The XXIV th World BikeTrial Championship Òdena - Catalunya 16 th 23 th July 2015 AGENDA
18 19 July 2015 20 21 July 2015 22 23 July 2015 1 st Round 18 19 July 2015 On Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th of July the first round of the World BikeTrial Championship 2015 will be celebrated. It will be placed in natural sections located at the east of Òdena town in a private land that highlights for its 140 hectares of extension. This will be the perfect place to build BikeTrial sections. The great big stones and the wooded place typical for the pine tree will be the key elements for this first round. There will also be two artificial sections and a natural section in the centre of the town. This ones will be used in all the different competitions, but the tracks will be slightly changed and also the difficulty. On Sunday 19th of July, at the afternoon it will take place the awards ceremony of the first round of World BikeTrial Championship 2015, so the first round will be finished. 2 nd round 20-21 July 2015 On Monday 20th and Tuesday 21th of July the second round of the World BikeTrial Championship 2015 will be held. It will be placed at a natural zone located at the west of the Òdena town, on the same terrains as used in the World BikeTrial Championship 2014 but changed sections. The big stones, the forest and the natural slopes and exceptionally the ancient and characteristic Guixeres -chalk stones- of the town will be used as key and original elements for this round. There will also be two artificial sections and a natural section in the town center. These ones will be common for all the rounds but both the track and the level of difficulty will be changed. On Tuesday 21th of July, at the afternoon the awards ceremony of the second round will be held. From this point, the second round of the World BikeTrial Championship 2015 will be ended and the score of each rider will be added to the first round score. 3 rd round 22-23 July 2015 On Wednesday 22th of July and on Thursday 23th July the third and last round of the World BikeTrial Championship 2015 will be celebrated. It will be placed at a natural zone located at the east of the Òdena town, in the same private land of the first round, with a big stones and the forest but in different sections. Two artificial zones and a natural sections found into the town will be common in all the rounds, but -once more- changing the track and the level of difficulty. On Wednesday, July 22, in the afternoon the awards ceremony of third round and final awards ceremony for World Champions group A will be held. On Thursday 23th of July, at the afternoon there will be the awards ceremony of third round and final awards ceremony for World Champions group B and the World BikeTrial Championship 2015 will be considered closed.
COMPETITION PLACE: ÒDENA Catalonia Carrer de Mossèn Borras, 1 08711 - Òdena, Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain) GPS: 41.607120, 1.642431
THURSDAY 16 th of JULY 2015 - Registration 16:00 to 20:00 License control of groups A & B for all rounds SCHEDULE TIME FRIDAY 17 th of JULY 2015 - Registration 9:00 Notify schedule & sections map on the information board 9:30 to 13:30 JURY - Section control group A & B for days 18-19 13:00 Lunch time 10:00 to 16:00 License control groups A & B for all rounds 17:00 Jury meeting (approval sections days 18-19 & start lists of groups A & B for all rounds) 19:00 Welcome reception to international delegates
SCHEDULE TIME SATURDAY 18 th of JULY 2015 GROUP A - Competition 1 8:00 EOG Meeting: Observers meeting with Jury 8:30 Riders Meeting - Bicycles technical control 9:00 Competition start for Group A 14:00 Jury meeting (approval results of group A) 14:30 Awards ceremony of the first round for Group A 19:00 OPEN CEREMONY with all riders and countries SUNDAY 19 th of JULY 2015 GROUP B - Competition 1 8:00 EOG Meeting: Observers meeting with Jury 8:30 Riders meeting - Bicycles tehcnical control 9:00 Competition start for Group B 9:30 to 13:30 Section control for Groups A&B for days 20-21 14:00 Jury meeting (approval results of group B & approval of sections for days 20-21) 14:30 Awards ceremony of the first round for Group B
MONDAY 20 th of JULY 2015 GROUP A Competition 2 8:00 EOG Meeting: Observers meeting with Jury 8:30 Riders meeting - Bicycles technical control 9:00 Competition start for Group A 14:00 Jury meeting (approval results of group A) SCHEDULE TIME 14:30 Awards ceremony of the second round of group A TUESDAY 21 st of JULY 2015 GROUP B Competition 2 8:00 EOG Meeting: Observers meeting with Jury 8:30 Riders meeting - Bicycles technical control 9:00 Competition start for Group B 9:30 to 13:30 JURY Sections control group A&B for days 22-23 14:00 Jury meeting (approval results of group B) 14:30 Awards ceremony of the second round of group B
WEDNESDAY 22 nd of JULY GROUP A Competition 3 8:00 EOG Meeting: Observers meeting with Jury 8:30 Riders meeting - Bicycles technical control 9:00 Competition start of Group A 14:00 Jury meeting (approval results of group A) SCHEDULE TIME 14:30 Awards ceremony of the third rond of group A 18:00 Final awards ceremony of group A THURSDAY 23 rd of JULY GROUP B - Competition 3 8:00 EOG Meeting: Observers meeting with Jury 8:30 Riders meeting - Bicycles technical control 9:00 Competition start for Group B 14:00 Jury meeting (approval results of the third round & final results of group B) 14:30 Awards ceremony of third round of group B 19:00 Final Awards ceremony for group B / nations / constructors and closing ceremony of WBC 20:00 Big dinner of the BikeTrial family
Group Category Conditions Group A Elite 20 Elite 26 Elite Femine Open Category for Riders with age 18 in the current year. Special admission for Riders aged from 17 years old in the current year can be by Technical Group after request by the National Delegate. Bikes equipped with wheel till 22 Open Category for Riders with age 18 in the current year. Special admission for Riders aged from 17 years old in the current year can be by Technical Group after request by the National Delegate. Bikes equipped with wheel more great than 22 Open category for female Riders. Age 15 in the current year and up. Senior 20 Riders with age 19 and up in the current year with bikes equipped with wheel till 22 Senior 26 Riders with age 19 and up in the current year with bikes equipped with wheel more great than 22 Group B Junior Poussin Benjamin Minime Femine Riders with age 16, 17 and 18 in the current year Riders with age 7, 8 and 9 in the current year Riders with age 10, 11 and 12 in the current year Riders with age 13, 14 and 15 in the current year Category with handicap based on the age of the participant. See BikeTrial Technical Rules 2015
ENTRY LIST The participation in World BikeTrial Championship 2015 is open to all the BIU Licenses owners in accordance with the BikeTrial International Technical Rules 2015 available on Official BIU web site: www.biketrialinternational.com Entry List, in Excel format, must be sent from the National Delegate to BIU at info@biketrialinternational.com All communication and request must be send to the same email address. Riders in the country where is not official national BIU delegate must contact BIU directly at info@biketrialinternational.com DEAD LINES National Delegate must send Entry List must be sent to BIU before the last Dead Line Dead line 1: 05 th July 2015 at 12:00 pm no sanctions Dead line 2: 10 th July 2015 at 12:00 pm sanction = Will pay the Entry Fees X 1,50 Dead line 3: 13 th July 2015 at 12:00 pm sanction = Will pay the Entry Fees X 2,00 ENTRY FEES Whole WBC 2015: 75,00 Single competition: 30,00 (Registration office will be open only the 16 and 17 July) It should be paid from the delegate (or team manager) to the delegate of the host country at least before the first jury meeting of the event.
INSURANCE All riders / participants must possess health insurance, in order to be able to pay developed accidents. The organizer does not pay expenses of the event for cares. Is necessary a health insurance for the riders. The organizer will provide an additional accident insurance for every rider during the period of the competition. HOSPITALIZATION POLICY The organizer will provide minor emergency medical services during competition for all riders. If hospitalization is required, ambulance transport will be provided to hospital. Any hospital services out of the insurance coverage required for the athlete will beat the rider s personal expense. There will always ambulance to the race. WAIVER AND RELEASE FORM All competitors must execute the waiver and release of liability and name and likeness release before participating in the competition (at first license control when check in). If the rider executing this release is under 18 years old (a minor), his/her parent/guardian must sign the document also. TROPHIES AND PRIZE World BikeTrial Champion 2015 T-Shirt and medals for the final winner in each category. Trophy for the top 3 riders in each category of each day (3 award ceremonies). Trip cost contribution for the top 3 riders of Elite 20, Elite 26 and Elite Femina. For detail contact: info@biketrialinternational.com
ACCOMODATION Free Camping zone open from Tuesday 14 to Tuesday 26 of july **** Hotel Ciutat d Igualada (Igualada) www.hotelciutatigualada.com Tel. 93 806 61 50 Molí Blanc Hotel (Jorba) www.moliblanchotel.cat Tel. 93 801 91 79 *** Hotel Amèrica (Igualada) www.hotel-america.es Tel. 93 803 1000 ** Hotel Robert (La Pobla de Claramunt) www.hotel-robert.com Tel. 93 808 60 00 Bed different services and offers on the web: www.anoiaturisme.cat
23 July 2015 - The big party of de Biketrial Family On Thursday, after the award ceremony of the final awards and closing ceremony of the The Bike Trial World Championship 2015 a big party will be held for the Biketrial Family. We will welcome the hot clima and a leisure time in the the fantastic and comfortable Odena Town swimming pool. A Pool Party will be held on Thursday 8.00pm with a typical Catalan dish and drinks: the paella and sangria. Obviously there will be music until the upcoming morning. The aim of the Pool Party is making the riders and the Bike Trial Family enjoy during the leisure time and relaxing a little bit from the stressing atmosphere of a high level championship.
24 July 2015 Tourism day Biketrial is a high level sport that has always wanted to promote the familiar participation in the sense of making the rider s family participate actively in the event while being part of the public. We want the rider, the families and all the attendees to enjoy the championship of the best sport in the world: the Biketrial. To achieve this goal, for the Bike Trial World Championship 2015 a handful of activities will be offered to the families that participate in this event. On Friday 24th of July, after the last round and finished the Championship we have organized a sightseeing day. This day will have an exclusive schedule based on two activities. On one hand, we will be visiting the Sagrada Familia, as a MUST to visit while sightseeing Barcelona City. On the second hand, we will go to the beach if there is a sunny day. There will be a bus for the trip as well as a guide.
Sections Natural The 80% of the sections where the event is held takes place in natural areas. These fields are typical from the Odena Town like the old Guixeres" -chalk rocks- and the forest sections with the characteristic landscape of stones and pines.
Sections Artificial The artificial sections will be found in the most picturesque places of the Òdena town. The artificial sections fit very well between the Romanesque chapels and old stone houses. Moreover, this was one of the reasons why there was an enthusiastic and committed public who gathered close to the bike sections staring the tricks of the riders.
Formal events Meeting room and formal events There will be offered a prepared room for the jury meetings perfectly equipped and also for any press conference needed. This room will also host the international General Assembly of delegates of the BikeTrial International Union.
Opening Ceremony The last Edition of the opening ceremony was held on the sports center. First of all, there was the parade of every country riders leaded by its country flag. After that, every hymn of each country was played and finally all the flags were waved on the stage. The Catalan culture did also an impressive performance based on traditional dances with all the Hereus and the Pubilles coming from around Catalonia to join the welcome event.
INFRASTRUCTURES The Odena Town has impressive infrastructures which are really useful to host the Bike Trial World Championship event. For instance, the sports pavilion mentioned before, the public swimming pool and the City Hall facilities so helpful to place the race office and the International Jury meetings. The camping zone, the showers and the WC will be at the pavilion. The rest of services like the Race Office or the Meeting Jury Room will be the same for the three World Championships. The opening and closing ceremony will be at the pavilion. One of the best ratted points of the last edition was the good services of the municipal sports centre of Odena. There is a good shower services and WC. There is also a good distribution of the viewers during the opening ceremony and the award ceremony.
Camp There is enough space to host all the countries and the land is close to the leisures such as the showers and the WC, and the shops and restaurants of the town. Moreover, there is enough space to provide for every team enough land to settle up comfortably. Services The camping zone is located next to the sports pavilion where apart of the showers and the WC, there are other services like drinks and snacks vending machines and a bike wash area.
The XXIV th World BikeTrial Championship Òdena - Catalunya 16 th 23 th July 2015 Ramon Prat Núria Bagó email: ramon@ocisport.net / nuria@ocisport.net Tel. +34 93 808 80 91 info@ocisport.net www.ocisport.net www.facebook.com/worldbiketrialchampionship UNIÓ CATALANA DE BIKETRIAL www.biketrial.cat e-mail: info@biketrial.cat www.facebook.com/biketrialspain