Getting ready
Practical Information
Insurance, participation requirements, camp access and key times: everything you need to arrive relaxed at the start line.
Participation requirements & health
The Gravel Games are open to everyone, licensed and non-licensed alike.
The participation requirements below are designed to guarantee the safety of participants while making it easier to take part in the event, in compliance with current regulations.
In short
Gravel Running (running events)
Adult participants: FFA (French Athletics Federation) licence (Compétition, Running or Entreprise) or a valid PPS (French Health Prevention Pass, mandatory for non-licensed runners).
Minor participants: Health questionnaire and a declaration from a legal guardian (or a medical certificate if necessary).
Gravel Cycling (cycling events)
Adult participants: Valid FFC (French Cycling Federation) licence, FFC Pass Découverte, or a medical certificate of no contraindication to competitive cycling dated less than one year ago.
Minor participants: Health questionnaire and a declaration from a legal guardian (or a medical certificate if necessary).
PPS (French Health Prevention Pass): pps.athle.fr — an individual insurance cover suited to your activity is strongly recommended.
Gravel Running
Gravel Running events are open to all participants meeting the following requirements.
Adult participants
Two options:
- hold a valid FFA licence (Compétition, Running or Entreprise); or
- present a valid PPS (French Health Prevention Pass).
The PPS, issued by the French Athletics Federation, replaces the medical certificate for running competitions in accordance with current regulations.
It can be obtained in a few minutes via an online awareness course at pps.athle.fr. It is valid for one year and costs €5.
Minor participants
Minor participants must complete a health questionnaire with their legal guardian. If it reveals no contraindication, a signed declaration will be enough to validate the entry. Otherwise, a medical certificate will be required.
Gravel Cycling
Gravel Cycling events are organised outside the federal calendar.
Adult participants
Participants must present one of the following three documents:
- a valid FFC licence;
- an FFC Pass Découverte; or
- a medical certificate of no contraindication to competitive cycling dated less than one year ago.
Minor participants
Minor participants must complete a health questionnaire with their legal guardian. If it reveals no contraindication, a signed declaration will be enough to validate the entry. Otherwise, a medical certificate will be required.
Insurance
In accordance with Article L321-4 of the French Sports Code, organisers of sporting events are required to inform participants of the existence and scope of the insurance cover they have taken out, and to remind them of the value of holding insurance cover suited to their practice.
Wish One Racing, the association organising the Gravel Games, has taken out an Organiser's Public Liability insurance policy with Allianz (policy no. 64783806).
This insurance covers exclusively the organisation's civil liability within the framework of the event. It does not replace participants' personal insurance cover.
It is each participant's responsibility to check that they hold cover suited to their practice (civil liability, personal accident, assistance, repatriation, equipment damage, etc.) and, where appropriate, to take out any additional cover they consider necessary.
How to get to La Cavalerie (Aveyron)
By car
A75 motorway, exit no. 47 "La Cavalerie / Saint-Eulalie-de-Cernon / Gorges de la Dourbie", on the Clermont-Ferrand / Béziers-Montpellier route.
By train
Millau railway station, about 20 km from La Cavalerie, served by the TER Occitanie regional lines.
By bus
Regional liO line no. 681 (Montpellier / La Cavalerie / L'Hospitalet-du-Larzac / Millau) — €2 per journey.
Carpooling
Organise your journey via the WhatsApp group we will set up in early September.
A parking area is planned on the camp site (capacity and access still being confirmed).
Bib pick-up & podiums
Bib pick-up
- Saturday 26 September: 9am – 3.30pm
- Sunday 27 September: 7.30am – 8.30am
Podiums
- Saturday 26 September: 7pm
- Sunday 27 September: 3pm