Saariselkä MTB Stages 2015 Riders meeting

Timetable:  Trail to Kulmakuru  Race office open in the race center at Honkapolku  start 1: elite, hobby, duo, fatbike  start 2: junior, hobby mini  Dinner in Restaurant Pirkon Pirtti  Prize giving in Restaurant Teerenpesä  21-> Race day after-party in Restaurant Teerenpesä: A'la Carte, drinks and DJ playing music  Saariselkä MTB Marathon  Race office open in the race center at Honkapolku  Start: all classes  KIDS' Race at race center  Dinner in Restaurant Pirkon Pirtti  Prize giving in Restaurant Teerenpesä  21-> Race day after-party in Restaurant Teerenpesä: A'la Carte, drinks and DJ playing music

Timetable:  Trail to the golden lands  Race office open in the race center at Honkapolku  Start 1: elite, hobby, duo, fatbike  Start 2: junior, hobby mini  Dinner in Restaurant Pirkon Pirtti  approx. 15 o'clock Prize giving in race center

Start:  All classes start from the competition center (Honkapolku). The participants need to be in the start area in time, approx. 15min before the start. The participants can choose their place in the start freely. Exception: On Saturday and Sunday the riders with leader jerseys will be called to the first row separately.  The races start with a neutral start behind a front car. The front car must not be overtaken in any situation! After the front car drives to the side, the race starts.

Tracks: Trail to Kulmakuru  Marked with blue marks, blue spray paint and white marking tape  Please, do not drive over the river!  There are four service points along the track: at 11km, 23km, 40km ja 51km.

Tracks: Saariselkä MTB  Marked with white marks, white spray paint and white marking tape  There are three service points along the track (5 poins during two laps): at 11km, 26km ja 40km.  Second lap through the finish gate

Tracks: Trail to golden lands  Marked with yellow marks, yellow spray paint and white marking tape  There are three service points along the track: at 11km, 30km ja 40km.

Service:  On the service points we offer Powerbar Isoactive sports drink and something small to eat. It’s possible to have your own drinking bottles taken to any of the organizer’s service points. In case you want your bottles to be taken to the service points, they need to be in the race office latest 1 hour before the start in the morning of the competition. Write your name and the name of the service point to the bottle. All empty bottles will be taken to race office after the race. Private support:  Private support is allowed anywhere along the race tracks on following conditions:  It is not allowed to drive private support cars on roads that are part of the race cources in any circumstances.  It is not allowed park private support cars to places where they cause danger to participants or other cars.

Rules:  It’s absolutely forbidden to leave any garbage on the terrain! The participants can leave their garbage to the service points.  On the first stage, it is forbidden to ride over the river Tolosjoki. All participants must walk over the river!  Where the tracks go along public roads, the participants must obey traffic rules. Where tracks go next to tarmac roads it is not allowed to ride on the road.  The overall leader of the stage race will be wearing a leader jersey during the race. The leader jerseys will be used in the following classes: men elite, men fatbike, women (all women classes).

First aid:  First aid crew is situated in the competitions center. There is a phone connection to first aid from every service point and traffic guidance point. Contact person: Tiina Idström

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