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UCI Rules
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UCI Rules
UCI Rules
All the rules there are referred ONLY for Men Elite Races
One Day Races
Distances
- Olympic Games and World Championships: from 250 to 280 Km
- Continental Championships, Continental Games, Regional Championships, National Championships: 240 Km
- World Tour Races: 300 Km
- Continental 1.HC and 1.1: 200 Km with possibility to extension case by case according to UCI commiteé
- Continental 1.2: 200 Km maximum, no possibility to extension
Circuits
- If the full race is run on a circuit, it shall be at least 10 km long.
- If only part of the race is run on a circuit
1) The length of the circuit shall be at least 3 km;
2) The maximum number of laps on the circuit shall be 3 for circuits of between 3 and 5 km, 5 for circuits of between 5 and 8 km, 8 for circuits of between 8 and 10 km. No limits over 10 km
Individual Time Trials (One Day Races)
Distances
- Maximum 80 Kms
Team Time Trials (One Day Races)
Distances
- Maximum 100 Kms
Stage Races
Prologue
- The first stage counts as prologue if and only if is an individual time trial and is not longer than 8,00 Km.
Team Time Trials
- Team time trial stages shall take place during the first third of the race
Duration
- A Grand Tour is from 15 to 23 day
- World Tour Stage Races max durations are determined from PCC
- Continental Stage Races durations are determined by UCI Management Committée. The maximum is 5 day unless organizers received an exemption
Stage Distances
World Tour
- Average daily distance: 180 Km
- Max stage distance: 240 Km
- Max ITT stage distance: 60 Km
- Max TTT stage distance: 60 Km
Continental 2.1 and 2.HC
- Average daily distance: 180 Km
- Max stage distance: 240 Km
- Max ITT stage distance: 60 Km
- Max TTT stage distance: 60 Km
Continental 2.2
- Average daily distance: 150 Km
- Max stage distance: 180 Km
- Max ITT stage distance: 40 Km, 15 for half-stages
- Max TTT stage distance: 50 Km, 35 for half-stages
In the average daily distances if you do a prologue distances and day of the prologue are not considered into the average.
For Grand Tours, the maximum length allowed is 3500 Kms.
Half stages
- In UCI World Tour half-stages are forbidden
- In Continental Races, you can do 2 half stages in case the race if fewer than 6 days, 4 in case is 6 days or more
Rest Days
- In events with more than 10 days of competition, at least one rest day must be allowed for and fall after at least 5 days of racing
Intermediate sprints
- You can set a maximum of three intermediate sprints for stages, and one for half-stages.
Bonuses
- 3'' / 2'' / 1'' at intermediate sprint
- 6'' / 4'' / 2'' on finish in half-stages
- 10'' / 6'' / 4'' on finish in stages
Organizer can choose to allow bonuses for the full race or not. No bonuses can be awarded in intermediate sprints unless a bonus is also available at the finish.
Circuit
- For circuits in general, rules of the one-day races are applied
- In stage races, the number of laps may exceed 5 for circuits of between 5 and 8 km, but only during the final stage of the race. In this instance, the total distance ridden on the circuit may not exceed 100 km.
All the rules there are referred ONLY for Men Elite Races
One Day Races
Distances
- Olympic Games and World Championships: from 250 to 280 Km
- Continental Championships, Continental Games, Regional Championships, National Championships: 240 Km
- World Tour Races: 300 Km
- Continental 1.HC and 1.1: 200 Km with possibility to extension case by case according to UCI commiteé
- Continental 1.2: 200 Km maximum, no possibility to extension
Circuits
- If the full race is run on a circuit, it shall be at least 10 km long.
- If only part of the race is run on a circuit
1) The length of the circuit shall be at least 3 km;
2) The maximum number of laps on the circuit shall be 3 for circuits of between 3 and 5 km, 5 for circuits of between 5 and 8 km, 8 for circuits of between 8 and 10 km. No limits over 10 km
Individual Time Trials (One Day Races)
Distances
- Maximum 80 Kms
Team Time Trials (One Day Races)
Distances
- Maximum 100 Kms
Stage Races
Prologue
- The first stage counts as prologue if and only if is an individual time trial and is not longer than 8,00 Km.
Team Time Trials
- Team time trial stages shall take place during the first third of the race
Duration
- A Grand Tour is from 15 to 23 day
- World Tour Stage Races max durations are determined from PCC
- Continental Stage Races durations are determined by UCI Management Committée. The maximum is 5 day unless organizers received an exemption
Stage Distances
World Tour
- Average daily distance: 180 Km
- Max stage distance: 240 Km
- Max ITT stage distance: 60 Km
- Max TTT stage distance: 60 Km
Continental 2.1 and 2.HC
- Average daily distance: 180 Km
- Max stage distance: 240 Km
- Max ITT stage distance: 60 Km
- Max TTT stage distance: 60 Km
Continental 2.2
- Average daily distance: 150 Km
- Max stage distance: 180 Km
- Max ITT stage distance: 40 Km, 15 for half-stages
- Max TTT stage distance: 50 Km, 35 for half-stages
In the average daily distances if you do a prologue distances and day of the prologue are not considered into the average.
For Grand Tours, the maximum length allowed is 3500 Kms.
Half stages
- In UCI World Tour half-stages are forbidden
- In Continental Races, you can do 2 half stages in case the race if fewer than 6 days, 4 in case is 6 days or more
Rest Days
- In events with more than 10 days of competition, at least one rest day must be allowed for and fall after at least 5 days of racing
Intermediate sprints
- You can set a maximum of three intermediate sprints for stages, and one for half-stages.
Bonuses
- 3'' / 2'' / 1'' at intermediate sprint
- 6'' / 4'' / 2'' on finish in half-stages
- 10'' / 6'' / 4'' on finish in stages
Organizer can choose to allow bonuses for the full race or not. No bonuses can be awarded in intermediate sprints unless a bonus is also available at the finish.
Circuit
- For circuits in general, rules of the one-day races are applied
- In stage races, the number of laps may exceed 5 for circuits of between 5 and 8 km, but only during the final stage of the race. In this instance, the total distance ridden on the circuit may not exceed 100 km.
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