Source: https://bragancagranfondo.com/ingles/regulamento.aspx
Timestamp: 2019-04-23 00:18:05+00:00

Document:
"ACCEPTING CHALLENGES MAKES US BIGGER, BUT WINNING THEM MAKES US IMMORTAL "
Art. 1 – Bragança Granfondo By Trek 2019 is a cycle tourist/cycling-for-all event, defined as an Open Race by the UVP-FPC (Portuguese Cycling Federation) and that respects its specific regulations as well as the traffic laws. This is not a competition but a sportive event, with leisure, tourist or cultural purposes, which are part of the attractive of this type of cycling. Participation is limited to two-wheel vehicles (road, mountain or tandem bicycles). Motor vehicles are prohibited.
On Sunday, July 14 2019, in Bragança, finishing in the same location.
Departure control begins at 8.00 a.m. and finish line control closes at 18.00 p.m.
The first km of the race will be under controlled pace before the race opens.
Art. 3 – Bragança Granfondo By Trek 2019 will have an extension of 143 km in the Granfondo version. There are also two shorter distances, called Mediofondo, with 98 km length and the Minifondo, with 60 km. In all of them the use of helmet is mandatory.
Art. 4 – The race will be limited to 2000 participants in the total of the three distances, who shall make their registration through Bragança Granfondo By Trek 2019 official website (www.bragancagranfondo.com) or at Bikeservice’s siege, in the city of Póvoa de Varzim.
Once the payment is made for and in case of giving up the right to participate until July 1st 2019, the participant may get a 50% refund of the registration value. After July 1st, registration is considered definitive.
Art. 6 – Registration is personal. It is possible to enter the race with someone else's registration, but after July 1st new participant will pay an extra 5 euro tax.
Payment shall be made through money transfer to the IBAN PT50 0045 1463 4027 5091 3307 8. After July 10, the identity changes is not permited.
Art. 7 – Participation is allowed only to individuals 16 years old or over, at their own responsibility and risk. When register, all riders declare to be totally fit to participate, both physically and clinically. We advise all participants to take a full medical exam before entering our event.
Art. 8 – Registration cost, until the July 1st, is 34 euros for athletes licensed in the Portuguese Cycling Federation (UVP-FPC) or any other cycling federation of another country.
It is MANDATORY, in the moment of the registration, to write the license number. In case of accident, participant must activate his federation insurance.
For non-licensed or licensed in FPCUB and in Federação Portuguesa de Triatlo (Portuguese Triathlon Federation) the cost is 37 euros, since their federations’ insurances don’t cover this kind of events.
Registration will be accepted between July 2nd and July 12, but with an aggravated cost of five euros. All registrations made after May 21 will not be customized with participants’ name.
After July 1st, all registrations that are not paid will be eliminated. To make a new one, one must register in www.bragancagranfondo.com.
Registration closes when reaching 2000 or on July 12.
To ensure the size of the jersey you will have to register and pay for your registration until June 14 at 7pm.
Art 9. – Federation licenses must be valid in the year the race will take place.
Those who have registered in the year before the event with a license valid only for that year will not be considered licensed riders, thus will have to pay a normal inscription fee.
Art 10 – It is mandatory to place the race’s number in the bike’s handlebar.
In case it is placed in any other bike part, the participant will not be allowed to enter the departure zone.
Art. 11 - The concept of participation in male, female or mixed doubles implies that its members ride and arrive together at the intermediate points and at the finish line, and the time considered for classification will be that of the second member to cross the finish line.
3. The lack of identification of the athlete, with the absence of the frontal and / or dorsal throughout the race, implies the disqualification of the team.
4. Whether by will or by external factors, failure to comply with the course implies the disqualification of the participants in question.
The event will have its official jersey, bib shorts and gloves and they can be purchased through the event’s website or in the registration office. Prices and other detail, will be later announced.
Art. 13 – Although being a cycling/cycle tourist challenge, all riders will be timed, by means of an electronic chip, in the time taken to complete the length of the course. The electronic chip is personal and of mandatory use, resulting in immediate disqualification not complying with this rule.
All riders must pass under the departure arch otherwise the electronic chip will not be activated.
This distribution shall obey exclusively to the ORDER OF PAYMENT.
Each of these boxes has 200 places. There will be a VIP box ahead of all others.
- The first three classified male.
- The first three classified female.
- Elite (born before 1990).
Trophies for the first male and the first female.
- Elites (born before 1990).
Awards ceremony will begin at 4 p.m.
On July 14 between 7.00 a.m. and 8.30 a.m. It is located in Pavilhão Municipal de Bragança.
Registration holder: ID document, in case of being licensed it is necessary a copy of the federation’s license.
Non-holder: holder’s ID document, in case of the holder being licensed it is necessary a copy of the federation’s license.
Art. 17 – The Bragança Granfondo By Trek 2019 organization will provide for medical assistance with specialized personnel. Any time a participant asks a member of the organization staff for it or through the emergency phone number inscribed in the race’s number plate, the assistance system is activated.
Art. 18 – The event will have mechanical assistance at the start and also along the route. Organization staff and vehicles provide for it. It is forbidden any mechanical assistance made by private or team cars during the event. It is expressly forbidden the circulation of team or personal cars in the race course.
Art. 18.1 – We advise each participant to take along with him the basic material and tools so he can repair simple mechanical problems, such as a puncture, as the organization staff can be far from the spot and take some time to get there. Our work is free from any costs but if any replacement part is necessary, it will be charged to the participant.
Art. 19 – All participants must obey the traffic laws, since the Bragança Granfondo By Trek 2019 course takes place in open roads. Any disrespect towards the traffic laws results in the immediate disqualification of this edition of the race as well as future ones.
Art. 20 – The organization is not to blame for any kind of accident regarding participants, be them victims or responsible for the accident. Nor it is to blame for any kind of debts contracted by participants, before, after or during the event, or even mechanical damage or material loss that may occur with bicycles or other equipment. All participants exempt the organization of any responsibility regarding loss or deterioration of personal objects, under any circumstances.
Art. 22 – Reading and accepting these regulations means that all participants entitle the Bragança Granfondo By Trek 2019 organization to film, totally or partially, its participation in the race; they also entitle the organization to use their image in promoting the event on all kinds of media (TV, radio, press, photos, DVD, internet, posters, flyers, etc), as well as giving away completely free from charges the commercial and advertising exploitation rights of their image. The organization guarantees the full respect of laws regarding personal data.
a) Disrespect the traffic laws.
b) Disrespect instructions given by organization staff or law enforcement authorities.
c) Don't pass through control zero at the start and/or other control points along the course.
d) Don't respect the environment, by means of polluting it along the course, throwing waste or other.
e) Have their private or team car in the race, affecting it.
f) Disrespect the present regulations or the event.
Art. 25 – We strongly advise all participants to take a full medical exam before entering in this event. We also stress the need for an adequate eating and hydration regime before and during the race, although there are food and liquid supplies in defined points along the course.
Art. 26 – The organization will not assume any responsibility in compensating participants in case the event is postponed or cancelled due to “force majeure”.
Art. 27 – It is up to the organization analysing and deciding on omissions or exceptional cases.
Art. 28 – Registration and participation of individuals suspended by the use of banned substances will not be accepted.

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