General information about the competitions

Bib numbers
CX80 WCup & EMTBOC, EJMTBOC and EYMTBOC participants for Sprint, Middle and Long distance will receive start bibs numbered according to their start order.
Bib numbers for each individual competition will be provided after the respective TLM at the Event Centre.
Team officials should remember to collect them after the meeting.
Bib numbers for the Relay will be provided, in self-service mode, inside the Relay arena quarantine.
All athletes must wear their bib numbers at all competitions.
The start bib must be attached in front of the bike.

Quarantine
The use of telecommunication devices (mobile phones etc.) inside the quarantine zones is not allowed.

GPS Tracking
The last 20 athletes Men and Women of CX80 WCup & EMTBOC to start in Middle, Mass Start and Sprint (all of group 4 and significant part of Group 3) and 13th relay teams (first 13 numbers bibs) will be wearing tracking units (GPS). A numbered vest for holding the GPS unit will be delivered at the Arena of the competition day and must be returned after the final of the race. If a vest is not returned, there will be a charge of 40 EUR.
Vests will be issued in sizes XS & S for women and M & L for men. The vest must be worn underneath the athlete’s cycling top. Athletes may bring and use their own vests. GPS units’ size: 2,2*3,8*6,8 cm.

Start procedure for Middle distance, Long distance and Sprint
SIAC-clear is found outside start boxes.
There are 3 start boxes, in which you enter 3 minutes before time start.
In box 1 you have the SIAC-check.
In box 2 you have the SIAC-tested.
In box 3 you take your map (it is your responsibility to take the correct map).
After time start you have to follow a mandatory route to the start point which is marked by a flag in the terrain.

Start procedure for Mass Start, Mixed Relay and Relay
The athletes entering to the Start area should perform the following procedures:

• SIAC-clear.
• SIAC-check.
• SIAC-test.

– First leg:
Competitor stays on his Bike, with at least one foot on the ground, until start signal.
The Competitor will receive the Map when arriving to his position in his start lane, that should remain face down till 60 seconds before the start signal (in the Mass Start the maps will be given 2 minutes before the start signal), the Maps shouldn’t be turned the other way till the order ‘maps’ be given.
After the start signal, the athletes follow the road to the map start point marked by a flag in the terrain.
– Second and third leg:
The preceding rider on your team touches the following athlete in the change-over area, athletes then go to the start area, collect their map and start the race.

Finish procedure for Middle distance, Mass start, Long distance and Sprint
Finish SI box will be in the finish line.

Finish procedure for Mixed Relay and Relay
– First and second legs:
First and second leg riders do not cross the finish line. After the last control, when entering into the changeover area they touch the next rider. After this the rider discharges his SIAC Card, and after this operation goes to the finish quarantine.
– Third leg:
Crossing the finish line is decisive. Finish SI box will be 5 meters after the finish line.

Abandoning (DNF)
If abandoning a race, an Athlete must immediately go to the finish area to report and read out the SIAC.

Starting Order

CX80 WCUP & EMTBOC

For the Sprint and Middle Distance, the starting order must be drawn in four starting groups. Competitors ranked 1–15 in the IOF World Ranking list as published 10 days before the event are placed in group 4, competitors ranked 16-30 are placed in group 3, competitors ranked 31-45 are placed in group 2. All other competitors are placed in group 1. For every athlete ranked 1-45 that is not entered for the competition, the size of the specific starting group is reduced by one. Within every group the starting order is drawn at random.

For Middle Distance and Sprint the competitors from the same Federation must not start consecutively. If they are drawn to start consecutively, the next competitor drawn must be inserted between them. If this happens at the end of the draw or at the end of a starting group, the competitor before them must be inserted between them.
Start Group for Men and Women:

Start Group	Men
	IOF ID	First name	Last name	Federation	Rank
Group 4	15258	Samuel	Pokala	Finland	1
	7763	Krystof	Bogar	Czechia	2
	12973	Vojtech	Ludvik	Czechia	3
	10305	Andre	Haga	Finland	5
	20941	Jan	Hasek	Czechia	6
	13198	Lauri	Malsroos	Estonia	7
	16776	Vojtech	Stransky	Czechia	8
	17926	Andreas	Waldmann	Austria	9
	10816	Jiri	Hradil	Czechia	10
	23324	Ignas	Ambrazas	Lithuania	11
	24274	Miika	Nurmi	Finland	14
	13160	Jonas	Maiselis	Lithuania	15
Group 3	20184	Fabiano	Bettega	Italy	16
	23088	Adrian	Jaeggi	Switzerland	17
	13106	Davide	Machado	Portugal	19
	28620	Jeremi	Pourre	France	20
	8679	Luca	Dallavalle	Italy	22
	12519	Jussi	Laurila	Finland	23
	25435	Mikkel Brunstedt	Noergaard	Denmark	24
	28048	Noah	Rieder	Switzerland	26
	25409	Bartosz	Niebielski	Poland	27
	28207	Florian	Pinsard	France	28
	10248	Jonas Vytautas	Gvildys	Lithuania	29
	21281	Oliver	Friis	Denmark	30
Group 2	8879	Sarunas	Dmukauskas	Lithuania	31
	19391	Sebastian	Svard	Sweden	33
	28535	Georg	Koffler	Austria	35
	9423	Joao	Ferreira	Portugal	36
	13291	Daniel	Marques	Portugal	37
	34217	Martin	Illig	Austria	38
	7939	Tobias	Breitschaedel	Austria	39
	11567	Marek	Karm	Estonia	43
	21464	Andris	Sarksna	Latvia	44
	27205	Sander	Pritsik	Estonia	45
Group 1	34322	Albin	Demaret Joly	France	46
	33773	Juan	Sanz	Spain	47
	19562	Bernhard	Kogler	Austria	49
	11590	Kare	Kaskinen	Finland	50
	38439	Paulus	Hanhijarvi	Finland	52
	40785	Lukas	Wilms	Germany	53
	28498	Tomi	Nykanen	Finland	55
	33910	Javier	Munoz Guerrero	Spain	57
	44093	Lennart	Voss	Germany	61
	34142	Damian	Hyla	Poland	62
	34103	Mihkel	Mahla	Estonia	66
	23830	Pasi	Pyykonen	Finland	69
	23061	Paul	Roothans	Portugal	76
	20129	Tomas	Kamaryt	Czechia	79
	13293	Guilherme	Marques	Portugal	80
	13891	Matej	Muller	Slovakia	80
	15618	Riccardo	Rossetto	Italy	83
	37081	Paul	Debray	France	85
	10891	Mark	Huster	Germany	92
	25360	Teemu	Kaksonen	Finland	97
	26778	Rasmus	Nordgren	Sweden	113
	21275	Niall	McCarthy	Ireland	134
	12789	Martins	Linde	Latvia	142
	44973	Jan	Vacek	Czechia	146
	9753	Jorge	Garcia Pardos	Spain	999
	22006	Juan Francisco	Marin Vargas	Spain	999
	22646	David	Toll Clos	Spain	999
	24064	Pierre	Martinez	France	999
	25452	Noah Tristan	Hoffmann	Denmark	999
	27628	Rui	Moreira	Portugal	999
Start Group	Women
	IOF ID	First name	Last name	Federation	Rank
Group 4	5812	Camilla	Soegaard	Denmark	1
	5068	Ruska	Saarela	Finland	2
	5572	Nikoline	Splittorff	Denmark	3
	2064	Marika	Hara	Finland	4
	2802	Gabriele	Andrasiuniene	Lithuania	5
	964	Caecilie	Christoffersen	Denmark	6
	5923	Martina	Tichovska	Czechia	7
	5619	Ingrid	Stengard	Finland	9
	1986	Antonia	Haga	Finland	10
	23319	Constance	Devillers	France	14
	25358	Kaarina	Nurminen	Finland	28 (WC)
Group 3	1124	Anke	Dannowski	Germany	16
	669	Marie	Kamarytova	Czechia	17
	27631	Karin	Gustafsson	Sweden	19
	21163	Gabriella	Gustafsson	Sweden	20
	41831	Valerie	Kamererova	Czechia	21
	25634	Lucie	Rudkiewicz	France	22
	3884	Karolina	Mickeviciute Juodisiene	Lithuania	24
	2479	Ursina	Jaeggi	Switzerland	25
	23228	Saara	YliHietanen	Finland	26
	2207	Eleri	Hirv	Estonia	29
Group 2	37090	Lou	Garcin	France	32
	38389	Elena	Yllan Ortiz	Spain	34
	23781	Jana	Hnilica	Austria	39
	23023	Lea	Hnilica	Austria	42
	40	Monica	Aguilera Viladomiu	Spain	43
	5839	Piibe	Tammemae	Estonia	45
Group 1	5897	Cecilia	Thomasson	Sweden	47
	33417	Nerea	Garcia Rodriguez	Spain	51
	44385	Laurane	Meyers	France	52
	20460	Essi	Hakala	Finland	74
	44292	Dorothea	Steckhan	Germany	77
	42630	Aleksandra	Szaturska	Poland	79
	19395	Veronika	Kubinova	Czechia	86
	145	Miren	Arina Andueza	Spain	999
	4660	Susana	Pontes	Portugal	999
	5390	Ana Filipa	Silva	Portugal	999
	22204	Tania	Covas Costa	Portugal	999
	23099	Elvira	Larsson	Sweden	999
	41702	Celine	Wellenreiter	Switzerland	999
	46011	Jana	Lüscher Alemany	Spain	999

(WC) The MTBOC has decided to issue a Wild Card for the EMTBOC 2023 to Kaarina Nurminen, FIN, who was a Junior until last year. This decision was not taken unanimously because the Wild Card is not primarily meant for Juniors. However, Kaarina won all individual competitions at last year’s JWMTBOC, and she also had excellent results at the 3rd World Cup round 2022 when she was given a Wild Card as well. It goes without saying that the Finnish MTBOC member did not vote and did not participate in the discussions either.

For the mass start, the order of competitors in the start rows is determined by the IOF World Ranking list as published 10 days before the event (see list above). The reigning World Champions, who are always given the first start position, are also the current leaders of the World Ranking.
Kaarina Nurminen (Wild Card) will be on position 8 in starting group 4.

For the mixed relay, the order of competitors in the start rows (and their start numbers) is determined by the results of the EMTBOC 2022. Those not being placed in the EMTBOC 2022 are given the subsequent start numbers in alphabetical order of Federation abbreviation.

All information about participation in the different competitions must be entered in Eventor. In case of problems with Eventor, please send an email to: it@mtbo2023.fpo.pt. This information should be updated till 15h00 of the day before the date that the competition takes place – April 25th, Middle Distance, April 26th, Mass Start, April 27th , Sprint and April 28th, Mixed Relay. Help on how to enter this information into Eventor can be found in section 33 Eventor Guide on Submitting Start Groups and Relay Teams.

EJMTBOC & EYMTBOC

For Middle Distance, Long Distance and Sprint the starting order must be drawn at random. The draw must be made in three starting groups (1-early, 2-middle and 3-late). Team officials must allocate their athletes to starting groups in IOF Eventor.

For Middle Distance, Long Distance and Sprint the competitors from the same Federation must not start consecutively. If they are drawn to start consecutively, the next competitor drawn must be inserted between them. If this happens at the end of the draw or at the end of a starting group, the competitor before them must be inserted between them.

For the relay, the order of competitors in the start rows (and their start numbers) is determined by the results of the EJMTBOC 2022 resp. EYMTBOC 2022. Those not being placed in the EJYMTBOC 2022 are given the subsequent start numbers in alphabetical order of Federation abbreviation.

All information about participation in the different competitions must be entered in Eventor. In case of problems with Eventor, please send an email to: it@mtbo2023.fpo.pt. This information should be updated till 15h00 of the day before the date that the competition takes place – April 25th, Middle Distance, April 26th, Mass Start, April 27th , Sprint and April 28th, Mixed Relay. Help on how to enter this information into Eventor can be found in section 33 Eventor Guide on Submitting Start Groups and Relay Teams.

Participation & Classes

• Competitors participate at their own risk. Third party insurance and personal injury insurance are mandatory and shall be the responsibility of their Federation or themselves, according to national regulations.
• Competitors representing member Federations of the IOF, defined by the International Olympic Committee as belonging to the European continent, can compete in the EMTBOC, EJMTBOC or EYMTBOC.
• Competitors representing other member Federations of the IOF can participate in the European Championships but will not be eligible for European titles, medals or diplomas.
• All competitors must have a valid passport of the country they are representing.

CX80 MTBO World Cup Round 1 & European MTBO Championships (EMTBOC):

• There is one class for women (WE) and one for men (ME). There are no age restrictions.
• Each federation may enter up to 6 women and 6 men for all individual competitions plus the current World Champions and European Champions in each format (distance).
• Additionally, each federation may enter up to a further 2 women and 2 men, who qualify for the Women U23 and Men U23 classes respectively, in each individual competition.
• In the Mixed Relay each federation may enter a maximum of 4 teams of 3 riders. Each team must include at least 1 woman. Only the team with the best result is considered in determining the placings.
• Each competitor must have a valid IOF Athlete Licence.

European Junior MTBO Championships (EJMTBOC):

• There is one class for women (W20<) and one for men (M20). Only competitors who are no more than 20 years old on 31 December 2023 are entitled to compete in the classes W20 or M20.
• For each individual competition a Federation may enter a maximum of 6 competitors in each class. The organising Federation may have two additional competitors as official EJMTBOC competitors in the individual competitions. These competitors must start in the lowest ranked start group.
• In the Relay each Federation may enter up to 2 teams of 3 riders per class. If a Federation is represented by two teams in a relay class, only the team with the better result is considered in determining the placings.

European Youth MTBO Championships (EYMTBOC):

• There is one class for women (W17) and one for men (M17). Only competitors who are no more than 17 years old on 31 December 2023 are entitled to compete in the classes W17 or M17.
• For each individual competition a Federation may enter a maximum of 6 competitors in each class. The organising Federation may have two additional competitors as official EYMTBOC competitors in the individual competitions. These competitors must start in the lowest ranked start group.
• In the Relay each Federation may enter up to 2 teams of 3 riders per class. If a Federation is represented by two teams in a relay class, only the team with the better result is considered in determining the placings.

Open classes *:

There will be no Open classes, as a minimum of 20 registered athletes was not achieved.

Start Groups and Relay Teams

To submit Start Groups (EJYMTBOC) and Relay Teams, go to IOF Eventor and fill the form after login.

Maps

All maps will be made according to the IOF International Specification for MTB Orienteering Maps ISMTBOM 2022 (see https://orienteering.sport/iof/mapping).

The maps for the competition will be new and updated.
Old maps: Faro | Loulé | Loulé Norte | Loulé Canil | Quinta do Lago | Salir

Terrain Description

Sprint	Mixed forest and motocross circuit, low relief and high density of paths.
Middle distance	Mediterranean forest with medium-high relief.
Long distance and Mass start	Mixed pine forest and urban park area. Low relief and great density of paths, some of sand.
(Mixed) Relay	Urban and forest with a great density of paths and medium relief.

Competition Rules

All events will be organised in accordance with the competition Rules for IOF MTB Orienteering Events as published by the IOF, the Special Rules for the World Cup in MTB Orienteering and the IOF Anti-Doping Rules valid at the time of the Event. IOF MTB Orienteering Competition rules are available on: www.orienteering.sport.

Summary of the most important rules:
Riding off the track, trail or paths is allowed, only riding in private or forbidden areas are not allowed. Riding outside the mapped area during the competition is not allowed.
In Portugal one drives on the RIGHT side of road. Therefore, riders must ride on the RIGHT side on all roads and tracks.
Overtaking slower riders should be done by the LEFT.

Complaints and protests:
Complaints and protests may only be made by team officials or competitors.
Any Complaint shall be made in written form and handed in at the Event Office at the arenas as soon as possible.
Complaints regarding the results shall be made no later than 15 minutes after the publication of the provisional results list. That moment of the publication will be announced by the arena Speaker. Complaints received after this time limit will only be considered if there are valid exceptional circumstances which must be explained in the Complaint.
A Complaint is decided by the organiser. The complainant must be informed about the decision immediately. If the organiser is unable to make the decision, the IOF Event Adviser must decide in their place.
A written Protest can be made, against the Organiser’s decision about a Complaint. Written Protests shall be delivered personally at the Event Office at the arenas no later than 15 minutes after the organiser has informed the complainant of the decision about the Complaint.
A Protest fee of 50 EUR shall be paid to the IOF Senior Event Adviser in cash when making a Protest. The fee will be returned if the Protest is accepted by the jury, otherwise the fee will be sent to the IOF. Forms for making a complaint or protest will be available at the arena Event Office.

Timekeeping System

SPORTident Air+ (range: 1,5m) will be used on all events with SI Active Cards (SIAC) and compatible Control Stations.
Competitors may use their own SIAC (plus backup SIAC) or they can rent it from Organisers for € 15 for the event or € 5 per day, plus a € 80 security deposit (there are a total of 120 SIAC units available for this purpose).

Anti Doping

Doping is strictly forbidden and the organisers of the European Championships 2023 and the first round of the CX80 World Cup 2023 are dedicated to supporting the anti-doping authorities in their work. Doping tests are always carried out in accordance with the procedures described in the WADA International Standard for Testing. The IOF Anti-Doping Rules and the World  Anti-Doping Code apply. Athletes who are selected for the doping tests must bring an official identification (with photo) to the doping test area. The athlete should also bring along their therapeutic use exemption (TUE) if applicable. In general, it is advisable that the athletes bring along their ID to all the competitions and events.
For more information and anti-doping documents, please consult:
https://orienteering.sport/iof/anti-doping

Training Opportunities

https://eventoscnalvito.wixsite.com/2023

• 10 – 16 March 2023 – Central Alentejo (Event already held)
• 17 – 19 March 2023 – Iberian MTBO Championships in Extremadura (Event already held)
• 22 – 23 April 2023 – Cimpor BOM MTBO 2023 (WRE)
  https://aventurabairrada.wixsite.com/bommtbo2023

Embargoed Areas

The areas marked on the map are partially embargoed.
These areas can be visited without an orienteering map, and it is also possible to stay in accommodation there.
However, visitors have to stay on the public road network.
Any orienteering activity is forbidden and it is also strictly forbidden to ride a bike with the intention to test route choices.
No participants or anybody with a potential connection to a team (athletes or others) may visit the areas with a map.