Regulations for 'Rallye des 3 Massifs 2019

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 27th to 30th of June 2019, 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).

The fee includes :

• 3 nights accommodation
• 3 breakfasts
• 3 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 4 stages:

• Thursday June 27th: VILLARD de LANS – XXXXXXXXXXXX (start at 9.00 am)
• Friday June28th: XXXXXXXXX – XXXXXXXXXXX (start at 9.00 am)
• Saturday June 29th: XXXXXXXX – XXXXXXXXX (start at 9.00 am)
• Sunday June 30th: 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; 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, engine 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.

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 (provided at no cost by local PIAGGIO dealer LA SCOOTERIA) 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 payed 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, chosen by the team, must fix on his scooter the signage with the red team number.

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.

Each team will choose its road captain from whom and from the start the scooter mileage will be used as a reference for the whole team’s mileage during the journey.

If any speedometer malfunction should happen, then the referring mileage will be the ideal one, with a penalty. A new road captain will be chosen for the next stop-off and shall put the captain banner with red numbers on its scooter.
If no-one can be chosen, the team will undergo every day the above mentioned penalty (cf. « penalties » article)

The official clock on the departure and arrival line shall prevail only.

Each team number matches its departure time. (Example: team #2 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.

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 (the drivers/passengers combo and their respective scooters) 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 just one time.
Should 2 of 4 team members be withdrawn from the run, due to the driver or their scooter, the team will be disqualified automatically. The remaining participant will have its team number on the banner crossed out. He may carry on the run, following any team of his choice.

9 - CONTROL POINTS

4 control points, one each day, are scheduled. Their random position is displayed along the journey. In case of control point shutdown, the participant must have his road book stamped by a shop keeper or any official service of his choice around the notified control point (corner shop, grocery shop, gas station, firemen brigade, tourism information etc… would do). If not, a penalty applies. (See ‘penalty’ chapter)

Other control points not scheduled could appear anywhere and anytime on the road!

On arrival of the stage, all team members must present their road books to controllers, in order to prove the validation at the checkpoint.

In all cases, the arrival control point will close one hour after the scheduled arrival of the last team.

No stopping 500 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 4 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 minute late or early at the control point = 100 points
• Each kilometer less or more at the control point = 100 points
• A missed check point = 10000 points
• A team stopped nearby the arrival line = 10000 points
• Running late on the departure of a stage = 10000 points
• Dissociation of team upon arrival (missing scooter(s) and/or team partner(s)), road book non filled = 10000 points
• Malfunction of referent scooter’s speedometer = 10000 points
• No other referent scooter in case of former referent scooter’s speedometer malfunction = 10000 points
• Removal or loss of identification signage of the scooter = 5000 points
• Any loss or modification of one of the participant’s roadbook will imply the immediate disqualification of the whole team.

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 365€ for the whole 4 days (no extra daily fee) if registration before 15th of February. From 16th of February fee will be 390€. (Possibility to pay in 2 instalments)

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