Anyone whising to organize a Super Randonnée according to the regulation of Provence Randonneurs (previously, regulation of the Audax Club Parisien), must contact the SR Representative of his / her country (or, if need be, of his / her geographical area). The SR Representative will then provide guidance, and act as an intermediary with Provence Randonneurs. If there is no SR Representative, he / she must contact directly Provence Randonneurs.
Contact Person : Sophie Matter - mattersophie@gmail.com
Several SR can be organized in the same country. An Organizer can organize several SR. The SR must not take the same roads, or as less as possible. Each SR must be a different experience.
A SR can span several countries. The start place defines the country whose SR Representative must be contacted. It is better to inform the SR Representatives of each country travelled through.
The SR Representative is an unique contact person for all SR in the same country (or, if need be, in the same geographical area). He / she takes over responsibility for pre-approving new routes or modifying old ones, sending the results, ordering the cards, receiving the homologation stickers, and paying the invoice (see details below).
If there is no SR Representative in the country: when submitting the SR project to Provence Randonneurs, the SR Organizer must say who will be the contact person for this SR, and in particular, who will take over responsibility for sending the results, ordering the cards, receiving the homologation stickers, and paying the invoice (see below). Provence Randonneurs will not accept more than one contact person per SR.
2. APPROVAL OF THE SUPER RANDONNÉE
The SR Organizer (or the Representative) must send to Provence Randonneurs following information:
– Country
– Name of the SR
– Name of the contact person for this SR
– Email and full mailing address of the contact person for this SR
– Name and Email of the contact person which will appear on the SR List (if different fro above)
– The route on openrunner (in one piece), or the GPX file of the route (in one piece).
– The cue sheet (road book) indicating all control places
– A photo for each control place
openrunner
example of document with photos of the control places
Details:
– The length is 600 km (up to 619 km).
– The total amount of climbing is at least of 10,000 meters (measured on openrunner in one piece) but can be higher (no limit). The GPX file of the route (in one piece) can be provided, instead of the route on openrunner (Provence Randonneurs will then privately check the climbing amount).
– The route should not be consisting of doing the same loop multiple times, nor be star-shaped.
– Out-and-backs are admitted, but they should be avoided as much as possible.
– Start and finish location can be in a different place.
– Maximum 21 control places, including start and finish (start control is n°1, etc.).
– The controls are not timed.
– All controls, including start and finish, must be possible with photos. Stamps, receipts and other tickets are not mandatory. The photo control place must be easy to find for the rider, and easy to identify for the Organizer, when he or she will check the riders photos.
– The control place’s unique function is to make sure that the rider has followed the route. The Organizer has no obligation to make the control a refueling place.
– The SR Organizer can define an alternative starting point for riders in the Randonneur option.
When the SR is approved, Provence Randonneurs adds the new Super Randonnée to the SR List.
The SR Organizer has to make sure that the Rules for Riders are respected.
Super Randonnées are not brevets: The rules are different !
– The Organizer must offer both riding options: Tourist and Randonneur.
– Riders must be self-sufficient. Support vehicules are totally forbidden, on the course and in the control places.
– The Organizer must not set opening or closing times for the controls.
– The Organizer must not classify the riders by performance. The Organizer has to consider all finishers equal. For this reason, the time results should not be published by the Organizer.
– Super Randonnées are permanents. The Organizer has the obligation to offer them throughout the year (provided the roads are open to traffic).
– If the Organizer, in addition, wants to set a date for a Super Randonnée, he may do so, provided that the rules are respected. In particular, he is not allowed to offer motorized assistance, even occasionally, nor to perform control operations instead of the riders. He must offer the two options, Tourist and Randonneur. The Organizer must not impose any time schedule to the riders. The Organizer must not form any group.
– A SR cannot be counted as participation in, or as credit for another event held in conjuntion with the SR. A SR cannot be held both at the same time and on the same course as a brevet of 600 km.
– The Organizer can publish the list of the homologated riders, but in any case, their identities will not be used for commercial purposes and will not be transmitted to third parties for commercial purposes.
4. SR CARDS AND FRAME BADGES
Each rider receives a SR card and a frame badge. Provence Randonneurs provides SR cards and frame badges. The SR Representative (or the SR Organizer) orders those cards and badges from Provence Randonneurs. Provence Randonneurs charges 1 euro per set (SR card+badge) ordered.
SR Representatives (or SR Organizers) who want to fabricate their own cards and badges, must submit their artwork to Provence Randonneurs. In this case, the card and the badge must be faithful to the model produced by Provence Randonneurs, and previously by the Audax Club Parisien, in order to maintain the unity of SRs around the world.
The SR cards have no expiration date. A card remains valid as long as the registered participant did not start. If the participant must delay his or her start, the card remains valid. But if the participant starts and abandons, the card is no valid anymore for another try.
