The race the mountain bike was invented for!

Bike Adventure 2003

3rd Two-day Points Race for mountain biking couples

The wide forests of Zdarske Vrchy, where the race takes place, moreover, is an ideal environment: few asphalt-covered roads and many forest paths that wind their way through the wilds of borders of Eastern Bohemia and Moravia.

The race is suitable for everybody, from holiday bikers to experienced racers as everybody can choose his/her way according to his/her ideas and abilities.

The Free-order-race is more interesting and adventurous than classical races since it doesn't depend only on your physical condition and cycling style but also on your sense of direction in the countryside and your chosen tactics.

The couple spends the entire race together and, therefore, also team co-operation and good co-ordination are of great importance. Moreover, a couples' race brings new experience, shared crises and the joy of success.

Before starting, each team will receive a map and the specifications of the checkpoints and their classification by points. The aim is to collect as many points as possible by passing the checkpoints in the given period of time.

Organizer:

Univerzitní Sportovní Klub Praha (USK Prague)

Date of event:

12^th and 13^th July 2003

Race centre:

Ski area Nove Mesto na Morave. Arrive from the road between Nove Mesto and Vlachovice.
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Entries

Please send your entry form to the following address:
Katerina Mestková, Kojicka 974, 197 00 Ujezd nad Lesy, Praha 9, CZECH REPUBLIC, e-mail: kacka.ba@seznam.cz
The entry form can be found here (.doc)

Contact Infoline:

+ 420 728 229 719.

Entry fees:

600 CZK per couple before 30^th June 2002.
800 CZK per couple before 11^th July 2002.
No. of bank account - 1922390329/0800 (USK Praha, Česká spořitelna, Václavské nám. 42, Praha 1).

Accommodation:

Accommodation is located in centre of the event in your own tents (the price per person is 60 CZK per night, your interest order in the entry form). Other possibilities of accommodation are in the surrounding hotels: SKI Hotel Nove Mesto.

Number of participants:

Limited up to 1000 participants, according to the order of application forms as they are received.

Registration for this event

11^th July 2003 in the race centre from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
12^th July 2003 in the race centre from 8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.

Start:

Interval start, no risk of traffic jams, etc.
Both days the first competitors start at 9:00 a.m. Everybody will find out their exact start time at the registration.

Courses:

The same for all categories - time limit:
1^st day - 6 hours
2^nd day - 4 hours

Map:

Tourist map Zdarske vrchy, No 49, scale 1 : 50 000. SHOCart
The competitors will get the map of the race area from the organiser at the registration (one map for a couple; it will be possible to buy another one there).

Bike Adventure Team Spirit:

If you are at least 3 couples from the same club or company, you are automatically entered to the attractive race Team Spirit. The team consists of at least 3 couples (arbitrary - men, women or mixed couples) from the same club or firm

Additional activities:

Baby Zoom - (nursery school for your children) - the organisers will look after your children during the race - entertaining program, small sport games.
Dress and Dressing Party - Saturday's night act in the centre of race.
Bike Tunel - partner's bike-service of Bike Adventure, basic service for your bike, selling of bike staff including map boxes, and helms' rental

Awards:

First 3 couples in all categories will be awarded valuable prizes and diplomas. There is also going to be a ballot - drawing from all the start numbers for extra prizes.

Suggested equipment:

Mountain or trekking bike, spares and tire-tubes, map box (it enables you to follow the map during the ride, you can buy one at the race-centre), helmet obligatory. The racers themselves are responsible for their refreshments during the race.

Rules and conditions

The competition is in the area and with the agreement of CHKO (Protected Natural Area) Zdarske vrchy. All the participants are obligatory to keep all the rules of the behaviour given by administration of CHKO.
Each participant will receive a cycling map, start card and a list of all checkpoints at his/her registration. The participants will mark the checkpoints in the map according to the given co-ordinates.
On the start day the point evaluation will be announced by the organizer - individual checkpoints have various point value. It depends on the couple what strategy they will choose to achieve as many points as possible in the given period of time.
Start is in regular waves with intervals of 5 minutes - it is therefore necessary to appear in the start-zone with a time reserve of 10 min at least so that the couple is ready for their start time (stated in the start card) in time. If a couple comes later, the participant will lose his/her minutes without return.
The participants mark passing the checkpoints in their start card. The racers must stay during the race "within earshot" all the time and must pass the race together. The motto of this race is: "two are more than just one".
The race limit is set and every minute more is fined.
Other people's help is absolutely out of question. The participants using other people's help (hitch-hiking) are in for disqualification.
The organizers take no responsibility for the health of participants, the technical condition of bike etc. The participants acknowledge by signing the application form that they take part in the race at their own risk.
The organizers ask the participants to respect the principals of behaviour in nature - not to throw away paper, not to leave packing behind, not to bike off roads, etc.
Entire race is regulated according to the MTBO regulations (Mountain Bike Orienteering) which will be at your disposal in the place of the race and are being explained on-line at www.mtbo.cz