RULES:
GENERAL INFO
The 16th Gala Tour de France is organized by the ACC Contern on Wednesday, July 24, 2013 according to the rules of the Fédération du Sport Cycliste Luxembourgeois (FSCL) and the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).
The event is held at the place called Um BELVAL, on the ground of the municipalities of Sanem and Esch-sur-Alzette, with Start and Finish being in the avenue du Rock ‘n Roll, next to the building called Rockhal.
Organizer is the ACC Contern, represented by its president, M. Marcel Gilles, 55, rue des Maraîchers,
L-2124 Luxembourg, Tel: (+352) 621 26 20 70, e-mail : marcel.gilles@internet.lu
Permanent office: AGORA building 3, avenue du Rock'n Roll L-4361 Esch-sur-Alzette.
Showers and changing rooms: Hôtel IBIS - 12, avenue du Rock‘n Roll, L-4361 Esch/Alzette
Hospital on duty: Centre Hospitalier Emile Mayrisch, rue Emile Mayrisch, L-4005 ESCH-sur-ALZETTE ; Tél (+352) 57 11 - 1
REGULATIONS
Race director is Monsieur Eugène Stirn, 19, rue Jules Fischer, L-1522 Luxembourg ; Tél : (+352) 49 27 11, Fax (+352) 29 77 72, e-mail : eugstirn@pt.lu
Race jury is following:
President of the jury: FSCL representative
Race director: Eugène Stirn
Judge at the finish: Armand Berchen
Time-taker: Norbert Steichen
Commissaires: Fernand Grethen, Nico Wagner, Henri Timmermanns
technical secretaries: Paul Wester, Laurence Mezzapesa
administrative secretaries: Josy Gindt, Roger Langers
Doctor: Dr. Gaston Schütz
It is a regional invitational race registered in the calendar of the FSCL and it is open for riders of the categories elite and U23 with or without contract.
Only riders that have concluded a preliminary contract with the ACC Contern are allowed to participate.
The event will be held as a traditionnal road race. Winner is the rider who crosses the finish line in first place after the number of laps fixed by the jury.
A complementary points classification is established. Points can be collected in the intermediate sprints that take place each 5 laps and according to the following rules: 3 points to the first rider, 2 points to the second and 1 point to the third rider. The most aggressive rider will also be selected and awarded by the organizer.
No assistance car is allowed on the circuit, except those of the organizer.
Material pits will be next to the finish line.
In case of accident or mechanical problem, a rider can profit from maximum two neutralized laps if he stops in the material pits. After the neutralization, the rider resumes the race, but he can't collect any points in the next intermediate sprint.
A meeting between riders and organizers takes place on Wednesday, July 24, at 18h30. Every rider has to attend this meeting, where the back numbers will also be handled out after licence control.
The official presentation of the riders is at 19h00 o'clock on and around the podium next to the start- and finish area. All contenders have to attend this presentation.
The award ceremony takes place immediately after the race on the podium car next to the finish. The three first riders of the race, the best Luxemburgish rider, the winner of the points classification and the most agressive rider have to attend it.
Anti-doping controls are possible under the authority of the Luxemburgish Anti-Doping agency. If so, they take place in the in the premises of the
Hôtel IBIS - 12, avenue du Rock n Roll, L-4361 Esch/Alzette – Tél : (+352) 26 17 31.
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