GUIDE TO BEING A DIRECTEUR SPORTIF
To coordinate your teams we ask you to nominate one Directeur
Sportif and
one deputy. In the Tour de France the Directeur
Sportif is the team manager.
It is their job to make sure their team progresses well!
The initial role of the Directeur Sportif does
not have to be time consuming, and it may be attractive to an existing Bicycle
User Group coordinator, or anyone else who is enthusiastic about cycling.
Their initial responsibility is to recruit cyclists into the team and to
set up the process by which challenges will be recorded. The role is very
similar to that of ‘Bike Week’ co-ordinators
and so those with prior experience of this may wish to get involved.
The Directeur Sportif will be responsible for the following activities:
- Recruiting team members
- Explaining to their colleagues how the team challenge works
- Registering participating teams and individuals on the Cycle Challenge website
- Being the key contact(s) for receipt of information and materials to distribute to their team members
- Using the Everyday Cycling website to sign your team members to a challenge
- Setting up the team Yellow and White Jersey challenges
- Completing the Challenge Form with your team results
- Co-ordinating the team to take part in the London Freewheel
Take a look at the 'How to Participate'
page to see what advice we have given to potential team members who want
to take part.
Background Knowledge for the Directeur Sportif
- Everyday Cycling provides an online portal that gives you access to a
range of online tools to set targets, and record challenges. Visit www.everydaycycling.com for
more information.
- To help your team members record their progress, either in terms of miles
ridden or journeys made we have produced a Record of Progress chart - download
it here.
- If you need more help setting or recording your challenges click
here.
- Once you've registered, take a look at the Challenge Form to get an idea
of the sort of information you and your team may need to record and report
back on.
| If you have any questions or queries about the Workplace Challenge please email: info@cyclechallenge2007.org |
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