Latest Infor­ma­ti­on for Par­ti­ci­pan­ts in the XTER­RA O-SEE Chall­enge

Com­pe­ti­ti­on Regis­tra­ti­on All com­pe­ti­ti­ons for Satur­day and Sun­day are ful­ly boo­ked. Only retur­ned start­ing places will be available on-site. Late regis­tra­ti­ons will be pos­si­ble from Fri­day, 16 August 2024, at 1:00 p.m.

Late regis­tra­ti­ons for the Team Sprint on Fri­day will be pos­si­ble from Fri­day, 15 August 2025, at 1:00 p.m. Appro­xi­m­ate­ly 10 start­ing places remain.

Pick-up of Start­ing Docu­ments

• Fri­day, 15 August, from 1:00 p.m.
• Satur­day, 16 August, from 8:30 a.m.

Sche­du­les & Sup­port­ing Pro­gram The cur­rent sche­du­les and details of the sup­port­ing pro­gram for Fri­day, Satur­day, and Sun­day can be found here. Maps of the com­pe­ti­ti­on area and fes­ti­val grounds, inclu­ding important infor­ma­ti­on (par­king, infor­ma­ti­on point, regis­tra­ti­on tent, check-in, food & drinks, etc.), can be found here.

Wea­ther Fore­cast (15–17 August) Sun­ny with pos­si­ble thun­der­storms and show­ers. Tem­pe­ra­tures will be hot, rea­ching 23 – 27 °C.

Direc­tions & Par­king Access to the Olbers­dor­fer See lei­su­re area is only pos­si­ble via Äuße­re Weber­stra­ße. Amp­le paid par­king is available the­re. Access via Süd­stra­ße Olbers­dorf is per­mit­ted only for par­king per­mit hol­ders. Per­mits (€5/day) are available in limi­t­ed num­bers from the infor­ma­ti­on point.

Com­pe­ti­ti­on Brie­fings Held on Fri­day, 15 August at 6:00 p.m. and Satur­day, 16 August at 10:00 a.m. A digi­tal ver­si­on will also be available. Eli­te star­ters have addi­tio­nal cont­act per­sons for spe­ci­fic ques­ti­ons.

Water Tem­pe­ra­tu­re & Qua­li­ty Water qua­li­ty is satis­fac­to­ry (cur­rent ana­ly­sis available). Cur­rent tem­pe­ra­tu­re is abo­ve 22 °C. Final decis­i­on on wetsu­it use will be made Satur­day mor­ning — as of now, a ban is likely.

Bike Washing Area Due to envi­ron­men­tal regu­la­ti­ons, no bike washing area is pro­vi­ded. Washing bikes in the O-SEE is strict­ly pro­hi­bi­ted; vio­la­ti­ons will result in dis­qua­li­fi­ca­ti­on.

Show­ers None available on-site.

Bicy­cle Racks Desi­gna­ted racks will be available — bring your own locks. Do not lock bikes to com­pe­ti­ti­on rou­te bar­riers. Avo­id lea­ving bikes unat­ten­ded out­side vehic­les. Bikes in the tran­si­ti­on area will be guard­ed; out­side of it, no secu­ri­ty or com­pen­sa­ti­on is gua­ran­teed.

Check-in/Check-out Fol­low the check-in times spe­ci­fied in the race sche­du­le. No access after 11:30 a.m. Bikes must be coll­ec­ted from the tran­si­ti­on area by 6:00 p.m., show­ing the trans­pon­der.

Swim­ming Swim­ming caps will be issued at the start. Starts are sepa­ra­te for each race, fol­lo­wing distancing rules.

MTB Rou­tes Published maps are valid with no chan­ges. All MTB rou­tes are ful­ly sign­pos­ted. Dis­po­se of gel packs and lit­ter only in desi­gna­ted refresh­ment are­as. Refresh­ment stands are available — bring enough fluids.

Run­ning Rou­tes Published plans are valid with no chan­ges.

• XTER­RA, Clas­sic, and Team Clas­sic: two laps of 5 km
• Redu­ced and Redu­ced Team: one lap of 5 km Lap tran­si­ti­ons are cle­ar­ly mark­ed.

Finish Line & Award Cere­mo­nies Refresh­ments, mas­sa­ge faci­li­ties, and medi­cal care are pro­vi­ded in the finish area. Cere­mo­nies:

• Satur­day: from 4:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. (Ger­man Cham­pi­on­ship), 6:45 p.m. (XTER­RA Euro­pean Cham­pi­on­ship)
• Sun­day: from 1:30 p.m.

• Pas­ta Par­ty Fri­day from 5:00 p.m. under the wea­ther cano­py.

After Race O-SEE Open Air Starts after the award cerem­o­ny with DJs Kyau & Albert, Robin, and Nico — free ent­ry.

Ope­ning Cerem­o­ny Offi­ci­al ope­ning and live music Fri­day at 8:00 p.m. after the pas­ta par­ty, ending around 10:00 p.m.