General Information

SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE ORGANIZER

• Organization of the Ötztaler Cycling Marathon
• Breakdown service on the course – replacement parts must be paid separately
• 4 refreshment stations + 1 station providing drinks + drinks service in the finish area
• 1 pasta dish and 1 drink after the Ötztaler Cycling Marathon on Sunday at Freizeit Arena
• Drinks on the flight at Jaufen pass and on the way up to Timmelsjoch pass
• Massages available for free along the track
• Regeneration facilities at different spots along the marathon course
• Certificate on the spot or download via Internet
• Finisher pin
• Video productions for several broadcasting companies
• Honorary prizes and non monetary prizes for the first three of every category.
  The 5 best teams also receive honorary prizes and non monetary prizes
• Cycling exhibition
• High-quality Ötztaler Finisher cycling shirt
• Entertaining side program
• List of results published in the Ötztaler Nachrichten magazine
• Rankings and results in the Internet
• Every participant, no matter if Finisher or not, receives a DVD with picture stories of the 2008 Ötztaler Cycling Marathon, result lists and plenty of photos.
• Ötztaler Marathon Book: "ICH HABE EINEN TRAUM“ (in German) – available at a special rate € 29 (instead of € 39).

PICK-UP OF STARTING NUMBERS
Numbers are handed out at the tennis center of Freizeit Arena in Sölden upon presentation of the starting place confirmation. Please read the general terms and conditions and sign them before you pick up your number. Always take a valid ID card with you.

Opening times 
Friday, 29.08.2008 from 2 pm to 8 pm
Saturday, 30.08.2008 from 11 am to 10 pm
Sunday, 31.08.2008 from 5 am to 6 am

CATEGORIES
Women's and Men's Class,
General Class up to 35 years - 1973,
Master Class 1: up to 50 years - 1958,
Master Class 2: up to 60 years - 1948,
Master Class 3: over 60 years + 1947
Team competition for 5+ participants per club. Condition: The name of the club/team must be the same for all members already when they register.

TEAM COMPETITION
Teams and clubs with a minimum of 5 participants take part in the team competition automatically if the name of the team entered in the registration form is exactly the same (100%). There is no separate entry fee for the team competition.

PRIZE CEREMONY
The prize ceremony will take place on the occasion of a short entertaining program on Sunday, 31 August, at 9.00 pm in the sports hall of Freizeit Arena. The special honorary prizes and wonderful non-monetary prizes are only presented personally to the cyclists. Cups can also be picked up by substitutes after the prize ceremony while the non-monetary prizes will be no longer valid. Cups and non-monetary prizes can not be sent either. We are pleased to give you a warm welcome and to celebrate together the end of this great sports event. Additionally, we are extremely proud of the winners and all the others who conquered the Ötztaler Cycling Marathon. The following categories and classes will receive a prize: overall winner (female and male), the three best cyclists of every category and the five best teams. After the festive ceremony 2 non-monetary prizes will be drawn by lot among the present cyclists. More details will be announced during the cyclists' meeting on Saturday, 30 August, at 7.30 pm in the Freizeit Arena.

ALTERATIONS
The organizing committee reserves the right to change program. All official alterations can be checked on the official Ötztaler Cycling Marathon website. Program changes and notifications will be announced on the occasion of the cyclists' meeting and on the information boards at the Freizeit Arena. Announced changes and alterations are valid and binding.

DISQUALIFICATION
The participation in the race with another person’s starting number, the passing on of your own number to another cyclist and any other violation of the rules established by the organizing committee is strictly forbidden and will result in a disqualification not only for this race but also for the coming two editions of the Ötztaler Cycling Marathon.

CANCELLATION OF THE EVENT 
If the event has to be cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances the organizing committee reserves the right to refund only 50% of the entry fee.

THANKS
More than 600 persons help in organizing the great Ötztaler Cycling Marathon, most of them are volunteers who work free of charge. We would like to give special thanks to Sölden’s housewives for baking cakes and preparing sweets, and to the entire volunteer staff at the refreshment stations. We thank the following people for their supreme efforts and their sense of responsibility: the security staff, the police, the local authorities, the doctors, the countless ambulance teams and fire departments from North Tirol and the Italian Tyrol. THANK YOU!