## 16.4.009 Minimum Impairment Criteria 

An Athlete who wishes to compete in para-cycling must have an Eligible Impairment that complies with the Minimum Impairment Criteria for para-cycling. 

The UCI has set the Minimum Impairment Criteria to ensure that an Athlete’s Eligible Impairment affects the extent to which an Athlete is able to execute the specific tasks and activities fundamental to the sport. 

Chapter V of the UCI Cycling Regulations specifies the Minimum Impairment Criteria and the process by which an Athlete’s compliance with the Minimum Impairment Criteria is to be assessed by a Classification Panel as part of an Evaluation Session. 

Any Athlete who does not comply with the Minimum Impairment Criteria for para-cycling will be allocated the Sport Class Not Eligible (NE). 

A Classification Panel will assess whether or not an Athlete complies with the Minimum Impairment Criteria. This will take place as part of an Evaluation Session. Prior to participating in an Evaluation Session, an Athlete must first satisfy the UCI that he or she has an Eligible Impairment. 

In relation to the use of Adaptive Equipment, the UCI has set the Minimum Impairment Criteria as follows: 

a) for Eligible Impairments other than Vision Impairment, the Minimum Impairment Criteria must not consider the extent to which the use of Adaptive Equipment might affect how the Athlete is able to execute the specific tasks and activities fundamental to the sport; 

b) for Vision Impairment, the Minimum Impairment Criteria must consider the extent to which the use of Adaptive Equipment might affect how the Athlete is able to execute the specific tasks and activities fundamental to the sport. 

## . 16.4.010 Sport Class 

(article introduced on 01.02.18) 

A Sport Class is a category defined by the UCI in the Classification Rules, in which Athletes are grouped by reference to the impact of an Eligible Impairment on their ability to execute the specific tasks and activities fundamental to a sport. 

An Athlete who does not have an Eligible Impairment or does not comply with the Minimum Impairment Criteria for para-cycling must be allocated Sport Class Not Eligible (NE) in accordance with articles 16.4.019 – 16.4.021 of these Classification Rules. 

An Athlete who complies with the Minimum Impairment Criteria for para-cycling will be allocated a Sport Class (subject to the provisions in these Classification Rules concerning Failure to Attend Athlete Evaluation and Suspension of Athlete Evaluation). 

Except for the allocation of Sport Class Not Eligible (NE) by the UCI (in accordance with article 16.4.019), the allocation of a Sport Class must be based solely on an evaluation by a Classification Panel of the extent to which the Athlete’s Eligible Impairment affects the specific tasks and activities fundamental to sport. Except for the Observation in Competition Assessment, this evaluation must take place in a controlled non-competitive environment, which allows for the repeated observation of key tasks and activities. 

