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Sea to Sky Enduro race opens its 17th edition with a special stage in Kemer
The Sea to Sky Enduro race began with a special stage at the Ovacık Plateau in Kemer. It is the 7th round of the FIM Hard Enduro World Championship.
The Sea to Sky Enduro race began with a special stage held at the Ovacık Plateau in Kemer. The event, being held for the 17th time this year, is the 7th round of the FIM Hard Enduro World Championship.
The event is organized by the Kemer Enduro Motorcycle Club with the support of the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Sports Toto Organization, the Turkish Motorcycle Federation, the Antalya Governor's Office and Olympos Teleferik.
Three main races will be held in Kemer
Kemer District Governor Ahmet Solmaz said at a press conference held before the race that the event was important for the sports community. Solmaz said hundreds of athletes from different countries are hosted in Kemer every year and that the race contributes to promoting the district.
Semih Özdemir, president of the Kemer Enduro Motorcycle Sports Club, said Sea to Sky had become one of the world's major Hard Enduro races. Özdemir said it was exciting for the event that the championship battle had moved to Kemer in the final part of the season.
According to information provided by Özdemir, the race consists of beach, forest and mountain stages. The forest stage will follow the beach stage, and the event will conclude at the summit of Mount Tahtalı.
96 athletes will compete in the beach stage
On the second day of the program, course familiarization and qualifying competitions will be held at Kemer's Kındıl Beach. In the main competition, which will start at 14:00 and feature 96 athletes, 48 athletes will compete in the quarterfinals, 24 in the semifinals and 12 in the final.
The organizers announced that some stages had been changed because of rainfall but that preparations had been completed. The event will also feature athletes including Saliha Özkan, Albert Samsonov, Mitch Brightmore, Mario Roman, Graham Jarvis, Bayram Uysal, Eva Tauber, Manuel Lettenbichler and Teodor Kabakchiev.
The forest stage will cover 42 kilometers
The forest stage, scheduled for Friday, October 9, will start at 09:00 from Meşe Çukuru in Ovacık. The athletes will tackle technical sections and changing terrain on the 42-kilometer course for approximately four hours.
The final will be held at the summit of Mount Tahtalı
The mountain stage, which will determine the championship race, will be held on Saturday. In the approximately 60-kilometer stage starting at 09:00 from Çamyuva Beach, the athletes are expected to reach the 2,365-meter summit of Mount Tahtalı after around seven hours of competition.
The championship awards ceremony will be held at 12:30 on Mount Tahtalı. The race will finish in the same area at 16:00, and a medal ceremony for the athletes will be held at the end of the day.
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