Regulation
SHERRY BIKE
The present regulations may be corrected, modified or improved at any time by the Organisation, as well as any other data, rule or section for the optimum running of the race. The fact of registering shows the participant’s conformity with these regulations.
These regulations will be of strict compliance for all participants of the event called SHERRY BIKE. Any incident not covered herein will be resolved by the Jury of the SHERRY BIKE, the Sports Director of the event, a Member of the Organization and a Representative of the Runners.
Table of contents of the regulation
Art.1 ORGANIZATION
The SHERRY BIKE race is organised by TerraIncognita Global SL.
Art.2 RACE
The SHERRY BIKE is a sporting mountain bike competition that will run between the city of Jerez de la Frontera and the sea of vineyards that surround the city and form part of the Marco del Jerez. The Sherry Bike has two modalities: SHERRY BIKE MARATHON and SHERRY BIKE MEDIA.
The SHERRY BIKE MARATHON will take place on Saturday 3rd May 2025 in the city of Jerez de la Frontera, Cadiz, with a route of 77,2 kms.
The START of the race is at 8:30h from the Bodega las Copas de Gonzalez Byass, Jerez.
The finish line is located at the Bodega las Copas de Gonzalez Byass (Jerez) and will be open until 17:00.
The SHERRY BIKE MEDIA is a less physically demanding type of SHERRY BIKE that will take place on Saturday 3rd May 2025 in the city of Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz, with a distance of 46,7kms.
The START of the race is at 9:00h from the Bodega las Copas de Gonzalez Byass (Jerez).
The finish line is located at the Bodega las Copas de Gonzalez Byass (Jerez) and will be open until 15:00.
Art.3 SPORTS BEHAVIOUR AND RESPECT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
The SHERRY BIKE is held with absolute respect for the environment.
Participants must respect the environment in which the event takes place and keep the surroundings clean. To this end, they must eat and drink WITHOUT LEAVING ANY CONTAINERS OUTSIDE THE CONTAINERS provided for this purpose.
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS POINT WILL RESULT IN THE IMMEDIATE DISQUALIFICATION OF THE RUNNER, who may be disqualified by a simple statement from any member of the organising team of the Race.
Participants will be disqualified from the competition if they show violent behaviour or throw rubbish into nature. It is compulsory to respect crops, livestock and private property in general.
Participants will be responsible for any damage caused as a consequence of this type of behaviour.
It is strictly forbidden to receive external help or refreshments during the race outside the points provided by the Organization: these will coincide with the official refreshment points of the race.
Art.4 PARTICIPATION AND REGISTRATION
Participation in the Sherry Bike Marathon and Sherry Bike Media implies being of legal age on the day of the race.
Participation will be open to all those who correctly formalise both the REGISTRATION and the payment stipulated for the races.
The registration fee is published in the section REGISTRATION.
Registration for the SHERRY BIKE implies the acceptance of the rules and the adequate preparation of the participant for the event, being aware of the geographical and weather conditions that can be found in the environment where the event takes place. In this sense, the participant exempts the Organization from any possible health problems that may arise from their participation in the SHERRY BIKE.
Riders registered for the event understand that they participate voluntarily and under their own responsibility in the event, and therefore, exonerate the Organisation of the event from all responsibility, and agree not to denounce the organising entity, collaborators, sponsors and other participants; nor to initiate any civil liability claims against the aforementioned parties.
Art. 5 REFUND OF THE REGISTRATION FEE
Once the registration has been formalised, the refund will only be 50% up to 30 days before the race. The runner may take out a cancellation insurance at the time of registration in order to receive 100% of the registration fee in the event of cancellation.
Only requests for refunds for cancellations sent 15 days before the event will be accepted.
All refunds will be made within 30 days from the date of acceptance of the request.
Once the cancellation request has been made, the place becomes available to the Organisation, who will give it to the candidate at the top of the waiting list at that time, if there is one.
Art.6 BIBS NUMBERS
Bib numbers and runner’s bag can only be collected at the Alcázar on Friday from 11-14h and 17-20h. For those runners who cannot collect their bibs on Friday, they will be able to do so on Saturday from 7:00 to 8:30.
The participant will be obliged to wear the bib number during the whole race, always on the front of the bike, in a totally visible way.
Each bib number is personal and non-transferable. The bib must be collected by the bib holder or by a third party as long as they present express authorisation from the bib holder and a photocopy of their ID card and/or passport.
Each participant will be assigned a bib number which will be determined randomly in all cases, except for the first numbers which will be determined by the Organisation.
Art.7 RECOMMENDED TECHNICAL MATERIAL
The organisers recommend that SHERRY BIKE riders carry the following equipment for the event:
- Mobile phone with a charged battery.
- Watertight bottles and/or bags for liquids: With a minimum total capacity of 1L.
- Sunglasses.
- Sun cream: Total protection.
- Electrolytes and/or mineral salts.
- Food reserve: bars, gels, fruit, etc….
- Backpack suitable for the volume of the material and the pace of the race.
- Mechanical spare parts for punctures.
Art.8 CHECKPOINTS, REFRESHMENT AND ASSISTANCE POINTS
The race route will be signposted with marker tape and specific signage created for the race. The race route will be published on the official website of the race. Any change or modification will be made public by the same means.
Each participant must follow the entire marked route, without skipping the signs and passing through all the checkpoints.
It is strictly forbidden to receive external assistance or refreshments during the race outside the points provided by the Organisation: these will coincide with the official refreshment points of the race. Similarly, it is forbidden to be accompanied by other people who are not registered participants in the race.
At each refreshment point there will be a specific closing time, and it is essential to pass before the established closing time in order to be able to continue in the race.
Each refreshment point will have food and drink which will vary depending on the kilometre where it is located. Food and drink must be consumed at the refreshment post in sufficient quantity to guarantee the necessary energy reserves to be able to reach the next refreshment post, except for water, which can also be taken from the tanks and reservoirs carried by the runner.
In order to use the refreshment post it will be essential to wear the race bib.
Art.9 GUARDIAN SERVICE
The organisers will have a cloakroom service where runners can leave their belongings, located at the start area in the Bodega Las Copas.
The cloakroom will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Saturday 3 May.
CONSIDERATIONS
Please do not leave valuables in the bags. The Organization is not responsible for the objects handed in.
Art.10 AUTHORISED VEHICLES
The only vehicles allowed to follow the race will be those accredited by the Organisation. It is strictly forbidden to follow the runners in any type of motor vehicle or vehicle on wheels (skates, bicycles, etc…), and the Local Police will be expressly ordered to remove them from the circuit. A broom vehicle will be available at the tail end of the race to pick up runners who for any reason do not wish or are unable to follow the race. Runners who are not in a position to keep to the scheduled closing time for the control of the activity, following instructions from any member of the organisation, must get into the vehicle or abandon the race.
Art.11 MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND EMERGENCIES
Throughout the race there will be several medical and security teams that will be coordinated with 112 by the central management of the SHERRY BIKE.
These teams will be distributed among the different refreshment posts and the runner will be able to request their help or assistance if needed.
Random or general medical checks may be carried out at certain points. Refusal to carry out a check-up or disrespect to the doctor or assistant who requests it will result in the immediate invalidation of the race bib.
All runners will submit to the doctor’s judgement whenever he/she so requests, the assessment of the medical team taking precedence over any other, whereby the doctors may:
- Eliminate from the race (by cancelling the race bib) any runner they consider unfit to continue.
- Order the evacuation of any runner they consider to be in danger.
- Order the hospitalisation of any runner when this is considered necessary.
Art.12 ABANDONMENTS
Abandonments must be made at the Control Points. If, due to accident or injury, the runner is immobilised and cannot reach a checkpoint, he/she will activate the rescue operation by contacting the organisation by telephone using the Emergency Mobile Telephone.
Once at the refreshment post, the runner will communicate his/her desire to abandon the race to the person in charge of the refreshment post so that he/she can cancel his/her bib and identify him/her as having withdrawn.
It must be taken into account that only at the refreshment posts, indicated as points with RETREAT CONTROL, will there be means of transport to evacuate runners who abandon the race.
In the event that the withdrawn runner chooses to return by his own means, he must also inform the person in charge of the refreshment post of his abandonment so that the latter can cancel his bib and identify him as having withdrawn, otherwise the Organisation will consider him to be lost and will activate the rescue alarm.
Art.13 MODIFICATION OF THE ROUTE OR SUSPENSION OF THE RACE
In the event of bad weather conditions or force majeure, the organisers reserve the right to suspend, neutralise or modify the time slots and/or the route of the race and/or the race.
Art.14 PENALTIES AND DISQUALIFICATIONS
The Race Direction as well as any member of the Organisation shall monitor the application of the Rules and are empowered to immediately apply the following penalties or disqualifications:
DESCRIPTION OF THE FAULT
- Departure from the marked course even if it does not represent a major shortcut, but which takes place outside the marked route. Penalty 10 min.
- Departure from the marked course representing an important short cut. Penalty 30 min, 1st warning. Disqualification, 2nd warning.
- Accompaniment by a person not registered for the race. Penalty 30 min, 1st warning. Disqualification 2nd warning.
- Individual assistance outside the radius of a refreshment post. Penalty 15 min, 1st warning. Disqualification 2nd warning.
- Littering on the course. Disqualification.
- Failure to assist a person in difficulty (injury, severe exhaustion, hypothermia, etc.). Disqualification and prohibition to participate in future editions.
- Failure to pass a Check Point. Disqualification.
- Refusal to undergo a medical check or an equipment check. Disqualification.
- Removing or changing the marks set by the organisation. Disqualification and prohibition to participate in future editions.
- Use of a means of transport. Passing the bib to another runner. Disqualification and prohibition to participate in future editions.
- Abandoning the race without notifying the organisation. Disqualification and prohibition to participate in future editions.
- Failure to complete the entire route by bike in the place marked by the organisers. Disqualification.
- Failure to wear the bib number on the front of the bike and in a visible place. Warning + Disqualification.
- Spending more time than the time established by the organisers to complete the entire route, as well as exceeding the maximum time limits established for each section. Disqualification.
Art.15 CATEGORIES, CLASSIFICATIONS AND TROPHIES
Sherry Bike has the following categories:
● MTB (MTB bikes without motorized assistance)
● GRAVEL
● E-MTB (limited to 25km/h)
The categories established for each SHERRY BIKE category will be the following:
● MTB – ABSOLUTE MEN (18 years and older. Turning 18 years old before the event takes place)
● MTB – ABSOLUTE WOMEN (18 years and older. Turning 18 years old before the event takes place)
● GRAVEL – ABSOLUTE MEN (18 years and older. Turning 18 years old before the event takes place)
● GRAVEL – ABSOLUTE WOMEN (18 years and older. Turning 18 years old before the event takes place)
● E-MTB – ABSOLUTE MALE (18 years and older. Turn 18 years old before the event takes place)
● E-MTB – ABSOLUTE FEMALE (18 years and older. Turn 18 years old before the event takes place)
Subcategories (MTB mode only).
● U23 MALE (18 to 22 years old, who do not turn 24 in the year of reference)
● U23 FEMALE (18 to 22 years old, who do not turn 23 in the year of reference)
● ELITE MALE (23 to 29 years old. Turned in the year of the competition)
● ELITE FEMALE (23 to 29 years old. Turned in the year of the competition)
● MASTER 30 MALE (30 to 39 years old. Turned in the year of the competition)
● MASTER 30 FEMALE (30 to 39 years old. Turned in the year of the competition)
● MASTER 40 MALE (From 40 to 49 years old. Turned in the year of the competition)
● MASTER 40 FEMALE (From 40 to 49 years old. Turned in the year of the competition) 40 to 49 years old. Completed the year of the competition)
● MASTER 50 MALE (From 50 to 59 years old. Completed the year of the competition)
● MASTER 50 FEMALE (From 50 to 59 years old. Completed the year of the competition)
● MASTER 60 MALE (From 60 years old and older, completed the year of the competition)
● MASTER 60 FEMALE (From 60 years old and older, completed the year of the competition)
Trophies will be awarded to the top three finishers in the Absolute category and in each established subcategory, both male and female.
The Sherry Bike is a federated event, so the criteria for the categories are governed by the ages established in said regulations.
Failure to attend the trophy presentation ceremony will be understood as a waiver of the trophies or prizes obtained. Any delegation to another person to collect the trophies and prizes must be known and authorized by the Organization at least 3 hours prior to the presentation.
Art.16 IMAGE RIGHTS
Acceptance of these Regulations necessarily implies that the participant authorizes TerraIncognita Global SL to take photographs and film his/her participation in any of the Sherry Bike modalities, and gives his/her consent for the dissemination, commercial and advertising exploitation of all images taken during the Sherry Bike, in which he/she is clearly identifiable, without the right on the part of the runner to receive any financial compensation. TerraIncognita Global SL reserves the exclusive right to the image of the Sherry Bike, as well as the audiovisual, photographic and journalistic exploitation of the competition. Any media or advertising project must have the prior express written consent of the organization. Otherwise, any legal action deemed appropriate will be taken.
Art.17 DATA PROTECTION
In compliance with the provisions of Organic Law 15/1999 of December 13, on the Protection of Personal Data, we inform participants that their personal data will become part of a file called “Participants in Sports Events”, owned by the entity TerraIncognita Global SL for the purpose of managing the organization, execution and dissemination of sporting events, the publication of the classifications, as well as the security of its participants. The recipients of this data are the entity itself. The participant is responsible for the veracity and correctness of the data provided and has the right to exercise their rights of access, rectification, cancellation and opposition of their data in the area recognized by Organic Law 3/2018, of December 5, on the Protection of Personal Data and guarantee of digital rights. To exercise them, you must write to TerraIncognita Global SL at the address info@terraincognita.group
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