GUÍARACE DE CARRERAGUIDE 10 -19 MAY 2019 VIVEIRO/LUGO VIVEIRO Host city will be Viveiro, a town situated at the north of Galicia, northwest of Spain. With 16.000 population, surroundings are mainly marked by its awesome estuary and beaches. Here you will find all services. Viveiro is one of the most beautiful places in the “Mariña Lucense” region. Its main economical activity is fishing, with Celeiro Port as one of the main income sources and also one of the most important fishing ports in Galicia. Hake is the highlight product. Viveiro is also famous for “Resurrection Festival”, one of the most famous hard rock & hard core music festivals that lasts for a week at the beginning of every July. Google url: https://goo.gl/maps/CQLWzHgRsTv VIVEIRO 2 DEPORTE Excmo. GALEGO Concello MAGICAL MARIÑA Forest and sea are mixed all together in the “Mariña Lucense”. It is the green Galicia that looks to the Can- tabric sea. Almost 100 kms of coast and nature paradises. From the peaceful O Bar- queiro stuary, to the awesome “As Catedrais” beach where you will find a huge natural monument created by the sea erosion. From the Sor River (freshwater fish and wild reserve), Eo River stuary (biosphere reserve). But also Foz, Viveiro and Ribadeo, villages with ports with an historical and tradition past. Sargadelos -in Cervo city council- one of the most remarkable and iconic galician pottery. Inland you will also find two hidden treasures: Serra do Xistral (Xistral moun- tains) and Mondoñedo. Xistral is dark and mysterious, peat soil and full of wild horses. Mondoñedo, in St. James North Way, has a ancient religious history with a wonderful eight centuries old cathedral. Mariña Lucense’s gastronomy is famous for the Cantabric Sea fish and Lou- renzá beans, flagship product. We need to highlight the value of the “Celeiro’s hake” and Burela tuna. Also worth mentioning is the Muras foal meat 3 DEPORTE Excmo. GALEGO Concello Activities for companions and post-competition raiders The area offers many different activities for companions. Not only leisure, but also food with a wide offer of good restaurants to enjoy fish and seafood. Viveiro is well provided of charming accommodation, wi- sely located to be able to follow the race at the meantime. One of the most touristic and visited places is La Playa de Las Catedrales (The Cathedrals Beach) in Barreiros. It’s rated as one of the most beautiful beaches in the world, which it’s recommended to visite during low tide. “Punta do Fuciño do Porco” (The nose of the pig) in O Vicedo -ten kilometers away from Viveiro- is another very touristic and famous place for sightseeing. You will find a wooden passageway that leads to the end of a cape at the entrance of the Viveiro estuary. All the region is crowded with attractive beaches. You can also enjoy trekking or mountain bike following the Can- tabric Nature Way, which is all signed with red placards all along the track. 4 DEPORTE Excmo. GALEGO Concello Airport Organization will provide pick-up transport service from Santiago de transfers Compostela Airport (SCQ) the May 9th and 10th at 18:00 (local time). Road trip from Santiago to Viveiro lasts 1:45. The transport back from Viveiro to Santiago is scheduled for the Sunday. Timetable will be published once the organization is aware about the participating teams planning. For this purpose, please contact via e-mail to [email protected] to let us know about your arrival in order to manage and coordinate ourself. Car rental Our Partnership Ya-Car, offers cars and vans renting from airports at good prices. You have to inform that you are a team from Raid Gallaecia in order to get the discount race e-mail: [email protected] Accommodation International teams has accommodation service included with the inscription price in the Resort Thalasso Las Sirenas http://www.apartamentoslassirenas.com/ Three nights are included with the inscription (May 10th, 11th and 18th). However, teams who would need to book more nights, after or during the race, should contact organization in order to modify the booking. Three nights are included with the inscription (May 10th, 11th and 18th). However, teams who need to book more nights, after or during the race, should contact organization in order to modify the booking. Teams who finish the race before the 18th and need to stay those days at the hotel, should contact at the hotel reception. Housing is for 5 people: 4 racers and a team media. 5 DEPORTE Excmo. GALEGO Concello TRAVELLING INFORMATION Vaccinations If you come from any other country Travelling to Spain does not need vaccination against any disease. Maximum stay in Spain is 90 days. There is a number of coun- As in any part of the world, it is recommended to be vaccinated tries in which their citizens must have a valid visa to travel to against the tetanus, as you are going to be in contact with nature Spain. You can check in: en este listado. and rural environment, and have the official vaccination schedule updated. Citizens in those countries can also travel to Spain in case they possess a residence permit or a long-term visa issued by any Spanish authorities, and always as a exceptional measure, will be other EU country (with the exception of the United Kingdom, able to request any traveller a medical examination so as to show Ireland, Romania, Bulgaria and Cyprus), Switzerland, Norway, they do not suffer from any of the quarentine diseases indicated in Iceland or Liechtenstein. the International Medical Regulation. Also, in case any under-of- age infant travels, it is needed apart from the ID card, a parental Citizens fron the rest of countries will have to possess documents permission. to justify the purpose and conditions of the stay and have means enough for their maintenance during the whole stay. The docu- What documentation do I need to travel to Spain? ments they are obligued to hold may vary upon the purpose of their visit. You may consult under the label Ëxtranjeria¨in the Documentation to travel to Spain varies depending upon the Foreing Affairs Ministry web: Ministerio de Interior. country from where you wish to travel. It is recommended you have a travel insurance If you are a EU citizen, Swiss, Norwegian, Icelandic or from Liech- testein, you need your updated passport or Identity Card. Cell phones and Internet access In Spain you may purchase phone cards from any of the In nearly every public hospitality, hotels, cafés and bars a wi- companies in the country. fi network is available, where you will be given the passwords if necessary, to access the network. As well as at the airport as in any shop in any city you will be able to purchase pre-paid cards. Electricity Electric plug Output 230v and 50Hz 6 DEPORTE Excmo. GALEGO Concello RACE PROGRAM May 9th and 10th. Thursday and Friday o Bus shuttle from Santiago Airport (SCQ) and last days o 9:00 Maps delivery, section 1 and 2. to do shopping o 10:00 RG 2019 starts! *We recommend to all the participating teams that need to do th shopping at the last day and need some time to organize their race Wednesday, May 15 boxes/bags, to arrive on Thursday 9th to do all that shopping on Friday. o 14:00 aprox First teams are expecting at the finish line th Saturday, May 11 Saturday, May 18th o 9:00 a 13:00 Registration, equipment check and o 14:00 Race closing time official foto o 20:00 Awards ceremony 19:00 Breafing o o 22:00 Dinner and closing party RG19 22:00 - 23:30 Organization will pick up all the race o th boxes/bags at the hotel “Thalasso Cantábrico Las Sunday, May 19 Sirenas”. o Transport service to the airport th Sunday, May 12 *15 days before the race, organization will send a bulletin with all the info regarding to the transitions and where you will find o 8:00 Bus shuttle from the hotel to the race start point your race boxes/bags and which ones. o 8:30 Arrival to the race start point (Box-Bike will be We recommend all participating teams to be aware about this there waiting for the teams) information, in order to organize all your equipment with time enough. VIVEIRO MAP Companions A guide to companions is to be created (family, friends, fans…). With this guide they will easily be able to follow the race. We will indicate the interesting spots through where the race will pass, as well as the interesting spots to eat or touristic references. Companions will be able to accompany racers to the fi- nal dinner party prior payment of 20€ adults and 10€ un- der-sixteens. 7 DEPORTE Excmo. GALEGO Concello CATEGORIES FORMAT, DISCIPLINES AND DISTANCES FOUR TEAM MEMBERS MALE/FEMALE (ADVENTURE RACING WORLD SERIES) TWO MEMBERS TEAM 50 KMS. 2 SECTIONS 145 KMS. 3 SECTIONS 500 MTS. 1 SPECIAL 285 KMS. 4 SECTIONS 30 MTS. 1 SPECIAL TRANSITIONS ALL TRANSITIONS ARE COVERED, SEVERAL TRANSITIONS WITH SHOWER EXCEPT THE LAST ONE SEVERAL TRANSITIONS WITH FOOD IN ALL TRANSITIONS YOU WILL (TRANSITIONS AND THE MENU WILL BE FIND DRINKING WATER INFORMED)) SEVERAL TRANSITIONS WITH SEVERAL TRANSITIONS WITH MICROWAVE ELECTRICITY 8 DEPORTE Excmo. GALEGO Concello MAPS Maps are in scale 1:25000. More detailed map could be used in some trekking section. A set of two maps will be provided for every team. example map 9 DEPORTE Excmo. GALEGO Concello RULES We will use the AR World Series regulation.