RACE OFFICE OPENING – PICK UP OF RACE BIB AND RACE PACKET

Palazzo Todeschini – Piazza Malvezzi, Desenzano del Garda (BS)

Friday 5th April: 
– 8.00 Randonnée Tour of the Lake  and Colnago Garda Gravel 
– from 4.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m. Granfondo and Mediofondo Colnago e Colnago Garda Gravel

Saturday 6th April: 
– from 8.30 to 9.00 Colnago Garda Gravel 
– from 1.00 p.m. to 2.00 p.m. – Colnago Family 
– from 2.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m. – Granfondo and Mediofondo Colnago

Sunday 7th April:
– from 5:45 to 6:30 – Granfondo and Mediofondo Colnago

STARTING RANDONÉE TOUR OF THE GARDA LAKE

FRIDAY 5th APRIL at 9.30 am

First checkpoint Lungolago Cesare Battisti, in front of Piazza Matteotti in Desenzano del Garda.

The number of participants is limited to 400. Participation in the Colnago Cycling Festival events is allowed with any type of racing bike, touring bike, electric bike, gravel bike, tandem, mountain bike, recumbent, handbike, city bike. Electric bikes will NOT be allowed to enter the ranking for the Granfondo Classic and Granfondo Crono.

Registration on ENDU platform

In order to be registered for the events of the Colnago Cycling Festival 2024, it will be necessary to enter your data and proceed with the payment through the ENDU portal. The procedure will be available until 4000 bibs numbers are assigned, we remind you that the validity will be obtained only after the payment. We remind you that through the portal you can proceed with the following kinds of payments:

Cost registration on Endu platform

– selecting groups mode for all entries with at least 5 members fixed cost 5.-€;

– for registrations from 1 to 4 people the fee is 0,75.-€ + 6%.; 

It is possible to ask, within the 1st March 2024, the reimbursement of the registration fee (minus € 15 for secretary costs and bank charges), or the postponement of the registration to the 2025 edition (in this case will be issued a voucher for the amount of the registration fee minus € 10 for secretary costs and bank charges). 

The request of replacement with another participant will be accepted only within the 1st March 2024.

RACE BIBS GRANFONDO COLNAGO REGISTERED ATHLETES

* for non-registered athletes, € 10 must be added to the registration fee for the daily registration

BIBS OTHER EVENTS COLNAGO CYCLING FESTIVAL

* for non-registered athletes, € 10 must be added to the registration fee for the daily registration

BIBS PACKS GRANFONDO PARTNER
(the first 30 who purchase one of these packages are entitled to be included in the bronze grid)

– free speed (min 16 km/h, max 32);

– ACP regulations are applied.

Participation is allowed for “tesserati”, members with an ACSI Cycling – card valid for the current year and for all Organizations and Federations belonging to the National Cycling Council.

For “non-tesserati”, non-members of a National Council, there is the possibility to participate by sending the following documents at the moment of registration:

– medical certificate for competitive cycling;

– subscription of a daily licence at a cost of € 10,00 (validity of the insurance coverage limited to the duration of the event), together with the signing of the Ethical declaration, possibility to face all the courses.

REMEMBER: the medical certificate for competitive cycling, as per ministerial decree and reported on ACSI CICLISMO, is mandatory for any Italian cycling event. 

RACE PACKAGE: Technical shirt by X BIONIC DRYARN 

Art. 1
At the Randonnée Circuit can participate any cyclist as long as in possession of a regular card issued by an ASD (Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica) belonging to an Organization or Federation and a civil liability insurance through the ASD for which it is registered.

Art. 2
All athlets are admitted who, on the day of the Randonnèe, have turned 18 and are not older than 70 years.

Art. 3
The cyclist is obligated, prior to the start, to accept without reservation the rules contained in these regulations and be a member of a council or has a daily license.

Art. 4
All types of bicycles with chain transmission are allowed as long as they are moved by muscle power alone.

Art. 5
Each participant during the Randonnée must:

1. a) Consider himself/herself to be on a private ride.
2. b) Follow and respect the traffic Code and all official road signs.
3. c) Use existing cycling paths.
4. d) Wear a rigid protective helmet.
5. e) Take care by crossing road as they will not be guarded by the organization.
6. f) The organization cannot be held responsible in any case for accidents that may happen during the Randonnèe.

Art. 6
During the ride, in any cases where visibility is not sufficient and satisfactory (weather conditions, fog, rain, tunnels, etc.) the bicycle of the cyclist must be equipped with a front and rear lighting system that is solidly fixed and in constant working order. Each cyclist is obliged to activate the lighting system at night or when it gets dark, as well as at any time when visibility is not good enough and to check the perfect functionality of the lighting system.

The cyclist is also obliged to wear accessories with reflective powers during the night and whenever visibility is not sufficient. The organization prohibits the departure of the cyclist whose lighting system is not working and whose reflective equipment is not worn and/or does not meet the requirements.

Art. 7
Any infringement of articles 5 and 6 of these regulations will disqualify the cyclist from the Randonnèe patent.

Art. 8
Each cyclist must personally take care of everything necessary for the successful execution of the Randonnèe and can receive assistance only at the checkpoints set by the organization and specified in the route card.

Art.9
At the start of the ride, each cyclist receives a travel card with information about the route and the checkpoints. At the checkpoints, the cyclist is obliged to have that card checked for proper authentication. The missing validation, the lost of the card or the presentation of an unreadable card will cause the exclusion from the patent. The cyclist is obliged to keep the travel card with the highest care in order to facilitate its reading.

Art.10
The validation of the travel card is made at a checkpoint indicated on the card by staff of the organiser or persons authorised to do so.

Art. 11
The timetables indicated on the travel card and road book, indicate the opening and closing hours of the controls points that the participating cyclists must absolutely respect.

OBLIGATORY

The access times to the checkpoints will be as follows:

DEPARTURE and ARRIVAL: Desenzano del Garda

For checkpoints see the road book in PDF format, Road Book – Short Course and Road Book – Long Course.

The opening of the checkpoint at the arrival, will be made not before 2:00 pm.

If the cyclist cannot locate the checkpoint, he may justify his passage by attaching and producing a fiscal ticket indicating the country, day and time of passage.

Art. 12

On arrival, each cyclist must show the organisation’s staff the travel card complete with all the stamps to be homologated.

Art. 13

The randonnèe patent is not a competition and does not involve any ranking or awarding of prizes.

Art.14

At the end of the patent Randonnèe, the organisation will compile a list of homologated cyclists with the time taken and will communicate it to the ARI.

Art. 15

Possible complaints by the cyclist can be expressed only in writing within 12 hours after the end of the patent, addressing them to the organization, which will examine them and send an opinion to ARI, before any decision.

Art. 16

The organization Randonnée Giro del Lago di Garda and the ARI, will regulate without appeal of any kind the cases submitted.

ARI RULES (AUDAX RANDONNEUR ITALIA)

In any case, for any situation not provided for in these Rules, reference shall be made to the ARI Patent Rules.