Event name:2010 Huangshan MTB Festival

Event Duration: April 22-25

Race Date (Amateur Race): Saturday, April 24, 2010 (To be Confirmed)

Main Organizer:CCA Chinese Cycling Association,CCTV-Sports,Anhui Province Sports Bureau,Huangshan Municipal Government

Co-organizer: Huangshan Municipal Publicity Department, Huangshan Municipal Sports Bureau, Peoples Government of Yi County, China Central Television (Beijing) Sports Marketing Company Ltd., Nordic Ways Int. AB

Race Venue: Hongcun Village, Yixian County, Huangshan, Anhui Province

Race Categories: 50 km Long Distance Individual Race

                          20 km Short Distance Individual Race

                          20 km Short Distance Team Race

Please read the Competition Rules furthest down on this page

Travel Packages

Nordic Ways provides travel packages for participants of Huangshan MTB Festival. They include pick-up/See-off from/to Huangshan Airport/Bus Station/Train Station, accommodation in double room (extra charge for single room), breakfast lunch and dinner, dinner banquet. Please see more under the link "Travel Packages"

Other Accommodation

There are many other choices of lodging in the Huangshan and Hongcun area. However, the local authorities may apply special rules for foreigners and you are then obliged to follow them. We will immediately post any information we receive in this matter on our website. Please note that it is local governmental and police authorities that set the rules of foreigners lodging during Huangshan MTB Festival and not Nordic Ways

Number Bibs Pick-Up

Participants should report at the Event Hotel the day before the race to pick up their number bibs and plates

Rental Bikes  

For those of you who want a rental bike, you can contact Mr Shu Yang at Zhongcheng Shanzhuang Hotel, not far from Jinling hotel. The cost is 150 RMB/day (Price from 2009) and you need to pay deposit. You are personally responsible for the bike that you rent!

Tel:13805593207

Location

For driving directions etc, please click HERE

Track

Click on the link "Track Map & Profile"

Program
Please click on the link "Program" for reference. New race program for 2010 will be posted some time after the Chinese New year

Bike Check

You need to go through the bicycle security check on Saturday, before going to the start line. CCA will organize the check. Make sure you dont have any forbidden items on your bike.Please be at the start area at least 1 hour before race start

Competition Rules

1.       The competition will be held according to the newest “Mountain Bike Competition Rules” approved by the Chinese Cycling Association – CCA.

2.       The Organizing Committee has the right to shorten or cancel the competition due to bad weather or other unforeseeable circumstances.

3.       Participants should come to the arena about 1 hour before start to sign in at the race office to confirm race qualification. Otherwise, your participation will invalid. Sign in will close 10 min before race start.

4.       Participants must present their ID or passport at sign in; otherwise they are not allowed to participate.

5.       The referees judgments are final, if you have any objections to the final results, you can take it up with the organizing committee, the organizers will make a decision according to the actual circumstances.

6.       Participants should bring their own bicycle, helmet, protective equipments etc. Participants must wear number bibs and bicycles must have on the bicycle number plates given out by the race organizers, otherwise they are not allowed to participate.

7.       There will be 4 drinking stations along the track; each station will be marked with signs. Team leaders can service their own team members from the stations.

8.       After sign in, the organizers are not in any way responsible for any accident caused by participants letting another person compete in their place.    

Placement and awards

1. The competitions will be held according to schedule, the competition will have a closing time which will be decided by the head of referees and be announced at the CCA technical meeting. The referee has the right to close the competition, after closing; the bikers must leave the race track on referees notice.

2. In the 50 km race, the first 20 placements will receive awards. If there are under 40 persons participating in this race, the organizing committee has the right to adjust the number of placements eligible for awards and amount of prize money.

3. In the 20 km race, the first 10 placements will receive awards. If there are under 40 persons participating in this race, the organizing committee has the right to adjust the number of placements eligible for awards and amount of prize money.

4. In the 20 km team race, the first 3 placements will receive awards. The teams placement will be calculated on the total time it took for all four team members to complete the 20 km race. The team who had the fastest time will stand as number 1 and so on: If the time of two teams is exactly the same, the winning team will be decided by a comparison of the best time of the fastest team member in each team.    

1.       Referees are selected by the Chinese Cycling Association CCA

2.       The arbitration committee’s constitution and responsibilities are carried out in accordance with the guidelines stipulated in the “Arbitrator Committee Regulations”