Courses

1. Definition

The Swimming Sports Club Cabrera de Mar, in collaboration with the Company Evolution, el Maresme Regional Council and Calella´s town hall organizes the triathlon "Challenge Costa de Barcelona - Maresme" on Sunday, October 3th, 2010. The start will be at 7:30 on Calella´s beach.

The race will be controlled, coordinated and refereed by the Spanish Triathlon Federation and will follow the competition regulation for long distance races, set by the Spanish Triathlon Federation. In the above mentioned regulation are developed all the technical general aspects about the race. Nevertheless, here below are detailed those points that, for their special importance or for the race circumstances, have been total or partially modified or complemented with regard to the FETRI regulation. The competition will be refereed and its results will be approved by the marshals of the Triathlon Spanish Federation.

2. Distances
The three segments in the Challenge Costa de Barcelona – Maresme are:  
1) Swim – 3800 m, Start and finish on Calella´s beach, one-lap course.
2) Bike – 180 km, Two-laps course Calella-Masnou and a third lap Calella-Mataró, road closed for this purpose.
3) Run – 42 km Starting on Calella`s beach and arriving to Pineda de Mar, where there will be four laps until Santa Susana. The end will be on Calella`s beach, near the transition area.

3. Participation and insurances  
Participation in the Challenge Costa de Barcelona – Maresme is open to sports people of every nationality, may they have a license or not, and bornt in 1991 or before. Participants take part individually in the race segments under their own responsability, and have a suitable physical condition level and enough technical control to be able to face them and finish each segment within the cut-off times set by the organization.  

Cut-off times:

Swim (3800m): 10:45

Swim + Bike (180Km): 18:00

Finish: 00:00

Cut-off times will be applied regardless of the start time. After these times have passed, the participant will be out of the competition, and it will be possible to circulate in accordance with the present traffic regulations.

The organization has an insurance policy of civil responsibility, according to the in force legislation.

Non- federated participants will be covered by an accidents insurance policy contracted by the organization (day license)

6. Refereeing and timing
A general marshal designated by the Spanish Triathlon Triathlon will have the final decision in view of any anomaly in the race course. He will receive help from assistant marshals of the FETRI and the FCT.

Timing will be made by the electronic system of the FETRI. The time achieved by every participant in the finish as well as the partial time in every segment of the triathlon will compose the final classification, regardless of the start time.

7. Starts
The start will be carried out in 9 waves. The start time will be determined by estimated final time that every participant has stated in their registrations.

Each one of the waves will be differentiated by the color of the swimming cap and they will be every 5 minutes from the second start on:

Start 1 7:30

Start 2 7:45

Start 3 7:50

Start 4 7:55

Start 5 8:00

Start 6 8:05

Start 7 8:10

Start 8 8:15

Start 9 8:20

8. Participant identification material
Every participant will receive a bag from the organization with the following:

•  Swimming cap (1)

•  Race number (2, compulsory to wear 1 race number)

• Stickers with the race number (6). One for each one of the bags, three for the helmet and one for the bike.

•  Sticker for the bike with the race number (1)

•  Bags (3). One for the bike clothes (Bike Bag), another one for the run clothes (run bag) and another one for the street clothes (Street wear bag)

As an option, you can ask for the Special Need bag.

•  Identification bracelet (1)

•  A chip and a ribbon to wear it round their ankle

When they pick up their material, they must show their Identification Card or in force passport so as to confirm their identity.

9. Anti-drafting rule
In a general way and apart from the other regulations, the penalties applied by the race marshals can last 8 minutes in the penalty box (a yellow card), or mean a disqualification (two yellow cards). The race marshals will be able to use the warning as dissuasive measure of attempts of infraction to the anti drafting and anti residues regulation when they consider it to be opportune and without this meaning a sanction.

Anti-drafting
Drafting or slipstreaming during the bike portion is not allowed, and it could be a reason for sanction. Drafting means to be less than 7 meters behind another competitor or less than 3 meters sideways. A triathlete can invade the drafting zone to overtake the triathlete who precedes him. They have 15 seconds to carry out this manoeuvre; if passed this time the overtaking has not been done, the triathlete has infringed the rule.

A triathlete can enter the drafting zone of another triathlete, subject to the decision of the judge and marshals, in the following circumstances:

• If they overtake within 15 seconds

• For safety reasons

• In an aid station

• At the entry or exit of the transition area

• In sharp turns

• Other safety reasons determined by the judges and marshals.

A triathlete that is being overtaken must immediately abandon the drafting zone of the other athlete once this one has overtaken him. In order to make easier the overtaking maneuvers, all the participants will always have to circulate along the right side of their path. To get in the way of other runners will be also a reason for sanction.

10. Anti-waste rule

You must deposit all the packages, bike bottles, cans, bottles, papers, fruit peels, wrappings or any other solid object in the containers or litter baskets located at each one of the aid stations.

Make sure you know where these points are located and tdo not throw anything to the floor. Collaborate and leave the courses just as they were before the race.

11. Anti-doping control

The organization will have the participants undergo an anti-doping control according to the in force regulation of the Antidoping commission of the Spanish Triathlon Federation.

12. Security and medical care
The restricted areas will be controlled by the organization security guards and it will only be possible to gain access to them by showing the participant´s bracelet or the corresponding accreditation.

The security in the public roads will be the responsibility of the Mossos d´Esquadra force and the local police forces.

The medical services of the organization destined throughout the route will be authorized to make any participant retire for medical reasons. Any emergency vehicle that needs to use the bike route to circulate will be able to do it indicating its position by luminous and audible signals. In any case, the vehicle will have preference on the triathletes, who will have to give way to it.

13. Prizes
The prizes will be the following: General individual, Age groups, Teams and Relays. The first three of each category will receive prizes.
General individual : The 10 first male triathletes and the 10 first female triathletes of the general individual classification will receive 50,000 € as total amount of the prizes. To be able to receive the money award, the participant will have to be registered in the PRO (professional) modality. The acceptance of a participant in the PRO modality will be subject to race director approval. Any participant who is not registered as a PRO will not receive any money award if they arrive among the 10 first ones of the general classification.
1. 8.000 €
2. 5.000 €
3. 3.500 €
4. 2.500 €
5. 2.000 €
6. 1.500 €
7. 1.000 €
8. 700 €
9. 500 €
10. 300 €

All the prizes will be subject to the corresponding deductions, in accordance with the current regulation. Payments will become effective during the week after the race and the winners will have to present their fiscal information to the organization.

Likewise, both the 10 first male ones and the 10 first female ones of the general individual classification will receive a trophy, regardless of whether they take part as PRO or as age groups.

Age groups: The three first men and the three first women of each age group will receive a trophy during the awards ceremony.

The classification of the male and female age groups will be carried out in accordance with the following table and always bearing in mind that the age group to which one belongs matches the participant´s age on December 31 of the year in which the race is held:

18-24
25-29
30-34
35-39
40-44
45-49
50-54
55-59
65-69
70-74
+75

Teams: The classification by teams will be carried out by adding the final times of the same team´s first 3 members to reach the finish line. Thus, it is essential to register as member of a club and indicate its name. The first three male teams and the three first female teams will receive a trophy.

Relays:
The Challenge will also held an open competition of relays.
The rules for this competition are the same are the same as for each one of the Challenge portions, that is, the swim, the bike and the run.
The only specific rules for the relay teams are:
1. Registrations must have the name of the three relay team members and the three of them will have to go in person to take their race number and the race information during the schedules and days established by the organization.
2. Every relay team consists of a swimmer, a cyclist and a runner.
3. The baton that will be passed among the relay members will be the timing control chip, that every relay runner will have to wear around their ankle.
4. Relays will be carried out in a specific area for this effect, separated from the transition area of individual participants.
5. The relay teams race numbers will be in a different color from the individual participants.
6. The start of the relays will be the last one.
7. The relay teams can consist of only men, only women or both of them.
8. Trophies will be given to the first three relay teams of these three categories separately.

14. Personal information
In compliance with the established Organic Law of 15/1999, December 13th, on the Protection of personal data ("LOPD"), and the Law 34/2002, July 11th, of services of the Information and Electronic Commerce society, TODOENTRENO S.L. (hereinafter THISPLAY) with NIF B63251581 and the other companies of the EVOLUTION Group (detailed at the end of this document) inform you, and you agree that:

All the information of personal nature supplied by you through the data collection forms in the website www.challenge-barcelona.com are hold in an automatic personal data file created by THISPLAY under their own responsability, which has been registered in the Data Protection Agency. This file, which will be treated with confidentiality, is created for purposes of:

Managing your participation in the Challenge Costa de Barcelona – Maresme

Managing the race information, specially the times, the photographies and the videos

Carrying out the statistical analysis of the participants so that the organization receives a feedback report and creates the necessary improvements.

Promoting or advertising the activities, services and articles offered both by the EVOLUTION Group companies and the Challenge Costa de Barcelona - Maresme sponsors.

If you agree with the registration process and fill up the form, you expressly authorize the transfer of your personal data in accordance to the mentioned purposes to the companies hereinabove named, both the EVOLUTION Group companies and the event sponsors. You also authorize the transfer of your information with the objective to send you commercial or advertising communications by normal delivery, email, sms or any other way, or to receive calls for the purposes hereinbefore described. These authorizations are revocable at any time without retroactive effects. Anyway, you can revoke at any time the consent you gave once and exercise your right to access, correct, cancel and oppose the cession and treatment of your data, notifying us in writing to THISPLAY address c/Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 774 2nd floor 08013 Barcelona

EVOLUTION Group companies:

Evolution Race 2010 S.L. B64677693 Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 774 2nd floor 08013 Barcelona.
Todoentreno S.L. B63251581 Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 774 2nd floor 08013 Barcelona.
Swimming Tecnology S.L. B64984545 Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 774 2nd floor 08013 Barcelona.
Centro de Mejora del Rendimiento S.L. B64989312 Diputació, 79-90 08370 Calella.
Innovative Sport Concept S.L . B64989312 Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 774 2nd floor 08013 Barcelona.

15. Authorized vehicles  
Motorized vehicles, bikes or skaters which do not belong to the organization will not be able to circulate by the race circuits. Those who are monitoring the event will wear a visible identification at any moment. To receive help from others (except for the organization) or to have a vehicle, bike or skater follow them will result in the disqualification of the participant.

16. Cancellations
In the event of bad weather conditions or for public or private reasons beyond the reasonable control, whether they are of climatological, police, political or social nature, that would prevent the holding of the full event in accordance with the foreseen program, the organization will carry out another alternative race with distances to be determined, in accordance with the judges of the Catalan Federation of Triathlon. This new alternative race will deliver the prizes foreseen for the different classifications in the same way, and under no circumstances will the race be postponed to another date nor will any refund of any amount be made.
Examples:

• Swim segment cancellation due to sea disturbances: duathlon

• Bike segment cancellation due to rain, demonstration, natural disaster or invalidated road: aquathlon

• Bike and swim segments cancellation: foot race

17. Appeals and claims
Following the FETRI regulation, each participant or coach belonging to one of the registered clubs will be able to place a claim about the provisional results, about irregularities in the organization or about sanctions applied by the marshals.

The appeals will be formulated in writing and handed it to the general judge with a bail of 50€, who will first of all check the decision. If it is ratified, he will hand over the appeal to the appeal committee so that they solve the case.

If the appeal reaches the committee, the president of the committee will meet with the other members and will try to listen to all the involved parties and study the evidence provided. If the person appealing cannot be present, he/she can put his arguments in writing when he presents the written appeal. The infringement of this rule can invalidate the appeal.

After having heard all the possible evidences, the committee will consider his/her verdict, which will be final and irrevocable. The decision will be communicated verbally and afterwards in writing.

On the assumption that the judge or the appeal committee tilts in favour of the accused, this person will be refunded with the entire deposit.

18. Civility and respect
Participants accept each and every term and condition of this regulation and they are honestly committed to not starting the race ahead of time and to completing all the portions before crossing the finish line.
Also, they claim to be respectful with the organization´s staff and with the other participants. They are also committed to treating their own and other people´s sports material with respect.
If somebody fails to follow any of these rules, the organization will ask the judges to give the participant a warning.