1.2.056 (N) The organiser shall provide a fully equipped secretarial office for the full duration of the race. A representative of the organiser must be present there at all times. 

(article introduced on 01.01.05) 

1.2.057 (N) This race headquarters will be set up at the competition venue. For road races, the race headquarters will be operational at the start location during the two hours that precede the start of the race, as well as at the finish location, during the two hours that precede the finish of the race. 

1.2.058 (N) The race headquarters at the finish will remain open until the results are sent to the UCI, or, if the commissaires have not completed their work at that juncture, until such time as that work has been completed. 

(article introduced on 01.01.05) 

1.2.059 (N) The race headquarters must be provided with at least a telephone line, a fax and a computer with internet access. 

## § 7 Course and safety 

(article introduced on 01.01.05) 

## Safety 

1.2.060 The organiser must provide an adequate security service and organise efficient cooperation with the police. 

(article introduced on 01.01.05) 

1.2.061 Without prejudice to the relevant legal and administrative provisions and the general duty of care, the organiser shall ensure that the race course or the competition grounds include no places or situations that could constitute a particular safety risk to anyone (riders, attendants, officials, spectators, etc.). 

(text modified on 01.01.05) 

1.2.062 Without prejudice to provisions requiring an entirely closed circuit, all traffic shall be stopped on the course as the race passes through. 

1.2.063 In no case can the UCI be held responsible for defects in the course or installations of for any accidents that may occur. 

1.2.064 Riders shall study the course in advance. 

(text modified on 01.01.05) 

Unless ordered so to do by a police officer, they may not leave the prescribed course and shall not be able to claim any error in this respect, nor any other motive such as, for example, incorrect directions by any person, badly placed or non-existent signs, etc. 

Conversely, should the rider take a shortcut giving an advantage, he shall be penalised in accordance with point 13 of the table of race incidents appended to Part XII (article 

