Regulations for 'Rallye des 3 Massifs 2020

1 - DEFINITION

The VESPA-CLUB DAUPHINOIS organizes under the aegis of the VESPA-CLUB DE FRANCE a VESPA, or similar vehicle, a touristic and regularity scooter run, named ‘RALLYE DES 3 MASSIFS’.

This run takes place from the 26th to 28th of June 2020, start and arrival in Villard de Lans (Office de Tourisme).
All participants are invited the 26th of June, 6.30 pm for a welcome buffet meeting (at the Office de Tourisme de Villard de Lans).
For obvious logistic reasons, the number of attendees is limited to 120 scooters (30 teams of 4 scooters).

Are included :

• 2 nights accommodation
• 2 breakfasts
• 2 dinners (inc. one gala diner),
• 2 welcome buffets (Thursday and Sunday evening)
• 1 goodie bag
• 1 road book, a daily luggage routing  service (luggage have to be available for pick-up 30 minutes prior to departure and will be available for delivery in the evening at the stop-off. It will not be possible to access them in the meantime.) Please luggage no more than 5kg.
• Due to the fact that the journey will take place in very rural areas, attendees may be sent to several B&B or hotels without any possible modification.

Note: Meals are not included and remain at the participant’s expenses.

2 - STAGES

The rally is divided in 3 stages:

• Friday June 26th: VILLARD de LANS – XXXXXXXXXXXX (start at 9.00 am)
• Saturday June 27th: XXXXXXXXX – XXXXXXXXXXX (start at 9.00 am)
• Sunday June 28th: XXXXXXXX – VILLARD de LANS (start at 9.00 am)

3 - ATTENDEES

Attendees must be 16-over. One passenger is allowed under its driver’s responsibility. Each participant must have a valid driving license, must wear approved helmet and gloves throughout the rally and all security equipment and comfortable clothes to protect from random weather conditions are recommended.

Each participant must comply with the regulations everywhere on the rally and must be able to present its identity documents to the local and police authorities.

4 - SCOOTERS

- Scooters must be street legal, properly insured and bearing all necessary and legal documents which could be asked for during the journey.

- Each registered scooter must have a 125cc engine at the minimum (classic or automatic); its power and technical abilities regarding the differences in high of the rally have primarily to be approved by the organizing team.

- Each scooter, under the responsibility of its owner, must be in perfect technical conditions. The best condition of tires is essential!

- Each scooter must carry essential tooling, spare parts and a gas can, at least one per team, is recommended. Spare parts like spark plug, cables, inflated spare tire, bulbs, 2-stroke oil can, first aid kit, one visibility vest (mandatory in France!)

- Unusual or vintage scooters should carry along specific replacement parts such as points and ignition coil with their specific tools.

5 - AVERAGE MILEAGE

45km/h

NOTE: Each day, one additional hour is allowed for lunch break; when added to the ‘journey time’ it ends up as ‘route time’
(Ex: a 7 hours stage + 1 hour lunch break = 8 hours route time)

6 - ASSISTANCE

- Some friendly non professional assistance is provided during the run, but is strictly limited to the road trip, as planned in the road book. Only short technical interventions of 30 minutes max can be made. If the reparation is not possible, the scooter will be carried and eventually repaired at the arrival of the day trip.

- Drivers and scooters won’t be assisted if away from official itinerary, then will be considered responsible for their mistake and will be banned from the rally. An assistance truck might pick up disabled vehicles along the way, but will not carry unfortunate drivers who must be taken care by the rest of the team.

- Breakdown service is provided at no costs and any spare part provided during the event has to be given back or paid when over. 

7 - SIGNAGE

- Participants must keep on their scooters any identification signage given upon departure by the Organizers. The loss or removal of the distinctive sign leads to a penalty (cf. « penalties » article)
- The captain must fix on his scooter the signage with the red team number.
- The transponder will be securely attached to the lower part of the fork on the captain’s scooter.
- In case of loss or damage of transponder, 65€ have to be paid to the Vespa-club Dauphinois.

8 - CONTINUITY

- Teams of 4 scooters are set up, and each team starts are targeted every minute by an already fixed timing during the entire event.
- The official clock on the departure and arrival line shall prevail only.
- Each team number matches its departure time. (Example: team #902 will start Thursday 9.02am, Friday 9.02am, Saturday 9.02am and Sunday 9.02am).
- A team that would not show at the exact time of departure is subject to a penalty. (See ‘penalty’ chapter)
- As far as possible, the Organization is asking all attendees to respect the planned arrival schedules.
- Every team must follow both the mandatory average speed and the road book official itinerary and be checked at control points. Every team in its integrity (complete with its 4 members) must reach the arrival line together otherwise penalties apply. (See ‘penalty’ chapter)
- If the scooter or missing team member is not able to show up on the departure of the next stage, the penalty will apply every day.

9 - CONTROL POINTS

Control points, at least one each day, are scheduled. Their random position is displayed along the journey. Each team member must stick the “control point” adhesive on his scooter. If not, a penalty applies. (See ‘penalty’ chapter)
On arrival of the stage, all team members must present their scooters to controllers, in order to prove the validation at the “control point”.

In all cases, all the control points will open 30 minutes before the scheduled arrival time of the 1st team and will close 1 hour after the scheduled arrival time of the last team. (See ‘penalty’ chapter)
No stopping or “foot on the ground” 250 meters from the arrival line is allowed; controls are made around that line. If a participant is seen nearby waiting his ‘ideal timing moment’, a penalty applies to the whole team (see ‘penalty’ chapter). 

10 - PENALTY

Each team starts with zero penalty point. At the end of the stages, the team with the lowest number of penalty points will be declared the winner. A team ranking and award ceremony will be held at the end of the race. Each victorious attendee will receive an award and a gift. Should a tie occur between 2 winners, a subsidiary question will decide between possible ex-aequo

Description
Penalties

• Each second late or early at the arrival control point = 1 point
• Each kilometre more or less at the arrival control point = 100 points
• A team or 1 of team member stopped nearby the arrival line or “foot on the ground” (-250m) = 10 000 points
• Running late of team or 1 of team member on the departure of a stage = 10 000 points
• Dissociation of team upon arrival (missing scooter(s) and/or team partner(s)) = 25 000 points
• Removal or loss of identification/signage of 1 of the scooter or transponder (65€) = 10 000 points
• A missed “control point” (at least 1 team member) = 50 000 points
• Arrival at the Finish Control after closing (closed 1 hour after the scheduled arrival time of the last team) = 50 000 points
• Malfunction of the odometer on captain ‘s scooter = 50 000 points

11 - VALIDITY of REGULATION

This Regulation only shall be valid for the entire duration of the rally and any decision concerning it will be taken under the sole responsibility of the organizers. No participant may claim another regulation whatsoever.

The organization reserves the right not to take into account the results of a team in case of its failure to observe the previous articles or in case of any behaviour unfitting the prevailing camaraderie and fair-play spirit commanding the event.

Furthermore, the organizers may exclude any team or contestant whose behaviour could endanger the lives of others.
No compensation will be due by the organization to any participant, whatever may happen.

By lining up at the starting line, each participant irrevocably agrees to all the provisions laid down in this Regulation.
 

12- REGISTRATION & INFORMATION

The registration has to be done for a full team of 4 competitors. You may nonetheless take part on your own. In that case, the Organization will be in charge of setting up teams, and will assign the attendees to any team as it sees fit. The list of the teams will be issued a few days before the beginning of the rally.

Registration address: www.vespaclubdauphinois.fr

The rate for each participant (driver or passenger) is 315 € for the whole 3 days (no extra daily fee).

Organisation:
Delphine NADJAR-ARTHAUD +33 (0)6 70 17 79 27   info@vespaclubdauphinois.fr