Siberian bike race – only for the fittest
The Baikal Bike Trophy event takes place every year in August on Olkhon Island in Siberia – the largest island of the world’s deepest, largest and oldest freshwater Lake Baikal.
The mountain bike race is held over six days and includes a time-trial prologue of 30km, and XCM races of 36km, 72 km and 87 km.
With some 7000m of climbing, the race takes in diverse landscapes from sand dunes and steppe with taiga-woods to rocks and gorges.
It has become a tradition that the riders and supporters in the Baikal Bike Trophy Race plant fir and cedar tree seedlings to help the island’s unique environment,
Every evening during the race, organisers offer riders briefings and lectures on nutrition, training and bike technology.
Local folklore entertainment is arranged around campfires.
Male and female riders 19 years old and over, physically fit, able to pedal for seven hours through cross-country terrain are eligible to ride individually or in teams of two in the Baikal Bike Trophy.
Also offered are pre-race and post-event tour packages as well as supporter packages.
Check for details with tour organiser Absolute Siberia Ltd
http://www.absolute-siberia.com/en
Ian Jarrett
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