Heart of Velebit: Two-Day Bike Tour through Velebit Nature Park this September!

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From September 16-17, 2017, enjoy a two-day bike tour through Lovinac and Velebit Nature Park.

Organized by the Lovinac Municipality, Lito d.o.o. Lovinac, Outdoor lab d.o.o. Zagreb, this two-day tour is complete with a packed program, multiple routes, and a guaranteed good time.

Here’s a closer look:

Saturday, September 16, 2017

A recreational cycling race with 2 tracks

Easier trail: start / hostel Sveti Rok - goal / pass Mali Alan

(Length of track 20 km, altitude difference 465 meters)

Tougher trail: Sveti Rok-Balenova Plana-Zdenac-Trišnja-

Mali Alan

(Length of track 40 km, altitude difference 650 meters)

Trails: asphalt, forest roads, macadam road (Majstorska cesta)

Sponsor awards for the first 3 places in the men's and women's category.

Sunday, September 17, 2017

A recreational ride with the guides of the Sveti Rok hostel

There are 3 routes distributed according to the weight and length of the route. The participants themselves will choose the path that adequately fits them:

1. Easy: Lovinac region to Zir hill - 22.5 km with an altitude difference 150 m. Map Zir route D on the website LiTo - www.lito.lovinac.hr

2. Hard: Mile Vode - 63.9 km of macadams and forest roads with a height difference of 1261 m. Map of Mile Vode route E on LiTo website - www.lito.lovinac.hr

3. Ultra: Mali Alan, Tulove beams, Libinje, with a seaside part on Modriće na moru - 96.4 km with a height difference of 2,649 m. Map Velebit route F on the website LiTo - www.lito.lovinac.hr

September 16, 2017

10: 00 - Start for both races

17: 00 - Results and winners

17: 30 - 19:00 - Outdoor games 

20:00 - After bike party in the open by a bonfire

September 17, 2017

9: 30 - Departures to selected guided tours

17: 00 - Goodbye and ”see you again"

Entry fee:

70,00 HRK which includes SRCE VELEBIT T-shirt, start number, welcome drink, train rehearsal, prizes for winners, Saturday lunch for the race, downhill with zip line at the Cvituša excursion, and tasting of OPG products.

More information and applications can be found here

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