General Information - Huangshan MTB Festival
Updated by 11-16-2010
Event name: Huangshan MTB Festival 2011
Event Duration: April
Race Date : April , 2011
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,
Race Venue:
Race Categories (for 2010): 40 km Long Distance Individual Race
20 km Short Distance Individual Race
20 km Short Distance Team Race
(The race categories for 2011 is to be confirmed)
Please read the Competition Rules furthest down on this page
Registration
See details under the link "Sign Up"
Registration Deadline - 2011.4.
Foreigners Accommodation during Huangshan MTB Festival
VERY IMPORTANT!!
The local government has decided that all foreigners coming to Huangshan MTB Festival 2011 MUST STAY at Jinling Hotel (which is the Event Hotel for the race) for security reasons. 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
Hotel Address:
黄山市黟县碧阳镇万官山路
金陵宾馆
Jinling Hotel, Wanguanshan road, Biyang Town
Yixian (County) Huangshan City
Tel: (86-559) 5558888
You can book rooms at Jinling Hotel by yourself or choose either Nordic Ways travel package or our room booking. See info below
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"
Jinling Hotel (Event Hotel) Room Booking through Nordic Ways
Since many people arrange their own transportation to Yi County and Huangshan MTB Festival and plan to bring their friends and family, Nordic Ways are now able to offer a simpler accommodation service only for Huangshan MTB Festival:
- Standard double room: 250 RMB/night
If you want to eat the food provided by the hotel, you can also choose to buy:
- Meal tickets (Lunch and dinner the day before the race and on race day) 400 RMB/person (to be confirmed)
If you are only interested in the hotel dinner after the race:
- Race Dinner ticket 120 RMB/person with free flow of beer (to be confirmed)
Please state which item(s) you want to book in the remarks box when signing up online. Dont forget to tell us how many nights you are staying if booking hotel room.
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
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 40 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 6 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”
some info above is to be Confirmed! Please keep an eye on it!
