Date : Thursday 20 February 2025
Time-schedule:
- Event office is open: 8:30-18:30
- Start times: 15:00-17:16
- Start times for classes Open, M10, W10, MW10 Shadowed, Leisure (Loisirs): 15:00-17:00
- Competition closure: 18:15
- Prize-giving ceremony: 18:15
Location : Sisteron (04200)
Arena : 44.194256, 5.948427
Parking campers/vans/minibuses : 44.194256, 5.948427
Parking cars : 44.186948, 5.945817
Format : Urban Sprint
Infos :
- SPORTident Air+ punching will be used
- Possibility to register on site (event centre) for the leisure courses “loisir” (difficult 3.0 km or easy 1.5 km) – price €10
- Dropping off a bag is possible in the GEC room (however without specific supervision).
- More informations on the race below
Organising team :
- Course director : Laurent Champigny
- Referee : Matthieu Brun
- Controller : Eva Jurenikova
- Course planner : Matthieu Puech
- GEC : Richard Heyries
- Map maker : Matthieu Puech
Distance parking – arena/event center : 1500m (cars) and 0m (campers/vans/minibuses)
Distance Arena- Start : 1.2km, 90m+
Distance Finish-Arena : 250m
Start :
- Marked route, first along the river Durance and then on a staircase (258 stairs) carved in the rock up to the citadelle.
- Do not stay longer than necessary in the staircase. Once in the Citadelle, a warm-up area near the start awaits you, with a breathtaking view of the landscape.
- Only runners are allowed to access the Citadelle (stairs open at 14:20). Accompanying persons (non-competitors) will not be allowed to use the staircase in the rock.
- The leisure courses will allow access to the citadelle in the same way as for the other competitors.
- Please note, there are no toilets in the Citadelle, nor on the way to the start. Please use the toilets at the arena.
- Categories with free start time (please, do not forget to punch the start unit at the start line) : WM10 Shadowed, W10, M10, OPEN (all levels), Loisir (leisure)
- More informations on the start below
Terrain :
- 1st part in the Citadelle (exceptionally open for the competition) and 2nd part in the town centre.
- Citadelle: stairs, lawns and grassy slopes (sometimes steep and potentially slippery).
www.citadelledesisteron.fr/en - Town: mainly pedestrian area with numerous alleys, staircases and covered passages.
- 40% citadelle, 60% town
- 80% paved surface, 20% grass
Safety rules :
- Please respect the traffic rules, private areas, and other people in the city.
Map :
- Matthieu Puech
- Citadelle : 2024 – 1/1500 – 2m
- Sisteron : 2021 (update 2025) 1/3000 – 2.5m
Map sample :
Route to the start
Access to the start (ascent to the Citadelle)
Access to the start is by a staircase carved in a rock.
Access will be regulated at the bottom of the staircase (Place du Dauphiné, next to the main road D4085)
Do not cross the main road, and do not enter the tunnel.
Warm-up area
A small warm-up area is located next to the start and it allows you to finish your warm-up while enjoying the view. Please note, there are no toilets at the start.
2 sided-map (map-flip)
All courses have a map flip at the exit of the Citadelle.
Front page (“recto”): part 1 Citadelle (scale 1/1 500)
Back page (“verso”): part 2 Town (scale 1/3 000)
At the start, the part 1 (Citadelle) is facing the top.
When you reach the last control of the first part, flip the map to continue with the second part.
The start of the second part is marked by the symbol “Continuing point after map exchange”
Narrow passages/stairs in the Citadelle
Some stairs and passages are narrow, and potentially slippery depending on the weather.
Be careful and watch out for other runners. Some tunnels and underground passages are poorly lit. Many runners (young and old) will be present in a small area, please be careful.
Uncrossable walls / passable walls
In the Citadelle, the walls have been drawn as uncrossable from the height of approximately 1 meter and higher. Even if they can be jumped on the way down (or even climbed up sometimes), the walls indicated as uncrossable on the map (thick lines) are forbidden to cross. Some uncrossable walls will be marked by a tape on the ground to help the runners, but not all of them. Be vigilant and read the map if you have any doubts.
Uncrossable symbols
ISSPrOM : the uncrossable symbols on the map shall not be crossed in the terrain.
Example : Uncrossable fence, uncrossable wall, uncrossable hedge, area that shall not be entered, out-of-bonds area, temporary construction or closed area (terrace)
Forbidden road
It is forbidden to cross the main road Avenue Paul Arène (D4085).
The courses are set in a way that avoids crossing the main road. The runners are allowed to run along it (on a sidewalk).
Some of the courses pass under the main road through a tunnel, with one control placed near the entrance and another one near the exit of the tunnel. Don’t forget to punch both controls.
Special symbol
The symbol “area with obstacles” (533.000) in the Citadelle represents shelters with old carriages.
