CAPS ARRIVED!
Also this year, RACZ riders could request cycling caps in our design, with their number, flag and nickname.
Exactly 40 riders did that, and we are happy to announce that caps arrived today and will be waiting for them at the presentation in Cheb, in just 15 days.
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We would like to thank again to Sykora sportswear-SKR for quality production and timely delivery.
MEET RACZ25 RIDERS... REGISTRATIONS CLOSES TODAY!
Well, the clocks are ticking, time is flying like crazy and we would like to close RACZ25 list of riders today - to finish organization stuff, make numbers, prepare GPS tracking etc.
So, if you are still deciding, register this ...evening!
While few riders had to withdrew, we have actually 86 registered riders, from 8 countries. Just 7 hero-women.
You can find them all on our traditional banner "The Riders", which will also follow our event on RestPoints.
Who is your favourite and who you will support the most?
17days to start...
Registrations:
RACZ website: raceacross.cz/registration
UB website: ultrabikers.eu/racz25-registration
ŠTĚPÁN STRÁNSKÝ JOINS RACZ25!!!
Hello riders, we are superhappy to announce that yesterday registered on RACZ25 one of the best czech ultracyclists a Štěpán Stránský.
Štepán, alias Wolfman, is a few-days fresh winner of 2100km French Divide, and in his bikepacking CV we ...can find also victories on NAVAD1000, Alps Divide, West Carpathian Challenge, Slovakia Divide, Loudání and several others events.
Štěpán started to interest about RACZ during winter and as he recovers well after FD, and cought to build a special gravel, which he wants to test on our event, he is in!
Štěpán doesn't want to be passed over for this role, but we dare to say that we have a new main favorite of this year´s edition.
Good luck and hope to enjoy ;-)
ONE MONTH TO START OF RACZ25 !!!
We are getting more and more excited as we have just last one month until the start of RACZ25.
Wow, it is really approaching so we hope you are ready and training well!
It should be also best time to introduce our traditional banner The Route,... which will follow our event from start in Cheb, through all three RestPoints, plenty of highlights, several crisis and even more hurdles ... until the finish line in Gírová refuge.
We have exactly 88 registered riders now and are finishing all the organizational stuff, so if you want to have a bed in Stein resort, or your name on number or banner The Riders, it is highest time to register on our RACZ website
raceacross.cz/registration or UB website ultrabikers.eu/RACZ25-registration.
TUESDAY SOCIAL RIDE
As RACZ25 is slowly approaching, we would like to invite all riders and also his families, RACZ25 team and fans of our event, to the new feauture - 40km/400m relaxing Tuesday's Social Ride, which we organize day before start, on 1st July.
It can be a great ...opportunity to stretch your legs, try out the bike and equipment and get to know the beauties of the westernmost corner of Bohemia for all those who will not go to work on Tuesday and will arrive in Cheb on Monday evening or around lunchtime on Tuesday. This is a new feature of RACZ organization and we are sure you will enjoy it.
The route will lead through picturesque spa town Františkovy Lázně (start of racz24), where there will be a first break for delicious ice cream, then continue along luxurious gravel roads through the spa park and around adjacent ponds, then you will check out Seeberg Castle, have a beer in Lipá and turn back to Cheb along the cycle paths near the German border. At the end of the route, we have also prepared a passage through the historical center of the city, which unfortunately did not make it into the official racz25 route.
You can click on Social Ride route here:
https://mapy.com/s/cukenekoda
Social Ride is of course voluntary, and will start with a (also voluntary) lunch at Stein resort at 12.00, after eating we would set off around 13.30, we expect about 2 hours of riding to enjoy the route, plus 1 hour of breaks.
Presentation and pick-up of trackers will start at 18.00, with planned pre-start meeting and presentation of RACZ25 route then at 21:00.
In the meantime, have fun and train hard to be in shape for racz25 adventure
See you soon in Cheb
RACZ25 team
Our last RACZ winner Tim De Witte is still in superb shape and proved that he can beat his rivals also on a mountain bike.
Yesterday won our sister event 800km/13000m MTB challenge Moravia Divide in less than 2 days.
You can follow this event and support also cca 30 racz25 ...riders on GPS tracking FollowMe, which we will also use during our event.
https://cs.follow.me.cz/tracking/md25/
LAST CALL FOR CAPS ORDERS /
POSLEDNÍ VÝZVA PŘED OBJEDNÁVKOU ČEPIC
(EN) Hello riders and fans,
We still have more than 2 months until the start of RACZ25, but we need to finish an order for caps in RACZ25 design, this week, so that they can be made in time.
Caps ...are not mandatory and are not part of the entry fee, you can pay an additional fee of 400 CZK / 16 EUR.
If you plan to attend our event and want one if this nice piece, please fill the registration form until Friday 25th April.
https://raceacross.cz/registration/
If you don't want to attend racz25, or you have completed one of the previous editions and would like to have a cap as a souvenir, fill out the simpler order form on UB website
ultrabikers.eu/cepice
(CZ) Ahoj závodníci a fanoušci,
Do startu RACZ25 nám zbývají ještě více než 2 měsíce, ale do konce tohoto týdne potřebujeme dokončit objednávku cyklistických čepic v designu RACZ25, aby se stihly včas vyrobit.
Čepice nejsou povinné a nejsou součástí startovného, můžete je získat za dodatečných 400 Kč / 16 EUR.
Pokud se plánujete zúčastnit letošního ročníku a chcete-li přitom mít tenhle pěkný kousek na hlavě, vyplňte prosím registrační formulář do pátku 25. dubna.
ultrabikers.eu/racz25-registration
Pokud závodit nechcete, nebo jste absolvovali některý z minulých ročníků, a chtěli byste čepici jako suvenýr, vyplňte jednodušší objednávkový formulář na UB webu
ultrabikers.eu/cepice
WITAMY W POLSCE 
RACZ25 route will not lead only through Czechia, but on 665.km Riders will leave CZ in Bartošovice and will make a 28km shortcut through Poland.
We discovered some luxury gravel roads nearby Miedzylesie, mainly the one on Debowiec hill is delicous. Then ...riders can take some french fries in Žabka, enjoy views from fotogenic panel road to Sikornik, pass dry polder in Pisary, climb a hill do Jodlow and finally crunch a bit on other superb gravel road above that village.
Our director Číža checked this section yesterday, so you can convince that this shortcut was definitely a good choice.
Afterwards, our Riders will climb to 1150m elevation and spend probably the most beautiful 20km of racz25 route in gravel paradise above Dolní Morava.
