RULES 2009

The 24 hour challenge is a unique team relay mountain bike event. Teams will compete for awards and merchandise.The event start at 12(noon) saturday June 20th and is end sunday 21th at 12(noon).
 

A VARIETY OF CATEGORIES AVAILABLE

The main condition for all categories:
The cadet category 15 and 16 years old are available with team 4 persons + you should have no more than 50 percent team this category of age.

The 24 Hour Endu ro Hydrapak Challenge mountain bike race is an extraordinary event designed with the adventure rider in mind. This event will challenge each teams' endurance, teamwork, and above all, their ability to have fun.
This 24 Hour race is sanctioned by the Fédération Québécoise des Sports Cyclistes. Each team member must be a member of the FQSC. A temporary, one-day license will be available on-site at a cost of 20$. This license will provide you with insurance. 
End of registration and full payment required by Friday June 19th, 2009 at 8pm . 

If you need more information for licence call Federation cyclist: 1-514-252-3071

MESSAGE FOR ALL TEAM CAPTAINS:
It is the team captain's responsability to ensure that all team members have valid licenses, have completed the registration form and have signed the proper waivers. The team captain must retrieve all team plates and the team baton at the registration desk on Friday from 4:00pm to 8:00pm or on Saturday from 8:00am to 10:00am.
Absolutely no modifications will be accepted after noon on the day of the event.
The course will consist of an approximately 5 km loop made up of primarily easy sections, designed for the special nature of a 24 hour event.

GENERAL PROCEDURES
The race will start at 12:00pm sharp with an exciting "Le mans" style start. All participants must be entered on the event master list, which will be derived from the final team submissions several weeks prior to the race. Each team captain must check with the manual timing referee by 10 :30am prior to the race to ensure each team member’s name is on the manual timing sheets.
All team members will carry and hand off the team baton. Secondly, each rider will have a personal bike number that has to be visible to all officials and the viewing audience. No defacing of the bike plate is allowed. The "transition area" can be accessed by team members only. Team I.D. number must be worn at all times when accessing the "transition areas".
The 24 Hour race is an event planned with YOU in mind. It is considered to be one of the most spectacular and festive citizens’ events on the Canadian mountain biking scene. However, it is also intended to be a challenge for all ... So play safe, fair, and above all have fun!

GENERAL RULES
1. Late registration
There will be a late fee of $10 per rider (maximum $50 per team) for all teams registering after June 18th, 2009. Registration and total payment by Friday June 19th, 2009 at 8pm..

2. Volunteer Requirement (IMPORTANT)
Each team is required to supply at least one volunteer to be available to donate a minimum of 4 hours of their time to help in the huge task of running this event. Please supply the name, phone number and address of this person (see the team entry form in the race captain’s kit). There will be a pre-race volunteer meeting at 10:30am Saturday to coordinate the places, times, and activities required of each volunteer. The sign up sheet for the volunteer shift schedule will be available at registration Friday evening and Saturday morning. The team captain is responsible for signing up a volunteer. In the event no volunteer is provided, then the team members must combine to make up this four hour shift. Volunteers should sign up for shifts on the volunteer board at registration, on a first come first served basis. Volunteers are asked to be present 15 minutes before the beginning of their shift.

3. Team Captain and co-captain
Each team will designate a team captain and co-captain. Team captains will represent the team in all correspondence and communication before, during and after the event. The co-captain can represent the team during the event when the captain is unvailable. Only team captains and co-captains may attend the pre-race meeting. Only team captains can file protests.

4. Communications
A bulletin board will be set up near the transition area for all important information before, during and after the event.

5. Pre-Race Meeting
The team captain and/or co-captain must attend the pre-race meeting at 11am sharp on Saturday. 

6. Number plate
Each member of each team must have his or her own number plate in order to allow their identification by the commissaires and spectators. (no alteration of number plates will be tolerated)

7. Technical Support
Technical support can only be supplied by registered racers in the designated zone. Teammates may take any equipment or tools with them on the course; they may even swap bikes with their teammates. Cannibalizing bicycle parts is legal in this event.

8. Feed Zone
Water and food may be supplied to any racer by anyone in the feed zone area set up by the organizing committee. However, racers must stay well clear of the course when taking food or water (i.e. try to keep the course clear at all times). A feed zone will be located near the transition area and another one on the course. Items like bar wrappers must not be littered on the course. If an athlete is caught blatantly littering on the course, a penalty will result. The penalty will be determined by the Race Director.

9. Passing
Racers riding bicycles have the right of way over racers pushing bicycles. Where possible, racers pushing a bike should stay on the least ridable portion of the trail when being passed. A racer pushing or carrying his or her bicycle can overtake a racer riding provided that the other rider is not interfered with. A rider must never interfere with the leader of the race, this attitude being immensely unsportsmanlike (see item 12)

10. Right of Way and Lapped Riders
Lapped riders should yield to faster riders. The faster rider should be very vocal when preparing to pass any rider, "passing on your left!" "passing on your right", or "track left", "track right", should be used. It is the responsibility of the challenging rider to overtake safely. Riders being lapped must yield on the first command.

11. Short-Cutting
Short-cutting the course by any logged-in racer shall result in the disqualification of that racer’s entire team.

12. Unsportsmanlike Behaviour
Undesirable behaviour, use of profane or abusive language and other unsportsmanlike behaviour will be taken very seriously. Such behaviour by any racer shall subject that racer’s team to a warning or immediate disqualification. This will be strictly applied when such behaviour is directed at course officials, volunteers or spectators. The penalty imposed is at the discretion of the race director or director of events, should the race director be unavailable.

13. Course Access 
Only riders officially entered in the event may practice on the designated race course during training hours as indicated in the schedule. No alteration to the course will be accepted other than by event officials. Any rider caught modifying the course without the consent of race officials will be disqualified along with his or her team.

14. Protests
Protests can only be made by team captains. Protests will be made in writing and delivered to the race director or director of events any time during the race or after the end of the race, up to 15 minutes after the posting of the final results. Protests should contain any information that supports the protest, including a description of the incident, witnesses, names, addresses, phone numbers, and signatures of the protesting team captain. A $20 fee shall be submitted, in cash, with the protest. The race director, after conferencing with the director of events and other officials, will promptly rule on the protest. The fee will be forfeited if the protest is denied, or refunded if the protest is upheld.

15. Authority
The race director has the final say in any and all rulings made by the director of events.

16. STARTING PROCEDURE
The race will begin at 12:00pm on Saturday the 13th. A "Le Mans" style start will be used to begin the race. This is an exciting and safe way of starting large groups of racers. This type of start consists of having all the racers line up at the start line without their bikes. When the gun sounds, racers will run around a preset course of approx. 500 meters and proceed to pick up their bikes from the bike racks and continue on the designated trail. Each starting racer must be logged in prior to the start of the race and have his or her bike positioned in the bike rack area. The next rider (the "on-deck rider") who is waiting for their teammate to finish the lap must log in to their respective manual timing referee no later than 15 minutes before the expected arrival of their preceding teammate.

CHECK-IN STATION
17. Log-in Tent
Racers must log in and log out on each lap at the check-in station located at the start/finish area. All racers preparing to start a lap must register at the log-in tent at least 15 minutes prior to the arrival of their teammate finishing a lap. The team baton must be passed from the rider logging out to the registrar and then, from the registrar (after recording the log-out time) to the rider logging in before the rider logging in can start his/her lap. The official lap time is the time at which the logging out rider hands the baton to the registrar. The log-out time automatically becomes the log-in time for the next rider regardless of whether there is a rider present to receive the baton from the registrar.

18. Verifying the Log Sheet
Lap times will be recorded and compiled for each racer and listed on the bottom section of each team's log sheet. It is the team's responsibility to verify that each racer is logged in and logged out correctly. Please be courteous and patient while verifying information with your registrar. Registrars and race officials may request to see your race number on your back or your handlebar at any time. Helpful hint: when the racer "on-deck" receives the baton from the registrar, they should repeat their team # and name to confirm that the registrar is logging them in correctly.

19. Loss of Baton Penalty
Loss of the baton will result in a penalty of 5 minutes, which will be applied to the team`s finish time on its last lap and will be added to the racer finishing that final lap. The registrar will issue a new baton.

20. Consecutive Laps
If a racer is staying on for an additional lap, he/she must still pass the baton to the registrar before logging in to the additional lap. If the racer does not do this, only one lap will be counted.

21. Cancelling a Lap
Once on-course, a racer must complete his or her lap. However, the team has the option of cancelling a racer's lap and restarting the lap from the Log-in Tent with a substitute. This is a difficult and costly decision, but if the first racer is unable to complete the lap for any reason, it may be to the team's advantage to cancel that racer's lap. Any team member can cancel a racer's lap by notifying the team's registrar at the Log-in tent and initialing the log-sheet next to the cancelled lap. If a team cancels a racer's lap and is restarting with a new racer, a new baton will be issued without penalty. The new racer inherits the log-in time of the cancelled racer's lap. Once a cancellation has been made, it cannot be rescinded. The cancelled lap does not count as a completed lap.

LIGHTING AND NIGHT RIDING

22. Lighting Requirements
During the night portions of the race, racers must have a primary light source with a rated power of a least 6 watts. In addition, each rider must carry a secondary or backup light source in the form of a penlight or a flashlight or lighting system. All riders must also have a flashing rear (red) light.

23. Light see
Racers entering the course 1 hour before sunset on Saturday up to 1/2 hour before sunrise on Sunday must have both primary and secondary light sources installed and in good working order. During this time, racers must have their lights on. Racing with lights out to save batteries or racing with discharged batteries is dangerous and is done so at the riders’ own risk and is against the rules. Any team riding with their lights off will be disqualified.

24. Participant Responsibilities
Each participant is responsible for their own lighting systems and battery supply. Be sure to label your batteries and chargers with your team’s name. We are not responsible for any equipment lost or stolen. Each team should have enough charged batteries or they will have to find alternative methods for recharging.

THE FINISH
25. The Finish
The race ends at 12pm on Sunday. The last rider for each team must log off the course after 12:00pm. Each team’s finishing place will be determined by the number of laps the team completed and the order of finish within the team’s last lap. (i.e. A team that has completed 23 laps with a finish time of 5:25pm would beat a team that completed 23 laps finishing at 12: 40pm and, of course, a team that completed 24 laps, finishing at 1:00pm would beat them both). However, if a rider logs out just before 12:00pm and no other team member logs in before 12 :05pm, then no finish time can be recorded and the team will be listed as DNF (did not finish).

26. Catastrophe
In the case of a catastrophe due to weather or other extenuating circumstances that prevents the on-going scoring of the event or creates a racing environment that is deemed too dangerous for the participants, the race director may call the race as of a certain time. Final results will be calculated based on each team's placement at the call-time as determined by that team's last completed lap. This rule is intended to be exercised as a last resort, in the direst situations, when no other means is available to continue scoring the event or when the potential for serious harm or loss of life becomes imminent.

ADDITIONAL RULES
27. Nudity
There will be no nudity permitted by athletes, spectators, or volunteers during the event. If anyone is found breaking this rule, they will no longer be allowed to participate and their team will be disqualified.

28. Marketing Tactics
Marketing tactics will not be permitted by teams trying to over-promote their sponsors. Banners for each teams' sponsors will be permitted in their pit area, within reason. Over-promoting, such as flyering vehicles, putting up posters, or setting up sales or promotional areas outside of the official event expo area, will not be permitted. This is a right purchased by the sponsors of the event. Without these sponsors the event would not be possible. For expo inquiries, please call Dominique at (450) 534.3333 or by email at dominique@mondialduvelo.com