Regulation
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PREÁMBULO
Eze Mosquera Events, licensed by the Galician Cycling Federation, number B70351341, is organising, in collaboration with the Dumbría Council and the Dumbría Cycling Club, the “Gran Fondo Ézaro – Fin do Camiño” race.
The event will be held on 6 July 2025 in Ézaro – Dumbría.
Gran Fondo Ézaro – Fin do Camiño will be held on 6 July, with the authorisations of the International Cycling Union, the Royal Spanish Cycling Federation, the Galician Cycling Federation, as well as the other bodies on which the event depends, under the following specific regulations.
ARTICLE 1 - DEFINITION
The race will be held on 6 July 2024, starting and finishing in EZARO (DUMBRIA). GPS coordinates 42o 54′ 42″ N – 9o 7′ 25″ W
The format of the race is governed by Title XV of the UCI Cycling Sport Regulations – Cycling for All and will be developed with the following characteristics:
- DEPARTURE: CASCADA DO ÉZARO
- ARRIVAL: ALTO MIRADOR DO ÉZARO
- DISTANCE: 107,600 Km
- UNEVENNESS: 2.098
- DEPARTURE TIME: 9:00
ARTICLE 2 - PARTICIPATION
The route will be open to all those interested in participating with or without a licence issued by a cycling federation recognised by the UCI for the current year.
The only valid insurances to participate in the event are the accident and RC insurances provided with the cycling federation licence issued by a body associated to the International Cycling Union, or the one-day insurance provided by the Federación Galega de Ciclismo.
Participants attending the event with a licence issued by a Federation or organisation affiliated to the International Cycling Union other than the Galician Cycling Federation must verify that the accident insurance issued with their federation licence has coverage in Galicia, specifically in health centres in the Province of A Coruña.
At the time of registration, the participant who does not have a federative licence will be issued with the corresponding one-day licence, which will entitle him/her to have accident and liability insurance during the day of the race, in accordance with the terms of the Galician Cycling Federation:
- Accident insurance covered by policy number 457332/01/2025 by Everest Insurance.
- Civil liability insurance covered by policy number RS-G-363.001.253 of GENERALI ESPAÑA, S.A. DE SEGUROS Y REASEGUROS.
Any person who is at least 16 years of age on the day of the event may participate in the march. Participants under 18 years of age must provide
an authorisation to participate signed by a legal guardian.
It is possible to participate with a normal road bike or an electric bike. Participants using an e-bike will be classified separately.
Participation in the event is at the participants’ own risk and responsibility.
At the time of registration, the participant declares that he/she is physically fit to take part in the race and that he/she has no physical or psychological impediment to take part in the race.
It is recommended that all participants undergo a health check or stress test in order to verify that they are fit to participate in the race.
ARTICLE 3 - PARTICIPATION CATEGORIES
The following categories of participation will be established:
- 16 - 29 years old, male and female.
- 30 – 34 years old, male and female.
- 35 – 39 years old, male and female.
- 40 – 44 years old, male and female.
- 45 – 49 years old, male and female.
- 50 – 54 years old, male and female.
- 55 – 59 years old, male and female.
- 60 – 64 years old, male and female.
- 65 years and older male and female.
- The age groups will be defined by the participant's age as of December 31, 2025.
ARTICLE 4 - ONE-DAY LEAVE
The Galician Cycling Federation will provide a one-day license to those who do not have a license issued by a cycling federation recognized by the UCI, paying the corresponding fee of € 12.00 in addition to the registration fee.
ARTICLE 5 - SAFETY
The organization of the race is governed by the current traffic regulations, so it is mandatory to use the approved protective helmet throughout the course. Failure to comply with this rule will be cause for immediate expulsion.
The route will be held in part by sections closed to traffic and other sections will be considered ordinary traffic. All participants are considered to be on a personal excursion and must abide by the current Rules of the Road Traffic Code and are considered personally responsible for all infractions they may commit.
It is compulsory to carry a charged cell phone during the race. The mobile phone will be the key to contact the organization or the rest of the services of the race, if necessary, due to mechanical breakdown or medical issues. The emergency telephone numbers will appear on the race bib and will be publicized by various means.
Participants are warned that the fact of circulating an opening vehicle does not mean the paralyzation of traffic, but it is a signaling.
Safety on public roads, traffic control and regulation will be the responsibility of the security forces, but it should be remembered that traffic on the route will be open and that, above all, the traffic must follow the rules of the road.
The entire route of the event will be considered as an ordinary traffic section. This must be taken into account when crossing towns, going through traffic circles and crossroads, descending mountain passes, etc. You must ride on the right side of the road at all times and respecting the rules of the road.
It is compulsory to wear the race bib in a visible place, both at the start and at the refreshment posts. There will be a rigorous control of bibs.
It is strictly forbidden to participate in the march without a bib or any other identification given to the participants by the organization.
The bib number is personal and non-transferable.
The departure of the route from the E?zaro will be grouped until passing the town of Muros. From approximately kilometer 37 it will be free pace and without grouping.
However, the Organization, or the Mobile Road Safety Unit in charge of the safety of the event, may make the regroupings it deems appropriate, as well as the controls considered necessary for the smooth running of the event.
All participants must respect the rules of the road and especially all participants who are further behind and circulate individually and / or in small groups. The traffic of vehicles on the road is not closed.
All participants overtaken by the closing vehicle must know that they are out of the safety area of the race and that they will be considered individual cyclists riding on their own on the road, losing any status of participant of the march.
The medical team of the organization will have the power to withdraw any participant from the march when it is considered that their health is in danger.
For organizational reasons the number of participants will be limited to 1,500 participants.
The Organization is not responsible for any accident that may be the cause or victim of the participant, nor is it responsible for any expenses or debts that may be incurred by participants during the march.
Strictly speaking, penalties will be applied to those participants who:
- Do not respect the traffic code.
- Do not respect the security instructions given by law enforcement and the organization.
- Dirty or degrade the itinerary by littering.
- Have their own support vehicle, hindering the progress of the rest.
- Behavior that impedes the normal development of the race and that goes against the present regulations.
- Inclusion in the lists of sanctioned participants, for subsequent publication.
- Prohibition to participate in other editions of the race.
- Sanctions imposed by the authorities, to which he/she may be entitled due to his/her attitude.
ARTICLE 6 - PHYSICAL CONDITION
Each athlete participates in the race under his own responsibility and declares to be in optimal physical condition, as well as to have sufficient technical mastery to face it.
The organization advises all participants to undergo a medical examination prior to the race in order to detect and rule out any anomaly incompatible with the practice of cycling.
All participants in the march, agree to be at an adequate physical level, which allows them to meet the average times established by the organization and to be able to face the scheduled route with sufficient guarantees.
ARTÍCULO 7 – INSCRIPCIÓN
Registrations will not be considered formalized until payment has been made.
Registration must be made in advance through the website:
https:// www.granfondoezaro.com/
in the registration section.
- Registration will be officially closed on 29 June at 23:00, or when the limit of participants set by the organisers (1,500) is reached.
ARTICLE 8 - REGISTRATION FEE
- Payment periods shall be established in tranches as follows:
- 30€ ................................................. until 400 participants have registered or until May 4th.
- 40€ ................................................. until 800 registrants are reached or until June 1st.
- 45€ ................................................. until registration closes.
- NON-FEDERATED PARTICIPANTS
Participants who do not have a valid federal cycling licence will have to add to the registration fee the corresponding one-day insurance that the Galician Cycling Federation has stipulated, €12.00.
Registrations will not be considered formalized until payment has been made.
In case of extraordinary weather conditions or force majeure not attributable to the organization and that make impossible the celebration of the cyclotourist march, the organization will not assume any responsibility and will not make any refund of the registration fee. In this case, the race will NOT BE SUSPENDED, it will be rescheduled.
Refunds will be made in the following cases:
- Participants who have made the early registration, if they cannot participate for any reason in the march may transfer their registration to another colleague or request directly in the system the refund of the registration. All these procedures can be carried out in the participant's private area of the website. In case of requesting the return of the registration, the amount paid will be refunded minus the registration management fees. The deadline to request a refund of the registration fee is June 30.
- Registrations are strictly personal and non-transferable, they cannot be used by anyone other than the person registered. However, before 30 June, a participant may transfer his/her registration to another person directly from the registration website, in the participant's private area.
With the registration you will be entitled to the following services:
- Dorsal and CHIP.
- Remembrance of the march.
- Solid and liquid refreshments.
- Mechanical assistance labor, does not include parts.
- Security staff.
- Route profile.
- Medical assistance (Doctors, Ambulances).
- Runner's bag.
- Windbreaker vest.
- Lunch after the march.
ARTICLE 9 - SCHEDULES AND PROGRAMMING ON JULY 7, 2024
- Opening of the Permanent Office from 7:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m.
- Closing time for participants to enter the starting area at 8:30 a.m.
- Call to departure area at 8:40 a.m.
- Presentation of the invited participants and formation of the starting box at 8:45 a.m.
- Ribbon cutting at 8:55 a.m.
- Departure of the march at 9:00 a.m.
- Estimated arrival of the first participant at 12:40 a.m.
- Estimated arrival of the last participant at 1:50 p.m.
- Opening of the food area at 13:00
- Awarding of prizes and gifts at 2:00 p.m.
ARTICLE 10 - ACCREDITATION AND COLLECTION OF RACE BIBS
The permanent office will be set up in Ézaro, in the Fervenza do Ézaro area, to collect all the documentation for the race.
On the 5th of July, previous day, the Permanent Office will be located in the Fervenza do Ézaro area from 11:30 to 14:30 and from 16:30 to 20:30, all the participants will be able to collect the documentation of the race, as well as the race bibs and the control CHIP. It is recommended that all participants use this collection option.
On 6th July, the Permanent Office will be located in the Fervenza do Ézaro area from 7:30 to 8:45, all participants will be able to collect the race documentation, as well as the bib numbers and the control CHIP.
All participants must wear their CHIP, in addition to their bib number, in a visible place. Any participant who does not wear the bib in a visible place will be excluded from the course by members of the organisation or by the forces of law and order.
The bib number is a personal and non-transferable item. The registered person will only be able to participate with the bib that has been assigned to him/her and agrees not to allow other people to use it.
In order to collect the bib number, a valid federation licence must be presented and in the case of not having a federation licence, the ID card must be presented.
From 8:45 a.m. on July 6th, the race bibs will not be handed out.
ARTICLE 11 - AWARDS AND CLASSIFICATIONS
Prizes will be awarded to the first classified in each of the categories listed in article 3 of these regulations.
A classification without prizes will be established for the participants who arrive at the base of the Ézaro ascent, making a classification at the starting point of the pass and another classification with prizes at the top of the pass.
ARTICLE 12 - IMAGE RIGHTS
The participant authorizes the use of his/her own photographs, as long as their use is related to the event to which he/she subscribes. By registering, the participant agrees that the organizer may make use of the image of all participants in any format whether graphic or digital and in all its forms (radio, press, video, photo, DVD, internet, posters, media, etc.) and assigns all rights relating to their commercial and advertising exploitation that they deem appropriate to execute, without the right on their part to receive any financial compensation.
ARTICLE 13 - REFRESHMENTS
The race will have refreshment points with drinks and food along the route and at the finish line.
The staff at the refreshment points will only allow access to the refreshment products to participants wearing a dorsal or identification bracelet.
ARTICLE 14 - CIVILITY AND RESPECT
Participants accept each of the articles of these regulations and undertake to participate in an honest manner according to the traffic rules, as well as to cover the entire course in its entirety before crossing the finish line. Likewise, they declare to be respectful with the personnel involved in the organization, the forces of public order and with the rest of the participants.
They also undertake to treat their own and other people’s sports equipment with respect, and to wear a regulation helmet, which is obligatory throughout the entire route.
In order to contribute to a minimum environmental impact of the race, participants will use the containers located at the refreshment posts and strategic points to dispose of containers, wrappers or leftover food and will refrain from throwing anything on the road during the race.
ARTICLE 15 - GENERAL
The punctuality of the schedules will be respected, having to be 30 minutes before the start time to sign the departure control sheets.
The organization will have several mechanics and vans throughout the race, as well as fixed points of mechanical assistance. Spare parts will be paid for by the participants.
The organization will have ambulances and a sag wagon.
ARTICLE 16 - LOGISTICS
The organization reserves the right to modify everything related to the itinerary, supplies, departure time, etc., when for reasons or circumstances so advise.
ARTICLE 17 - LOPD
According to EU REGULATION 2016/679 on the protection of personal data, we inform you that all data provided by participants will be incorporated into an electronic file owned by Eze Mosquera Events, with the sole purpose of registering and controlling the access of participants to the sporting event included in these particular regulations. The data provided by the participants will not be used for any other reason than that of this sporting event nor will they be given to anyone who is not related to the event. The Galician Cycling Federation will have at its disposal the data necessary for the issuing of a one-day licence to participants who do not have a federative licence and the data necessary for the control of participants who indicate that they have a federative cycling licence, cycling card.
All participants who fill in the registration form must act in their own name and accept the knowledge and fulfilment of the articles that make up the particular regulations of this event.
ARTICLE 18
By making and validating the registration in the race, the participant assumes the knowledge and acceptance without reservation of these rules, waiving any legal proceedings against the organization arising from their participation.
BASIC RULES SO THAT THE GRAN FONDO ÉZARO - FIN DO CAMIÑO CAN CONTINUE TO BE DISPUTED:
The GRAN FONDO ÉZARO – FIN DO CAMIÑO, is a sporting event, considered as an ordinary road bicycle race.
The traffic will be controlled, but open, which obliges the participants to respect the current traffic rules and to respect the drivers during the route.
RESPECTS THE ENVIRONMENT. In order to generate a minimum environmental impact, participants will use the containers located at the refreshment posts to dispose of packaging, wrappers or leftover food and will refrain from throwing anything on the road during the route.
Respect neighbors and / or workers in the area through which the route passes.
Respect the volunteers, collaborators, Civil Protection, Local Police, Civil Guard, organization staff and all personnel who are watching over you, as well as your own companions.
Respect the refreshment posts. Think that behind you there will be more participants who will also want to drink and eat like you. Only take what you need to last until the next refreshment point.
Do not stop with your bike in front of the refreshment post to refill your water bottles, this will form a lot of clogs.
Do not urinate next to the refreshment posts.
Participants who do not comply with these rules will be disqualified and removed from the cyclosportive by the organization in this and future editions.
IN ADDITION TO THESE PARTICULAR RULES, ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST ABIDE BY THE SPECIFIC COVID RULES OF THE EVENT, PUBLISHED ON THE EVENT’S WEBSITE.
