Shade is rare on this road and the second climb arrives when you are already low on fluids. Collapse, cramp, a fall onto hot tarmac: medical costs are covered up to €150,000, from roadside treatment to hospital admission and surgery.
The course runs through thinly populated uplands where an ambulance has a long way to come. If you have to leave the race urgently, assistance and repatriation are covered at real cost, right through to your own front door.
Marvejols-Mende is run with an official bib, and most entrants race other road events through the year. The Competition option covers official racing, on this 22.4 km course and across your whole season, wherever your calendar takes you.
The drop into Mende is taken on tired legs, and a fall at that speed can leave permanent consequences. Where permanent disability is recognised, a capital sum of up to €200,000 is paid to you, offsetting a lasting loss of independence.
Most runners treat the rolling opening kilometres as free speed, then meet the climbs already short of water. The tarmac holds the heat, body temperature rises on the open plateau, and cramp sets in before the second pass. The final descent, on legs that no longer absorb shock, is where most falls happen.
This race is one date in a long running year: winter long runs, spring hill sessions, autumn road races. Accidents are not restricted to a July Sunday. Annual distance running insurance follows you through every session and every bib, in France and anywhere else you choose to race.
A fixture of the French summer, Marvejols-Mende links two Lozère towns across 22.4 kilometres of road and two climbs. The field approaches five thousand, from local club runners to visitors looking for a genuinely hard course. Here is what to know before you enter.
You run a one-day road race. One sign-up covers every participant for personal accident. During the event, a medical team stays reachable day and night, and repatriation is included. We can also come on board as a partner or sponsor of your race.
Yes. Preparation and the race itself are both covered, in France and abroad. Hill repeats, long runs and tune-up events are treated the same way as your 22.4 km race day.
Assistance starts from where you are. If your condition calls for it, evacuation and then the journey home are covered at real cost, however far from the nearest hospital you have stopped.
No. AxeoSport provides individual accident insurance. It handles the consequences of a bodily accident, not refunds for a bib, a hotel in Lozère or travel to the start line.
Yes. Your country of residence makes no difference. Cover applies in France and elsewhere, in training and in competition, provided the Competition option is attached to your contract.
The price depends on the formula you pick and how long you want to be covered. The online quote gives you the figure in a few minutes, with no commitment and nothing to pay first.