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MULTISPORT TEAM RACE

9.10.2022.

19

KILOMETERS

TRAIL

36

KILOMETERS

BIKE

9

KILOMETERS

KAYAK

1

36 km

Lubenice - Osor

2

19 km

Osor - Artatore

3

9 km

Artatore - Mali Lošinj

Half ApoXiomen is a multi-sport team race held on the islands of Cres and Lošinj. It consists of 3 diciplines: running, mountain biking and kayaking. The race starts in the small town Lubenice and finishes in Mali Lošinj.

The route is not marked. Teams are required to use their own GPS navigation to move through the course. Shortcutting the course is strictly forbidden.

Race Concept

The race is 64 kilometers long and devided into 3 disciplines. There are 2 transition areas, one after every section where teams are changing the discipline. Disciplines are running, mountain biking and kayaking.

Each team has a 3rd person who is a HELPER. HELPER transports their team equipment, prepares food and water and helps the team to transition as fast as possible. HELPER is allowed to assist the team only in the designated transition areas.

Unlike ApoXiomen, HELPER is not allowed to replace any of the team members on any of the sections. HELPER’s role is only assisting the team in transition areas and transporting the equipment.

Team Format

Half ApoXiomen is a race for 2 people teams, both mixed and male category. Ranking will accordingly be in mixed and male category.
Two racing team members are racing together and are not allowed to separate more than 50 meters during the entire race. Racing team members can assist each other by pushing or carrying gear.

Helper's Duties

Mandatory
Arbitrary
+ Transfer the team to the race start in Porozina
+ Transfer the bikes to start in Lubenice
+ Collect bikes in Osor at TA 2 after the MTB section
+ Prepare gear/food/drinks for the team on every transition area and help the team to do the transition as fast as possible
+ Deliver personal paddles and kayak gear to the team to TA 3 Artatore (if the team uses their own gear)

Race Course

Download file: Half Apoxiomen.gpx
PAVED ROAD
GRAVEL ROAD
TRAIL
SEA

LUBENICE - OSOR | BIKE 35 km

OSOR - ARTATORE | TRAIL 19 km

ARTATORE - VELI LOŠINJ | 9 km

T 1

TRANSITION 1
Predošćica - Start of the BIKE leg

T2

TRANSITION 2
Osor - Start of the TRAIL leg

START - Lubenice

Route Details

  • BIKE 36 km | Lubenice - Osor

    Teams are starting the race in town Lubenice. They are following the dirt road, then road to Stivan where they switch to a trai that will lead them to Ustrine. They will cross the main road D 100 and continue via village Loze to Punta Križa and finally to Osor.

  • TRAIL 19 km | Osor - Artatore

    Hiking trail will take the teams from Osor to the top of mountain Osoršćica. They will hike the mountain ridge and pass both Televrin and St. Nikola peak all the way to Artatore.

  • KAYAK 9 km | Artatore - Mali Lošinj

    In the transition area in Artatore teams will switch to kayaks and paddle by the island Murtar , via Boca Falsa to the finish line in Mali Lošinj.

    CUT OFF TIME FOR KAYAK SECTION START IS 16:00 h

START

Start of the race is on Sunday 9.10. at 7:00 in Lubenice.

FINISH

Race finish is on the main square in Mali Lošinj.

CUT OFF ARTATORE

Kayak cutoff time in Artatore is 16:00 h. Teams who don’t make it in time won’t be able to continue the race.

RACE TIME LIMIT

Time limit of the race is 11:00 hours. Race closes at 18:00 h.

Mandatory Gear

TRAIL
  • headlamp
  • first aid kit – one per team
BIKE
  • headlamp
  • first aid kit – one per team
  • bike
  • bike helmet
  • rear bike light
KAYAK
  • headlamp
  • first aid kit – one per team
  • dry bag
  • whistle
  • kayak – provided by organization
  • paddles – provided by organization
  • personal flotation device – provided by organization

Starting Fee

HALF APOXIOMEN

LIMIT 30 TEAMS
€ 120 PER TEAM
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Registration opens 15.6.2022.
Registration is complete after the payment.
Registration will close on 15 August 2022.
Minimum teams: 15

INCLUDED IN THE STARTING FEE
  • T-shirt x 3
  • kayak, paddles, seats and life vests
  •  lunch at the finish x 3
  • Croatian Mountain Rescue Service
  • Bike bib x 2
  • T-shirt bib x 2
  • race organization
  • photos
  • GPX of the course
  • finishers medals

Teams outside Croatia can pay by PAYPAL only

Teams

  • Pokret nesvrstanih

    Martina Vrkić | Antun Andrijašević | Ivana Gršković

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the HELPER’S obligations?
  • Transfer their team and their bikes to the race start in Lubenice
  • Collect bikes in Osor at the end of the bike section when team arrives
  • Prepare gear/food/drinks for the next section in each transition area and help teams to do the transition as fast as possible
  • Deliver organizers or personal paddles and kayak gear to the team
Can we use our own kayaks and kayak gear?

Since we want this race to be fair we prefer to have similar conditions for everyone which is the reason kayaks are provided by the organiser. You can use your own paddles and paddling gear. Kayak model for the race is RTM Ocean Duo with seats.

Which type of a bike do you recommend?

We recommend you to use MTB hardtail or a full suspension bike.
Porozina is a small ferry port and therefore it is difficult to find a parking spot there for a day. This is also one of the reasons why you will need a 3rd team member. Helper will drop you off in Porozina and follow the entire race.

Can there be two women in the team?

Yes. Team of 2 females does not have a separate category and are counted as mixed team

Why Apoxiomen?

The name Apoxiomen came from the beautiful ancient scultpure of the young athlete Apoksiomen. The sculpture was recovered from the sea 2 decades ago and has since became the symbol of island Lošinj. Adding the letter “X” instead of “ks” in ApoXiomen, we’d like to emphasize the extreme nature of this race. Apoksiomen is also changed to ApoXiomen under influence of XTERRE which is an off road version of IRONMAN.