Our so-called GRAVEL events are mass events with a mass start (or in waves with intervals between age categories) which is timed on kilometer sections defined by the organizer, for all participants and separate results by age category and gender. Riders must respect the rules of the road throughout the entire event.
In the event of malfunctioning of the GPS tracker supplied by the organization, all material evidence (receipt) and immaterial evidence (photos, videos) will be examined by the organization to validate compliance with the rules. The route will take you through sumptuous landscapes and panoramas, allowing you to discover in depth the regions of the countries you will cross. Clearly marked refreshment points along the route are reserved exclusively for clearly identified participants (frame plate, identification sticker).
The route is not signposted, but will be made available to participants in the form of a GPX link sent to each participant a few weeks before the event by the organization, by email communication and this route is common to all participants.
Timed segments in GRAVEL formats
In our GRAVEL formats, so-called "timed" segments are integrated according to the distance chosen (200 km, 100 km or 50 km). Only specific sections, ranging from 2 to 5 segments depending on the distance, will be timed.
The aim of these segments is to enable participants to outdo themselves on key sections of the course, while enjoying moments of recovery between these segments. In this way, participants who are unable to maintain an intense effort over the whole course can concentrate their efforts on these so-called "timed" sections, maximizing their chances of aiming for a good performance and challenging themselves.
Between these timed sections, participants can take time to rest, enjoy the scenery and stop at refreshment zones. This unique approach emphasizes a balance between performance and pleasure, encouraging an experience that is both competitive and enjoyable.
The present sporting regulations (hereinafter the Regulations) apply to all participants in the events. They form an integral part of the General Terms and Conditions of Sale referred to above and comply with the regulations of the French Cycling Federation specific to GRAVEL cycling.
In the event of any conflict with the provisions of the General Terms and Conditions of Sale, the provisions of the Regulations shall prevail.
The GRAVEL RACE ACROSS SERIES cycling events, offering distances ranging from 50 K to 200 K without assistance (bikepacking).
The events are held in a single stage on roads open to traffic, solo, at a free pace, but with a time limit for each distance, called the TIME BARRIER.
Distances are as follows per event/race:
RACE ACROSS PARIS 2025 - April 12, 2025
> Gravel distance of 200 kilometers (approx.): Start from 60-Chantilly (FR) and finish from 60-Chantilly. TIME BARRIER 13h maximum to complete the course.
> Gravel distance 100 kilometers (approx.): Start from 60-Chantilly (FR) and finish from 60-Chantilly. Maximum TIME BARRIER to complete the course.
> Gravel distance 50 kilometers (approx.): Starting from 60-Chantilly (FR) and finishing at 60-Chantilly. TIME BARRIER 4h maximum to complete the course.
RACE ACROSS SPAIN 2025 - April 26, 2025
> Gravel distance of 200 kilometers (approx.): Start from 46190 Riba-roja de Túria (ES) and finish from 46190 Riba-roja de Túria. TIME BARRIER 13h maximum to complete the course.
> Gravel distance of 100 kilometers (approx.): Start from 46190 Riba-roja de Túria (ES) and finish from 46190 Riba-roja de Túria. Maximum TIME BARRIER to complete the course.
> Gravel distance of 50 kilometers (approx.): Start from 46190 Riba-roja de Túria (ES) and finish from 46190 Riba-roja de Túria. TIME BARRIER 4h maximum to complete the course.
RACE ACROSS BELGIUM 2025 - May 10, 2025
> Gravel distance of 200 kilometers (approx.): Start from 1420 Braine-l'Alleud (BE) and finish from 1420 Braine-l'Alleud. Maximum 13h to complete the course.
> Distance gravel 100 kilometers (approx.) : Starting at 1420 Braine-l'Alleud (BE) and finishing at 1420 Braine-l'Alleud. Maximum 7 hours to complete the course.
> Gravel distance 50 kilometers (approx.): Starting at 1420 Braine-l'Alleud (BE) and finishing at 1420 Braine-l'Alleud. 4h maximum to complete the course.
RACE ACROSS SWITZERLAND 2025 - August 16, 2025
> Gravel distance of 200 kilometers (approx.): Start from 1424-Champagne (CH) and finish from 1424-Champagne. 13h maximum to complete the course.
> Gravel distance 100 kilometers (approx.): Start from 1424-Champagne (CH) and finish from 1424-Champagne. Maximum 7 hours to complete the course.
> Gravel distance 50 kilometers (approx.): Start from 1424-Champagne (CH) and finish from 1424-Champagne. 4h maximum to complete the course.
Details of the course(s) will be posted on the event website and social networks at a later date.
Bib numbers can be collected on presentation of the following documents:
QR code generated automatically via the MILES REPUBLIC platform - sent a few weeks before the event;
Your license or medical certificate meeting the above conditions;
Your official identity document or valid passport (no driver's license);
Bib numbers can only be collected in the dedicated area of the Events Village. Exact times and locations will be announced at a later date;
All number assignments are firm and final. No numbers will be sent by post, nor given out outside the opening hours of the Start Village;
The race number is required for access to the start area and refreshment points and must remain fully legible during the race, even in bad weather;
The price of race numbers is expressed́ in Euro (€), France Suisse (CHF) or Canadian Dollar (CAD) currency, all taxes included, at the rate in force on the day of your registration.
Race number prices are available on the information page for each event and on the "event registration form" page.
Exceptional promotions may be organized by the Organizer to allow you to benefit from a reduction in the price of your race number.
For reasons of event safety, the organizer reserves the right to limit the number of race numbers available, as he sees fit and/or as he deems necessary.
Bib fees may vary depending on the date you register for the event.
There are a total of 2 types of bikes accepted:
Standard (standard, gravel, mountain bike)
Open (different type of bike authorized by the country's highway code)
Bikes must be propelled solely by human power.
All team members must use the same type/category of bike.
If teams use different types of bikes, they will be placed in the Open category.
A participant or a team may request the organization to register in the Open category.
Consideration will be given to participants in the Open category for an early start, at the Organizer's convenience. All participants in the Open category must respect the set time limits.
No participant will be considered a finisher if he or she arrives outside the organization's time limit.
Maximum event times are calculated according to the participant's start time, and are set at :
To participate in our RACE ACROSS SERIES Gravel events you must be at least :
> over 18 years of age on December 31 of the year of the event for the 200K EVENT
> over 16 years of age on December 31 of the year of the event for the 100K EVENT
> over 14 years of age on December 31 of the year of the event for the 50K EVENT
For those under 18, the participant's legal parent must send proof of identity and parental responsibility to the organization at least 30 days before the start of the race, to the following address: contact(at)race-across.com - without this authorization and documentation, registration will not be considered complete and will be cancelled.
Please note that checks will be carried out during the events to ensure that they run smoothly, particularly with regard to age and medical certification requirements.
By taking part in the events, you are taking part in one of the sporting events organized and/or approved by a sports federation. Consequently, your participation is subject to the compulsory presentation of :
REMINDER - The medical certificate must state: " no contraindication to competitive cycling ". No other mention will be accepted.
Prior to the events, the medical certificate or the photocopy of the license in dematerialized format can be sent by the participant via the MILES REPUBLIC registration platform, giving you access to your participant area.
Medical certificates sent by post, e-mail or hand-delivered will not be accepted.
These documents must be submitted in electronic form sufficiently in advance of the event, and no more than 30 days before the event date, to enable the Organizer to validate them.
Participants must therefore check their REPUBLIC MILES account to ensure that their voucher has been validated. If this is not the case, this document will have to be brought to the race number pick-up as a last resort.
Authenticity checks of medical certificates and licenses may be carried out on site, even in cases where the participant has uploaded these documents to his/her MILES REPUBLIC account.
It is therefore mandatory for participants to be able to provide these documents when picking up their number or at events.
ATTENTION Participants living abroad: If you do not have a UCI COMPETITION Licence issued by the federation in your country of residence, you must provide a medical certificate bearing the compulsory wording described above. This certificate must be dated less than one year before the date of the event, signed and authenticated by the doctor, whether or not the latter is established on French territory.
If the doctor is not established on French territory, the medical certificate must be drawn up in French, English, Spanish, German, Italian or Portuguese only.
We entrust the management of your supporting documents to Dokeop, a supporting document management platform designed to make your life easier when registering for sports competitions and/or taking out a club license.
Check your license and medical certificate. How does it work?
Once you have registered for the event, you will receive an email from our partner Dokeop inviting you to submit your document on its platform.
Please note: the Dokeop email is sent to the email address used to register for the event. Remember to check your spam folder.
At any time, you can receive a new document submission link from the email address you used to register for the event. Simply go to the Dokeop home page (click on "submit a document") or directly to the link renewal page.
Once your document has been checked, Dokeop will inform us of its status (valid / rejected / awaiting document / awaiting validation) so that we can update and, if necessary, finalize your registration.
Please note: Creating a Dokeop member account is not mandatory to submit your document. However, we advise you to do so if you wish to benefit from all the advantages (recognition of your document for future registrations / secure storage / reminder before expiration / personalized dashboard).
If you have any questions or complaints about the processing of your supporting document, please consult the Dokeop Help Center.
The participant undertakes to take out rescue and repatriation insurance to cover the cost of rescue and repatriation in the event of an accident (not abandonment).
You can take out such insurance with our partner Assur Connect, an insurance broker specializing in sports. Here are the offers for :
The organizer only makes contact with the partner. The participant must then familiarize himself/herself with the terms and conditions of said insurance. It is the participant's responsibility to take out and manage his or her own insurance with the insurer.
You can also contact your usual insurer to find out which insurance is best suited to your situation.
This insurance is compulsory for each participant and must be valid for the entire period of the event.
We remind you that this insurance is only active in the event of rescue or repatriation following an accident - and not following withdrawal from the event.
At each of the refreshment points along the route you will find the following refreshments:
Although entry to A.B.E. events is based on past performance, some participants may not be able to keep up for a variety of reasons.
Refreshment station opening and closing times have been set and are calculated as closely as possible to the time limit for each event.
If a competitor passes through after a refreshment station has closed, the event management will contact the competitor to discuss his or her progress and situation. The fact of passing after the refreshment station has closed is not eliminatory, unless decided by the event management after discussion with the competitor.
Any competitor who is taken out of the event and wishes to continue his or her route freely will be under his or her own responsibility and in complete autonomy.
Opening/closing times for event refreshment stands :
> Feed station 1 / 200K:
Location and km: To be announced - no later than 15 days before the start
Opening: To be announced
Closing: To be announced
> Feed station 2 / 200K:
Location and km: To come - no later than 15 days before the start
Opening: To come
Closing: To come
> Feed station 1 / 100K:
Location and km: To come - no later than 15 days before the start
Opening: To come
Closing: To come
> Feed station 1 / 200K:
Location and km: To be announced - no later than 15 days before the start
Opening: To be announced
Closing: To be announced
> Feed station 2 / 200K:
Location and km: To come - no later than 15 days before the start
Opening: To come
Closing: To come
> Feed station 1 / 100K:
Location and km: To come - no later than 15 days before the start
Opening: To come
Closing: To come
> Feed station 1 / 200K:
Location and km: To be announced - no later than 15 days before the start
Opening: To be announced
Closing: To be announced
> Feed station 2 / 200K:
Location and km: To come - no later than 15 days before the start
Opening: To come
Closing: To come
> Feed station 1 / 100K:
Location and km: To come - no later than 15 days before the start
Opening: To come
Closing: To come
> Feed station 1 / 200K :
Location and km : To come - at the latest 15 days before the start
Opening : To come
Closing : To come
> Feed station 2 / 200K :
Km :
Location and km : To be announced - no later than 15 days before the start
Opening: To be announced
Closing: To be announced
> Feed station 1 / 100K:
Location and km: To be announced - no later than 15 days before the start
Opening: To be announced
Closing: To be announced
The start/finish base, approved by the organizers, provides participants with the following items:
In order to ensure the health and safety of participants, the Organizer may issue a Health Protocol, including the need to present a document attesting to the participant's non-infection with the COVID-19 virus in order to gain access to the Events.
To be able to participate in the Events, the participant must strictly respect the aforementioned rules.
Sanitary Protocol and acknowledges the Organizer's right to refuse participation/access to - or to exclude from - the Events any participant for failure to comply with the measures set forth, without the Organizer being held responsible or liable in any way.
You will be informed of the provisions of this Health Protocol by a communication sent to the e-mail address you provided when you registered with MILES REPUBLIC.
RESCUE AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
Each rider must assist any person in danger and notify the public emergency services without delay:
FRANCE
SPAIN
BELGIUM
SWITZERLAND
CANADA
Don't forget that environmental and event-related hazards of all kinds can cause you to wait longer than expected for help. Your safety will then depend on the quality of what you've packed in your bag, and on your compliance with mandatory equipment.
All regulators and members of the organization are authorized :
A runner who calls on the services of a doctor or first-aider submits to his or her authority and agrees to accept his or her decisions.
If a runner's state of health warrants treatment with an intravenous infusion, he or she will be excluded from the event.
Any runner who voluntarily strays from the course is no longer under the responsibility of the organization.
During the event, the only means of communication between participants and the organization is to dial the telephone number of the Operational Management Post (OMP) communicated beforehand and displayed on the race number/frame plate.
For reasons of safety and to ensure the smooth running of the RACE ACROSS SERIES events, the organization makes the following equipment compulsory for each participant (including each member of the same team).
MANDATORY EQUIPMENT FOR ALL DISTANCES PER PARTICIPANT :
*(Recommendation: FRONT: minimum 300 lumens / REAR: minimum 100 lumens). Front: minimum 200 lumens.
**Multi-tools / 2 chambers / 3 tire levers / Pump / Patches and glue - including "Tubeless" equipment.
*** To be glued to the chainstays on the rear of each side and fork on the front of each side
***** Keep your phone on, don't hide your number, make sure you have a charged battery, autonomous recharging equipment and network coverage depending on the country.
ADDITIONAL COMPULSORY EQUIPMENT FOR PARTICIPANTS IN THE 2500K AND 1000K DISTANCES
* Sleeping bag for protection from cold, wind and rain
It's important to note that clothing should be adapted to your own abilities. In particular, you shouldn't choose the lightest possible garments to save a few grams, but rather garments that really provide good protection against cold, wind and snow, and therefore better safety and performance.
Night
Health
Electronics
Accessories
Warm clothing
Miscellaneous
For your own safety, it's important to make sure your equipment is bright and visible, day and night.
High-visibility vests or visibility harnesses must be worn from dusk until dawn, and/or in very poor visibility (fog, snow, rain).
The organizers reserve the right to refuse to allow a participant to start if he or she fails to provide the required equipment. The participant may be re-authorized if the missing item(s) are presented.
> Cheat Category 1:
> Cheat Category 2:
> Category 3 Cheat:
The organizer may, before, during and after the event, verify compliance with the present regulations and immediately apply the following penalties at his discretion.
Event regulators who witness irregularities are empowered to penalize participants in order to guarantee the spirit of the events and of RACE ACROSS SERIES.
(*) Time penalties are applicable once the rider has crossed the line, but he/she will be informed of the event management's decision via the tracking platform.
(**) Disqualifying penalties are applicable immediately and the rider will be informed of the event management's decision.
Any other breach of the rules will be subject to a penalty decided by the event management.
The participant is fully aware that Ultra Distance cycling is an extremely dangerous sporting activity and that he/she may be confronted with climatic conditions (rain, heat, cold, snow, storms).
The participant is fully aware that for such an event, the participant's safety depends solely on his/her ability to adapt to the problems encountered.
The participant is fully aware that the role of the organizer is not to help or assist him/her in managing his/her problems, even in the event of technical damage or physical or mental problems.
By registering, the participant accepts without reservation and irrevocably all the extreme risks of the event, in particular the risk of accident, which may even result in the participant's death, and accepts sole responsibility for any damage he or she may suffer as a result of taking part in the event.
The participant thus accepts to take part in the event at his or her own risk, while measuring his or her own risks.
By accepting all the risks of this particularly dangerous event, the participant accepts, in full knowledge of the facts and of the possible consequences, to discharge the entire tortious and/or contractual responsibility of the organizer.
In return, the participant agrees to :
In the event of abandonment, the process required is as follows:
Team abandonment :
Repatriation:
The organizer is not responsible for the transportation or repatriation of the participant in the event of abandonment. It is the participant's responsibility to make his or her own way to the nearest base or finish line.
Registration is nominative. Entries may only be transferred to another RACE ACROSS SERIES event if the DOSSARD DEFERRAL option has been taken out at the time of registration.
To cancel your participation you must follow one of the following options and processes:
Subject to the above conditions, reimbursement of the registration fee (excluding administrative costs of €30 inc. VAT) will be made by partial re-crediting of the payment to the bank account associated with the credit card used at the time of registration, in accordance with the following conditions. The refund policy will be applied as follows:
If circumstances so require, the organizer reserves the right to modify at any time the routes, start times, time barriers, start sites, the position of life-support bases and aid stations, and any other aspect related to the smooth running of the events.
In the event of force majeure, very unfavorable weather conditions or any other circumstance endangering the safety of competitors, the organization reserves the right to :
The participant unreservedly and irrevocably accepts this right to modifications, so that his registration has been made with full knowledge of the facts.
The participant waives the right to hold the organizer liable in the event of a change of date or any other modification, or to claim any compensation from the organizer in this respect.
In the event of a change in the date of the event, in particular, the registration fee will not be refunded if the participant decides not to take part in the event for which he/she was registered.
If the event is cancelled for reasons beyond the organizer's control (e.g. Covid restrictions, force majeure, natural disaster), runners will be offered various options by the organizers (postponement, transfer, partial refund), which will be confirmed in due course.
The Event may be captured for the purposes of public communication, in any form (notably photo, video...), on any existing or future medium, in any format, for any communication to the public worldwide, for any use including advertising and/or commercial purposes.), on any existing or future medium, in any format, for any communication to the public worldwide, for any use including advertising and / or commercial purposes, each participant expressly authorizes the Organizer, its successors or assigns (including its business partners) to fix and reproduce, on any medium and by any means, and consequently, to reproduce and represent, without remuneration of any kind, his/her name, voice, image, and more generally his/her sporting performance as part of the Event (hereinafter referred to as his/her Image), for a period not exceeding ten (10) years following the date of the Event. The participant hereby expressly authorizes the Organizer to grant sub-licenses to the Event's partners for the commercial and advertising use of the Image.
To this end, each participant expressly and irrevocably authorizes the Organizer, its successors in title and assigns (in particular its commercial partners), in order to meet the requirements of advertising, promotional and/or commercial campaigns, to 1) make any modification, addition or deletion it deems useful for the use of its Image under the conditions defined above, 2) associate and/or combine with its Image, any/all signatures, catchphrases, slogans, captions, trademarks, distinctive signs, legal notices, visuals and, in general, any element of any kind chosen by the Organizer intended in particular to illustrate the communications media in which they are integrated.
The participant guarantees that he/she is not bound by any exclusive contract relating to the use of his/her Image. The participant is informed and accepts without reservation that his or her participation in the event implies the capture of his or her Image by the Organizer's official service providers.
With regard to the event website, the participant accepts that he/she may be identified by any Internet user entering his/her surname, first name and/or race number. If you wish to object to such publication for a legitimate reason, you must communicate this decision to the Organizer at contact(at)race-across.com, prior to the Event and no later than thirty (30) days before the Event, so that appropriate measures can be taken.
Any communication of still images and/or animated sequences of the Event, by the participant, captured on the occasion of his/her participation in the Event must be limited to personal use and may under no circumstances be used for promotional and/or commercial purposes outside the Event.
EVENT EXPLOITATION RIGHTS.
The associations FRANCE ULTRA CYCLISME ASSOCIATION, ULTRA CYCLING SWITZERLAND and the structure A.B.E, are the owners of the exploitation rights of the event they organize under the brand name RACE ACROSS SERIES, RACE ACROSS PARIS, RACE ACROSS SPAIN, RACE ACROSS BELGIUM, RACE ACROSS FRANCE, RACE ACROSS SWITZERLAND, RACE ACROSS QUÉBEC legally registered.
All still or filmed images of the event are the exclusive property of the organizer.
Any communication about the event or use of the event in any form whatsoever and on any medium whatsoever must respect the name of the event, the registered trademark and the express agreement of the organizer.
Any commercial use of the name and/or images of the event can only be made after a written agreement resulting from a written and detailed request.
Under the French Data Protection Act of August 6, 1978, and in accordance with the new General Data Protection Regulation (RGPD EU 2016/679), every competitor has the right to access and rectify data concerning him or her.
Information is collected when registering for one of the events organized by FRANCE ULTRA CYCLISME ASSOCIATION, ULTRA CYCLING SWITZERLAND and structure A.B.E, for the purposes of organization, and in particular to identify each competitor individually in order to communicate to them before, during or after the event any information relating to their participation.
All rider data is kept for a period of 10 years, renewable with each registration, corresponding to the legal retention period of the medical certificate of no contraindication to the practice of Ultra Distance cycling. After these 10 years, and unless explicitly authorized by the rider, all data will be deleted except for surname, first name, date of birth, gender and nationality in order to maintain rankings.
Any request to modify data may be made:
1. By post to the following address:
FRANCE ULTRA CYCLISME ASSOCIATION 63 rue cuvier 69006 Lyon
2. By e-mail to the following address: contact(@)race-across.com
Any request for access or modification of personal data will be processed as soon as possible after receipt of the request, within a maximum period of 1 month.
CNIL - Under the French Data Protection Act of August 6, 1978, you have the right to access and rectify any information concerning you. This information is only used within the organization and concerns technical data such as your e-mail address. Under no circumstances will the organization use your data for any other purpose. In accordance with the law, each rider has the right to access and rectify any personal data. To do so, please send us an e-mail mentioning your surname, first name and race number.
ABE's present General Terms and Conditions of Sale have been drafted in French, which will be considered the official language. They are subject to French law. Any difficulty relating to the Events that cannot be settled amicably between the Organizer and the participant shall fall within the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent civil courts.
Registration for the Events implies each Participant's express and unreserved acceptance of these Rules.
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