1) Press conference last week Friday in Bad Dürrheim for the regional media was a big success. A social and touristic work program was also presented.

2) Newly look: Team sprint on Saturday the 30th of September (1.000 meters) for teams of each three riders (editorial or country). Mixteams men + women are possible. No age limit.

3) Due to the RiderMan, which runs at the same time to the WPCC, it is advisable to book early suitable overnight accommodation. Ask for special rates for press / participants of the WPCC.

4) First registrations have already been received.

5) The organizer Sauser GmbH brings a maximum of cycling experience (18 years of RiderMan (2.000 participants from 25 countries) + stage of the Germany Tour + GP BLack Forest + German Championships (2001) + Stage funbike race during the Tour de Suisse + candidate for the UCI Cycling World Championship (2004) etc., etc.

6) Sportshistory: Bad Dürrheim is home of Dominic Weinstein, UCI-World Champion (2011 – junior / track) + the region is home of the UCI-World Champion Heinz Müller (1952 – pro / road racing).

7) This year, the region celebrates the 200th birthday of the bicycle > draisine / vélocipède by the famous inventor Karl Freiherr von Drais (Karlsruhe (*1785 / + 1851).

8) This year’s championship / WPCC in the beautiful city of Bad Dürrheim and the world famous Black Forest is a premiere. Never before has a WPCC been held in Germany.

Fore more informations + registrations: de.wpcc2017.de/

We would like to invite you to participate in the 18th World Press Cycling Championships. These will take place from 29th of september to 1st of october 2017 in Bad Dürrheim/Black Forest, in the southern part of Germany near the Swiss border. In addition to the traditional competitions of individual time trial and road race, the team sprint will be presented with a WPCC premiere in 2017. We have put together some first information about this event on our new homepage www.wpcc2017.de. There you will also find our image video from the Rothaus RiderMan 2016, in whose structure the WPCC 2017 will be integrated. The online registration and more detailled information abour the race programm and the side events will be available until end of january 2017!

As communicated by the UCI on February 22nd, members of the press driving a vehicle during UCI WorldTour events must, in addition to holding a “Licence for a vehicle driver in a road event,” also be in possession of a “Driver’s certificate delivered by the UCI.”

To meet demand, the UCI has decided to organise an additional course, at 11am on Monday July11th, the day before the Tour de Pologne.

Two other courses, already scheduled, will take place in the coming months: at 10:30am on Friday July 1st before the Tour de France, and at 11am on Friday August 19th, before the Vuelta a España.

People wishing to register are asked to send an e-mail to uciworldtour@uci.ch with the subject “Driver’s certificate.”

Photographers

– Only photographers with a red bib will work in the track centre and have access to the track

– Photographers with a yellow bib will be based in the press room on the ground floor and will have access to the spectator concourse and to a defined number of designated photographers’ spots on the concourse (gallery); the track centre will be accessible during the medal ceremonies; a system of temporary and regulated access to the track centre, which will be explained in a later communication, will be provided by the UCI in collaboration with the organiser.

– As for all UCI World Championships, bib allocation will be taken care by the UCI in coordination with the organiser.

Written press

– Journalists will be divided between the media tribunes in the spectator stands and the press room on the ground floor

– Journalists based in the tribunes will have permanent access to the track centre

– Journalists based in the press room will have access to the track centre during the medal ceremonies and on a temporary basis according to a system set up by the UCI in collaboration with the organiser

– A mixed zone for all journalists will be set up close to the victory podium

– A list of national teams’ press officers will be distributed to all journalists on site; in order to respect the areas reserved for teams, we would ask journalists wishing to interview riders outside the times of the medal ceremonies to contact the communications person of the relevant team and to favour the mixed zone for interviews.

As the deadline for on-line accreditation requests is Monday February 8th 2016, midnight CET we encourage journalists and photographers to register as soon as possible.

Je vous transmets la nouvelle réglementation sortie en ce début d’année concernant l’obligation pour tout pilote en course de posséder une licence auprès de sa fédération nationale.

Nous sommes conscients que ces nouvelles dispositions sont annoncées tardivement. C’est pour cette que nous serons tolérant sur les premières courses de début de saison mais nous vous demandons de bien vouloir régulariser la situation au plus vite auprès de vos affiliés. Bien évidemment, des contrôles seront effectués pour que cette règle soit appliquée et nous laissons un délai jusqu’au départ du Giro.

Restant à votre disposition et vous souhaitant bonne réception de la présente, recevez M. Kerckhoffs, mes sincères salutations,

Philippe Chevallier

Directeur Sport et Technique

Sport and Technical Director

Union Cycliste Internationale

CH – 1860 Aigle

Amendment of regulations 2013
Lettre modifications règlementaires 2013

A quelques jours de l’Assemblée Générale Élective où il briguera un deuxième mandat et au regard du contexte international,

David LAPPARTIENT, Président de la Fédération Française de Cyclisme, donnera une Conférence de Presse, Mercredi 6 Février 2013 à 10h15 précises, au siège de notre Fédération, 5 Rue de Rome – Bâtiment Jean Monet – 93561 Rosny-sous-Bois cedex.

A cette occasion, les thèmes suivants seront abordés:

1- Réforme du cyclisme mondial : contribution innovante de la FFC ;

2- Création d’un projet de haut niveau unique au monde ;

3- Actualités du cyclisme mondial et européen.

La Conférence de presse se déroulera dans la salle de réunion située au rez-de-chaussée du bâtiment à droite.

Pour accéder au parking le code de la barrière est le suivant : *1967

Un accueil café sera mis à votre disposition à partir de 9h30.