Organisation
The 6D BOB is organised by the Tourist Office backed by the municipality of la Plagne Tarentaise and the Société d’Aménagement de la Plagne.
Event
The 6D BOB is an individual time trial on the Olympic Bobsleigh, Luge and Skeleton track, an infrastructure dating from the 1992 Albertville Olympic Games. The event takes place in a single stage at a free pace over a distance of 1.5 km with a difference in altitude of 125 metres D+ at the foot of the track.
The individual time trial is a special race in the sense that the rider has no performance reference apart from his own feeling and the possible time trial results of previous competitors, which forces him to make a maximum effort throughout the event.
For the 2025 edition, there will only be one format and you will need to be in possession of a licence or a PPS (replacing the medical certificate).
Entry conditions
To take part, it is essential :
– be fully aware of the length and specificity of the event and be fully trained for it.
– to be fully aware that the role of the organisation is not to help a runner to manage these problems
This race is open to anyone, male or female, born in 2017 or before (4 categories), licensed or not.
Child : 2017 to 2011
Juniors : 2010 to 2006
Women : 2005 to 1900
Men : 2005 to 1900
INFORMATION: the age limit for the 6D BOB is 8 (born in or before 2017)
Classifications and awards
For the 6D BOB, only those runners who reach the finish line will be classified
- All the results will be on line at www.la6000d.com
Children – 15 years: 1st – Women and Men
Juniors 15 – 20 years old: 1st – Women and Men
Women + 20 years: 1st
Men + 20 years: 1st
Medical certificate PPS or license
PPS or licence required to validate registration, opening of online registration on 30 April for the PPS
awaiting confirmation for 2025PPS (new medical certificate) – valid for 3 months, opening of online registration on 30 April 2025
or licence
For this edition, the PPS will be compulsory
The FFA has introduced the Parcours Prévention Santé (PPS) for all non-licensed adult participants in running competitions organised in France, replacing the medical certificate.
In the 3 months prior to the competition, all non-licensed adult participants must log on to the pps.athle.fr platform to follow the awareness-raising stages, via educational content (text and video). At the end of the course, the participant receives a PPS code to be registered.
The following licences are accepted:
Athlé Compétition, Athlé Entreprise, Athlé Running or ‘Pass’ J’aime Courir’ issued by the FFA and valid at the time of registration.
A sports licence, valid on the date of the competition, issued by one of the approved federations and showing, by any means, that there are no contraindications to the practice of competitive sport, competitive athletics or competitive running.
Reminder: don’t forget to recalculate your FFA licences regularly.
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Maximum number of runners
Limited to 250 Runners
Cancelling your registration
As part of your online registration (prior to payment), you can take out Beticketing cancellation insurance with MutuAide in the event of unforeseen and/or accidental inability to take part in the event. Simply return to your runner’s area and request a refund.
- You will be reimbursed 80% of the registration fee in the days following the event by providing the required proof.
- Insures all unforeseeable and sudden causes
- Refund within 72 hours by bank transfer
You will always be asked for the reason for cancellation. You will be asked to provide proof to validate your request for reimbursement.
Cancellation or postponement of the trip is not covered by the insurance.
Please note that if you subsequently cancel or transfer your entry to another event, the insurance will be lost.
Important / team registration, insurance is an individual option that must be taken out for each team member.
Please note that the cancellation insurance only covers the registration and not the paying options subscribed in the form.
You have insured your race number when you registered and you need information? Please contact Assur Connect on beticketing@assur-connect.com
It is not possible to exchange your race number (race or runner) or to resell your race number.
Please note that an identity card is required to collect your race number.
Equipment
Compulsory material: your 4 safety pins or other hooks for the bib, reusable cup or flask and a zipped bag to put your food in the refreshments
Hiking poles are NOT allowed
Bibs
Bibs are handed out individually to each competitor, as long as they provide an identity document and the bib card which will be sent a few days before the event.
Your first name will be written on the number for all registrations before the end of June 2025.
The number must be worn on the chest or stomach and must be visible at all times during the race.
It must therefore always be worn above any clothing and may not be attached to a bag or a leg under any circumstances.
The name and logos of the partners must not be modified or hidden.
It is important to bring your own safety pins or belt to hang your number in accordance with the regulations.
The distribution of race numbers will take place in La Roche from 3.30 pm, July 25th, on presentation of the withdrawal card and an identity card.
Safety and medical assistance
A regulation medical team will be at race HQ in Aime or Plagne Centre throughout the whole event. These posts will be in radio or telephone contact with race HQ.
The first aid posts are there to assist anybody in danger using the organisers’ own means or those of the public health service.
It is up to a competitor who is in difficulty or seriously injured to call the rescue service:
- by going to a first aid post
- by calling race HQ. The phone number will be registered on the bib’s number
- by asking another runner to alert the rescue service
It is up to each competitor to assist anyone in danger and to alert the rescue service.
Remember that all sorts of unexpected weather or race-related occurrences can result in you waiting for rescue longer than expected.
Your safety will therefore depend on the quality of what you have in your bag.
A competitor who calls a doctor or a member of the rescue service subjects himself de facto to their authority and undertakes to accept his decisions.
Members of the rescue service following medical advice and the official doctors are empowered to:
- retire any runner incapable of continuing the event (by cancelling their number)
- evacuate runners they consider to be in danger by any means at their disposal.
Food stations
All runners must pass through the 1 food station (food and water) on arrival.
Only runners wearing a visible number and who have been duly checked will be allowed into the food stations.
Maximum time allowed and latest check out times
no time
Withdrawals
Withdrawals: apart from injuries, any competitor that withdraws must let the organisers know at the start or finish of the course, so that his bib number can be cancelled.
The competitor is then no longer under the organisers’ control.
Disqualification
Race stewards on the course and people in charge of checkpoints and feeding stations are authorised to enforce the regulations and to impose immediate disqualification in case of infringement, subject to the following rules:
Automatic disqualification will be applied in the following cases:
- Refusal to pass through the start to activate the electronic chip
- Cutting a corner to make a major shortcut
- Dropping litter (deliberately) by a competitor or a member of his entourage
- Lack of consideration for individuals (officials or runners)
- Not assisting someone in difficulty
- Cheating (example: using means of transport, sharing a number …)
- Failure to carry an electronic chip
- Failure to pass through a checkpoint
- Refusal to comply with an instruction from race management, a race steward, the person in charge of a checkpoint or feeding station, a doctor or a member of the rescue service
- Refusing a drug test
- Leaving a checkpoint outside the time limit
- Any other infringement of the rules will incur a sanction to be decided by the race jury
Drug testing
Any competitor may be subjected to a drug test during the event or at the finish. In the event of refusal or non-compliance, the athlete will be sanctioned as though he had been convicted of drug-use.
Alteration to the course / cancellation of the race
The organisers reserve the right to alter the course or location of the first aid posts and food stations at any time and without notice.
Should the weather be too bad (heavy rain or snow at altitude, high risk of storm …) the start may be delayed.
In case of bad weather and for safety reasons, the organisers reserve the right to stop the event, change the route or alter the time limits.
In case of cancellation of the event for all causes, no refund will be possible (a possible postponement of part of the registration fee may be considered for the following year)
Insurance
Public liability:
The organisers hold civil liability insurance for the duration of the event, which covers financial loss for which they, their officials or the participants are responsible.
Individual accident:
Each competitor must have personal accident insurance covering possible search and rescue costs in France. Such insurance can be taken out with any organisation of the competitor’s choice, and in particular with the GBC Montagne insurance company, partner of the 6000D:
Impact Multisports is a specific insurance for sports activities.
Image rights
According to Article L333-2 of the Sports Code, “the organizers of sports events […] are the owners of the right to use the events or competitions they organize.”
Participants are informed that the Grande Plagne Tourist Office, holder of the exploitation rights for the various 6000D races, may be required to photograph and/or film the event in order to promote future competitions. This filming can be carried out by flying over the courses of the various races with the Phantom2 studioSport remote-controlled aircraft.
The image of the participants captured during the event may be freely distributed by the Grande Plagne Tourist Office, provided that
• there is a link between the image and what it illustrates
• the image does not offend the dignity of the person
• that the image is not used for commercial purposes.
The 6000D is a legally registered trademark. Any communication about the event or the use of images of the event must respect the name of the event, registered trademarks and with the official agreement of the organization.
No photos of the 6000D event may be sold without the agreement of the race director.
Acceptance of the race regulations and charter
Taking part in the 6000D implies unreserved acceptance of the present regulations and the race charter below :
Runners , volunteers, organisers and their sponsors are all taking part in the same adventure and share the same values:
Fairness
The rules are designed for everyone and applied to everyone equally.
No cash endowments and all entrants receive the same prize and all finishers get a gift Finisher.
Respect for people
Respecting oneself and others by not allowing cheating of any sort
Respect for the volunteers who also participate for the pleasure of it
Respect for the local population that hosts the race
Respect for the organisation and its partners
Sharing and solidarity
Making it a priority to help anyone in danger or difficulty.
Exploring one’s limits
Learn to know oneself and develop one’s autonomy in order to reach the maximum of one’s commitment while respecting one’s physical and moral integrity.
Respect for our planet
Never throw anything on the ground.
Respect the fauna and flora.
Do not cut the paths, as this causes damaging erosion of the site.
Use public transport or carpooling for yourself and those accompanying you.
You should bring your own foldable reusable cup as there will be no more disposable cups at the refreshment posts to limit waste.
There will be a large number of sorting bins at each feed station, which must be used.