1-3.FEB.2024

UCI Gran Fondo Dead Sea Jordan - General Rules

A UCI Gran Fondo World Series event is a competitive mass participation event with a mass start (or in waves with intervals between the start groups) which is fully timed for all participants and splits results per age group and gender.

A- Road RACE

TRAFFIC RULES

The race will be on Open roads which means Competitive mass participation event with a mass-start in which riders must respect road traffic regulations during the whole course. the road will closed and controlled for the main pelaton and marshals with police escort will secure the traffic. riders must ride on the right side of the road all the time.

Maximum number of participants

we will accept only 300 rider for the first year of UCI Gran Fondo Jordan Dead Sea 2024.

Participation rights UCI Gran Fondo World Series

Riders can take part in the Gran Fondo World Series if they hold any of the following licenses:

  1. • No license require a medical certificate to be presented during the race pack collection or:

    • Amateur license

    • Master license

    • Cycling for All license

    • Elite license with exception of:

      • a)  Any rider who has during the current year been a member of a team registered with the UCI.

      • b)  Any rider who has taken part in a World Championships, the Olympic Games, Continental Games, Regional Games, the Commonwealth Games, or a World Cup during the current year.

      • c)  Any rider who has scored UCI points in the year of the World Championships.

    Age groups

    The UCI Gran Fondo World Series event must provide results for the following different age groups, for both women and men:

    • 19–34y

    • 35–39y

    • 40–44y

    • 45–49y

    • 50–54y

    • 55–59y

    • 60–64y

    • 65–65y

    • 70–74y

      75 – 79y
      Etc. (any further 5-year category for which riders have entered)

    • Age Groups applicable to the UCI Gran Fondo World Series are defined by the rider’s age on December 31st of the year of the qualifier event. Riders who qualify in September-December for next year’s World Championships and change age group in the following year will automatically take their qualification to the next age group so don’t need to qualify again in their new age group in the year of the World Championships. As per the regulations applied for the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships, medals and titles will be awarded for men and/or women as soon as 1 rider is registered in the respective 5-year age category.

    Qualification for the 2024 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships

    Each UCI Gran Fondo World Series event of the 2023-2024 seasons grants qualification rights for the 2024 UCI Gran Fondo World Championships. Based on the results of each race, the first 25% of athletes in each age group will be qualified for the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships. The 25% is calculated based on the number of starters in each age group, and not on the number of riders having finished the race.(2)

    In addition, the first three riders of each official age category will qualify directly for the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships, independently of the number of starters in that age group. Riders must finish the race to gain qualification.

    for more derails about the qualification please visit the UCI Gran Fondo world series website.

Support Cars & Personnel

team or personnel cars are not allowed during the race, the support personnel can provide only food or water only at the official feed zone locations during stage 2 and 3.

Feed Zones

Stage 1 ITT: No feeding allowed during the race.

Stage2 and Stage 3: will provide 2 feeding zone that will be announced on the race manual on the top of the main climb and before the decent.

any riders will receive any outside assistance on the course will disqualified.

No feeding allowed from support cars or team cars or at any other location than the official feed feed zone locations.

Littering: (Green Zone) :

In order to minimize our impact on the local routes and maintain a clean environment, we have designated two green zones for disposing of litter. These areas will be marked with green signs at the start and red signs at the end. Please use these zones to dispose of empty gel packets or energy bar wrappers.

incase any ride caught throwing anything on the course a time penalty of 5min will be given for each offense.

Police Escort

the event security will be managed by Jordanian police and traffic department, the road traffic will managed and cleared for the riders, we encourage the rider to follow normal traffic rules and ride on the right side of the road all the time, as we are passing small farming areas and local villages and its impossible to control every single junction on small roads. be aware from dogs, sheep or any other animals when passing villages or farming areas.

Neutral and Timed Start

the race will start with short Neutral start to allow the riders to settle in the pelaton and the time will start from the gun.

Bikes

Riders may use any type of bike (road bike, mountain bike, city bike, hybrid bike, cross bike, etc.) with the exception of tandem or recumbent bikes. In the road race event, time trial bikes are forbidden.

At the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships, all bikes will be checked for compliance with the UCI Regulations For more information please consult the following additional explanatory documents:

Jerseys

Riders are free to wear any type of jersey in the qualifier events, with the following exception: the jersey should not contain any language, symbol, signs, flags or color that can offend the local culture of Jordan, other event participant, organizers or sponsors and the organizers hold the right to force the rider to change the jersey/ kit or not allow him to start the race unless he change it.

Mandatory helmet: As per UCI regulation 1.3.031 , wearing a helmet is mandatory for all UGFWS events, throughout the whole race. Participants are informed in advance by the organization that they will be barred from the start or that their race number will immediately be withdrawn if they are caught by a member of the organization without their helmet.

Race Numbers

Each rider must have 2 numbers on the back of his/her Jersey during the road race, and one number during ITT.

Bike number must be attached on the seat post of bike during the road race.

INDIVIDUAL TIME-TRIAL RULES

Types of Bicycle

same as road race regulation above, and TT bikes are allowed based on UCI TT rules and regulations.

Start of the race

the start will a gun start from the start line.

Support Cars

not allowed during ITT and any other stage.

Mechanical assistance:

we will provide 2 vehicles for service purposes available to the cyclists, the first following the head of the race, and the second vehicle positioned at the tail of the race. For the time trial, the riders cannot be followed by a car providing mechanical assistance. Private cars with spare parts/bikes/wheels are forbidden in a UGFWS qualifier event.

the rider must bring their own spare tire, tube, repair kits and pump.

The riders cannot receive any assistance from outside the official personal.

any riders receive any outside assistance will disqualified.

Time Limit:
Stag 1: ITT: one hour after last rider leave the start.

Stage 2: 4:00 hours

Stage 3: 4:00 hours

the times can be adjusted based on the weather, pace of the race and the organizers receive the right to adjust it before/ during the race.