Organisation

6D LACS is organised by the Tourist Office with backing from the municipality of la Plagne Tarentaise, Bellentre and the Société d’Aménagement de la Plagne.

Event

6D LACS is a ‘nature’ event following the footpaths of LaPlagne without climbing as far as Bellecôte Glacier. The event is run in a single stage at the runner’s own pace to cover the 30km and 1500 m elevation gain starting from Bellecôte. There is a time barrier in Plan Bois at 1.15pm. The course is marked with specific signs – marks on the ground, tape and wooden signs.

FRIDAY AUGUST 1st, 2025 at 9h00 at Plagne Bellecôte

The société d’aménagement de la Plagne is pleased to offer each participant 1 free access to the Plagne Bellecôte / Roche de Mio gondola on Friday August 1, 2025 (cycling prohibited). For accompanying persons, tickets will be on sale at the ski lift ticket offices at a preferential rate (€)

A qualifying event 2024

ITRA assessment for 2024

La 6D LACS 2024 – La 6000D

• ITRA Points: 2
• Mountain points : 5
• Distance / elevation gain : 29.80km / 1560m+
• ITRA’s website link : https://itra.run/Races/RaceCourse?raceYearId=89662

Entry conditions

To take part, it is essential

• you are fully aware of the distance and specific nature of the event and are fully trained for it
• before starting the race you have achieved an effective level of autonomy enabling you to deal with the problems inherent to this type of event, notably:
• the ability to tackle the potentially difficult weather conditions due to the altitude ( wind, cold, rain or snow) without assistance
• the ability to cope with the physical and mental problems resulting from extreme fatigue, digestive problems, muscle or joint pain, small injuries, etc.
• that you are fully aware that it is not the role of the organisers to help a runner to deal with these problems
• that you are fully aware that in such “nature” events, safety depends on the runner’s ability to adapt to problems that they encounter or anticipate.

Dogs are not allowed with the runner

This race is open to anybody, male or female, born in or before 2005 (categorie Espoirs upto Masters 8 ), licensed or not.

Category of FFA

Masters 8: 1950 to 1946
Masters 7: 1955 to 1951
Masters 6: 1960 to 1956
Masters 5: 1965 to 1961
Masters 4: 1970 to 1966
Masters 3: 1975 to 1971
Masters 2: 1980 to 1976
Masters 1: 1985 to 1981
Masters 0: 1990 to 1986
Seniors: 1991 to 2002
Espoirs : 2003 to 2005

INFORMATION: The age limit for the 6000D is 20 years old (born before the year 2005)

Classifications and awards

In the 6D LACS, only competitors who complete the course will be classified.

• All the results will be online at www.la6000d.com

Scratch : 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th – Women and Men
Espoirs : 1st – Women and Men
Séniors : 1st – Women and Men
Masters 0 : 1st – Women and Men
Masters 1 : 1st – Women and Men
Masters 2 : 1st – Women and Men
Masters 3 : 1st – Women and Men
Masters 4 : 1st – Women and Men
Masters 5 : 1st – Women and Men
Masters 6 : 1st – Women and Men
Masters 7 : 1st – Women and Men
Masters 8 : 1st – Women and Men

Medical certificate PPS or license

PPS or licence required to validate registration, opening of online registration on 3 may 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 1000 runners

Equipment

Compulsory material:

• Mobile phone
• your 4 safety pins or other hooks for the bib
• Reusable cup or flask
• A zipped bag to put your food in the refreshments
  Recommended: water and food reserve

N.B. It can be very cold at high altitude
Sticks are authorized from the Dou du Praz (there will be too many people in the first ascent to use them)
You will need to bring your own reusable collapsible cup as there will be no more disposable cups at the refreshment posts to limit waste.

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.
If you have registered before the end of June 2025, your name will be on your bib.
Bibs 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.
You must bring your own safety pins to attach your bib in accordance with the regulations.

Bibs will be distributed in Salle des Fêtes in Aime
– Thursday July 25, 2024 from 9 am to 6:30 pm
– Friday July 26, 2024 on site at the starting point  in Plagne Bellecôte from 7:30 am

On presentation of your withdrawal card and an identity card

Safety and medical assistance

There will be 5 first aid posts set up at various points along the course. These posts will be in radio or telephone contact with race HQ. 
A regulation medical team will be at race HQ in Aime or Plagne Bellecote throughout the whole event.
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.

Check points and food stations

All competitors must pass through the 3 control points. There will be 1 refreshment point (food and water) and 1 water point (see the technical coordinates table of the course).
A dedicated area for personal refreshments will be set up in the zone.
Dustbins will be placed at the refreshment areas. Participants must keep their rubbish and packaging until the places indicated by the organisation have been found to dispose of it.
Throwing any object, paper or rubbish on the road is strictly forbidden,  immediate disqualification will take place if this rule is not followed.
Only runners wearing a visible number and duly checked have access to the refreshment posts.
The technical coordinates table of the race will identify the precise list of refreshment points, water and aid stations.

Maximum time allowed and latest check out times

No time limit.

1 time limits : 1.15pm at Plan Bois is calculated to allow runners to reach the finish in good physical condition. To be allowed to continue the event, competitors must leave the checkpoint before the set time.
Any competitor withdrawn from the race who wishes to carry on can only do so after handing off their bib and on the understanding that they does so under their own responsibility
In case of bad weather and/or for safety reasons, the organisers reserve the right to stop the event, change the route or to change the time limits.

Showers

Due to the closure of the Plagne Bellecôte swimming pool, access to the post-race showers will not be possible for this 2024 edition.
waiting for the 2025 edition

Abandonment and Repatriation

Except in the case of injury, competitors can only withdraw at a checkpoint. They must notify as soon as possible the person in charge of the checkpoint who will cancel their bib.
The person in charge of the checkpoint will decide how they will get the participant back to the start, according to the following general rules:

• Runners who abandon at another aid or supply post but whose state of health does not require evacuation must return to the nearest repatriation point as quickly as possible and by their own means.

•  With regard to aid stations accessible by car or 4×4: when the station closes, the organisation may, within the means available, repatriate runners who have abandoned and are still present at the station.

• In the event of unfavourable weather conditions justifying the partial or total stoppage of the race, the organisation will ensure the repatriation of the riders stopped as soon as possible

Runners who withdraw and meet the sweeper will have their bib cancelled by him. The runner is then no longer under the control of the organisers .

Disqualification

Race marshals present on the course, and the heads of the various checkpoints and feed stations are empowered to enforce the rules and to immediately apply a disqualification in the event of non-compliance, according to the following rules:

An automatic disqualification applies in the following cases:

• If you are out of time at a time barrier you will also have to hand in your number to the head of post or the race director
• Failure or refusal to enter the start locker to activate the electronic chip
• Cutting a corner to make a significant shortcut
• Throwing of rubbish (voluntary act) by a competitor or a member of his entourage. Waste bins will be placed at the feed zones. Participants must keep their rubbish and packaging until the places indicated by the organisation have been found to dispose of it. Throwing any object, paper or rubbish on the road is strictly forbidden, an immediate disqualification will take place.
• Lack of respect for individuals (officials or competitors)
• Not assisting someone in difficulty
• Cheating (example: using means of transport, sharing a bib …)
• Failure to carry an electronic chip
• Failure to pass through a checkpoint
• Refusal to comply with an instruction from race management, a race commissioner, 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 after 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

Civil 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.

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Road book: technical information table

The table can be downloaded from the www.la6000d.com web site. It includes a map of the race and useful information such as time limits and location of feeding stations, first aid posts, and treatment stations. Supporters can go and watch the runners at the places indicated in the tab – More Informations (Acess).

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