VELOFONDO BIKE FESTIVAL
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13/09/2025 - 14/09/2025
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FAQ

Here you will find an overview of the most important information, from the process to the spectators.

Venue:

DEKRA Lausitzring, Schipkau

Arrival by car:

  • from the direction of Berlin (approx. 130 km) via A13
  • from the direction of Dresden (approx. 60 km) via A13

We recommend that you take the "Exit 15 Klettwitz" on the A13. Then turn left at the traffic lights on Senftenberger Straße (not straight ahead to the DEKRA Technology Center) onto the L55. After about 1,5km turn right to the official entrance of the DEKRA Lausitzring.

Here you can find the most important positions for the journey in a Google map.

Click here for the site plan as PDF

You need a parking ticket to park on the event area. Please download it in advance and fill out your license plate: Download parking ticket

You can register yourself or your team under Registration.

Please note that you have to book an accommodation option in addition to your starting place. You can choose between your own tent, your own camper or a box in the pit lane.

You now have the option of administering your participant data yourself. Please use our "RACE" system and register there with the same e-mail address with which you registered and to which you received the confirmation e-mail. Click here to go to "RACE": my.maximalpuls.com

Please note that for teams, only the team captain will receive a confirmation email. You can also change the names of the team starters yourself later in "RACE".

If you want to make general rebookings (e.g. change from a team of 2 to a team of 4 etc.) please send us an e-mail to teilnehmersupport@maximalpuls.com.

maximalPULS GmbH
Marienplatz 1, 04103 Leipzig
www.maximalpuls.com

For participant questions, you can contact us by email.

On site you will find us in Box 11 and 12, this is also the registration office.

The event area is barrier-free accessible.

  • exclusive race track
  • individual timing with transponder system (active transponders, have to be handed in after the race)
  • Personalized start number (for registration by 01.09.2025)
  • free toilets and showers
  • medical assistance
  • high quality finisher medal
  • Certificate of participation to print on the spot
  • Results service
  • Basic catering with drinks, fruit, bars, gels, cakes
  • Post-meal

Does your company attach great importance to joint sports and company health management? The best conditions to be at the start with your team. You can register in the classic way via the normal registration or you can book one of our company packages. If you wish, we can offer you all services from one source, including training and preparation for the competition(s) with experienced personal trainers and professional athletes from our network.

The further advantage for your company, in addition to the starting places, you will receive your own company tent and an advertising integration on site if desired. If desired, you will receive a full catering with food and drinks in your company lounge. Contact us and get your individual offer.

You can register your team online or by e-mail.

Each participant will be honored with a high-quality finisher medal.

When participating in the VELOFONDO24h, riding with lights is compulsory. The obligation starts 10 minutes before sunset and ends 10 minutes after sunrise. A light on the handlebars facing forwards and a rear light on the seat post or similar must be fitted. When mounting your race number on the seat post, please note that the light may also be mounted here later.

Times

Sunset: 13.09.2025 at 19:23 - Light compulsory from 19:13

Sunrise: 14.09.2025 at 06:38 - Light compulsory until 06:48

Should it be necessary to make adjustments here due to weather conditions, you will receive the information from our moderators on site.

Basic and emergency medical care is ready for you. The medical care tents are marked accordingly.

Here you will receive your starting documents and all other important information about the event. The registration office is located directly in the pit area at the finish line.

Opening hours:

September 13, 2025 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

September 14, 2025 07:00 am to 11:00 am

Please bring your start passport (see registration confirmation by mail) and ID card to pick up your race documents. For teams it is sufficient if one team member picks up the ID and the starting documents for the whole team.

You will find the registration office in Box 11 and 12, the entire site plan can be downloaded here as a PDF.

There will be sufficient trash cans on the event site. Please use them to dispose of your waste, this also applies to the time of departure. Please leave the areas on the tent site, camper site and in the boxes clean and in the best condition as you found them on your arrival.

During the race VELOFONDO24h it is not allowed to dispose of any trash, such as drinking bottles, bar wrappers, gels, banana peels, etc., on the course. If this does happen and is noticed or reported and it turns out to be true, the participant or team will be deducted a penalty lap. At the VELOFONDO68k such an offense will be checked in the same way and in case of violation of the rules it will be regulated with a time penalty of one minute.

Honored are

VELOFONDO68k || Overall winner 1st place - 3rd place women, men, teams and age group winners

VELOFONDO100k || Overall winner 1st place - 3rd place women, men, teams and age group winners

VELOFONDO2h-Challenge "Vuelta" || Overall winner 1st place - 3rd place women, men

VELOFONDO4h-Challenge "Giro" || Overall winner 1st place - 3rd place women, men

VELOFONDO8h-Challenge "Tour" || Overall winner 1st place - 3rd place women, men

VELOFONDO24h-Challenge for individual starters and teams || Overall winner 1st place - 3rd place women, men, teams and age group winner individual starters

Sunset: 13.09.2025 at 19:23 - Light compulsory from 19:13

Sunrise: 14.09.2025 at 06:38 - Light compulsory until 06:48

The starting line-up is for:

08:20 a.m.

VELOFONDO100k

 

08:35 a.m.

VELOFONDO68k

 

11:45am

VELOFONDO2h-Challenge "Vuelta"

VELOFONDO4h-Challenge "Giro"

VELOFONDO8h-Challenge "Team"

VELOFONDO24h-Challenge for individual starters and teams

You will receive your starting documents there during the opening hours of the registration office. To collect your documents, please bring your start pass in printed or digital form. The start documents can also be collected by your team members. Another person can also collect the start documents for friends with a power of attorney. You will receive your race number with a disposable transponder from us. The transponder does not have to be returned after the race. You will find the registration office in boxes 11 and 12.

Site plan

08:30

VELOFONDO100k

08:40 a.m.

VELOFONDO68k

12:00

VELOFONDO2h-Challenge "Vuelta"

VELOFONDO4h-Challenge "Giro"

VELOFONDO8h-Challenge "Team"

VELOFONDO24h-Challenge for individual starters and teams

You can find the list of participants here on our site. The start list is constantly updated.

To the start list

Wenn Ihr bei Eurem Namen oder Team etwas ändern möchtet, so könnt ihr dies selbst über den persönlichen Link in Eurer Bestätigungsmail machen.

There will be enough toilets available for you on the event area. In the pit area you will find fixed toilets and showers inside as well as outside to the side of the camper site. A sanitary building is also open near the tent site.

Showers and toilets are marked accordingly.

Please leave the toilets and showers as you would like to find them, we appeal to your own understanding of hygiene.

At site plan you will find the toilets and showers.

There are three options for overnight accommodation at the VELOFONDO BIKE FESTIVAL. You can choose between a tent, camper van and a box in the pit lane.

Notes overnight tent:

On the campground there is free choice of place, the campground is about 350m away from the pit lane. If the option "tent" is booked, so in any case your own tent and equipment must be brought.

Notes overnight camper:

On the area for motorhomes there is free choice of place, the area is about 200m away from the pit lane. If the option "motorhome" is booked, it is in any case to arrive with your own motorhome. Electricity distributors will be provided to a limited extent and can be used. If you would like to join other teams, you are welcome to do so independently.

Notes overnight box in pit lane:

When you pick up your starting documents at the registration office, you will also be assigned to the respective box. We try to consider team wishes or individual requests. The boxes are equipped with a beer tent set, 4-8 participants will be accommodated per box. Please note that you have to bring your own sleeping facilities (air mattress, camp bed, sleeping bag, etc.) and set up on site. Each box unit (6 boxes) has its own toilets and showers as well as electricity.

The transfer of the starting place to the following year is only possible once until 7 days before the event. The transfer for health reasons is also possible at short notice, but only with presentation of a medical certificate. In addition, a handling fee of 10 euros will be charged.

The transfer of the starting place to a substitute starter costs 10 Euro handling fee.

Changes and late registrations are still possible on the day of the event in the registration office. The re-registration fee is 10 Euro. Please note the opening hours of the registration office.

Each participant will receive a certificate. The collection is possible after the end of the race in the registration office.

During the VELOFONDO BIKE FESTIVAL we offer you free basic catering in the riders' lounge (area around pits 11 and 12). This includes the participants of the VELOFONDO and their officially registered supervisors:

  • Water, cola, spritzer, iso (HIGH5)
  • Bananas, apples
  • Gels, bars (HIGH5)
  • Salty cookies, nuts, cookies
  • Cake

Participants in the VELOFONDO68k and VELOFONDO100k will have the opportunity to receive post-race refreshments in the riders' lounge area.

If you have individual food and beverage requests, please include them in your self-care.

IMPORTANT: For all participants, coaches and spectators, the local catering partner will also provide a classic food and drink offer at the following times on a self-pay basis:

13.09.2025 from 9:00 - 13:30 and 16:30 - 20:00
14.09.2025 from 09:00 - 13:00

The change of teams has to take place exclusively in the pit lane. The drinking bottle with the timing chip must be passed on. If the drinking bottle is forgotten to be passed on, the laps that are driven without drinking bottle with timing chip will not be counted. Please pay attention to a reasonable speed in the pit lane (max. 15km/h) in order not to endanger yourself and others. The conditions are the same for all teams.

You can take part with racing bikes, gravel bikes, touring bikes and triathlon bikes (as long as the handlebar attachment does not protrude over the brake levers). Participation with e-bikes is only possible outside the classification.

VELOFONDO68k - 60 Euro || Everyman race

VELOFONDO100k - 90 Euro || Everyman race

VELOFONDO2h-Challenge "Vuelta" - 70 Euro || Who rides the most KM in 2h?

VELOFONDO4h-Challenge "Giro" - 90 Euro || Who rides the most KM in 4h?

VELOFONDO8h-Challenge "Tour" - 110 Euro || Who rides the most KM in 8h?

VELOFONDO24h-Challenge for individual starters and teams || 24h bike race

Single starter - 140 Euro

Teams of 2 - 270 Euro

Teams of 4 - 500 Euro

Teams of 8 - 920 Euro

 

Optional services

Additional supervisor - 25 Euro

Overnight stay in a tent (2 days) - 25 Euro

Overnight stay in motorhome (2 days) - 40 Euro

Overnight stay box per person (2 days) - 50 Euro

Professional timekeeping with transponder system (active transponder).

IMPORTANT: For the VELOFONDO68K, VELOFONDO100k and the individual starters of the VELOFONDO, the transponder must be attached to the left side of the fork with cable ties. For teams of 2, teams of 4 and teams of 8, the transponder is in a drinking bottle, which is then passed on at the changeover.

Each participant will also receive with his transponder a sticker kit with a sticker for the seat post and 3 stickers for the helmet (left, right, front), all with his personal start number. It is essential to apply the stickers before the race. There will not be a start number for the jersey.

Spectators can watch the competitions on site free of charge on both days of the event. The paddock in the pit lane and the start/finish area can be reached easily. Spectators are kindly requested to use the official parking lot on the premises, which is also signposted.

Entering the competition track is expressly prohibited. In the pit lane, the highest attention is required when crossing. Only if there are no riders in the immediate vicinity in the pit lane, the area may be crossed. Dogs must be kept on a leash.

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