10. Disqualification and Withdrawal from the Race (art. 45-48)

Art. 45 Disqualification

Any participant who violates one or more provisions of these Regulations shall be disqualified from the Sierre-Zinal Race.

In addition to disqualification, the participant shall be required to:

• Reimburse in full any prizes received (place and time prizes, start bonus or record bonus; seeArt. 41 Prizes based on rank and Time, Art. 42 Start Prizes and Art. 43 Record Prizes);
• Reimburse in full any accommodation and meal expenses granted (Invitation – Accommodation 4 nights in Zinal, see Art. 37 Types of invitations), as well as any transport costs borne by the Organizer (Invitation – Transport Contribution, see Art. 37 Types of invitations);
• Reimburse the registration fee of CHF [110].– if the participant was an Invited Runner.

The same shall apply if the participant’s entourage, including representatives, agents, team managers or any other private person representing the participant, violates one or more provisions of these Regulations.

In order to contest a disqualification, the disqualified runner must lodge a formal objection with the Organizer within [48 hours] of notification of the disqualification, failing which the right to contest shall be forfeited. The objection must be submitted in writing by letter or by email to:

Association Sierre-Zinal
Rue Centrale 6
3960 Sierre
Switzerland

or at:

If the participant was represented or advised by an agent, team manager or any other private person, or was part of a team with legal personality, such agent, team manager, private person or team shall be jointly and severally liable for the reimbursement of all amounts referred to in this Article.

Art. 46 Complaints

Any complaint concerning a matter other than disqualification (see Art. 45 Disqualification above) must be submitted by email to the Organizer within 10 days following the edition of the Sierre-Zinal Race concerned.

The complaint shall be examined by the Organizer and shall give rise to a written response.

However, such complaint shall not give rise to any reimbursement of the participant’s expenses or to any other form of compensation, any right to reimbursement being expressly excluded by the Organizer pursuant to the above-mentioned provisions of these Regulations.

Art. 47 Disqualification or Withdrawal

Any participant who is taken out of the race for failure to comply with the cut-off times (see Art. 21 Cut-off Times) shall have their race bib crossed out and the timing chip removed at the checkpoint where they arrived after the applicable time limit. The participant may retain the bib as a souvenir.

A participant who withdraws from the race must report to the person in charge at the nearest aid station or, at the latest, at the finish line. From the moment such withdrawal is declared, the participant shall be deemed out of the race.

The Organizer shall repatriate participants who withdraw from the Sierre-Zinal Adult Race only if the withdrawal occurs at the aid stations of Chandolin or Tignousa. Participants withdrawing at Chandolin may take the PostBus free of charge upon presentation of their race bib. Repatriation from Tignousa shall be ensured by a free shuttle organized by the Organizer. After these checkpoints, participants must make their way to Zinal by their own means.

From the moment a participant is taken out of the race or withdraws, they shall no longer be under the responsibility of the Sierre-Zinal Race or the Organizer.

Art. 48 Pursuit despite a disqualification

Any participant who has been taken out of the race and nevertheless wishes to continue the course may do so only after his or her race bib has been crossed out and the timing chip removed.

Such continuation shall occur solely under the participant’s own responsibility, at his or her own risk, and in complete autonomy. From that moment onward, the participant shall no longer be under the responsibility of the Organizer.