Before the race each ath­lete will receive an email with basic race infor­ma­tion, start num­ber, and time they need to sign up at the race office.

You find the race office at the Kruisvest near the finish.

Ath­letes with an uneven start num­ber can enlist between 13h15 and 15h00, ath­letes with an even start num­ber between 14h30 and 16h15.

You can obtain your race bag and chip with ankle band in the race office. Your iden­ti­ty will be checked via pass­port or com­pe­ti­tion license.

Per­son­al Cham­pi­onchips are not allowed, only the one pro­vid­ed by the organisation.

An enve­lope con­tain­ing: (please check)

• A per­son­alised start number
• Two num­bered Tyvek wrist­bands : one for the bike and one for your wrist
• A col­or swim cap (you need to wear it)
• Two plas­tic bags (stick one of your num­bers on each bag)

A bag for your wet­suit and sport items, to be used in the tran­si­tion area.

A street wear bag for your per­son­al belong­ings. You can drop off this bag at the secured stor­age. Make sure the bag is closed. Recov­ery of the bag can only be done by the ath­lete with his tyvek wrist­band on his wrist.

Insured safe­keep­ing is locat­ed next to the fin­ish zone on the Kruisvest, oppo­site the Carm­ers street. Here you can safe­ly leave your per­son­al belong­ings dur­ing the race as of 14h30.

Impor­tant guidelines:

At insured cus­tody, your belong­ings will be stored in a struc­tured man­ner to pre­vent loss or damage.

Here are the steps to follow:

• Using a num­bered bag: You will receive a spe­cial bag in which you should place all your belong­ings. You should label this bag with a num­ber so that it can be eas­i­ly found.
• Prop­er­ly seal­ing the bag: Make sure that the bag is tied prop­er­ly before you hand it over. This pre­vents items from get­ting wet or lost.
• Drop off at cus­tody: You drop off the closed bag at the insured cus­tody. The vol­un­teers will rank your bag by number.
• Restrict­ed access dur­ing the race: The inten­tion is to drop off only items you real­ly don’t need dur­ing the race. This elim­i­nates the need for the vol­un­teers to con­tin­u­al­ly look for bags and put them back.
• Col­lect­ing after the race: After the race you can col­lect your num­bered bag again. This is done in the same area where you dropped it off. The bags will only be giv­en to the ath­letes who show their wrist­band with number.
• Show­er oppor­tu­ni­ty after pick up: Right next to the insured cus­tody there is a show­er area you can use.

The tran­si­tion area opens at 14h30 and clos­es at 16h45 sharp. You can­not enter the race if you show up after 16h45. By 16h50 all ath­letes should have left the tran­si­tion area.

Check-in areas:

• Pro’s and trio’s: check-in via Pot­terierei (next to the Snaggaardbrug)
• Ladies, Age-groups and Swim-run : via the gate in the E. Zorghes­traat (only reach­able via Carmerstraat)

Bike needs to com­ply to non-draft­ing race: only race bikes and time tri­al bikes (in good con­di­tion) allowed. In the tran­si­tion area your bike need to be stored on the frame marked with your start number.

Pri­or to enter­ing the tran­si­tion area, please fix the Tyvek wrist­band to your wrist and bike. Only the ath­lete with wrist­band can do the bike check in.

Box­es with max­i­mum mea­sures (L45xB35xD25cm) are allowed. No per­son­al bags, only the ones pro­vid­ed by the organisation.

Start: Sasplein

End Swim: St-Leo­col­lege / tran­si­tion area

You’re not allowed to swim with your race num­ber (leave it in the tran­si­tion area).

Noth­ing can be deposit­ed at the swim start. Trash can be dis­posed in trash cans.

After swim: Fix hel­met and race num­ber, take bike and run to the start line at the exit (E. Zorghes­traat). No cycling is allowed in the tran­si­tion area. The bike course starts in the E. Zorghes­traat on the right.

One lap of 45km

After cycling: Enter the tran­si­tion area via the Pot­terierei. At the entrance of the tran­si­tion area, get of the bike and run to your num­bered place, store your bike on the frame car­ry­ing your number.

While run­ning in the tran­si­tion area keep your hel­met on you can remove your hel­met when your bike is on the frame.

DRAFT­ING and BLOCK­ING are prohibited!!!

• Be dis­ci­plined: some­times the bike course goes over nar­row roads, don’t draft!
• Draft­ing zone: keep dis­tance from oth­er ath­letes 3m side­ways and 10m in front or back
• Block­ing: cycling next to anoth­er ath­lete is also pro­hib­it­ed. Over­tak­ing should be done with­in 30 seconds.

Penal­ties for draft­ing and blocking:

• Yel­low card: For each card you will spend 2 min­utes in the penal­ty box. If you receive 3 yel­low cards you will be disqualified
• Red card: Means dis­qual­i­fied. For draft­ing or oth­er seri­ous faults.

Penal­ty box

At the exit of the tran­si­tion area, before the run part (E. Zorghes­traat), you’ll find the penal­ty box.

Ath­letes who received one or more yel­low cards need to reg­is­ter at the penal­ty box. Skip­ping the penal­ty box means disqualification.

The full reg­u­la­tion can be found on the web­site of the VTDL:

The run course starts at the E. Zorghes­traat, take right when you leave the tran­si­tion area. Next you go left in order to start the run course.

Course: 2 Laps — 10km (first Lap 6K, sec­ond Lap 4k)

The are 2 aid sta­tions on the run course where you have water or sports drinks.

Fin­ish: race num­ber in front please

The chip needs to be returned direct­ly at the fin­ish, you will receive a gift in return.

Only for athletes

Free drinks and food (main­ly fruit, can­dies, …) in the recov­ery zone.

Pos­si­bil­i­ty to view your result on TV. 

The Red Cross is on site (next to the finish)

Show­ers can be found on the Kruisvest oppo­site the Carm­ersstraat (near the finish).

Don’t remove your Tyvek wrist­band before you check out your bike. Only you can pick up your bike.

Please pick up your bike before 23h30. After that tim­ing the tran­si­tion area will be closed.

At the fin­ish you can catch up with a snack or a drink.

Drinks till 00u00. The bar clos­es at 01h00