Start area: Tochni Village square

Finish area: Kalavasos Village square

Award Ceremonies : At the finish Area after all categories finish
Course: Tochni - Kalavasos Dam - Lageia - Akapnou - Vasa - Kalavasos Dam - Kalavasos .

The course will be fully marked the day prior to the race

Categories: (all categories are for Licenced and not Licenced riders)

• Cadets 15-16 years old with or without license (Short Distance)
• Juniors Men and Women 17-18 years old (Short or Middle distance)
• Men &  Women 19-30 years old
• Masters 1 men and women with License 31-40 years old
• Masters 2 men and women with License 41+ years old

• Men and women categories without license 19-30 years old
• Masters 1 men and women without License 31-40 years old
• Masters 2 men and women without License 41+ years old

Distance of the Races:

Short Distance: 25 km

Middle Distance: 48,3 km Total Ascent: 1787m (for the 48.3km)

Long Distance: 73 km

Feeding and Technical Zones:

1^st Feeding and Technical Zone at Km 14 at Kalavasos Dam

2nd Feeding and Technical Zone at Km 35 at Vikla Golf Course

Description of the Mountain Bike course

The APHRODITE TROPHY Mountain Bike Course in some parts is the same course used for several years in the past for the Cyprus Sunshine Cup and German Bike Masters first race of every year. The race starts from Tochni Village square and enters the fire roads immediately after the start line towards the north of the village. The course here is wavy with short hills that suit riders who are not so fit at this time of the year. On the top of the first hill the riders can enjoy the spectacular view of the Kalavassos dam. Immediately after, at the 11^th km starts the first fast downhill of the race. The downhill is on a forest road and even though is a fast downhill is not dangerous.

After some more kms on flat and slightly uphill road, you reach the village of Lageia. Here you can have your first refreshments from the first feeding zone. Some kilometers before the short course riders use another way to head towards the kalavasos dam. If you are a middle or long distance rider after Lageia through some remote and wavy forest roads that include short but steep climbs and descents. From there you will continue your way further up in the Akapnou forest. During Spring time the forest is full of nice coloured flowers that spread their nice scent in the air!

The course passes thorough the traditional village of Akapnou, on the tiny stone paved roads, then head towards Vikla where the course passes through the local Golf club fields! After Vikla you enter a section of asphalt road for 3 kilometers and just after this through the fields of Sanida.At this point you are at the highest point of the race. get ready for your descending to Vasa and then head to the Kalavasos for the finish of the middle distance.

For the Long Distance riders 500m before the finish line there is the second split of the race. There they follow the direction to enter the small loop which brings them to the finish line after 22km.

RACE MAP

RACE ALTITUDE