceeds 12000 meters, it should be a bonus of +/- 4 hours, and so on. This improvement is still underconsideration.
According to a recent decision taken by the ACP on my own request, the finishers time won’t
be published anymore.
Finishing is everything !
July 21, 2012
Sophie MATTER, in charge of the SUPER RANDONNEES