The competitor bears the cost. At the moment of your registration and picking your number/promo-package, please have ready a document confirming your payment for the race.
Note: If case of a single registration without UCI / UDACE/ UISP license, an additional payment of 7 € is required along with the entry fee.
At the moment of your registration and picking your number/promo-package, please have ready a document confirming your payment for the race.

Additional info regarding registration and payment of participation fee:
We would like to inform you that your registration for Istria Granfondo is completed at the moment of online registration on the web-site www.stotinka.hr and payment of full participation fee.

If you registered yourself online and didn't pay participation fee, you're still non-registered. At the moment of picking the number (on Saturday or on Sunday) you'll have to pay participation fee for the late registration.

For all the foreign participants (outside Croatia) that payed participation fee but only in partial amount (due to banking fee), it will be allowed to pay the difference to the full amount of participation fee at the moment of picking the number on Saturday or Sunday.

Number assignment:

- Friday, 30th September from 16.00 till 20.00, at the Info point (tennis center Stella Maris) in Umag
- Saturday, 1th October from 7.00 till 9.00 at the Info point (tennis center Stella Maris) in Umag

Entry fee includes:

The signposted course; race number holder; professional timing; mechanical help in the start area; medical assistance; free parking; food stops along the course; pasta party; online results; bike washing at the finish; showers; shuttle service for bikers (broom service)

Timing:

The race is timed by "Stotinka" with a transponder chip. The participants will get one with their start number, including installation on their protective helmet.

Prizes:

Prices in objects and gift packages will be distributed among the categories. Medals and cups will be awarded to the best riders, too.
Hotel companies from Umag and Novigrad will grant the best competitors and their partners with an accomodation in its hotels and appartments.
Individual prizes: top 5 in each category
Special prizes: the first three teams with the highest number of registered athletes

Prize giving ceremonies:

Saturday, October 1th, 2016 after the event in Umag (tenis centar Stella Maris) at 14:45 p.m. for the marathon Istria Granfondo Small and at 16:00 for the marathon Istria Granfondo Classic.
All winner are asked to be on the podium punctually - if you can not be there, please announce it at the Infopoint.

Courses:

There will be 2 courses:
Istria Granfondo - long course, km 141 (1.440 m altitude)
Istria Granfondo - short course, km 88 (720 m altitude)

Long course:

Short course:

General rules:

The event applies the road bike technical rules of the HBS - Croatian Cycling Union, the UCI International Road Bike Regulations and the general regulations of the UCI. The organizer will not be held accountable for civil and legal responsibilities of the competitors towards third parties. The event will take place regardless the weather conditions.
The Organiser keeps right to change any race regulation without prior notice.

Complaints:

According to the book of regulations by placing the deposit of 200 kn (25 Euro). For a complaint for the in-race period deadline is 15 minutes after the finish. For a complaint regarding the results deadline is 15 minutes after results have been posted (published by a President of the Commissaires panel).

Additional information:

a) The paths SMALL and CLASSIC split in Kovri after 15,3 km. Warning signs will be placed at an adequate distance from the splitting point. The paths merge again Livade, at 92 km CLASSIC and 37,5 km SMALL course..

b) Dangerous trail points - railway crossing at 64 km of CLASSIC course, after Sveti Petar u šumi, damaged pavement with many patches between 86 km and 90 km downhill towards Motovun and further to the Livade.

On the CLASSIC and SMALL course the point to emphasize is the passage through Momjan and downhill immediately after, according to the place Valle - technically very demanding part with narrow and fast downhill, smaller damage on the narrow pavement between 111 km and 113 km (classic) and 60,4 km for small course.

c) The most demanding climbs

SMALL
1. Livade – Oprtalj 38,5 km; (4,8 km length, 300m altitude)

CLASSIC
2. Livade - Oprtalj 92 km; (4,8 km length, 300m altitude)

d) There will be an official vehicle (yellow light) in the race till 30 minutes behind the leading rider. All the riders riding behind the vehicle will not be provided road protection and ride at their own risk, therefore they are kindly asked to obey traffic regulations.

e) There will be another vehicle till 60 minutes behind the leading rider. All the riders lagging behind it will be excluded from the race. Regardless, the direction signs on the trail will remain at their positions for a certain time after the above period.

f) Feed zones and technical zones:
1. Tinjan (56. km) – classic
2. Oprtalj (97. km) - classic
3. Kremenje (116. km) - classic
4. Oprtalj (44. km) – small
5. Kremenje (71. km) - small
6. Umag (finish line)

In addition, lunch will be provided at the finish line for all participants, only upon presentation of the coupon received at registration (when picking up race numbers).