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1 Information Bulletin LIEGE The city of Liège is located in the east part of Belgium, not far from the Netherlands and Germany. Liège is a major city in Wallonia (French-speaking) with inhabitants. It is located near big cities such as Genk (55 km), Brussels (97 km), Charleroi (93 km) and Maastricht (53 km). The city is well known for its very crowded folk festivals and is a major educational hub in Belgium. There are pupils attending more than 24 schools. The University of Liège, founded in 1817, has students. In spring, Liège hosts the start and finish of the annual Liège Bastogne Liège cycling race, one of the spring classics. OFFICIAL SITE OF THE COMPETITION Countryhall Liège Allée du Bol d Air 19, 4031 Angleur TICKETING The venue has a total capacity of seats (2 500 seats foreseen for the event). 3 days tickets packages can be purchased under: ACCOMMODATION UCI Official Hotel: Pentahotel Boulevard de la Sauvenière Liège info.liege@pentahotels.com HOTEL BOOKING The national teams are responsible to organise the accommodation for their participating athletes (including staff, etc.). The hotels in the city are becoming quickly fully booked for the end of November, please therefore proceed with your bookings as soon as possible. Important note: Reservations should be made directly with hotels (contacts available below). There are more options and availabilities for large quota if you book your rooms via the hotels. Please avoid using the online booking platforms (Booking.com, Trivago.com) UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships November

Please see below a list of accommodation recommended by the organiser : For general information, you can also contact the Tourism Office of Liège: www.visitezliege.

2 Please see below a list of accommodation recommended by the organiser : For general information, you can also contact the Tourism Office of Liège: FOOD AND BEVERAGE Food and drinks stands will be available for purchase for spectators around the venue. A unique pre-paid card system for food&beverage will be in place in the entire venue. The pre-paid cards for athletes and officials will be available for purchase at the Permanence and can be reloaded with cash or maestro. A non-smoking room will be specifically dedicated to the athletes. No cash will be accepted in the food and drink areas (included athletes restaurant and partyhall). Water will be provided for athletes (only in the training and competition sports hall). TRANSPORTATION Airport If you travel by plane, we advice to fly to the international airport Brussels Airport Zaventem, situated 97 km from Liège (50 min). From the airport, there are good connections to Liège by train or car. The cost for a one way train ticket (adult) Brussels-Liège is approx. EUR 15. Maastricht (Netherlands): 34 km 20 min Charleroi (Belgium): 93 km 48 min Dusseldorf ( Germany): 136 km 1h10 min Amsterdam (Netherlands): 252 km 2h40 min Eindhoven (Netherlands): 117 km 1h00 Frankfurt (Germany): 311 km 2h50 Train The main railway station in Liège is Liège-Guillemins. This train station has a good connection to big cities and is located 10 km from the Countryhall (approx. 30 minutes with public transportation). Taxi The cost for a taxi between Liège-Guillemins and the Countryhall is approx EUR UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships November

3 National teams - Airport pick-up A transport service can be provided between Brussels airport and hotels on arrival and departure (fee apply). The shuttle service will include the transportation of your personal belongings and the cycling equipment of your participants and will only be provided from Brussels airport. For any pick-up requests, please fill-in the booking form which must be submitted to: indoorcyclingliege2018@gmail.com before Saturday 10 November. Passed this deadline, the organiser won t accept any bookings for organisational reasons. Your reservation will be effective once the payment has been done and that you have received a confirmation from the organiser. If you arrive to a different airport, the transport can be organised, but the prices applied will be different as the ones from Brussels airport. Shuttle hotels-competitions venue If you require a transport between your hotel and the competitions venue, please kindly contact the organiser via to: indoorcyclingliege2018@gmail.com in order to consider the best option. A fee for such services may apply. Rental car For any information about hiring a vehicle, please address yourself directly to the following website: ACCREDITATION CENTRE Traininghall Wednesday 21 November 14:00 Opening of the permanence GENERAL INFORMATION Climate: Moderate Atlantic European climate (average temperature in November between 0 C and 6 C) Jet lag: UTC/GMT +1 Voltage: Europlug ( volts) Type C Type F Currency: Euros 2018 UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships November

4 VISAS Each National Federation/team is responsible to obtain the appropriate entry documentation for their delegation and to control that all passengers entering Belgium are in possession of a valid passport. If you do require an official letter of invitation for a visa application, please contact Anne-Laure Payet Favre: anne-laure.payetfavre@uci.ch. INSURANCE All participants (included but not limited to team officials, riders and their assistants) must bear their own responsibility for any injury, accident and/or lost that may occur during their stay in Belgium while taking part in these championships. Participants should take up insurance before leaving their country in order to protect themselves against any loss and to indemnify themselves against any claims. PROGRAM AND TRAINING SESSIONS (subject to modifications till all registrations sheets have been submitted) Wednesday 21 November From 16:00: Thursday 22 November From 8:00 Friday 23 November Qualifications: Final: Saturday 24 November Qualifications: Qualifications and Finals: Sunday 25 November Qualifications and Finals: Free Training Training according to the schedule Cycle-ball Groups A/B, Pair Open, Single Woman Pair Open Cycle-ball Groups A/B, Single Man, Pair Women ACT 4 Open, Single Women Pair Women, Single Men and Cycle-ball Group A OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY Friday 23 November 18:30 Countryhall TECHNICAL MEETINGS The following meetings will take place in the Countryhall: Thursday 22 November 14:00 Delegation Chiefs meeting Thursday 22 November 18:30 Commissaires panel meeting (Artistic Cycling/Cycle-ball) Friday 23 November 09:00 Information meeting Indoor Cycling Commission 2018 UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships November

5 OFFICIALS TECHNICAL DELEGATE Günter Altwegg (SUI) COMMISSAIRES PANEL Artistic cycling : Esther Frischknecht SUI Chief Commissaire Alfred Melbinger AUT An Bondue BEL Jana Horackova CZE Véronique Rietsch FRA Anita Bayerl GER Mihoko Hamada JPN Cycle ball : Herbert Benzer AUT Chief Commissaire Michal Fadrhonc CZE Frank Fiedel GER Hitoshi Hata JPN Norbert Mullis SUI Andreas Reichenbacher GER IT REPRESENTATIVE Kurt-Jürgen Daum (GER) DOPING CONTROL OFFICER Patrick Burguet (BEL) REGISTRATIONS Only participants born in 2003 or earlier are entitled to participate. 1. Deadlines: National Federations: Monday 17 September 2018 (form to be returned) Athletes and officials: Monday 22 October 2018 (form to be returned) Handing-over licenses: Thursday 22 November 2018, 17:00 Uhr (on-site) 2. Registrations forms (National Federations, athletes and officials) must be returned by to: - Anne-Laure Payet Favre anne-laure.payetfavre@uci.ch - Günter Altwegg guenter.altwegg@bluewin.ch + copy to indoorcyclingliege2018@gmail.com Only signed registrations by the National Federations representatives will be accepted. Accreditations pictures: ID pictures of all participants (jpg. format) must be sent to indoorcyclingliege2018@gmail.com before Wednesday 31 October 2018 at the latest UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships November

6 3. Evaluation sheets for Artistic Cycling must be sent by , no later than Monday 22 October 2018, to: - Kurt-Jürgen Daum WCC@hallenradsport-daum.de The points of the evaluation sheets cannot be higher than the planned points in the official entry form by name. The points on the evaluation sheets cannot be lowered more than 7,5% of the planned points in the official entry form by name. ORGANISING COMMITTEE OK Rota Volans Tel: Koningstraat 14 indoorcyclingliege2018@gmail.com 8560 Wevelgem Website: Contact: Dimitri Covent NATIONAL FEDERATION KWBW Vzw Tel: Globelaan 49 info@belgiancycling.be 1190 Brussels Website: Belgium The UCI remains available for any further information. You can contact the UCI head office in Aigle, Mrs Anne-Laure Payet Favre, Sports Department, anne-laure.payetfavre@uci.ch Information subject to modifications UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships November

INFORMATION BULLETIN (NO 2) 2018 UCI ARTISTIC CYCLING WORLD CUP

INFORMATION BULLETIN (NO 2) 2018 UCI ARTISTIC CYCLING WORLD CUP Upcoming events: 2 nd tournament 30 June 2018, Heerlen (Netherlands) Event location: Sporthalle Varenbeuk, Hei Carisborgweg 18, Heerlen (Netherlands)