SPRINT additional  info

Competition terrain – Saku center, urban landscape and some forest trails in the area.

MAP: 1: 7 500, h=2,5m,  31*22cm

COURSES (optimal riding distance)

RESTRICTED ZONES

1. Tallinna maantee (main road through the Saku) is restricted area, marked with red vertical lines and allowed to cross only in one place:

2. In the manor park it is allowed to ride only on the tracks. All other areas are restricted areas and marked with red vertical lines. The lawn areas are under the heritage protection – they are not allowed to cross: 

3. Football stadium surroundings is restricted area due to football competition.

Restricted areas are marked only on the map – not in landscape. Check the map carefully and do not enter to the restricted areas!

DANGER:

1. Traffic is open and saku is densely populated – be very careful to avoid crashes!!!

MIDDLE DISTANCE ADDITIONAL INFO

Competition terrain – Saustinõmme forest. The start and finish are approx. 1 km  from the competition center. Forest is 50 % wine forest with a tense singletrack network and 50% of moor forest with slower and more technical rooty singletracks. Several forest roads and some cross country ski tracks through the forest. Visibility is good almost everywhere. The terrain is flat, one part of the area has some rideable trenches and holes. Glades are often old cleared forest areas and therefore are not rideable.

MAP 1:10 000, h=2,5m, 33*20cm

Wider cross-country ski tracks  are marked on map as narrow tracks with yellow background:

COURSES (optimal riding distance)

MAP CHANGE

N21, M21, M20 and M40 maps has two pages which are stapled together.  Rider must change the map page at the certain control point.

DANGER:

1. Tracks are narrow and map area is not very big – back and forth route choices may happen, be careful not to crash with other riders.

1. 1. Keep on the right side where possible.
   2. Use your voice if necessary.
   3. Slower rides would give the way to the fastest.
      
      

2. All ditches and trenches have bridges where are trails. Most  of the bridges are narrow. If the bridge is very narrow or seems bit dangerous to cross, it is marked with special sign:

LONG DISTANCE ADDITIONAL INFO

Competition terrain – Keila health center ski and running tracks and surrounding forest.  The dense network of singletracks and forest roads. Mainly fast singletracks, but some of them are technical and rocky as they pass old open limestone mines. The terrain is mostly flat but has some artificial hills (made of construction waste and covered with soil) with height difference no more than 15 meters. Start and finish at the competition center.

MAP 1:15 000, h=2,5m, 33*14cm

DANGER

Most courses goes through living area where traffic is open and children are playing. There will security guard, however – be careful there!
M21 course crosses the road –  check the left side and the right that the road would be free!

SERVICE POINT

All courses have 1 service point. It locates very near the competition center on the skibridge. Competitors may cross the competition center only over that bridge! There is possibility to bring your bottles to the service point before the race:

COURSES (optimal riding distance)

 Due to the size of the map area the courses are more like extended middle distance.

MAP CHANGE

N21, M21, M20 and M40 maps has two pages which are stapled together.  Rider must change the map page at the certain control point.