We will
rock (and root) you!
What: Tour
de Tampere: Extreme-TdT 300km, Guided Mtb-event.
When:
22.-23.May 2015
Participation
fee will be approximately 30 euros.
Compulsory
information meeting for participants: Friday 22.5. at 19.00 (7.00pm).
Event
start: Friday 22.5. at 20.00. Place: TESC
Event
finish: Saturday 23.5. at 18.00. Place: TESC
Mountain
biking event Tour de Tampere, organized by a local cycling club Kaupin Kanuunat, celebrates
it’s 20th anniversary. That’s the reason we wanted to provide some
extra challenge for those ultra-enthusiast MTB-cyclists who want to suffer a
bit.
In a
nutshell: Tour de Tampere (TdT) is well organized MTB event which offers you a
great challenge to push the limits. There is a large variety of different
groups from 5 to 8 hours of riding on great surfaces around Tampere region at your own level. There are groups not only for mountain bikers (XC- and enduro), but also for
Cyclo Crossers or even Trekking bikers. Great opportunity to get a view on
the nature surrounding Tampere. In years 2009-2014 there have
been 200-300 participants.
If you’re
not satisfied to have “only” eight hard hours of MTB (which is already quite challenging to most who already have a good MTB-experience), there is
an extra challenge: TdT-Extreme, twenty hours of riding quite technical trails
but also some gravel and tarmac roads. Shortly, that race (which actually isn’t
a race because we won’t race against others, just against tiredness...)
includes two loops.The first loop goes south from Tampere, around lake Roine when the second and bigger loop turns to
north. The northest point we reach is Jämi.
Service: The extreme group is based on high self-service idea. There is one service car
for some emergency cases, i.e. some member of the group is totally tired or
there comes some severe technical damages. Service car enables also some water
fillings in places where that’s not otherwise possible. Self-service, however, does
mean that you have to carry most of your liquids, gels, bars, tools, etc. in
your backbag.
Time
schedule:
-
Compulsory ridermeeting Friday 22.5. at 19.00.
- Race
starts at 20.00.
- First
short rest (20 min) approximately 0.00 o’clock (Saturday) at Aapiskukko
(Pälkäne).
- First
loop ends at 4.00 o’clock at TESC (you can change dry
clothes, fill your bottles and have some snacks).
- Second
loop starts at 4.30.
- Short
rest (20 min) approximately 7.00 o’clock at Hämeenkyrö
- Rest and
lunch (60min) approximately 10.30 o’clock at Jämi. Opportunity to change dry clothes (service car), fill your
bottles and have a warm meal.
- Approximately
11.30 ride continues.
- Short
rest/coffee break (20 min) approximately 14.00 o’clock at Kyröskoski
- Back in
TESC approximately 17.30-18.00. Warm meal and warm shower.
If you are
interested to participate, you should have GPS which enables you to follow the
track in case you get lost or have no visible contact to person in
front of you. The track will be available on late April in our Facebook site. You should also have
good technical skills to ride your bike in variable terrains (stones, roots,
up- and downhills etc.). First of all you must have great physical and mental
level of fitness! Maximum number of participants is 15 with three leaders/guides.
Extreme-TdT in co-operation with OffroadFinnmark
The event
is in co-operation with OffroadFinnmark, a long-distance MTB adventure race in Northern Norway, and serves as a good preparation for ultra
races for later months. As a prize for those who survive the Extreme-TdT they
want to give an excellent prize: two pieces of participations to 300km
OffroadFinnmark –race in year 2015 (value: 4000NOK (about 450 euros) per
participation). If there are more than two survivors who want to take part
to OffroadFinnmark, we make a lottery after the event.
How to get in: Send an application letter as soon as possible (the first come, the first serve), where you
tell me why you should be a part of the Extreme-TdT -team. (mikko.petajamaki (at) gmail.com) You should also tell
what is your experience in ultraraces ie. TransAlps, OffroadFinnmark,
TahkoMtb 180/240km, Haanja 100M etc. Race directorat processes the
applications and everyone is informed by mid March if they are accepted to race or not.
And remember, there is also option to take part in 5h or 8h guided tours without application letter!
