UCI RULING IS OFFICIAL...

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[Will Longden]

You will find enclosed the new regulation concerning the participation in UCI Mountain Bike World Cup events which has been approved by the UCI Management Board on the recommendation of the Mountain Bike Commission and to come into effect on January 1st 2007. The modification will be updated as soon as possible on the UCI website.


Participation in UCI Mountain Bike World Cup events
 
The conditions of participation in UCI MTB World Cup events are as follows:
 Obtaining a minimum of 20 UCI points in the individual UCI MTB classification of
 December 31st of the previous year for the format in question (XCO, DHI, 4X)
or
Obtaining, during the current season, a minimum of 20 UCI points in the
 reference’s classification* applicable for the qualification in the UCI MTB World
 Cup event in which the rider wish to participate
 
UCI MTB teams and national teams benefit from an extra participation quota and are
allowed to enter, in addition to the riders fulfilling one of the above mentioned
conditions, a certain number of riders according to the details below:
 Riders belonging to a UCI MTB team: a maximum of 10 riders per format (XCO,
DHI, 4X) is allowed to start
Riders belonging to a national team (in national outfit): a maximum of 6 riders per
format (XCO, DHI, 4X) is allowed to start
 
Please note: 
This rule does not apply to UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Cup events.

[jon-c]

Riders belonging to a national team (in national outfit): a maximum of 6 riders per
format (XCO, DHI, 4X) is allowed to start

Interesting…
...does that mean, Sombreros for the Spanish, clogs for the Dutch etc

[youngbert84]

Would certainly liven things up a bit

Does this mean you can enter as long as you are on a UCI team, even if you don't have the required points?

[gazeebos love chocolate]

Riders belonging to a UCI MTB team: a maximum of 10 riders per format (XCO,
DHI, 4X) is allowed to start

Guess you can buy your way into a world cup now...

[Cloverleaf]

Hmm..cynical hat on..UCI teams...more UCI teams registering...more money for UCI?!

[le-trigger]

Doesn't it cost a ton of cash to be an official UCI MTB team?
(like about £3/4000 a year)
And you wouldn't affiliate with the UCI if your riders weren't world class anyway.
So it won't change that much will it?

(thats not meant to sound sarcy and know-it-all, I'm just curious)

[gazeebos love chocolate]

Doesn't it cost a ton of cash to be an official UCI MTB team?
(like about £3/4000 a year)
And you wouldn't affiliate with the UCI if your riders weren't world class anyway.
So it won't change that much will it?

(thats not meant to sound sarcy and know-it-all, I'm just curious)

Say its 4k, that gets 10 riders in...only 400 each for a season...not cheap, but affordable...

[the master]

Doesn't it cost a ton of cash to be an official UCI MTB team?
(like about £3/4000 a year)
And you wouldn't affiliate with the UCI if your riders weren't world class anyway.
So it won't change that much will it?

(thats not meant to sound sarcy and know-it-all, I'm just curious)

yes but if you're a UCI trade team, you get free pits at the WCs, so it does save a shed load of cash. 

[jon-c]

Riders belonging to a national team (in national outfit): a maximum of 6 riders per
format (XCO, DHI, 4X) is allowed to start

How is this going to work with BC?
Is it going to be a ‘development’ team?

[Will Longden]

UCI registering a team is 1000 euro's.... and you've got until 15th of February.

[the master]

well yes if BC were being nice, then yes they could register a development team - of riders who currently don't have UCI points. So they could race.  There are plenty of really good riders in this country without 20 points.

its a joke really cos they have changed it without 12 months notice.

We've agreed sponsorship deals with people / companies and riders based on the fact that they would be racing world cups.  All signed sealed and sorted and then this happens.

I might have to be shelling out for a UCI trade team status at this rate.     but I'm sure its not as much as Trig mentioned.

[the master]

UCI registering a team is 1000 euro's.... and you've got until beginning of February.

ha ha, so a loop hole appears.  how do we sign up?

This means I can race Maribor now............... which is a total joke, cos I'm not good enough to do it.  But if thems the rules.  It'd be rude not to go.

[jon-c]

so a 1000 Notes & no other criteria? 

[Will Longden]

PLEASE NOTE: there will be no specific rainbow pass request form for the 2007
season. A rainbow pass (accreditation valid for all 2007 UCI MTB World Cup events)
will automatically be produced for each staff member mentioned in the registration
form on condition that you provide us with her/his licence and her/his photo (cf point

 
2. Collect all other requested documents as follows:
o Letter of approval from the national federation of the country of which the paying agent
has the nationality (art. 4.10.007)
o Colour graphic design of the team jersey (art. 4.10.017). File format: .eps and .jpg.
 Resolution: 200-300 pixels.
o Copy of each rider contract (art. 4.10.021, strictly confidential document)
o Licence copy of each rider and each staff member
o Photo of each staff member (rainbow passes). Format: .jpg or .gif or .bmp. Minimum
 resolution: 103x103 pixels. How to name each photo : « SURNAME »_ « FUNCTION ».
 
3. Return SIMULTANEOUSLY the forms and all other documents mentioned above in
point 3 according to the details below:
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11886600  AAiiggllee  SSuuiissssee  --  ffaaxx  ++4411  2244  446688  5588  1122  oorr  eemmaaiill  ::  ssaabbiinnee..ddeebboonnss@@uuccii..cchh 
 
Non conforming files (incomplete forms or missing documents) will not be considered. 
We thank you in advance for your understanding concerning the simultaneous return of the
different documents which will greatly make easier their handling and therefore your
registration.
 
4. Payment of the registration fee (art. 4.10.016). 
Please note that the payment of the registration fee is not sufficient to register a team. 
The file and the payment really go together. We will refund any team that would have paid the
registration fee without having submitted any file within the allotted time. On the other hand
we will refuse the registration of any team which would have submitted a complete file without
having paid the registration fee during the allotted time. 
 
 
Payment information
Payment deadline : 15.02.2007
Amount non-EEC countries :
(including fight against doping tax) CHF 1'500
Amount EEC member countries :
(including fight against doping tax) € 1'000
Way of payment : Electronic bank transfer
Imperative indication : Team name

[oggy]

the loop hole may have been foiled by british cycling, they are not gonna enter any rider who is outside the top 10 elite or top 5experts, downer

[le-trigger]

Just doing the sums:

1000 Euro's for affiliation
which is about £660

10 riders in a team
Thats £66 per team rider - to be allowed entry into any WC

Hah!  Thats pretty funny, but I think Oggy's probably right (Kill-Joy!)

[Will Longden]

the loop hole may have been foiled by british cycling, they are not gonna enter any rider who is outside the top 10 elite or top 5experts, downer

Not sure how that would work though? British Cycling don't enter riders from UCI teams. You have to enter youself online.

[oggy]

not my decision, i thought id be in for a chance to race downhill, aint gonna happen

[humprabbit]

BC have to approve by letter to the UCI any riders on  british based UCI trade teams as far as I am aware.

[Will Longden]

That's true. But only once at the start of the year on application to UCI, not before every round.