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Event rules

Regulations for the 2026 edition

Please read our rules carefully before registering for one of our races.

CONTENTS

Organization

MaXi-Event's, with the collaboration of the MaXi-Team association (an association under the law of 1901 registered with the official gazette and a member of the FFA under number 074469), is organizing the Trail du Lac d'Annecy, MaXi-Race.

Article 1 - Acceptance of the rules

Registration for the Race and/or participation (wearing a Bib) in one of the races of the Trail du Lac d'Annecy, MaXi-Race, implies the reading and automatic acceptance by each competitor of the regulations.
The runner undertakes to respect all the regulations and in particular not to anticipate the start, to cover the full distance before crossing the finish line.
The organization may make changes to these regulations at any time.

ARTICLE 2 - Tests

The Trail du Lac d'Annecy is an event featuring several outdoor events, 90% of which take place on the long-distance trails of the TLA. Each event takes place at a free pace and in a limited time.
The orientation formats (MaXi and Semi-Orientation) are races organized and run autonomously by the Annecy Sport Orientation association.
The Mini-races are events for children and are not ranked.

The MaXi-Race allows you to live your adventure around the lake with formats adapted to your desires and objectives:

  • Lake Annecy tOur :
    • In 1 day
    • In 2 days
    • In a team
  • The Shokz U-turn
  • The Marathon-eXperience 
  • Le Quart de tOur homme
  • Le Quart de tOur femme
  • Team orienteering races organized by ASO :
    • MaXi and Semi Orientation
  • Teen races: for U12, U14, U16 and U18: Ado-Race
  • Children's races: Between 50 and 800m: Mini-Races

For details of each Race (kilometers, altitude difference, time barriers, etc.), please visit the specific page for each Race.

ARTICLE 3 - Fairness Commission

The "equity" commission has full powers to enforce compliance with the rules (penalties, disqualification, etc.).
In the event of proven cheating, the commission may, on the basis of a simple "observation" (without the need to provide proof), disqualify the Race or impose a penalty applicable immediately or by subsequent decision.
The main targets will be uncontrolled refuelling, non-possession of compulsory equipment, incivility or inappropriate behaviour on the part of accompanying persons, but also on any point of the rules.
It is understood that commission members are under no obligation to wear a specific visual.
If a runner or spectator witnesses an explicit and indisputable act of cheating (several witnesses, photo(s), video(s)...), it will be possible to lodge a complaint with the Race management until 2 hours after the arrival of the competitor in the Race in question.
A deposit cheque for 50 euros will be requested in this case, but will be returned in the event of a penalty decision.

ARTICLE 4 - Conditions of participation

To take part in the Race, you must :

  • To be registered and to have a complete file one month before the event
  • Reserve your Bib collection slot on your personal space 
  • To collect your Bib in person, with all the supporting documents requested, within the reserved time slot. If you are unable to collect your Bib, you can have it collected by a third party by submitting a handwritten letter on plain paper (which we keep). You'll need to specify your Bib number, the name and contact details of the person picking up in your place. In this case, two pieces of identification will be required.
  • A parental consent form(downloadable here) for Mini-Race, Ado-Race and Quarts de tOur minors.
  • Provide proof of health questionnaire for Ado-Race and Quarts de tOur minors. See the procedure here.
  • Respect the health protocol that may be in place during the event. In this case, as the protocol changes regularly, a specific communication will be made to riders before the event.
  • Be fully aware of the length and specific nature of the event (mountain trail) and be fully trained for it.
  • To have acquired, prior to the Race, a real capacity for personal autonomy enabling them to manage the problems inherent in this type of event, and in particular :
    • Know how to cope with weather conditions that can be very difficult at altitude (night, wind, cold, rain or snow), without outside help.
    • Know how to manage physical or mental problems resulting from fatigue, digestive problems, muscular or joint pain, minor injuries...
    • To be fully aware that the organization's main role is not to help a rider deal with his problems.
    • To be fully aware that for such an outdoor activity, the individual safety of the rider depends on the rider's ability to adapt to encountered or foreseeable problems.
    • For participants in the Semi or MaXi-Orientation, to respect the discipline-specific rules and protocols laid down by the Annecy Sport Orientation association, which organizes these 2 Race formats.

Proof of suitability

  • For members of the French Athletics Federation:

    • As stipulated in the running 2025 event regulations, all participants in FFA-affiliated competitions must present the following information to the organizer:

      • An Athlé Compétition, Athlé Entreprise or Athlé Running license issued by the FFA, valid on the date of
        the event. Please note: Other FFA licenses (Health and Management) are not accepted.

  • For people who are not FFA members: Parcours Prévention Santé (PPS) to be completed :

    • For non-FFA-licensed runners, you must provide a Health Prevention Course (PPS) certificate: https: //pps.athle.fr/ in the 3 months preceding the event and up to May 17.

      How does it work?

      • I click on the PPS link
      • Please fill in the required fields
      • After validation, a number will be assigned to you (valid for 3 months).
      • I enter this number in my personal space, linked to my registration, to validate my file.
       
      For minors: you will need to provide proof of the health questionnaire for Ado-Race and Quarts de tOur minors. See the procedure here.
       

Please note that proof of fitness is processed electronically. If this is not the case, you will not be able to take part in the Race, nor obtain a refund of your registration.

Minimum age for registration :

  • People born in 2015 or 2016: Race U12
  • People born in 2013 or 2014: Race U14
  • People born in 2011 or 2012: Race U16
  • People born in 2009 or 2010: Race U18
  • People born before December 31, 2006: 1 and 2-day lake tOur, relay lake tOur, marathon-eXperience and Shokz Half tOur
  • People born before December 31, 2008: the Quart de tOur
 
Special features for relays : 
  • Registration for the tOur du lac relay numbers 2 and 3 is open to anyone born before December 31, 2006 (Espoir category and above), while registration for the relay numbers 1 and 4 is open to anyone born before December 31, 2008 (Junior category and above).
    Any team including a Junior must notify this by e-mail as soon as they register. This information will enable the organization team to carry out any necessary checks during the event.
 

Funds donated to associations : 

As a runner, when you register you contribute €4 to help the associations, except for teenager races. It appears as a compulsory option, for total transparency.

Change course once registered: 

It is possible to change the Race format once you have registered under the following conditions:

  • The Race you wish to switch to does not have to be complete
  • If you choose a Race with a higher price, we will ask you to pay the difference by bank transfer.
  • If you choose a lower-priced Race , we will not refund the difference.
  • For all requests of this type, please send an e-mail to inscriptionmaxirace@gmail.com indicating your first and last name and the Race to which you wish to be switched.

ARTICLE 5 - Safety and medical assistance

First-aid posts (doctors, ambulances, first-aiders) are set up at various points along the course. These are linked by radio or telephone to Race HQ.

The aid stations are designed to provide assistance to any person in danger, using the organization's own resources or those contracted by the organization (depending on the seriousness of the situation, public services may also be called in).

It is the responsibility of a runner in difficulty or seriously injured to call for help as follows:

  • by going to a first-aid station
  • by calling PC Race (telephone number on Bib)
  • asking another rider to call for help
  • by presenting themselves to a course marshal, controller or any other member of the organization present on the course
  • if you are unable to contact Race HQ or the controller, you can call the emergency services directly, in the event of a life-threatening emergency only (112 from France).

It is the responsibility of each rider to assist any person in danger and to notify the emergency services.

Don't forget that hazards of all kinds, linked to the mountain environment and our Race formats, may require a more or less lengthy rescue time (between 5 and 25 minutes in normal circumstances, and up to 40 minutes in certain cases, according to FFA recommendations). Your safety will therefore depend on the quality of the equipment you have packed in your bag, which is the minimum required.

A rider who calls on the services of a doctor or paramedic submits to their authority and agrees to accept their decisions.

In particular, first-aiders, official doctors and Race management are authorized to:

  • to disqualify (by invalidating the Bib) any Race "judged" unfit to continue the event
  • evacuate any riders they deem to be in danger by any means at their disposal

If necessary, and always in the interests of the rescued person's health, the organization may call on public rescue organizations (mountain rescue). In such cases, the direction of operations and the deployment of appropriate resources, including helicopters, are the responsibility of the public rescue services. Expenses arising from the use of these exceptional means will be borne by the person rescued, who must also ensure his or her return from the point where he or she was evacuated. It is the rider's sole responsibility to set up and submit a file to his personal insurance company within the allotted time.

ARTICLE 6 - Preventive health action

The organization has decided to set up an internal health prevention program. This initiative is neither intended nor competent to replace national and/or international anti-doping regulations in force, but is designed to reinforce the medical surveillance desired by the organization. This action is steered by a Medical Council, made up exclusively of doctors, who can seek advice from experts of their choice, and is responsible for giving an advisory opinion to the Race Jury on the medical condition of participants.

Each rider agrees to :

  • Inform the Organization's Medical Council in the event of use of a prescription subject to a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE). A procedure is available for this purpose in the health section of the International Trail Running Association (ITRA) website: www.i-tra.org. This information must be provided on the day of registration if a TUE has been requested or obtained previously. Otherwise, it must be done no later than the 8th day following the TUE application, and imperatively before the start of the Race.
  • Accept all urine and/or blood and/or capillary samples and associated analyses requested by the Organization's Medical Council, it being understood that the costs inherent in taking these samples and associated analyses will be borne directly by the Organization.
  • Agree to respond to any summons that the Medical Council may send him/her on the basis of the information he/she has collected, in order to discuss his/her suitability or otherwise to take part in the Race for which he/she has registered. At the end of the interview, the Medical Council may go so far as to propose to the Race Jury that the rider be excluded from competition.

ARTICLE 7 - Maximum authorized time and time barriers

Maximum race times have been defined for all events. Depending on Race conditions, they may vary at any time at the discretion of the organizers.
These time limits are calculated to enable participants to reach the finish within the maximum time limit. To be allowed to continue the race, competitors must leave the checkpoint before the set time limit (whatever the time of arrival at the checkpoint).

To find out about the time barriers, visit the specific web page for each Race.

ARTICLE 8 - Course, rider safety and timetable

The Trail du Lac d'Annecy organization reserves the right at any time to modify the route or timetable of any of the events included in this programme. The organization also reserves the right to cancel an event for any reason that would put the runner's life in danger, or in any other case of force majeure (no refund can be requested). The organization may have to modify the original route and distance, favouring more road sections, in order to enable participants to run safely whatever the weather conditions (in compliance with any prefectoral decrees). Runners are reminded that alternative routes are available and that, barring exceptional conditions, the Race can go ahead. No compensation will be paid in the event of a change of route.

ARTICLE 9 - Compulsory equipment and penalties

Compulsory equipment - may be adjusted 15 days before the event
Equipment will not be checked when the Bibs are handed out, but will be randomly checked at the start, during the event and on arrival.

Basic package

Heatwave Kit

Cold weather kit

1/ Basic Pack for all (except Ado-Race) :

  • Suitable footwear: closed-toe with cleated trail soles mandatory
  • Adult-size survival blanket: in original, uncut packaging
  • Cell phone: loaded with registered emergency numbers. In the event of a search, we may use the application: https://www.x-tract.fr/ (in the event of activation, you will receive a notification by sms to be validated. Nothing else to do. NO APPLICATION to download).
  • Whistle
  • Visible Bib : to be placed on the rider's front.
  • Food: at least one gel or solid snack. Beyond that, the runner remains autonomous, depending on the Race format, the distance/level of ascent and the duration of the effort.
  • Water minimum: one 0.75-liter container or 2 0.5-liter flasks. Beyond that, runners remain autonomous, depending on their Race format, distance/level and duration of effort. Water is available at the refreshment points. There will be no water points on the mountain sections, so it's up to each runner to plan ahead.
  • Sticks allowed

 

2/ In addition to the Basic Pack you will need :

Quart de tOur

  • Basic package +
  • Weather permitting (information between 7 and 1 days by email and SMS for French numbers): A jacket with "high waterproofness and breathability" minimum 10,000 Schmerber.

tOur du lac relay

  • Basic package +
  • Headlamp in working order for relays operating at night 
  • Weather permitting (information between 7 and 1 days by email and SMS for French numbers): A jacket with "high waterproofness and breathability" minimum 10,000 Schmerber.

Marathon-eXperience

  • Basic package +
  • Water container in addition to your water supply: reusable cup type. The organization has decided to stop using disposable cups at the refreshment stands.
  • Weather permitting (information between 7 days and 1 day by email and SMS for French numbers): a jacket with "high waterproofing and breathability" minimum 10,000 Schmerber.

Shokz Demi-tOur,

  • Basic package +
  • Headlamp
  • Water container in addition to your water supply: reusable cup type. The organization has decided to stop using disposable cups at the refreshment stands.
  • Weather permitting (information between 7 days and 1 day by email and SMS for French numbers): a jacket with "high waterproofing and breathability" minimum 10,000 Schmerber.

1-day and 2-day lake tOur

  • Basic package +
  • Water container in addition to your water supply: reusable cup type. The organization has decided to stop using disposable cups at the refreshment stands.
  • Headlamp in working order and with sufficient autonomy for the duration of your Race (night-time periods possible at the beginning and end of the Race).
  • Jacket with "high waterproofing and breathability" minimum 10,000 Schmerber.
  • Day 2 special feature for the 2-day lake tour: no headlamp required

 

3/ Basic Pack for Ado-Race :

  • Suitable footwear: closed-toe with cleated trail soles mandatory
  • Survival blanket: in original, uncut packaging
  • Cell phone: loaded with registered emergency numbers. In the event of a search, we may use the application: https://www.x-tract.fr/ (in the event of activation, you will receive a notification by sms to be validated. Nothing else to do. NO APPLICATION to download)
    Whistle
  • Visible Bib : to be placed on the rider's front.
  • Food: at least one gel or solid snack
  • Water minimum: 0.5 liter container
  • Sticks allowed

 

Watch out!!!

The Haute-Savoie prefecture may require the organizer to include a Cold Weather Kit in the runner's compulsory equipment (in addition to the compulsory packs), right up to the start!

Cold weather kit

Depending on weather conditions, the prefecture may ask for the kit to be activated.

Kit includes :

  • 1 long-sleeve fleece-type top layer
  • 1 long stocking
  • 1 pair of long gloves
  • 1 Head covering (buff or bonnet)
  • 1 jacket with "high waterproofing and breathability" (for those who didn't have it in the compulsory list) minimum 10,000 Schmerber...

As recommended by the FFA, the competitor undertakes to possess the required safety equipment and to present it at any requisition by the organizer. There will be no Race checks by the organizers, but random checks will be carried out at certain points along the course.
The "Fairness" commission and all controllers who witness irregularities (dropping off or exchanging equipment on the course, etc.) will be responsible for Race all runners who fail to comply with these essential points of the regulations. This is to ensure the safety of runners, but also to guarantee the autonomy, ethics and spirit of the Race de Trail.

Penalties and disqualification

Disqualification :

  • No respect for volunteers/organizers and other riders
  • Not having an adult-sized survival blanket
  • Non-respect of the course, of the prohibition to cut corners
  • Transfer your Bib to another runner without using the dedicated platform
  • Throwing garbage on the ground
  • Running with an animal, tethered or not
  • Non-respect of waves and/or SAS departures
  • No use of compulsory buses to get to the start of races where this is mandatory
  • Non-respect by the rider or assistant of the parking zones indicated on site and other incivilities
  • Non-compliance with minimum ages for participation in races
  • Failure to wear appropriate footwear

 

1-hour penalty:

  • Refueling on the course outside authorized areas
  • Don't have your whistle
  • Do not bring headlamps or torches to races where they are mandatory
  • Do not wear an adult-sized waterproof and breathable jacket on races where it is mandatory.

 

30min penalty:

  • Ask the organizers for a drink in unauthorized areas
  • To be accompanied on the course by a person from outside the current Race (without Bib).
    • Please note that this penalty may go as far as disqualification, depending on the circumstances.
  • Not having a working cell phone

 

15min penalty:

  • Do not wear the Bib in its entirety
  • Not having the water reserve indicated in the regulations
  • Do not carry a water container in addition to your water supply (cup type) on races where it is compulsory.

ARTICLE 10 - Controls and timing

To be scored and timed, you must cross the start line.

Numerous checkpoints will be set up along the route to ensure that the Race is run smoothly (computer checks with the electronic Bib and manual checks). All checks will be double-checked at the finish.
All withdrawals are final.

In the event of abandonment, the rider must text his Bib number to the number indicated on his Bib to avoid unnecessary searches.
Otherwise, searches may be launched in accordance with the law in force. Search costs will be billed to the rider, and he/she will not be allowed to Race the following year.

ARTICLE 11 - Image rights

By taking part in the MaXi-Race (Trail du Lac d'Annecy) weekend, each competitor expressly authorizes the organization to use or have used or reproduce or have reproduced his or her name, image, voice and sporting performance in the context of all these races, with a view to any direct or derivative use of the event, in any medium, throughout the world, by any means known or unknown to date, and for the full duration of the protection currently granted to direct or derivative uses by legal or regulatory provisions.

ARTICLE 12 - Personal data and privacy policy

When you register and take part in the event, we may collect personal information. This information will be used in accordance with our privacy policy. In accordance with the French Data Protection Act of January 6, 1978, you have the right to access and rectify your personal data. Through us, you may receive offers from other companies or associations. If you do not wish to receive such offers, simply write to us, stating your full name and address.

ARTICLE 13 - Registration

Registration is online only, via the dedicated platform. No on-site registration.

Participation in organization costs: see rates

Number of places: places are limited to a certain number of runners per Race. Once this number has been reached for a given Race, entries for that event will no longer be possible.

Cancellation of the Race by the organization and reimbursement of runners

If the event cannot be held in May 2026 :

  • If cancellation occurs before December 1st, the organizer undertakes to refund the full registration fee* (excluding administration costs).
  • If cancellation takes place between December 1 and February 28, the organizer undertakes to reimburse registered riders 70% of the registration fee* (excluding administration costs).
  • If cancellation takes place between March 1st and March 31st, the organizer undertakes to reimburse registered riders 40% of the registration fee* (excluding administration costs).
  • If cancellation occurs between April 1st and April 30th, the organizer undertakes to reimburse registered riders 30% of the registration fee* (excluding administration costs).
  • If cancellation occurs between May 1 and May 15, the organizer undertakes to reimburse registered riders 25% of the registration fee* (excluding administration costs).
  • No refunds for cancellations after May 15.

*People who have bought a Bib from a competitor already registered as part of a Bib exchange will not be able to obtain a refund, as payment for registration is not made via the module and does not go through the organization. This is not a choice on our part, but a constraint linked to our registration module.

Article 14a - Cancellation insurance

Third-party insurance (Sportips): must be taken out at time of registration

Cancellation procedure

The organization does not issue any refunds: only those who have taken out cancellation insurance at the time of registration are entitled to a refund under the conditions defined by the provider's insurance. Please note that this cancellation insurance is an external service, and that we have no control over rates.

If you have any questions, please contact Sportips directly.

Individual Cancellation Guarantee

  • Refundable registration
  • Covid-19
  • Disease
  • Accident or injury
  • Professional impediment
  • Adverse weather conditions
  • Other

General terms and conditions
Your registration will be reimbursed without justification and without reason from your registration form on sportips.fr or on request in the Contact section.
Options/activities/goodies (Meals, shuttle, T-shirts etc...) are not covered by the guarantee.

In the event of general cancellation or postponement of the event, the organizer's general conditions apply as indicated in the regulations (refunds, postponement, other).

By completing your registration with an Individual Cancellation Guarantee, you will be reimbursed the amount of your registration upon simple request from
or automatically from your registration form without justification according to the dates and amount indicated below:

  • Up to and including April 19: 100% refund of your registration fee
  • Up to and including May 10: 70% refund of your registration fee
  • Up to and including May 24: 50% refund of your registration fee
  • No refunds after May 24

Please note that if you request a refund, your registration will be automatically cancelled and the insurer (service provider) will take care of your compensation. Once the request has been made, we, as the organizer, have no way of knowing the status of your reimbursement.

Article 14b - Transfer and resale of Bibs

Transfers and resales of Bibs are handled by an external service provider (Sportips) and are possible from November 15, 2025 to April 15, 2026.

From your personal space on the registration module, you can choose to transfer or resell your Bib.

Bib transfer:

  • It's free (unless the rider collecting the Bib has to add the "non-FFA-licensed" supplement).
  • The transfer is final.
  • The person collecting the Bib will receive an e-mail and will be asked to fill in their personal details. 

Reselling a Bib through the official channel :

  • If you wish to resell your Bib, it will automatically appear in the Bibs exchange and will be offered to the first person on your Race's waiting list.
    • the waiting list will be created in the order of pre-registration of those not selected. People registered in "group/family" will be "split up" to be put on the waiting list. If one of these people is taken, he or she will be taken on his or her own, and not as part of a "group/family".
    • from then on, the person will have a limited time of 24 hours to accept or refuse the Bib
    • if the first person on the waiting list does not buy the Bib, it will be offered to the second person on the waiting list, and so on.
  • When your Bib finds a buyer, you'll be reimbursed the registration fee, less €5 (administration costs).
  • The buyer pays the registration fee + €5 (administration costs).
  • The Bib is automatically bought back with all the options taken by the first buyer.

ARTICLE 15 - Elite Bibs and prize money

Awarding the Bibs élites :

Elite Bibs are available only for the 1-day 100Km tOur du Lac and the Shokz Half-Tour, subject to quantities reserved for runners with a Betrail performance index.

Following the reduction in the number of runners on the races, the number of Bibs elite is limited. If you meet the criteria and would like a Bib elite, we invite you to make a request by email to inscriptionmaxirace@gmail.com.

 

Prize money :

The 2026 prize money will be determined from January 1, 2026.

  • Only on the tOur du Lac 100km Solo in 1 day and on the Shokz Demi tour.
  • There is no departure "bonus" on our event.
 

ARTICLE 16 - Prohibitions

Important reminders

For the well-being of all runners and to guarantee a good event, we would like to remind you of the following points.

It is forbidden :

  • park outside the authorized zones marked on site in all Race zones. This rule applies not only to runners, but also to assistants.
  • entering the feed zones or the MaXi-Village with an animal
  • smoking during the Race, at refreshment points and in the MaXi-Village
  • to enter the Bibs withdrawal tent with a companion. Strollers and children are not recommended as the walkway is narrow.
  • run with an animal, have someone run alongside you to carry water or provide assistance (with or without a Bib). You can run with others, but not to "voluntarily assist a runner".
  • being pushed or pulled by a runner or companion!
  • refuel on the course. Assistance is only permitted in the authorized areas indicated on the race pages.