Medical certificate for Sportives abroad

Yeah, I thought a BC race licence was essentially under the UCI umbrella?

Bizarrely, Megavalanche accept either a medical cert or a BC race licence in lieu of the medical cert. Cos those BC race doctors have reviewed my health recently Etape du Tour would not accept the BC licence and needed a medical cert.

Sorry - forgot to add that we found an example certificate for a marathon which might be helpful: http://www.lmhm.it/images/pdf/2014/CertificatoMedicoStranieri_ENG_LMHM20...

I looked into this recently as a mate asked me about getting a certificate. We eventually worked out that these events are governed by FIDAL (Italian Sports Federation) and they have a rule about medical certificates for domestic and foreign participants. What it seems to boil down to is this (google translated): "The participation of foreign athletes who are not registered with FIDAL in events competitive on the Italian territory is subject to the presentation of a medical certificate, The validity of which is in accordance with the law on protection of health in competitive sports in the country of belonging of foreign participant; the medical certificate is valid in the time frame expected for the individual competition and must be kept in the acts of the Company."
As far as I know, there are no such laws outside of general health & safety stuff here in the UK so you can pretty much get any old quack to give you a certificate provided it states that you are fit for the specific type of event and contains an expiry date which covers your event. Hope this helps. Feel free to check article 23 yourself at: http://www.fidal.it/upload/files/Organizzazione/2014/10.Norme_Organizzaz...

Pretty sure you can only get a UCI License though British Cycling these days if you are registered with a UCI team

Ask them if a UCI race licence would be accepted.

You can get it quite easily from British Cycling, without medical examinations.

I haven't tried Italy but mine has been accepted in France at events which have required medical certification.

I have a friend who entered a grand fondo in Italy he is a GP himself and a colleague of his who is a GP issued his certificate which was accepted, perhaps different sportives in Italy have varying standards of who can issue a medical certificate or perhaps they require the medic to have certain speciality qualifications? I would check with the organising body to see what they will accept. Certainly there are many Genetal Practitioners with a special interest in sport medicine. Lots of professional football clubs have links with such GP's. With in the EU if not world wide you will find the medical qualifications from the UK are well respected.

Unfortunately a GP's medical cert wouldn't work in Italy. I know people who have gone with that. It is fine for UK events and some on the continent.

My GP did me a medical and signed a cert to say I was fit for taking part in the Etape du Tour.

It was basic - blood pressure, pulse, weight, height, listened to heart, max air flow etc.

Had to pay about £15. I think would have been more if I'd asked for ECG and blood tests etc.

You won't get an agonistic certificate from a GP. You need a sports physician to give you that. It is basically a medical to say you are fit for the sport you wish to do.

For some reason, most events in Italy require it because of their insurance. It is normally for running and triathlons. I'd have a search for local sports physicians, but I've no idea of cost.

You can take a short cut if you think you won't pass, pay £65 and do it online http://www.cyclosportmedicalcertificates.co.uk/en/