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RACES
SEASON 2018/2019
After two thrilling seasons, we’re now in the middle of season 3. What’s your goal for this season? Subscribe for one of the races below and try to qualify yourself for the OCR Series World Finals at Saturday 15 June 2018
OCR SERIES WORLD FINALS – 15 June Nijmegen
The day has arrived! After 7 OCR Series qualification races, it is now finally time to crown the OCR Series World Champions of the season 2018/2019! During the World Finals, only the top-3 (Male & Female) of every race and the top-200 male & top-100 female of the overall ranking will compete for the podium. During the exclusive World Finals there will be some World premiere OCR obstacles! Are you an ELITE runner (top 200/100), were you in the top-3 of an earlier race and/or did you qualiy at one of our external qualifiers? Then you can sign up for the ELITE wave and claim your spot in the OCR Series World Finals!
The OCR World Finals in 2018 was held at the end of season 2 in the beautiful area of “De Berendonck” in Wijchen. For the first time in history we had the final event in the evening. The race started at 18.30 and from the beginning Thomas Buyle took the nr 1 position followed by Matthias Graute and Thibault Debusschere. Halfway during the race Thomas and Thibault were racing together followed by a large group of top athletes. Just before the final stage Matthias was back in the lead but lost a lot of places in the final stage. At the end Thibault managed to pull away from Thomas, did the salmon ladder in one go and finished less than one minute before Thomas, Lluis Barbe Llagostera managed to do well in the final stage and finished as 3rd male. Thibault was the winner of the finals for the 2nd time in a row.
At the female side Zuzana Kocumová took 1st place and would stay there till the finish. Janka Pepová managed to be in the 2nd place followed by Corien Jansen. Halfway the race Janka and Corien fell back and Lisan de Vries took over the 2nd place. Corien, Janka and Carina Bungard were fighting for the 3rd position. At the final stage Zuzana, Lisan and Carina had big gaps up to 4 minutes and they all secured there position finishing in this order. Also Zuzana managed to be the winner for the 2nd time.
SEASON 2019/2020
After three thrilling seasons, we’re now at the start of season 4. What’s your goal for next season? The first half of the season is now confirmed and the tickets for the first two events are now available. Subscribe and claim your position in the ranking.
Race 1 – 31 August Ghent
The new OCR Series season 2019/2020 starts off with one of the fastest courses in the series. The race takes place at Provinciaal Domein Puyenbroeck in Ghent, Belgium. A flat course, during the regular Strong Viking Water Edition. Get ready for a lot of water based obstacles, mud and some longer running parts. Since this is the first race of the new season, all athletes will start with zero point at the startline, so everybody will start in a blue race-vest over the wall! See you in August, you’d better be ready!
NEW: Race 2 – 28 September Warstein
NEW IN THE 2019/2020 OCR SERIES: RACE 2 in Warstein! Make sure you come well prepared during one of the most sloping terrains in this years series. The new location in Warstein is different than all our other race locations and the athletes will have to conquer more mountains/hills then usual. So is racing in rough terrains your specialty, this course is deffinately in your advantage! Start in time with your hill training and maybe we’ll see you on the podium this race. It’s also your last chance to gain points season ranking in 2019, who will be the no. 1 at the end of the first half of the season and who will qualify for the OCR World Finals 2019/2020.