2012 UTMB® / CCC® / TDS Regulations

ORGANISATION

Les Trailers du Mont Blanc (association law 1901 registered in the official journal of 29/11/ 2003 as n° 1627, Club FFA n° 074060),  organise The North Face® Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc® with the support of the communes of Chamonix, Les Houches, Saint-Gervais, Les Contamines, Hauteluce, Beaufort, Bourg-Saint-Maurice, Seez, La Thuile, Pré Saint-Didier, Courmayeur, Morgex, Orsières (La Fouly, Champex-Lac), Trient and Vallorcine.

EVENTS

The North Face® Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc® is an event, the essence of which is to offer several events deep in the countryside, making use of the well trodden paths of the Mont Blanc and Beaufort regions. Each event is run in one stage, at one’s own speed, but within a time limit.

• The UTMB® [Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc®]: around 168km with about 9,600 metres of height gain, starts from Chamonix, in semi-autonomy and in 46 hours maximum.
• The CCC® [Courmayeur-Champex-Chamonix] around 100km with about 5,950 metres height gain, starts from Courmayeur, in semi-autonomy and in 26 hours maximum
• The TDS^TM [Sur les Traces des Ducs de Savoie]: around 112km with about 7,150 metres height gain, starts from Courmayeur, in semi-autonomy and in 31 hours maximum.
• The PTL^TM [La Petite Trotte à Léon]: this event is appreciably different from the 3 other events and has its own regulations.

CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION

To participate, it is essential:
- To be fully aware of the length and peculiarities of the race and be sufficiently trained for it
- To have acquired, prior to the race, a real capacity for self-sufficiency  in the mountains (1) which permits the management of problems induced by this type of course, and notably:
- To know how to face, without outside help, climatic conditions which can become very difficult due to the altitude (night, wind, cold, fog, rain or snow)
- To have the know how to face the physical and mental problems as a result of extreme fatigue, digestive problems, articular and muscular pain minor wounds…...
- To be fully aware, that it is not the role of the organization to help a runner to overcome these problems and that for such an activity in the mountains security depends upon the capacity of the runner to adapt to the problems encountered, or envisaged.

(1) the participation in other races in order to have the number of necessary points (see the paragraph REGISTRATION CONDITIONS) to be able to register, is useful in acquiring this experience, but it is not always sufficient.

These races are open to anyone, man or women, born in 1992 or before (categories hopefuls to veterans), club member or not.

SEMI AUTONOMY

The individual principle of racing in semi autonomy is the rule.
Semi autonomy is defined as having the capacity to be autonomous between two refreshment posts, not only on the food front but also that of clothing and security, being able to adapt oneself in particular to problems encountered or envisaged (bad weather, physical problems, injuries…)

This principle is implicated in the following rules:

1. Each runner must have all his obligatory equipment with him at all times during the race (see paragraph EQUIPMENT). He carries this equipment in a pack tagged at the race-bib distribution and it must not be changed during the course. At any time during the race, the marshals can verify the bag, its weight and\or its contents. The runner is obliged to accept these controls in a friendly manner, at the risk of exclusion from the race.
   
   
2. Refreshment posts have been supplied with drinks and food to consume on the spot.
   Only plain water (excluding other drinks) is destined for filling-up water bottles or bags. Each runner must be sure to have, upon leaving each refreshment post, the quantity of water and food necessary for them to reach the next refreshment post.
   
   
3. Personal family assistance is only tolerated at certain refreshment points (*), in the zone specifically reserved for this usage and with agreement of the head of post. This assistance can only be assured by one single person, without specific equipment other one than one bag of a volume of 30 litres maximum. All professional assistance (team or professional trainer, doctor or other persons in the medical profession, para-medics...) is strictly forbidden.
   The remainder of the refreshment post is strictly reserved for the runners. You must follow the path scheduled inside the refreshment post if you would like to stop.
   
   
4. It is forbidden, to be accompanied or agree to be accompanied during all or any part of the race by a person not enrolled, outside the tolerance zones indicated close to the refreshment posts.

(*) Personal assistance is tolerated at the following posts:
UTMB® & CCC®: Les Houches, Saint-Gervais, Les Contamines, Les Chapieux, Courmayeur, La Fouly, Champex, Trient, Vallorcine
TDS^TM: La Thuile, Bourg St-Maurice, Cormet de Roselend, Col du Joly, les Contamines, Les Houches
It is forbidden at all other refreshment posts.

ACTION CONCERNING HEALTH MATTERS

The organisation has decided upon the implementation of an internal action concerning health during the 2012 events of The North Face® Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc®. This action has neither the aim nor competence to substitute itself in the place of the current national and international regulations in the anti-doping fight but has for its objective a strengthened medical supervision wished for by the organisation. This action is led by the organisation’s internal Medical Counsel, consisting of doctors, who are able to take the opinions of the experts of its choice and who will be asked to express a consultative opinion to the race Jury on the medical state of the participants.

Each runner agrees to:

• Inform the Organisation’s medical Counsel in the case of the usage of prescriptive drugs under the Authorization of Usage for Therapeutic purposes (AUT) by the procedure available in each runner’s personal area at www.ultratrailmb.com. This information is to be given from the day of the registration in case of an AUT requested or obtained beforehand. Otherwise, it must be made at the latest the 8th day following the request for an AUT and definitely before the start of the race.
• To agree to give any urinary and/or blood, and/or capillary samples and associated analyses requested by the Organisation’s Medical Counsel, with the understanding that expenses incurred for the realization of these samples and the associated analyses are  the direct responsibility of the Organisation.
• To agree to answer to any summons which the Medical Counsel issues on the basis of the information which has been collected from them, so as to decide upon their capacity, or not, to participate in the race for which they are registered. At the conclusion of the interview, the Medical Counsel can propose, to the Race Jury, that the runner is excluded from the race.

ENROLMENT CONDITIONS

The organisation of The North Face® Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc® has established a list of qualifying races for the Ultra-Trail® 2012. Each race included in this list has been attributed with 1, 2, 3 or 4 points. To register, it is necessary to have acquired a minimum number of points by having finished, exclusively in 2010 or 2011, the races in this list:
- to register for the UTMB®, it is necessary to have acquired a minimum of 5 points, in a maximum of  two races
- to register for the CCC®, it is necessary to have acquired a minimum of 1 point
- to register for the TDS^TM, it is necessary to have acquired a minimum of 2 points.

To consulate the full list of regulations regarding qualifying races please consult the “Qualifying Races” page at www.ultratrailmb.com.
In the case of the declaration of races without exact references, non-conformity to the regulations or deceit, the organisation reserves the right to cancel a registration with out the re-funding the admission fee.

A specific medical certificate is required to validate the enrolment. The original must be sent by Post before the 31st May 2012. Failure to submit the medical certificate by this date will result in the cancellation of the registration with a re-imbursement of 40% of the registration fee (less costs).

ACCEPTANCE OF THE REGULATIONS AND OF THE ETHIC OF THE RACE

Taking part in the North Face® Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc® involves accepting without reservation the current regulations and the ethic of the race, which can be consulted at www.ultratrailmb.com

MAXIMUM NUMBER OF RUNNERS

UTMB®: 2300
CCC® (Courmayeur-Champex-Chamonix): 1800
TDS^TM (Sur les Traces des Ducs de Savoie): 1200

ENROLMENT

Enrolment fees:
Enrolment exclusively on the Internet and secured payment by banker’s card:
   - UTMB® : 155 € (*)
   - CCC®: 106 € (*)
   - TDS^TM : 106 € (*)
(*) Of which 1.5 euro per person is an éco participation to finance cleaning, restoration or rehabilitation of footpaths

Engagement fees include all the services described in the present regulations...

The registration for any of these races is firm and final and it is not possible to change races.

GUARANTEE OF ENROLEMENT CANCELLATION

Any person can at the moment of their enrolment subscribe to the cancellation guarantee, averaging an additional charge of 12 € per person to add to enrolment fees on the same payment.
The object of the guarantee is to enable reimbursement of the fees incurred for the enrolment to one of the three races in the case where a runner asks to cancel his enrolment because of the following events:
- an accident, a serious illness or the death of the runner himself/herself.
- a serious illness necessitating hospitalisation or a death one’s spouse or common law husband/wife, one’s parents or one’s children in the first generation, this in the thirty days preceding the event.
In the case of an accident or serious illness to the runner, it is necessary to furnish a medical certificate (with signature and stamp of the doctor) attesting to the contra-indication to taking part in the race. Any other cause of cancellation must be justified by a certificate (with signature and stamp) delivered by the competent authority.
Conditions of indemnity: Any demand for reimbursement must reach us accompanied by the medical certificate, at the last in the 10 days following the event. The demands are treated in the two months which follow the event.

CANCELLATION OF AN ENROLMENT

Any enrolment cancellation must be made by e-mail or by registered mail. No withdrawal can be recorded by telephone or fax.

In the case of cancellation for a cause described in the paragraph above, the competitor can, if they have subscribed to it at the time of their enrolment, make his guarantee of enrolment cancellation function by sending us with his letter of withdrawal the necessary document (see above paragraph).

If an enrolled competitor has not subscribed to the guarantee of enrolment cancellation or desires to cancel his enrolment for a reason not covered by this guarantee, the reimbursement of monies paid at the enrolment can only take place under the following conditions:

Send date	Amount Reimbursed, in % of the amountof the enrolment (ex additional fees)
Before March 15	60%
From March 16 to May 15	50%
From May 16 to July 31	40%
After the 31st July no reimbursement can be made

No exchange of race number is possible.

EQUIPMENT

Obligatory material :

• mobile phone with option enabling its use in the three countries
  (put in one’s repertoire the security numbers of the organisation, keep it switched on, do not hide one’s number and do not forget to set off with recharged batteries)
• personal cup or tumbler 15cl minimum (water bottle not acceptable)
• stock of water minimum 1 litre,
• two torches in good working condition with replacement batteries,
• survival blanket 1.40m x 2m minimum
• whistle,
• adhesive elastic band enable making a bandage or a strapping (mini 100cm x 6 cm),
• food reserve,
• jacket with hood and made with a waterproof (recommendation: minimum 10,000 Schmerber) and breathable (recommendation: RET lower than 13) membrane (Gore-Tex or similar) which will withstand the bad weather in the mountains.
• long running trousers or leggings or a combination of leggings and long socks which cover the legs completely,
• Additional warm midlayer top: One single midlayer long sleeve top for warmth (cotton excluded) with a minimum weight of 180g (Men, size M)
  OR a two piece clothing combination of a long sleeve baselayer/midlayer for warmth (cotton excluded) with a minimum weight of 110g (Men, size M) and a windproof jacket* with DWR (Durable Water Repellent) protection
• cap or bandana
• warm hat
• warm and waterproof gloves
• waterproof over-trousers

* The windproof jacket does not replace the mandatory waterproof jacket with hood

Required by the frontier police forces:

• identity papers

Very strongly recommended

• Knife or scissors with which to cut the self-adhesive elasticised bandage
• walking poles for security on slippery ground in case of rain or snow
• a change of warm clothes indispensable in the case of cold weather, rain or injury
• the sum of 20 euros minimum (in order to cover the unexpected....)

Advised (list not definitive):
Telescopic sticks, change of clothing, compass, knife, string, sun cream, Vaseline or anti-chaffing cream, needle and thread,...

All clothing must be the runner’s size and without alteration since leaving the factory.
You will carry this material in a pack which must be tagged at the race-bib distribution and is not exchangeable during the race.

If you decide to use poles, you must keep them throughout the whole of the race… It is forbidden to start without sticks and recover them up along the way.
No poles will be allowed in the spare’s bags.

RACE BIBS

Every bib is individually handed to each runner

• On production of photographic identity,
• with a 20-euro note (cash only) for the caution for the electronic chips (this sum will be returned at the end of the race)
• your race pack and all you obligatory equipment

The race bib must be worn on the chest or the stomach and must be permanently and fully visible throughout the entire race. It must, therefore, always be positioned over any clothing and cannot for any reason be fixed onto the back or a leg. The name and logo of the sponsors must neither be modified, nor hidden.
The race number is the pass necessary to get to the shuttles, buses, refreshment posts, nurses, rest areas, showers, areas for depositing or recuperating spares bags…Except in the case of refusal to comply with a decision taken by a race official, the race bib is never withdrawn, but in the case of retirement, it is deactivated.

A gift is handed out to each runner when they collect their race bib.

SPARES BAGS

UTMB® : each competitor receives with his/her race bib, one 30-litre bag. Having filled it with the affairs of their choice and having closed it, they can deposit it, at the end of the afternoon, in Chamonix, at the ENSA gymnasium. The bag is transported by the organisation to Courmayeur. When reaching Courmayeur, each runner reclaims their bag. When they leave again, they deposit their bag at the area set aside for this purpose. The bag is then taken back to Chamonix.

CCC® & TDS^TM : each competitor receives, with his race number, one 30-litre bag which he can fill with the affairs of his choice and deposit near the start line in Courmayeur before the start of the race. The bag is then taken back to Chamonix.
 
Recovery of the bags at Chamonix : The bags are handed back either to the competitor or to their entourage, uniquely on presentation of the race number. The bags must have been collected within two hours of the end of the race. After that, the runner will have to come in person recover his bag at his own costs from the organisation, in Chamonix.

The organisation ensures to return the bags of runners who have retired to Chamonix, on condition to having announced their withdrawal. The delay of the return of bags is based on the logistical constraints and the organisation cannot guarantee a complete return of the bags before the end of the race.

Only the bags supplied by the organisation will be transported. Sticks are not transportable in these bags.
The contents of the bags not having been checked, any complaint about the contents on arrival is not acceptable. It is recommended not to put valuable objects in it.
It is recommended to keep toiletry and change of clothing material at Chamonix.

RESCUE AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

First aid posts are positioned at different points throughout the course. These posts are in radio or telephone liaison with Race Control. A medical control team is present during the entire duration of the events at the Chamonix Race Control.

The rescue posts are aimed at bringing help to any person in danger with the means particular to the organisation or registered.

If it appears that a runner is in difficulty or seriously injured to call for assistance :
- go in person to a first aid point
- telephone the course controller
- ask another runner to alert the first aiders

It is essential that each runner helps anybody in danger and alerts the first aid point.

Do not forgot, that due to the problems related to the environment and the type of event, one might have to wait for assistance for longer than anticipated. Your security, therefore, depends upon the quality of the materials that you have in your pack.

A runner calling on a doctor or a rescuer submits himself to their authority and undertakes to accept their decisions.
The first-aiders and official doctors are authorised especially:
- to put any competitor unfit to continue the event out of the race (by invalidating the race bib).
- to evacuate runners whom they judge in danger, by any means at their disposal.
-To hospitalize at their convenience any runners whose state of health requires it.

Expenses resulting from the use of exceptional means of rescue or evacuation will be borne by the rescued person who will also have to assure their return from the point where they will have been evacuated. The only resort is for the runner to constitute and present a dossier to his personal insurance within the deadline given.
 
If for any reason it is impossible to make contact with the course controller, you can call the rescue services direct (especially if you find yourselves in a zone « urgences seulement/sos only »)
- 112 from France
- 118 from Italy
- 144 from Switzerland

An infirmary will be open in Chamonix for the duration by the event. Runners who have a severe medical problem may make use of it.

Each runner must stay on the way-marked paths, even to sleep. Any runner who voluntarily leaves the way-marked path is no longer under the responsibility of the organisation.

CONTROL AND REFRESHMENTS POSTS

Every runner will be provided with electronic chips fixed to the race bib and\or to the wrist. The runners will be penalized for not permanently having their chips.

A control is carried out on the arrival of any rescue or refreshment post.
Unexpected control posts are set up in places other than the rescue and refreshment posts. Their position is not communicated by the organisation.

Only the runners carrying a visible and duly controlled race number have access to the refreshment posts.
The course guide will identify the precise list of refreshments points.
2 types of refreshments are offered:

• Refreshments of drinks only (plain water, sparkling water, energizing drinks, Cola, coffee, tea, noodle soup).
• Complete refreshments: drinks (as above) +  cereal or energizing bars, sweet cakes, chocolate, bananas, oranges, raisins, prunes, salty biscuits, cheese, sausage, bread.

Furthermore, a hot dish is offered in Chapieux and in Courmayeur for the UTMB®, at Champex for the UTMB® and the CCC®, at the Cormet de Roselend for the TDS^TM.
An end of race meal is served in Chamonix.

To avoid the wastage of disposable plastic cups during the race, every runner has to equip himself with a tumbler with a minimum volume of 15cl. Attention, bottles are not tumblers!
All the same due to the volume of runners, disposable tumblers will be distributed at the first three refreshment posts of the UTMB® (Les Houches, Saint-Gervais and Les Contamines) and of the CCC® (Bertone, Bonatti, Arnuva) as well as the first refreshment post for the TDS^TM (Col Checrouit-Maison Vieille).

A small pouch for collecting their rubbish is handed to every runner with their race bib. Every runner seen throwing down their litter along the route will be penalized.

Trash cans are provided in large numbers at every refreshment post and must be used.

MAXIMUM AUTHORISED TIME AND TIME BARRIERS

The maximum time for the event, for the totality of the course, is fixed at:
- UTMB® : 46 hours
- CCC® : 26 hours
- TDS^TM : 31 hours

The time limits for leaving (time barriers) of the principle control posts will be marked and written in the course guide.

These time barriers are calculated to enable participants to reach the Finish in the maximum time imposed, while making possible stops (rest, meal…) To be authorised to continue the event, runners must set off again from the control post before the fixed time limit (whatever their arrival hour at the control post).

Any competitor excluded from the race and wishing to continue his race can only do so after returning his race number, at his own responsibility and in complete autonomy.

In the case of poor meteorological conditions and/or for reasons of safety, the organisation reserves the right to stop the event underway or to modify the time barriers.

REST AND SHOWERS

Uniquely for UTMB® : at Les Chapieux, Courmayeur and Champex each competitor can benefit from a rest area (with camp beds and blankets).

Both races: a rest area is available in Chamonix for all runners.
This room is strictly reserved for runners who have just finished their race.
This by no means constitutes, in any from, an accommodation solution for an entire night. Runners having completed their race by Saturday and wishing to prolong their stay must take care of their own accommodation.

It is possible to take a hot shower, only at the arrival.
Throughout the course, showers - when there is one - are only available on medical advice.

Access to the rest area and to the showers at the arrival is strictly limited to runners in bare feet (a bag is supplied to you at the entrance for your shoes)

ABANDONMENT AND REPATRIATION

Except for injury, a runner must not retire anywhere else other than at a control point. He must therefore inform the person in charge of the post, who definitively invalidates his race bib, recuperates the electronic chips and gives him a ticket which he has to present at the finish area with his race bib to recuperate his caution.
 
The runner keeps his invalidated race bib because it is still his pass for shuttles, buses, meals, care rooms…
Repatriation will be decided on by the post leader, based on the following general rules :

• Buses are available from certain refreshment posts indicated by a pictogram “bus” on the event route maps to repatriate runners, who abandon, back to Chamonix.
• Runners who abandon at another rescue or refreshment post but whose state of health does not necessitate being evacuated must get back as quickly as possible and by their own means to the closest repatriation point.
• Concerning the refreshment or rescue posts accessible to cars or four-wheel drive
  • During the closure of the post, the organisation can, in the measure of means available, repatriate the runners having retired and still present at the post
  • ln the case of unfavourable weather conditions justifying partial or total closure of the race, the organisation ensures the repatriation as soon as possible of those runners having retired.

In case of abandonment before a control point, it is imperative to return to the previous control point and inform the post leader of one’s abandonment.
If, during this return, the runner meets the end of race sweepers, it is them who invalidate the race bib. The runner is then no longer under the organisation’s control.

WAY MARKERS

For better night vision, the way markers include a section of yellow reflective material which will be easily visible with a head torch.
ATTENTION: if you can not see any more markers, retrace your steps!
With respect for the environment no paint will be used on the paths.

It is imperative that you follow the paths with the markers without taking short cuts. In effect, short cutting the paths leads to erosion which damages the site.

FINISH

At the finish, a volunteer will collect your electronic chips and return your caution. You will, then, receive your finisher’s gift.

PENALTY - DISQUALIFICATION

Race officials present on the course, and those in charge of different control and refreshment posts are authorised to uphold regulations and to immediately (*) impose a penalty for non-respect, based on the following chart :

BREACH OF RULES	PENALTY (*) – DISQUALIFICATION
Taking a serious shortcut	Penalty 1 hour
Not a serious shortcut but one away from any path or via a closed shortcut	Penalty ¼ hour
Lacking obligatory safety equipment (no minimum water supply of 1 litre, no waterproof jacket with hood, no torch, no survival blanket, no mobile phone)	Immediate disqualification
Lacking other obligatory equipment (running trousers or leggings, 1 single torch, cap or bandana, hat, warm long sleeved clothing whistle, adhesive elastic band, food reserves, cup/tumbler, waterproof over-trousers, warm and waterproof gloves	Penalty 1 hour
Refuse to have obligatory equipment checked out	Disqualification
Throwing away rubbish (voluntary act) by a competitor or a member of their team	Penalty 1 hour
Not respecting people (organisation or runners)	Penalty 1 hour
Not helping someone in difficulty	Penalty 1 hour
Receiving help outside authorised zones	Penalty 1 hour
Being accompanied along the course outside the tolerance zones clearly marked close to the refreshment posts	Penalty ¼ hour
Cheating (e.g.: using transport, sharing race number,…)	Immediate disqualification and for life
Race number not visible	Penalty ¼ hour
Not wearing the race number in the correct manner	Penalty ¼ hour (during which the runner adjusts his race number in the correct manner)
Recognised dangerous attitude (e.g.: sticks with unprotected points pointing at the runners or the spectators)	Penalty ¼ hour
Lacking an electronic chip	Depending on the Race Jury
Not passing through a control point	Depending on the Race Jury
Refusal to comply with an order from race control, from a race official, from a head of post, from a doctor or from a rescue worker	Disqualification
Refusal to accept an anti-drug test	The runner will be sanctioned as if found guilty of taking drugs
Departure from a control post after the hour limitation	Disqualification
Pack not tagged	1 hour penalty
Use of sticks not carried with you at the beginning of the race	1 hour penalty

(*) Penalties of ¼ hour or of one hour are applicable immediately, meaning that the runner must interrupt their race during the entire duration of the penalty.

Any other breach of the rules will be the object of a sanction decided on by the Race Jury.

ANTI-DRUG CONTROL

Any competitor can be submitted to an anti-drug control before, during or at the end of a race. If he/she refuses or abstains, the sportsman or woman is treated as if found guilty of taking drugs.

COMPLAINTS

All objections must be in writing and lodged with the course director, with a caution of 100 (one hundred) euros (non-returnable if the objection is not valid), within two hours of the arrival of the runner concerned.

EVENT JURY

This is made up of:
- a representative of the runners
- the President of the Trailers du Mont-Blanc
- the Course Director
- and relevant people chosen for their competences by the president and course director

The jury is authorised to give a ruling in the time compatible within the imperatives of the race on all the objections lodged during the event. The decisions will be without appeal.

MODIFICATIONS TO THE COURSE OR TO THE TIME BARRIERS; CANCELLATION OF THE RACE

The organisation reserves the right to modify at any moment the route and the positioning of the rescue and refreshment posts, without warning.
In the case of unfavourable weather conditions (important quantities of rain or snow at altitude, strong risk of storms….) the start may only be postponed by a maximum several hours, after that time the race is cancelled.

In the case of poor meteorological conditions, and for reasons of safety, the organisation reserves the right to stop the event underway or to modify the time barriers.

In case of cancellation of an event, for whatever reason, decided more than 15 days before the date of the start of the race, a partial refund of the registration fees will be made. The amount of this refund will be fixed so as to allow the organisation to cover all irredeemable expenses committed, up to the date of the cancellation. In case of a cancellation decided less than 15 days before the departure or in case of interruption of the race, for whatever the reason, no refund of the registration fee will be made

INSURANCE

Civil responsibility:
The organiser has taken out civil responsibility insurance for the duration of the event. This civil responsibility insurance guarantees the financial consequences of its responsibility, of that of its officials and of the participants.
Individual accident:
Each competitor must be in the possession of an individual accident insurance covering possible costs for search and evacuation in France, in Italy and in Switzerland. Such insurance can be taken out with any organisation of the competitor’s choice in particular with the French Federation of Athletics via the subscription of the ‘Pass’ Running’ or membership

NB: helicopter-borne evacuations in Switzerland and Italy are not free of charge nor are the evacuations made in France by a private helicopter. The choice of the evacuation depends exclusively on the organisation, which will systematically the prioritise the runners’ security

GUIDE

A guide is down-loadable from www.ultratrailmb.com from the month of June or is sent during the month of June exclusively to the runners who have requested it at their registration (10€ costs). It includes in particular practical information such as the cut off times, refreshment posts, rescue posts, care posts, as well as access points for accompanying persons.

RANKINGS AND REWARDS

For the 3 races, only the runners arriving at Chamonix (UTMB®, CCC® and TDS^TM) are classed.
No monetary prize is handed out; all the runners classed in the same race receive the same specific allocation.
For each race, a general classification man and woman and a classification for each category man and woman are established: the first 10 men and the first 5 women in the general classification, as well as the first 3 from each category receive a trophy and a prize

INDIVIDUAL SPONSORS

Competitors who are sponsored may only have the sponsor's logos on their clothing or equipment used during the race. All other publicity accessories (flags, banners) are forbidden at all points of the race including at the finish, at the risk of penalties imposed by the jury.

PHOTO COPYRIGHT

Every competitor relinquishes their claim to photographic copyright during the event, and he relinquishes any recourse against the organiser and against his approved partners for the use of his image. Only the organisation can pass on these rights for the image in any media, via an accreditation or an adapted license.
Ultra-Trail®, Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc®, UTMB®, CCC®, TDS^TM and PTL^TM are legal trademarks. Any communication about the event or use of photographs of the event must be made respecting the name of the event, the trademarks and with the official agreement of the organisation.