The Bike Festival Award 2025 is established and promoted by Garda Service S.R.L. in connection to its Bike Festival Riva del Garda event, with the aim of showcasing products and innovations in the off-road cycling sector.
1. ORGANIZER
Garda Service S.R.L., based in Riva del Garda, initiates, organizes, and promotes the Bike Festival Award 2025.
2. OBJECT
The Bike Festival Award 2025 is an international prize aimed at bicycle manufacturers in the off-road cycling sector (mountain biking and gravel). Its goal is to recognize the best off-road bicycles on the market in 2025.
The award includes four categories:
• MTB – Fully
• E-MTB – Fully
• Gravel
• E-Gravel
3. PARTICIPANTS
The Bike Festival Award 2025 is open to corporations, partnerships, sole proprietorships, and start-ups. Participation is free and exclusively reserved for exhibitors at the Bike Festival Riva del Garda 2025.
All participating companies will have the right to use the name "Bike Festival Award" and the designation "Finalist and/or Winner of the Bike Festival Award" (limited to the 2025 edition) in their communication materials for the public, trade, and press.
4. TERMS OF PARTICIPATION
The Jury, composed of professionals with proven expertise in the sports equipment sector, will carry out its evaluations with complete independence.
For each of the four categories, three finalist bicycles will be selected, and among them, the winning bicycle for each category will be chosen. Additionally, one of the finalist bicycles will receive a special award for the most innovative feature.
Each company may submit only one model per category.
It is possible to submit bicycles under embargo, provided the embargo ends by 1 May 2025, the date when the winning bicycles will be announced.
Bicycles already submitted in the previous edition of the Bike Festival Award may also be entered.
Companies may only submit bicycle models that are included in their official catalogue.
Prototype models that have not yet been launched on the market are not eligible for submission.
The winners will be announced on the first day of the Bike Festival Riva del Garda 2025.
By submitting their application, companies agree to send their bicycle to the Bike Festival Riva del Garda organization if it is selected as one of the three finalists in its category.
Companies selected for the final evaluation phase must provide bicycles in size M or L.
Shipping costs for the bicycles are the responsibility of the companies.
5. EVALUATION CRITERIA
For the evaluation of bicycles, the Jury will consider the following criteria:
• Technological innovation
• Overall technical features
• Aesthetic appearance and design
Additionally, the communication strategy adopted by the company to promote the product will also be taken into account, albeit with less weight in the final assessment.
The Jury will use a scoring scale from 1 to 10, where 10 represents the highest score.
The final decision of the Jury for the Bike Festival Award 2025 will be final and non-appealable.
This Award is not classified as a "prize competition."
6. TIMELINE
The stages of the Bike Festival Award 2025 are outlined in the following timeline:
• 21 January 2025: Applications open on the website www.bikefestivalriva.com
• 21 February 2025: Application deadline
• 24 March 2025: Notification to companies about the finalist bicycles advancing to the final evaluation phase
• 31 March 2025: Public announcement (media and social) of the 12 finalist products
• 24 April 2025: Final deadline for the delivery of finalist bicycles to Riva del Garda for examination by the Jury
• 28–30 April 2025: Jury meeting for the Bike Festival Award 2025
• 1 May 2025: Official announcement of the winning bicycles of the Bike Festival Award 2025
In case of withdrawal from the Award or inability to send the selected bicycle within the dates specified above, the company must immediately notify the Bike Festival Organization. In such cases, the next candidate on the ranking list will take their place.
The list of finalist and winning bicycles will be published on the website www.bikefestivalriva.com.
7. PRIZES
The Bike Festival Riva del Garda Organization will award the first-place company in each category with a two-day/one-night stay for two people at a hotel within the territorial scope of Garda Dolomiti Azienda per il Turismo S.p.A.
Winners in the four categories, as well as the recipient of the special award, will receive a trophy, which will be presented on 1 May 2025, the opening day of Bike Festival Riva del Garda 2025, on the main stage of the Expo Area.
8. PUBLICATION OF ENTRIES AND WINNERS
By registering for the Bike Festival Award 2025, participating companies grant the Organization permission to use their logo, images, and videos of the submitted bicycle. They also allow the free use of the provided materials and information across all channels (print, radio, TV, web, and social media) and communication materials.
The company participating in the Bike Festival Award authorizes Bike Festival Riva del Garda to reproduce photographic images and videos of the submitted bicycle.
Companies with a bicycle selected as a finalist in the Award are free to communicate their participation and any eventual victory in the Bike Festival Award 2025 through their own communication channels.
9. ELIGIBLE BICYCLES
Providing false information during the data collection phase or failing to comply with the participation rules outlined in these Regulations will result in the exclusion of participants from the Bike Festival Award or the revocation of the prize.
Exclusion from the Bike Festival Award during the proposal review phase does not grant any rights to the excluded participant.
10. ACCEPTANCE OF THE REGULATIONS
Participation in the Bike Festival Award 2025 implies full acceptance of these Regulations. Garda Service S.R.L., as the organizer of the Award, reserves the right to make changes to these Regulations if deemed necessary or appropriate, at its sole discretion.
Participants in the Bike Festival Award 2025 must comply with all applicable labour regulations, including those regarding contributions, social security, and welfare.
11. PRIVACY
In accordance with Legislative Decree no. 196 of 30 June 2003, in its capacity as data controller, Garda Service S.R.L. informs that it will process all the data requested by this notice, as well as any data required by the Bike Festival Award application procedure, in the specific context of the activities related to the Bike Festival Riva del Garda 2025.
