1. Bidder for the 4th European Deaf Mountain bike Championships 2018

2. Place
the location is the Anhée municipality in the region of Namur, in the valley of the Meuse river, a region which offers varied and technical course profiles. Being a region with great tourist attractions, there is also a very wide range of accommodation

3. Location Accessibility
Anhée is situated in the valley of the Meuse river between Dinant (7km) and Namur (20km).
Accessibility 
Airports:
Charleroi (Brussels South Airport) 45 minutes ;
Zaventem airport (Brussels airport) one hour.
Stations :
Yvoir 5 minutes: Line Brussels-Dinant
Namur 30 minutes : central station, more frequent trains
Motorway :
20 minutes away from exit 19 on the motorway E411 Arlon-Brussels
40 minutes away from exit 14 on the motorway E42 Liege-Mons

4. Program 6 – 13 May 2018
Sunday May 6 : arrival and settling in of the teams in their accommodation Technical meeting and opening ceremony in the presence of political people and involved committees
Monday May 7 : Training, leisure (visit of the Bocq brewery) and technical meeting
Tuesday May 8: EC XCR in Warnant
Wednesday May 9 : Training, leisure (Molignée Rail bike) and technical meeting,
Thursday May 10 (Ascension) : EC XCO in Warnant
Friday May 11: EC XCE in Warnant
Saturday May 12: Training, leisure (river cruise on the Meuse from Dinant)
Sunday May 13 : EC XCM in Anhée and closing ceremony with a symbolic action for the young bikers from our academy.

5. Accomodation Les jardins de la Molignée www.jardins.molignee.com
Hotel situated 5 minutes away by car from Warnant (XCO, XCE and XCR) and 2 minutes away by car from the XCM and which offers several kinds of rooms :
single room: 80€ breakfast included
standard room : 100€ breakfast included
junior room : 150€ breakfast included

6. The IBIS Hotel http://www. accorhotels
A hotel situated in Dinant, 15 minutes from Anhée (XCM) and which offers rooms from 68€. It belongs to the ‘Accor’ hotels, well-known throughout the world.
The Ibis hotel is situated in the heart of Dinant, the birthplace of Adolphe Sax, who invented the saxophone. Close to the old town, the hotel is on the banks of the Meuse river, just a stone’s throw from restaurants, bars and shops, but also from the Dinant Casino. The hotel has 59 air-conditioned rooms, a bar that serves snacks 24 hours a day and a Wi-Fi access for business guests. There is a public car park just 50 m away from the hotel.

7. Campsite on the location of the XCM departure
A campsite will be settled in with a leisure area, in-and outdoor sports places (beach volley, petanque, table tennis, walking, football, mini football, tennis)
Ravel (paths dedicated to pedestrians, bikers and horse riders mostly on former towpaths and former railway tracks) to Dinant (7km), Maredsous Abbey (10km) and Namur (20km).
On the campsite, the participants and the people accompanying them will receive lunch, snack (4 o’ clock) and dinner. The meals will be cooked on the spot by a caretaker and the menus will be conceived for sportspeople. The goods will be as far as possible supplied by local and organic producers.
There will be a bike park with a mechanic workshop.

8. Circuits XCR (Relay) Tuesday 8 May 2018
Departure : Warnant
Team Relay will take place on the XCO circuit but will be 600m shorter (total length will thus be 4700m)
XCO (Cross-Country) Thursday 10 May 2018
5300m circuit, a mixture of technical sections and sections where you can ride quicker and where over takings are possible.

9. XCE (eliminating) Friday 11 May 2018
Departure : Warnant
Circuit length: 900m.
Mostly meadows, thus providing wide open spaces for the participants.
XCM (Marathon) Sunday 13 May 2018
Departure : Anhée
85 Km for men D+ : 2500m
65 km for women D+ : 1900m

10. conclusion
Belgian is the ideal venue for the organization of Mountain Bike events: it is well-known and famous in Europe for its Mountain Bike races and it has organized for several years the Mountain Bike World Cup (Houffalize). Its location in Europe is also very central and is thus easily accessible.
Those associations have already had the opportunity to collaborate on the organization of the Belgian Deaf Marathon in 2014.

11. with the cooperation and organization partners :