On Olkhon Island, the multiday Baikal Bike Trophy race for amateur and professional mountain bikers has started, with more than 50 athletes taking part. The competition will last until August 25, and the total route length will be about 424 km, with routes noticeably harder this year. Participants face narrow forest and steppe roads, winding passes, sandy and rocky sections, and a stage with an elevation gain of 2673 meters.
On August 19, the multi-day Baikal Bike Trophy cycling race for amateur and professional mountain bikers started on Olkhon Island in the Irkutsk Region and will conclude on August 25. More than 50 participants are taking part in the competition.The total length of the race courses is about 424 km. This year, the courses have become more difficult, with one day featuring an elevation gain of 2,673 meters.
The first day’s stage course is 29 km long, with an elevation gain of 538 m. The course runs through the territory of the nature reserve, where narrow roads with dirt and sandy surfaces and switchbacks are found. The second day’s course is 87 km long, with an elevation gain of 2,106 m. Seventy percent of the course runs through the island’s steppe area, and 30% through the forest. The course climbs to the saline Lake Sharanur, passing through a ravine, and descends to the southern shore of the island.
On the third day, race participants will face a 91 km course with an elevation gain of 1,553 m; on the fourth day, the course will be 64 km long with an elevation gain of 1,659 m; on the fifth day — 93 km with an elevation gain of 2,673 m.
On the sixth day, the course will be 60 km long, with an elevation gain of 1,342 m. On the final day of the competition, the course runs through the island’s protected forest area. Its features include narrow forest roads, switchbacks, dirt, sandy and rocky sections.
Based on materials from the press service of the Irkutsk Region Department of Physical Culture and Sports