Team Leaders MeetingDay 5 - Saturday, August 26thRelayVeřejné informace

Roll-callVeřejné informace

Officials
Pavel MusilJiří Putík
Magnus Wallenborg
Milan MeierLeoš Bogar

Event Director
Sport/Technical Director
IOF Senior Event Advisor (SWE)
National Controller
Course setter

JURY members:

Anke Dannowski (GER)
Keith Dawson (GBR)
Milan Meier (CZE)Veřejné informace

Relay day – Time schedule
Event office open (Arena)

7:30-8:10

Start quarantine open
9:00
Last entry into the quarantine zone, 2nd and 3rd legs 10:20

Start of the Relay distance event

10:00

Mass start relay 1st leg –M20
Mass start relay 1st leg –W & W20
Mass start relay 1st leg –M

10:00
10:10
10:20

Public Race (middle distance, Relay area)
Prize giving ceremony (EC)
Banquet (Jičín Castle Park – upper part)Concert (Jičín Castle Park)

14:00 – 16:00
17:00 – 17:30
17:30 – 20:00
20:00 – 22:00

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Relay day – Logistics
Travelling to the arena – from Jičín – direction Nová Paka.
GPS: 50.4937058N, 15.5063456E
Access to the parking and to the arena – in Nová Paka, from streets Kumburská and Šlejharova,
see detailed picture.
Respect embargoed areas.
Marked with signs, please follow the instructions from marshals.
It is not allowed to park anywhere else, only dedicated official parking areas are allowed.
Distance from parking to the Arena: up to 300 m (walk)Veřejné informace

Relay day – Logistics - Recommended routefrom Jičín to Nová PakaVeřejné informace

Relay day – Route to arena and parkingVeřejné informace

Relay day arena detailVeřejné informace

Relay day – GPS & Quarantine
1st leg:no quarantine, no GPS, warm-up – use the street around the parking
2nd and 3rd leg: start quarantineStart quarantine open
9:00
Last entry into the quarantine zone
10:20
Warm-up area is a part of quarantine zone.
Quarantine facilities - toilets, tents, refreshment (water)
Exit from quarantine is situated in the E part.
Before leaving quarantine – CLEAR & CHECK your SIAC and all athletes will be asked to wear a GPSunit. GPS units for the 2nd and 3rd leg will be distributed in a quarantine zone. All athletes riding
2nd and 3rd leg will be riding with a GPS.
GPS pickup time for 2nd leg: 10:20, at the quarantine zone
GPS pickup time for 3rd leg: 10:40, at the quarantine zone
GPS unit must be worn in a special vest provided to each team or in a special pocket on the back,which holds the unit in a vertical position. GPS units must be returned in the finish area.
There will be no finish quarantine.
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Relay day – Quarantine
We kindly ask all competitors to mount their start bibs on their bikes or to know their actual start
number before entering the quarantine zone.
Team bags:
Riders’ clothes and other personal belongings will be transported from a quarantine to the finisharena. Please, put your items into appropriate bag/backpack and sign it with your start number
and national team acronym (CZE, FRA, SWE…).
Please, do not send large or heavy items (service tools, bike spare parts, suitcases etc.)!
No bottles with refreshment to be delivered to the course.
No material control in the course.

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Relay day – Finish quarantine

All competitors arrived to the finish before 10:20 should
stay in the finish quarantine next to SIAC reading area till
10:20Veřejné informace

Relay day – Courses, maps

W20WM20MLength
7,9 km
9,8 km10,2 km
10,5 km

Optimal route Controls Climb
11,2 km
25300 m14,6 km28
390 m
14,2 km
28370 m16,3 km32450 mEstimated winning time (1 leg)
35-40 minutes
40-45 minutes
35-40 minutes
40-45 minutes

Time limit: 230 minutes
Map scale: 1:7500, contours 5m, waterproof paper
Map example:
Map size: 2 maps - 30x42 cm (1) and 21x30 (2), enlargement
approved by SEA to keep map scale and good readability
Map specs: ISMTBOM 2022, revision 2/2023
All categories – two maps, stapled, one side printing
No refreshment during the race
Time from spectator’s control to the finish: approx. 8-10 min.

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Relay day – Punching & backup
Punching system – SportIdent SIAC, Long range
Backup punching system – SportIdent contact
Backup for competitors – second SIAC
Recommendation from SportIdent:
Keep approx 30 cm distance between cards,
when you wear two SIACs to keep maximum
reliability, if possible.

Anti-theft cardVeřejné informace

CONTROLS

Relay day – Starting procedure
1st legs are called to the prestart 10 minutes prior to their start, according to the table:

M20
W20
WM

Prestart
9:50
10:00
10:00
10:10

Start
10:00
10:10
10:10
10:20

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Relay day – Starting procedure
1st legs:
Mass Start starting procedure. 1st leg competitors will enter the starting grid from theprestart, 10 minutes before their mass start to put their bikes on marked starting positions. 3
minutes before start all first leg riders must stand on their starting position. Maps will beprovided 3 minutes before start and placed course down on the map holder. Signal will begiven 15 seconds before start to turn over the maps.
The bike must be stationary and competitors must keep at least one foot on the ground until
the starting signal. A false start will result in a time penalty. The start will not be repeated.
After the start the rider follows a mandatory route (corridor) to the map start marked by a flagin the terrain, distance to map start is approx. 110 m.

Show respect for other riders.

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Relay day – Starting procedure
2nd and 3rd legs:
Changeover is realized by touch in changeover area. Then the rider reaches the starting area,takes the map and follows the marked path to the map start. GPS pickup, CLEAR, CHECK andSIAC TEST for 2nd and 3rd legs will be situated at the quarantine zone.
Again, times for GPS pickup:
GPS pickup time for 2nd leg: 10:10, at the quarantine zone
GPS pickup time for 3rd leg: 10:40, at the quarantine zone

Starting and changeover procedures will be shown at 9.30.

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Relay day – Starting procedure
2nd and 3rd leg – MAPS
Top Line 2nd legs of M & W20
2nd 3rd legs of M & W20
3rd Line 2nd legs of M20 & W
4th Line 3rd legs of M20 & W

Each opening in the desk issigned by relay number and leg
i.e. 1.2 is relay 1 leg 2
303.3 is relay 303 leg 3Veřejné informace

Relay day – Starting procedure
2nd and 3rd leg - MAPS

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Relay day – Starting procedure
2nd and 3rd leg - MAPS

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Relay day – Finish procedure
First and second legs:
First and second leg riders cross the finish line in the continuos (paralell) corridor. Whenentering into the transition area they hand over to the next rider by touch and then they will
punch a finish control when leaving the transition area. After this the rider reads the SI Card.
Third leg:
The winner is the first rider to cross the finish line. A finish SI box will be held by a referee topunch finish in oreder ofarrival in the finish line. Please follow marshal’s directions to keep inorder.
JURY member and national controller will be present on the finish line.

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Relay day – Courses, maps
All courses contain compulsory route, marked by a corridor in the terrain.
In the map the compulsory route is marked by symbol 707 Marked route (purple).

Approximately in the center of the first map, there is an out-of-bound area, marked by symbol
709 Out-of-bounds area, not marked in terrain. There is a childrens camp, be careful when riding
nearby.

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Relay day – Courses, maps
There are a few very new obstacles, which are not in
the map - pile of branches. They can be easily
bypassed by side, there will be also a tape path.

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Relay day – Courses, maps
There are a lot of forest areas with a dense irregular network of footpaths and a base that enables
driving everywhere, good rideability, good visibility. Marked in map by black dots, symbol 825.1
Forested area, permitted to ride or 825.2 Minor forested area, permitted to ride.
Example:Veřejné informace

Relay day – Restrictions

Off-track riding (including running and walking withthe bike) is prohibited during all races, except map
symbols where riding is permitted!
Also cutting is strictly prohibited.

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The following symbols (ISMTBOM 2022) will be used to show where off-track riding(or movement) is permitted.

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Relay day – SAFETY
Courses outside villages are crossing some small roads or the riders will ride on these roads.
Reduced car traffic is possible. There will be marshals in most critical places, but generally riders
are asked to follow traffic rules. Riders DO NOT HAVE absolute priority in the traffic.
Please watch out for pedestrians, mushroom pickers and tourists.
Two very steep downhills will be marked in the terrain and also in the map with a sign withexclamation marks.

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Relay day – DOPING
Please read AD information given in Bulletin #4.
Call for AD testing may happen any time.

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Relay day – OTHER
Starting bibs
Starting bib will be given out to each competitor for each discipline. The starting bib
has to be placed in the front of the bike, tapes to fit the numbers will be distributed with bibs.
Complaints
Complaints may only be made by accredited team officials or competitors, at the finish as soon as
possible after the incident or at the latest at 14:30. Complaints received after this limit will beconsidered if there are valid exceptional circumstances (described in the complaint).
Any complaints shall be made in writing to the organizer – in that case please contact staff in thefinish.

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Relay day – OTHER
Prize giving ceremony
Will be organized giving ceremony at the Event Centre at 17:00. There will be awarded first 6 bestplaced competitors in each category. In line with IOF rules podium finishers are requested to dress
in team uniforms.
Catering service (food ordered by teams in advance) will be available at the finish arena.

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Relay day – OTHER
Hourly weather forecast for Nová Paka served by yr.noVeřejné informace

Relay day – OTHER - Banquet••••

Please stay till the very end of the Prize ceremony in front of the podium
17:30 at Jičín castle park – upper part. Entrance for accedited persons only – wear your badges
20:00-22:00 Live music
Food, beer and non alcoholic radler provided for free

• There is noise regulation from 22:00.
• Whole facility as well as whole town center is protected as historical heritage and monitoredby surveillance cameras.
• Whatever behaviour which would not comply noise regulation, damage of the casle interieurand exterier, park and town will be proactively investigated and punished by The Municipal
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Thank you & GOOD LUCK!

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