Ladeuzeplein Leuven

rules & Regulations

• In non drafting races the punishment for drafting/blocking with black cards is replaced by yellow cards (penalty box/penalty run). 
  
  
• The athlete who commits a small violation (helmet not properly closed, wrong use of number, …) receives a yellow card with stop&go (the official whistles, shows the yellow card, calls the number of the athlete and ‘STOP’  stop&go). An athlete can receive an unlimited number of this penalty. 
  
  
• An athlete who drafts behind (drafting zone= 10m long by 3 meters wide) or blocks another athlete, receives a yellow card with a time punishment (the official whistles, shows the yellow card, calls the number of the athlete and ‘PENALTY LAP’, the athlete reports him/herself at the penalty lap at the transition area for his/her time punishment). 
  
  
• With a long distance competition, during the bike section, a triathlete has 20 seconds to catch and pass another athlete. Once passed, the second triathlete has 5 seconds to restore him/herself to a distance of 10 meters behind the faster tiathlete (measured from front wheel to front wheel). 
  
  
• With long distance competitions an athlete is disqualified when a third yellow card for drafting/blocking.   
  
  
• Athletes have to know in advance the course en have to follow the predescribed course during the race. 
  
  
• A new overview of violations & punishments can be found in the annex of the ITU competition rules & ‘BTDF Sportreglementen’. 
  
  
• When prospecting the course, the athletes also have to wear their helmet properly.
  
  
• An athlete cannot do the run section of the race with their helmet on or barefoot.

For more information we refer to the website of the Flemish Triathlon & Duathlon Federation