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6h roller de Paris (PDF)

[warning]Disclaimer : The rules below are translated from the official rules in french. During the race, only the original french rules will apply.[/warning]

Organizer :

This race is organised by the Paris Université Club (PUC), roller department.
The rules can be modified by the organizer at any time.

6 Heures Roller de Paris :

6 Heures Roller de Paris is a 6 hour roller skating race, individual or in team relays, taking place on a closed road.
Registration is firm and final, it implies full acceptance of theses rules and can not be refunded for any reason.

Jury :

The organizer will setup a Jury composed of a Race director, assisted by race marshalls. The goal of the jury is to ensure a regular race, validate rankings and process claims.

Catégories :

Ranking is calculated with the following categories :

Age is considered the day of the competition.

The organizer reserves the right to remove categories if the number is less than 5 teams. The teams initially registered in these categories will be assigned to the closest applicable category.

Teams composition :

Teams are composed of 3 to 5 members. Duos are composed of two. You can run in individual. Junior teams must be supervised by a major person. The cumulated number of registration in categories Individual man and individual woman is limited to 65.

Equipment :

Skaters must be equiped with skate either with 2 couples of parallel wheels or either with inline wheels (up to six). Brakes are allowed. Rollerskis are forbidden.
Skaters are free to take equipment, beverage or food that they think they need.
Skaters in race can receive assistance from other participants or from staff member assigned to this task.

Safety :

An attached helmet is mandatory for all skaters during all the race and protections are highly recommended.
Skaters must know how to skate and break. Skaters that are dangerous for themself or for others could be stopped by the Race director.
A medical unit will be on site.
Race director is the only person that can stop or interrupt the race, if he thinks it’s a necessity for the security of the participants. Race director informs organizers of his decisions. Organizers must act as soon as possible.
A skater in difficulty must finish his lap in the regular direction of the circuit.

Responsibilities:

The organizer is not responsible in case of accident, skaters failure due to their health or their personal equipment.
The organizer can not be held responsible for any theft damage to personal effects of competitors caused by a third party.
Competitors are responsible for monitoring their personal effects.

Registration and booking:

Follow instructions on

http://www.6hdeparis.fr/

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NO REGISTRATION WILL BE ACCEPTED THE DAY OF THE RACE.

Booking of a team:

Registration is online

http://www.6hdeparis.fr/

Payment must be made online or by check payable to “Paris Université Club”.
Justificative documents must be scanned and submitted with the registration, or sent by post mail with the registration number, to the following address :
PUC – 6h Roller de Paris
17 avenue Pierre de Coubertin
75013 Paris
FRANCE

To be accepted, registrations must be complete and valid before july 21th, 2013.
Registration fee is € 40 for individuals, 50 for duos and 75 for other categories.
After June 15th, 2013, fee will be respectivelly € 50, 60 and 90.
According to the french law, you have right to acces and modify your personal data.

Documents to provide:

• Online registration form completed and validated
• Payment online or by check
• Scan or copy of the french skating federation (FFRS) licence or medical certificate issued less than one year before the day of the race (issued after august 5th, 2017) stating that there is no medical issues against practicing roller skating in competition.
• Parental authorization for minors (less than 18 year-old)
• For company category, a certificate from the company with the names of the employees involved in the team, or copy of payroll, or copy of student card or certificate of education.

Receipt by the organizers of the complete file validate registration and the team name will be mentioned in the list available at:
http://www.6hdeparis.fr/

A deposit check, € 100 for individuals and  € 200 for teams of two skaters and more, payable to “Paris Université Club”, will be necessary to get the chips (together with the check in) and given back at the end of the race.
Don’t forget to bring pins to attach the bibs.

Awards:

The organizer will award the top three teams of each category.
The awards ceremony of the 6h Roller de Paris is officially organized at the end of the race.

Ranking:

The time for each passage of each skater is measured at finish line, through an electronic chips system.
The system will issue an intermediate classification after each hour of the race, of all teams involved. This ranking will be displayed near the organizers stand. The general ranking after validation and formalization by the jury will be displayed and made public by the organizers on the website

http://www.6hdeparis.fr/

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Bibs

Each participant wears a bib set by four pins and / or glued on right thigh so that it is clearly visible in all circumstances.
The bib can control the membership of the participants to the race (insurance). Each participant has an electronic chip attached to a bracelet worn around the ankle. When passing under the check-in porch, skater is notified by a beep that his passage is taken into account.

The baton:

For each team, there is only one skater in race. Each team has a baton. This baton must be carried by the skater in race since the start, and transmitted in the relay zone to a teammate until the finish after the race time.

Start:

Each team freely chooses which skater takes the first relay.
This skater participates to the start.
Starting skaters are grouped behind the start line.

Finish:

The actual arrival time of each team recorded after performing the scheduled time of the test (6 hours).
The skater who takes the last relay and passes under the finish line before the official arrival time must finish his lap.
In case of equal number of turns, the actual arrival time of the last skater of the team is crucial in the overall ranking of the race.

Relay zone, passing of the baton :

The relay zone is marked unambiguously at the stands zone after the finish line.
The baton can be transmitted only in the relay zone.

Claims:

Claims
are only allowed about one’s team laps, and came be made to the race director up to 15 minutes after the arrival of the last competitor.

Running of the event:

Penalty:

A penalty of one lap will be attributed to the team in the following cases:

• racer controlled without baton.
• going backward after the passing of the baton.
• more than one teammate at the relay zone.
• relay made from the opposite side of the track to the pits.
• skating in pack for teams that are not in the same lap, for teams in the first 5 ranks.
• racer without helmet (will be stopped and will return on foot).
• dangerous behavior.

The last relay can take place up to 10 minutes before the end of the race or before 16:50.

Behavior:

Racers can be disqualified by the race director in case of misbehaviour or unsportsmanlike act.

Image rights:

Participants, coaches and public expressly authorize the Paris University Club and its successors such as partners and the media to use images or videos in which they may appear, taken during the 6 Heures Roller de Paris in 2013 on all media, including promotional materials and / or advertising in the world and for the longest period provided by law, existing regulations and treaties, including extensions that could be made at this duration.

Cancellation clauses:

The organizer reserves the right to cancel the event if, 30 days before the event, the registered teams quota is not reached (in this case, the organizing committee will refund the registration fees).

The organizer reserves the right to cancel the event if all safety conditions are not met for its smooth running (in this case, there will be no refund).