MEDICAL INFORMATION: There will be 3 doctors, 3  ambulances, 1 medical car. 1 medical car at disposal, 1 rubber dinghy with Croce Rossa Italiana divers, OPSA operators, 1 camp hospital near the finish line, 50 m far from the transition area. The hospital of Borgomanero (Viale Zoppis 10, phone number +3903228481)  and the 118 centres of Novara, Verbania and Varese have been alerted. Doctors’ phone number is +393661012559

IDENTIFICATION RIBBON: each race bag will contain an identification tape for each competitor, which will allow the athletes to enter the transition area, take part in the Saturday’s carbo dinner, the pasta party after the race and the massages service.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION: briefing on Satuday 27 in Piazza del Popolo in Arona or at Palacongressi in case of bad weather. Bike check-in on Saturday  from 17.00 to 21.00 or on Sunday from 5.15 to 6.20. THE ENTIRE TRANSITION AREA IS UNDER VIDEO SURVEILLANCE. During the night, surveillance will be armed. The transition area will be reopened on Sunday morning at 5.15.

WARNING: when the last athlete from the bike leg arrives, all the athletes will be allowed to collect their bikes. AFTER 15 MINUTES FROM THE ARRIVAL OF THE LAST ATHLETE ON THE FINISH LINE, THE TRANSITION AREA WILL NOT BE UNDER THE ORGANIZERS’ CONTROL ANYMORE AND IT WILL BE COMPLETELY DISMANTLED AND OPEN!!!

START at 7.00 for individuals (white and pink swim caps), at 7.08 for relay teams (blue swim caps).

SWIM: two loops, athletes must swim in a clockwise direction, keep all marker buoys on their right. After the first loop, athletes must exit water, cross the timing mats, and repeat the loop into the water. CAUTION to the stone landing stage when you enter the water again, do not knock your head against it!!! Enter the transition area from the bottom and exit from transition area at the beginning of the parking zone (crossbar area)

BIKE: the bike course is OPEN TO TRAFFIC, athletes must ride on the far right side of the road and must respect the Italian Traffic Law. Every crossroad is guarded by our volunteers and/or police to aid athletes’ transit. After the first climbing, there are 500 m with ruined surface road, BE VERY VERY CAREFUL!!! Keep the right side all over the course. During the return course on the SS33, at the end of the San Carlone slope you will find some partitions to facilitate traffic; at the end of the partitions you will find the free space to turn left and go in the transition area.

PENALTY BOX: The YELLOW CARD issued against an athete BEFORE the first aid station means a COMPULSORY STOP AT THE PENALTY BOX FOR 4 MINUTES; the penalty box will be situated right after the first aid station. The stop at the Penalty Box resets the previous yellow cards to zero.

RUN: 4 LAPS, clockwise, lake side on the pavement, then on the walking path. the FIRST turning point to get back over the same roads, along the lakeside, will be at the square of the supermarket Conad. The pavement to get back will be the one that divides the road with the parking and from the Hotel Giardino, athletes will go again directly on the road that will be closed to traffic. In Piazza del Popolo, at each lap athletes must reach the stand and make a hairpin bend. At the end of the square athletes will re-enter the run course to complete all the four laps, or go towards the finish line at the end of the fourth lap.

CHANGING ROOM AND SHOWERS FOR MEN at CA’ GIO’ (pasta party area)

CHANGING ROOM AND SHOWERS FOR WOMEN at TENNIS COMUNALE, at the bottom of the Transition Area.

FREE MASSAGES: for men and women at CA’ GIO’ from 12.00 to 16.00.

AWARD CEREMONY: Piazza del Popolo

RELAY TEAM

TRANSITION AREA: only the athlete for the change-over is allowed to stay, NOT ALL OF THE TEAM to avoid chaos and other problems. After the swim portion. The cyclist of the team will go out the transition area  exactly opposite the swimmer’s entrance and start the slope where the bike course starts.

RELAY TEAM BATON: the baton for the relay teams will be the chip. BE CAREFUL TO FASTEN THE VELCRO! In the transition area only the athletes in transition are allowed to stay.

RELAY TEAM FINISH LINE: all the members of the same relay team can cross the finish line together. The swimmer and the cyclist can reach the runner at the beginning of the finish line. Results will be obviously completed when the runner’s time will be registered after crossing the finish line.

FINISHER MEDAL AND RUCKSACK: all the athletes who will regularly complete the race will be awarded with the finisher medal and the finisher Mizuno rucksack.

SWIM CUT-OFF: 1 hour and 10 minutes (transition area entering), 1 hour and 15 minutes (transition area exit) from the beginning of the race.

BIKE CUT-OFF: 5 hours and 45 minutes from the beginning of the race. The race is NO DRAFT.

RUN CUT-OFF: 9 hours after start of race.

WARNINGS AND PENALTY BOX: athletes will be booked by being shown a yellow card. Athletes will be disqualified by being shown the red card. An athletes who is booked twice is automatically disqualified.  The stop at the penalty box resets to zero the yellow cards during the first 36 km of the bike course.

DISQUALIFICATION: Throwing away wastes outside the eco-zones is forbidden. We love nature, in the race as well.

DISQUALIFICATION: it is strictly prohibited to throw swimming caps along the course to enter the transition area. Remember that caps are numbered!

For any clarification, do contact the course marshals before the race.

For any further enquiries, please ask during the briefing.

Toilets: Transition Area (circolo Tennis), Race bag pick-up area, Finish Line area, Aid station in the run course.

LUGGAGE STORAGE

WARNING!!! The luggage storage is opposite the transition area. Luggage must be left after placing the proper stick showing one’s own bib number. To collect the luggage, athletes MUST show their own bib number if competing the individual race or the bike or run course of the relay team race. The swimmers of the relay team race MUST show their swimming cap. Please mind that the luggage will be given back only to the owner having the bib number or swimming cap, as above stated.