RULES
2024

1.CALENDAR

  • 17 MARCH Gavà (Barcelona)
  • 21 APRIL Cambrils (Tarragona) C2
  • 25 MAY Vic (Barcelona)
  • 16 JUNE Naturland (Andorra)
  • 21 SEPTEMBER Girona (Girona)

2. GENERAL REGULATIONS

The Marathon Cup MTB calendar will contain XCP and XCM races and falls under the current regulations of the technical commission of the Catalan Cycling Federation (FCC by its Catalan abbreviation.

Each event is regulated by its own rules since races may vary in terms of schedules, registration fees, etc. For this reason, we recommend reading each event’s specifications, which are available on the official website.

3. CATEGORIES

XCM (PRO)

Participants in this category must have the UCI license, processed by the corresponding Federation. The minimum age to participate in this category must be 19 years old the year of the race.

  • Women: elite, sub 23, master 30, master 40 and master 50/60
  • Men: elite, sub 23, master 30, master 40 and master 50/60

 

XCP (PRO)

Participants in this category must have the UCI license, processed by the corresponding Federation. The minimum age to participate in this category must be 16 years old the year of the race.

  • Women: elite, sub 23, junior, master 30, master 40 and master 50/60
  • Men: elite, sub 23, junior, master 30, master 40 and master 50/60

 

OPEN / POPULAR:

Category for both male and female participants who are 16 years of age or older during the year. These runners can participate with a UCI license or a day license.

4. REGISTRATION

REGISTRATION AND PAYMENT: The registration will be possible until 11:59 PM on the previous WEDNESDAY of the event. The payment must be made directly on the website by credit card. If the payment has not been received, the registration will not be registered and the bib will not be reserved. Phone: (+34) 93 808 80 91. E-mail: [email protected], www.ocisport.net.

The number is given in the first race of the championship in which you register, this plate will be used for the rest of the tests of the Championship. In case of losing the plate and having to reassign the number, there will be a cost of €5.

No registration will be accepted after 30 minutes before departure. Registrations made on the same day of the test will have a surcharge of €10, and will not be included in the starting grid.

If you do not possess the applicable federal license, you can apply for a day license (with a surcharge of €3), which allows you to participate with the same medical insurance as members of the federation. To participate in the open test you must have both a valid day license and cycling racing license.

5. SCORING

For the final classification of the Marathon Cup BTT, both individual and team, the 4 races will score points. In case of a tie on points, the best result between the tied riders in the last race will be taken into account.Points will be distributed as follows:

6. RULES FOR THE SPECIAL TEAM PRIZE

Registration: In order to qualify for the Team ranking, cycling clubs must first register their competition team with the FCC by filling out the document that can be found in the Printout section of the website www.ciclisme.cat. Competition teams may only be comprised of cyclists (M/F) competing in Elite, Sub-23, Master 30, Master 40 and Master 50/60 categories, only in the XCM discipline.

Participants: Each team must have a minimum of 2 registered participants and a maximum of 25. The whole team must wear the same coloured jersey and team advertising in accordance with the license.

Scoring: The team score is based on results achieved by the 3 firts riders of the team.

The overall score of each team will be made up of the sum total of these competitors’ points. In case of a tie, the runner with the best result in the last test will be the winner.

7. RACE PRIZES

In each test there will be trophies for the first 3 classified in each category, in the two modalities XCM and XCP, and cash prizes, according to the category of the test for the XCM modality.

In the last event, a trophy will also be given to the first 3 of the final classification of the Marathon Cup BTT in each category.

The leader’s jersey will be given to the first male and female classified of the XCM of each test, except in the last test that the leader’s jersey will be given to the first classified, both male and female, for each of the categories within each XCM modality and XCP

Cash prizes for the test will be (Masc / Fem):

8. CLOTHING AND ADVERTISING

Overall leaders for both men and women must wear the jersey provided by the organization. The jersey has a space at the disposal of the competitor reserved for the advertising of their main sponsor.

In all formal award ceremonies, participating competitors must get on the podium wearing their team’s jersey and shorts.

9. SPORT AND NATURE

Our sport is an activity for both competition and leisure that takes place in the nature. Its impact on the environment is the responsibility of all participants and organizers of the sport events. The participants are asked not to drop litter along the route to  in respect the environment such as the animals.

10. IMAGE RIGHTS

All participants cede their image rights to the organization, being able to use any photograph or video where they appear, for promotional purposes of the Organizer.

11.CANCELLATION POLICY:

Any cancellation of registration must be made via E-mail to: [email protected]. Cancellations via phonecall will not be accepted. The registration refund will be made by crediting the card used at the time of registration, taking into account the following conditions.

Request date before the event           % of return

Less than 30 days80%
From 29 to 15 days50%
From 14 to 8 days25%
Less than 8 days0%

 

12. ACCEPTANCE OF THE REGULATIONS

The registration for any of the events implies the acceptance and respect of the rules pertaining to each one of the races for which the participant has registered.