Place : This new Corsica Raid Aventure will take place in Corsica of course and on a new race itinerary kept secret and only revealed on Saturday, the first race day.
Corsica is the paradise of adventure race : this mountain on the sea permit to discover everything : sea, desert, river, mountains and snow !!!
Some information about the race profile will be given to you so that you can optimise your race.
Race Principles:

Race Principles :
• Welcome, Road books handed over, Briefing, Checkings.
• Corsica Raid Aventure 2009’s official starting, saturday in the afternoon.
• 4 ½ days of adventure race in Corsica Island
• Corsica Raid Aventure 2009’s official arrival , on Wednesday in the afternoon.

Disciplines :

Canyoning – Aquatic ride Coastering Mountain Biking Trail Night Sections

Rope Sections Mountain Trail Orienteering Discovery Sections Corsica Raid Environment

Two versions on Corsica Raid Aventure 2009 : Expert // Challenger

Expert Version: All the activities of adventure race are planned, nights sometimes long, more difficult sections of running, the Adventure with a peel of extreme. This is what hardened racers could find in this perennially fashionable version of Corsica Raid Aventure … “Beautiful, extreme, unforgettable”

Version Challenger :The spirit is the same that in the Expert version but adventure racers have shorter race sections and they benefit from more time of recovery. The competitors of the Challenger version take advantage of the atmosphere and the magic of a big adventure event but in a very adapted way…

Corsica Raid Environnement Sections
As a rough guide, here is how one of the Corsica Raid Environment Section could take place :
In sea, in a defined zone, competitors, equipped with mask and snorkel (supplied by the organization), will have to identify, at time given (less than one hour), submarine sorts (fauna and flora) thanks to the indications supplied in the road-book.
At the end of the ground test, teams will have to answer the questions of the organizers to recognize the sorts.
Every sort correctly identified will be valued at time.

Team Composition
As Team Composition : A team is composed of two racers and a racer assistant or a non-racer assistant. Each team must have a vehicle.Each team which will come with a racer assistant will be allowed to rotate at each assistant point where the changes will be possible (approximately 2 - 3 a day). Every team can also welcome one or more team reporter who will insure the team a media coverage and exclusives images of its participation in the raid.

Racers : A team is composed of two racers and it’s possible to add a third racer. But during the race section, only two raiders would be on the ground. Teams made of 3 racers can take turns in the race with the wild card system. At each assistance point, and only there, you will be able to turn without any penalty. For teams composed of only 2 racers, nothing changes. They do the entire race together without any difference with teams of 3 racers.
Assistance : A Wild Card assistant or a non-racer assistant by team, with a car. Commonly, it's the competitors who grab all the attention, however the assistance or support crew plays a key role in the team's success. It's the support team that looks after the smooth running of everything such as: preparation of equipment, meals, snacks, and getting everything from one point to another. It’s also present at all assistance points spotted over the course. At camp, it's the support team that keeps it all together.
Team Reporter : Any teams wishing to have a media interest would be well advised to rustle up or to have several team reporters following them on the race. Accordingly, he or she will experience the race like you, from the inside, and can then communicate about it with a more realistic emphasis to your sponsors and partners. The race organisation sets up for all media a Press PC, including all of its logistics and communication means(fax, telephone, internet), free of use for daily contact with their editor.

The race step by step :
The next Corsica Raid Aventure starts on spring 2009 with the welcome, the road-books distribution and the briefing. After coffee, you will have to get you totally into the spirit of a true Corsica Racer.

In the afternoon, it's time for the pre-race technical, equipment and administrative checking, where competitors go along the chain to receive the ever indispensable road book - without which they can't start the race. To get the road book everything must be in perfect order.

The serious stuff will start at the end of the afternoon with the start of the 14° Corsica Raid Aventure…So the first departure is given at the end of the afternoon.

From the daily departure (at the beginning of morning as from Sunday), the race consists of sections’ chains (see Course and Progress) allying adventure sections and some discovery sections. Several assistance points, and the opening schedules of every section, allow to have recovery and restoration phases.

This year, Corsica Raid Aventure will be still consisted of a sections’ chain which permit to offer to all the participants in the First Europe Adventure Raid a real week of Adventure...

On Wednesday, all racers should arrive in the afternoon. Then, it’s time for the awaited moment of prize giving and evening partying!

Race Course and Progression :
The race course is completely redesigned each year. It is kept secret and is only revealed the day before the start when we give out the road-books.

The Corsica Raid Aventure is a sequence of race sections of variable length and difficulty : the shortest sections lasted only a little hour while the longest can take a dozen hours. Naturally, it depends on the type of activity and on the ground profile.

Each day, there are several assistance points, at least one at each new section.
All sections comprise control points (CP) and marker points (CB) as indicated in the road-books. It is mandatory to go through those points with the whole team at once, in the order of the road-book. Some CPs can also be assistance points (CA). Throughout the entire race, racers of a same team must stay together. They must be within voice range of each other at all times.

You won't always be going on well-marked, well-worn trails during the Corsica Raid Aventure. The famous Corsican 'maquis' (bush) has been known to swallow-up more than one well placed team creating big gaps in the ranking! To reach a control point there are often a number of possible ways to get there. It's up to each team to choose considering its physical abilities and on the orienteering talents of the navigator.
Each and every team must be able to count on an experienced navigator, capable of reading maps and who will decide the right routes to take, taking into account the precious information given in the road book and this with the only help of a compass and an altimeter.

Timing Windows : There is a control (CP) as well as an assistance (CA) point at the start and at the finish of each race section : a start CP and a finish CP. Some CP have an opening time. Between 2 CP, several marker control points (CB) that are mandatory.

Some CP as well as some CB have a closing time. Those closing times are indicated on the road-book or directly given on the ground by the organisations, when it’s needed.

A neutralised team must be picked up by its assistance, and after a road transfer, will enter the race again a little further.
For the non raced section, time will be calculated. This calculated time is the slowest forecasted race timings on the non raced section with a mark up of 30%.
This time window system is set up to let the less trained teams a chance to fully enjoy the Corsica Raid Aventure, being able to do the most amazing and exciting race sections rather than losing their motivation on some race sections where they would have lost too much time.

Logistics and provisionings :

Several daily assistance points allow racers :

- To recover and to rest before the next section.
- To take a snatch on the CA which are voluntarily situated in the heart of villages to benefit from conveniences: restaurants, bars, supermarkets or grocer's shops.
- To take the equipment and the provisioning necessary for the following section.

For the evening bivouac, it is not the same for raiders and assistance

- The assistant will be well install in a campsite(camping).
- Raiders, start again for a night-section which can:
* End in the campsite or near to it (recovery by the assistant). In this case, raiders will take advantage of the campsite until the departure of the next day.
* Arrive on a bivouac CP in the middle of nowhere where racers will have to be autonomous (light tent, lyophilized provisioning and others).