The track is 86 km. Starting area is in the centre of Rena and finish line at Håkons Hall, Lillehammer.

You will find service stations at Kvarstad (44 km) and at Elgåsen (60 km).
At the service startions we will serve water, bananas and pastry. At Elgåsen there will also be served Coca Cola.

If you need special food due to allergies, we strongly recommend that you bring your own food.

Keep Birken clean
littering along the track is not allowed. Bring your litter to the nearest food station or use the drop zones along the track.

There is one class for men and one class for women. EL cycle are allowed.
You can also choose "no timing".

Results will be presented in alphabetical order.

Starting time
Friday August 26th: Start when you want between 09.00 and 11.00

All participants finishing the race recieves a participation medal at the finish line.
A diploma stating your time is also available at your My Page or inside Håkons Hall at the race day.

Participated 10, 20 or 30 times in total
Participants that have reached the milestones of participated 10, 20 or 30 times in totla: Birkebeinerrittet, FredagsBirken cycle, SommerBirken QR and/or TurBirken cycle 86 recieve one gourmet dinner plate from our prize collection. The plate is ingraved with the Birken logo.

Transportation of luggage from start to finish is included in the entry fee.

It is your responsibility to tag your luggage and hand it in to the truck labelled with your wave. Tags are included in your race packet. In the event of heavy rain, you will be given plastic bags to keep your luggage dry.

The trucks are on the parking area east of Åmot kulturhus, Rena.

You will receive your luggage at the finish, Håkons Hall, Lillehammer.

The organizers accept no liability for loss of baggage

Preliminary information 2022

Participants which has not reached the following destinations by the listet hour, will not be allowed to finish the race due to safety reasons

    Skramstadsætra by 13.00
    Kvarstad by 16.00
    Elgåsen by 18.00

All participants are expected to cross the finish line by 19.00

Free shuttles are provided for participants that must abandon the race.

• From the center of Rena to Lillehammer 14.15
• From Kvarstad to Lillehammer 17.00

Starting at Pellestova in Øyer, and finishing by Håkons Hall, Lillehammer.
41 km in scenic nature.

At the start we will provide Maxim sports drink and water. At Elgåsen we will serve water, bananas, pastry and Coca Cola

If you need special food due to allergies, we strongly recommend that you bring your own food.

Keep Birken clean
littering along the track is not allowed. Bring your litter to the nearest food station or use the drop zones along the track.

There is one class for men and obe class for women. EL-cycle are allowed.

Results will be presented in alphabetical order. You can also choose "no timing".

Start when you want Friday August 26th from 11.00 - 12.00

All participants finishing the race recieves a participation medal at the finish line.
A diploma stating your time is also available at your My Page or inside Håkons Hall at the race day.

Luggage
You can deliver your luggage at either at Håkons Hall before entering the bus to the start or in the starting area.

Luggage labelled with your name and start number, will be brought from the start area to the finish area.

Luggage claim at the finish line, Håkons Hall, Lillehammer. If it is raining we will provide plastic bags to keep your luggage dry.

Transport of luggage is included in the entry fee.
The organizers accept no liability for loss of luggage.

Bus to the starting area
Bus to the starting area departs from Sigrid Undsets veg below Kristins Hall (Håkons Hall) at 07.30 and 10.00 + bus back to Pellestova after the race at 19.00.

The ticket must be preordered at your My Page

Please park your car by Håkons Hall, and use the bus transport to the starting area.

Cycle transport
Cycles are transported in trucks following the bus

Race rules TurBirken 41 og 86 km

• All types of bikes are allowed, also electric and gravel bikes
• You may not start using another person's entry/bib or in an earlier wave than assigned.
• For your own safety it is not allowd to use any form of audio during the race.

Backpack/clothing
All participants, regardless of class, must carry a 3,5 kilo backpack during the entire race, until crossing the finish line. The backpack must be visible, and can not be worn underneath clothing or bib.

For safety reasons the pack must contain

• wind-/water resistant jacket and pants
• Gloves
• Hat or buff headwear
• Extra food
• Tools and hose kit
• We recommend that you bring dry underwear and socks.
• A certified helmet is compulsory.

Cut-off time at Elgåsen: 16.00

The track is 86 km. Starting area is in the centre of Rena and finish line at Håkons Hall, Lillehammer.

The food stations are all organized with bananas, pastry, Maxim sports drink and water served in that order. Refill of water is available on the end table.

The track separates in two "lanes" before entering the food station arean. Keep to the left if you want to continue the race, without stopping for food and drinks..

If you need special food due to allergies, we strongly recommend that you bring your own food.

Keep Birken clean
littering along the track is not allowed. Bring your litter to the nearest food station or use the drop zones along the track.

Bike guide in Birkebeinerrittet

The bike guides will offer information about the track, technical aid if needed, extra motivation and good company over the mountains.

The bike guides will be available in some of the unseeded waves and you will easily spot them with their yellow helmets and vests.

Classes

• Age classes for both female and male contestants (Age classes are divided as follows: F/M 17 yrs, F/M 18-19 yrs, F/M 20-24 yrs, F/M 25-29 yrs, F/M 30-34 yrs etc)
• Elite classes F/M Jr./Sr.
• Tour class (Trim)
• All-Road - (gravel bike)
• Tandem
• Tandem FH (physically disabled),
• FH men and women (physically disabled). Note: To participate in the classes for disabled you must provide a classification certificate from The Norwegian Sports Federations.
• El cycle (Electric bike)
• No time keeping: Your time and result will not be available for you or anyone else to see. You will be at the result list in alpahbetical order as a finisher.

Age minimum 17 years old as per 31.12.2023.

Dynamic seeding
Competitors will be seeded in waves according to results obtained in previous Birkebeinerrittet races or in races sanctioned for qualification.The fastest competitors will start first. Our intention is that all competitors should start in a wave where they qualitatively belong and thus compete with their equals.
The seeding will change regularly until the second/third week in August. After this date the information regarding wave and starting time will be final. All participants must log in to My Page, and print/download their starting card, which holds all information about wave and starting time. You need to show this card to retrieve your bib.

Allocation of wave 2023
Waves will be allocated on the basis of results in Birkebeinerrittet 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018 or 2017 and results in from races sanctioned for qualification in 2023.

Start togehter ?
It you want to start together with friends or family we can offer this in one of the un-seeded waves. Please send a message stating names and Birken ID's to seeding@birkebeiner.no

Elite classes
Note that there are special rules for qualification for the Elite classes

For participants outside of Norway,
results from other races will also be assessed for qualification. Such results must be from 2022. If you want to reseed due to results from other races please send an e-mail including your Birken ID and link for the results to: seeding@birkebeiner.no as early as possible, but by August 23th at the latest.

If you want seeding from one of the qualifiaction races in Norway you must enter your Birken ID number when you register for one of these.
Participants with no confirmed qualification will be placed into one of the unseeded waves.

All re-seeding must be submitted by August 11th.

Information valid for Birkebeinerrittet 2022
Age division
Senior elite: Age minimum 19 years old by 31.12.2022
Junior elite: Age 17 or 18 years old by 31.12.2022

Entrants in the elite classes and/or junior elite classes must hold a valid licence issued by a National Federation affiliated to the UCI, which must be presented on registration. If the licence cannot be used as identification, the participant must show another type of identification.

Starting time:

• Women elite and women elite jr.: 10.00
• Men elite and men elite jr.: 14.00

Registration after picking up your BIB
At stage in Rena Torg (Rena town square) for registration and also recieve important information from the jury.

• Women elite / Women elite jr.: 09.00
• Men elite / men elite jr.: 13.00

Distribution of bibs
Please see information about distribution of bibs.
Your race packet contains two start numbers. The one that includes your time chip must be fastened on your handle bars according to instructions, the other must be fastened on your backpack.

Please note: If you are not wearing a timing chip, your results will not be registered.

Elite garment
Participants in the elite classes must wear garment approved by their team, and the NCF. UCI teams may use their official cycle garment.

Technical assistance/feed zones
Feed zones are placed close to the ordinary food and drinking stations. Skramstadsetra, Bringbusetra, Kvarstad and Elgåsen. They are marked with signs – "start feeding zone" and "end feeding zone".
Technical assistance during a race is permitted subject to the conditions below. Technical assistance shall only be given in the feed/technical assistance zones. Authorized technical assistance during a race consists of the repair or the replacement of any part of the bicycle other than the frame.
Bike changes are not permitted and the rider must cross the finishing line with the same handlebar number plate that he had at the start. Spare equipment and tools for repairs must be kept within the technical assistance zones. Repairs and equipment changes can be carried out by the competitor himself, or with the help of a team-mate or team mechanic within the technical assistance zones. Outside the zones technical assistance is only permitted between competitors in the same team.
Competitors may carry tools and spare parts provided that these do not involve any danger to themselves or the other competitors.

Backpack 3,5 kg
All competitors mus carry a backpack weighing at least 3,5 kg. The backpack must be visible, and can not be worn underneath clothing or bib.
For safety reasons there are rules about what the pack must contain: Find details in the Race Rules

Ceremony
Flower ceremony for the three best shortly after finish at Håkons Hall.
Prize ceremony: Women Jr./Sr: 13.30 and Men Jr/ Sr.: 17.00

Please read all the Race rules thoroughly before start

There is a time limit based on the average time of the top 5 competitors starting in age classes (not elite classes) plus 25%, worked out separately for each class. Participants finishing within the limit for
the first time will receive a diploma and the "Birkebeiner Medal" silver pin.

Note: Competitors starting in Men and Women Elite, does not affect the Birkebeiner Medal time limit. There is no Birkebeiner medal "merke"  in the elite classes, but competitors in Men Elite age 17-44 years old and Women Elite age 17-54 years old will be ranked in their age classes and also recieve the Birkebeiner Medal in these classes if they are witihn the time limit for their age class.

There is no Birkebeiner medal "merke" in the classes All-Road, EL-cycle, Elite or in the Tour class.

Birkebeiner Medals "Merker"

• 1. merke: SMK (Silver pin)
• 5. merke: GMK (Golden pin)
• 10. merke: FAT 10 (Cover plate)
• 15. merke: FAT 15 (Cover plate)
• 20.merke: FAT 20 (Cover plate)
• 25.merke: FAT 25 (Cover plate)

No medals are given at the 2nd, 3th, 4th, 6th, 7th an so on.

All participants finishing the race recieves a participation medal at the finish line.
A diploma stating your time is also available at your My Page or inside Håkons Hall at the race day.

Ceremony
The top three in each age class recieve their prizes from the stage/Håkons Hall. Retrieve your other prizes, pins and diplomas at the prize desk inside Håkons Hall.

Participated 10, 20 and 30 times in total
Participants that have reached the milestones of entering 10, 20 or 30 times in total: Birkebeinerrittet 86, FredagsBirken cycle and/or TurBirken cycle 86 recieve one gourmet dinner plate from our prize collection. The plate is ingraved

Prizes for the Elite classes
Prize ceremony for the elite classes senior and junior take place outside Håkons Hall, Lillehammer, on race day. Ceremony for women and men is at 13.00. Anyone who wins the mountains prizes or the finish prizes must meet in order to receive prizes.

Results and the Birkebeiner medal
Participants in the Men Elite Sr./Jr. 17-44 years old and participants in the Women Elite Sr./Jr. 17-54 years old will get results in both elite classes, and their age classes.
Results in the elite classes do not affect the time limit for receiving the Birken medal. Participants in these classes will gain the medal if their results are within the time limit set by de top 5 participants in each age class.

Prize ceremony for the elite classes
From stage outside Håkons Hall.
Women and men Elite Jr. and Sr.: 13.00

Sprint pizes for both Men and Women Elite (total junior and senior):

• Kvarstad: Sport 1, NOK 2.000,-
• Storåsen: Subaru, NOK 2.000,-

Finish prizes for the winners in borh Men and Women Elite Sr.

• 1. place: NOK 10.000,-
• 2. place: NOK 7.500,-
• 3. place: NOK 5.000,-

Transportation of luggage from start to finish is included in the entry fee.

• It is your responsibility to tag your luggage and hand it in to the truck labelled with your wave. Tags are included in your race packet. In the event of heavy rain, you will be given plastic bags to keep your luggage dry.
• The trucks are on the parking area, east of Åmot kulturhus, Rena.
• You will receive your luggage at the finish, in Lillehammer.
• The organizers accept no liability for loss of baggage.

Participants which has not reached the following destinations by the listet hour, will not be allowed to finish the race due to safety reasons

• Kvarstad by 16.00
• Elgåsen by 18.00

All participants are expected to cross the finish line by 19.30

Free shuttles are provided for participants that must abandon the race.

• Rena, Fabrikkveien 2,  to Lillehammer 11.00 and 14.15.
• Kvarstad to Lillehammer 16.00.

Track information for UltraBirken cycle 2022:

Refill of water to private bottles is on the last table in the row (self service).

Do not litter the nature
Throw your litter in the drop zones or bring it to the fninsh.

Seeding
UltraBirken cycle has seeded wave start.

• All races that are sanctioned for seeding for Birkebeinerrittet 2022 will also be seeding races for UltraBirken cycle 2022.
• In addition: Races specially for UltraBirken:
  • Å i Heiane 68 km, May 14.
  • Terrengsykkelrittet 2 runder, May 28.
  • Offroad Finnmark 150, 300 and 700km, July 23-31.
  • Offroad Valdres 85 and 150km, August 6.
  • TransØsterdalen sammenlagt, August 12-14.
• Men qualified for the Men Elite class group A in Birkebeinerrittet will start in wave 1.
• Women qualified for Women Elite class group A in Birkebeinerrittet will start in wave 3
• All others: Time seeding according to the seeding rules mentioned above.

Classes
W/M 17-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79

Age by 31.12.2022

Bus to the starting area
Bus to the starting area departs from Sigrid Undsets veg below Kristins Hall (Håkons Hall) Saturday morning at 07.30.
The ticket costs NOK 125,- and must be preordered at your My Page

Please park your car by Håkons Hall, and use the bus transportation to the start area.

Cycle transport
Cycles are transported in trucks following the bus

Parking
Parking is available northeast of Håkons Hall and on Randgaardsjordet. Follow the signs to the designated parking area. There is a fee of NOK 75,- Parking tickets are sold on site.

Bus back to Pellesova in the afternoon: 19.00 (preorder at My Page)

Special rules for UltraBirken cycle
For safety reasons there are special rules for clothes and equipment that you must bring when participating in UltraBirken:

• Longsleeved jacket (wind-/water resistant)
• Long trousers (wind-/water resistant)
• Glowes/mittens with fingers
• Buff headwear
• Long underwear
• Dry socks
• Food
• Tools
• Bicycle pump
• Hose kit
• First aid kit
• Mobile phone

Participants that does not follow these rules might be disqualified.

Please read all the Race rules thoroughly.
 

All participants finishing the race recieves a participation medal just after the finish line. A diploma stating your time is also available at your My Page or inside Håkons Hall at the race day.

Ceremony
The top three in each age class recieve their prizes from the stage in Håkons Hall.

Luggage
Luggage labelled with your name and start number, will be brought from the start area to the finish area.

You can deliver your luggage at either at Håkons Hall before entering the bus to the start, or in the starting area.

Luggage claim, finish line, Håkons Hall, Lillehammer. If it is raining we will provide plastic bags to keep your luggage dry.

The organizers accept no liability for loss of luggage.

Cut-off times
Storåsen at 18.00

Important phone numbers

Alarm: +47 91 10 87 07
Abandoning the race: +47 90 55 90 03

Participants that must abandon the race
If you abandon the race, you MUST call or send a text message to +47 90559003. This is very important, to prevent a full scale search for you. 

NOTE: If you are hurt, or need other assistance, please call +47 91108707.

New track in 2022
The track is 16 km and start at Birkebeineren ski stadium, and will follow parts of the Birkebeinerrittet track to the finish line at Haakons Hall.
See track map and track profile below.

One drink station: Water and Maxim Sports drink.

Finish: Water, lemonade, banana and Gilde sausage.

Sykkelservice after 10 km

The race is run according to NCF's laws and regulations. In addition there are also special regulations for UngdomsBirken cycle.

• All competitors must have the Bib fastened visible on the handlebar.
• You may not start using another person's entry/bib.
• For your safety it is not allowd to use any form of audio during the race.

Backpack/clothing
All participants, regardless of class, must carry a 1,5 kilo backpack during the entire race, until crossing the finish line. The backpack must be visible, and can not be worn underneath clothing or bib.
The backpack must contain food, drink, tools and hose kit.

Violating the rules
Participants violating the rules will be disqualified.

Prizes UngdomsBirken cycle
All competitors will recieve a  whfinisher medal at the finish line.
A diploma stating your time is also available at your My Page or inside Håkons Hall at the race day.

Ceremony
Prize ceremony for the three best in each age class will be held in Håkons Hall after finishing.

Bike park at Haakons Hall on race day

Online registration is open until August 24th.

Late entry Rena
Friday August 26. from 15.00 to 15 minutes before start in Rena Torg

Late entry Lillehammer
Håkons Hall
Friday August 26. 10.00-until start

Starting fee
NOK 125,-.

Rena
Start and finish by Rena Park in the center of Rena.

Lillehammer
Start in Sigrid Undsers veg and finish outside Håkons Hall.

There will be served drinks and something to eat at the finish

Rena

• 17.00, 750 m: Girls and boys 0-6 years old
• 17.30  1.5 km: Girls and boys 7-9 years old
• 17.45  3.0 km: Girls and boys 10-11 years old

Lillehammer

• 17.00, 750 m: Girls and boys 0-4 years old
• 17.10, 750 m: Girls and boys 5-6 years old
• 17.20, 1.5 km: Boys 7-9 years old
• 17.30, 1.5 km: Girls 7-9 years old
• 17.40,  3.0 kmBoys 10 years old
• 17.50, 3.0 km: Girls 10-11 years old

Age as per 31.12.22