The Race across Lebanon 2002
"Raid du Liban"
Mountainbiking or Trail running - May 26th to June 2nd 2002
Detailed stay
| Day 1 | Sunday May 26th 2002 Flights and arrivals: | |
| 08:40/10:25 13:45/15:45 17:30 18:00 19:00 20:00 20:30 |
Departure
of flight from Paris (or other) Arrival of flight(s) at Beirut International Airport Loading of luggage and bike boxes into truck Transfer to the Cedars Hotel Double room allocation, set-up, shower, etc. Get-together of different delegations and welcome speech Welcome dinner at the Cedars Hotel |
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| Day 2 | Monday May 27th 2002 Cedars"prologues" Kadisha : | |
| 06
:00 06 :30 07 :00 09 :00 09 :30 10 :00 12 :30 13 :00 14 :00 18 :00 20 :00 |
Wake-up call Breakfast Assembling of bikes and tune-ups Loading of bikes onto truck Transfer for RUN + MTB "prologues" RUN + MTB "prologues" Transfer back to the Cedars Hotel Lunch at the Cedars Hotel Transfer for guided visit to Kadisha Transfer back to the Cedars Hotel Dinner at the the Cedars Hotel |
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| Day 3 | Tuesday May 28th 2002 Stage 2 Faraya Baalbeck : | |
| 06
:00 06 :30 07 :00 07 :30 09 :30 10 :00 12 :30 13 :30 18 :00 20 :00 |
Wake-up
call Breakfast Loading of luggage and bikes onto truck Transfer for the start lines of the Faraya stages Start of MTB stage: the Cedars Start of RUN stage: the Cedars Stage finish, picnic lunch and rest near stage finish Transfer for guided visit to Baalbeck Transfer back to the Zahleh Hotel Dinner at the the Zahleh Hotel |
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| Day 4 | Wednesday May 29th 2002 Stages 3 Faqra Faqra : | |
| 06
:00 06 :30 07 :00 07 :30 09 :30 10 :00 12 :30 14 :30 17 :30 |
Wake-up
call Breakfast Loading of bikes onto truck Transfer for the start lines of the Faqra stages Start of MTB Faqra stage Start of RUN Faqra stage Stage finish, and picnic lunch Transfer for guided visit to Faqra Transfer back to the Zahle Hotel and free night out in Zahleh |
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| Day 5 | Thursday May 30th 2002 Stage 4 Karaoun Aanjar : | |
| 06
:00 06 :30 07 :00 07 :30 09 :30 10 :00 12 :30 14 :30 19 :00 20 :00 |
Wake-up call Breakfast Loading of luggage and bikes onto truck Transfer for the start lines of Karaoun stages Start of MTB stage: Karaoun Start of RUN stage: Karaoun Finish of Karaoun stages and picnic lunch Transfer for guided visit to Aanjar Transfer back to the Chouf Hotel Dinner at the Chouf Hotel |
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| Day 6 | Friday May 31st 2002 Stage 5 Chouf Beiteddine : | |
| 06
:00 06 :30 07 :00 07 :30 08 :30 09 :00 11 :30 12 :00 14 :30 17 :00 20 :00 21 :00 |
Wake-up call Breakfast Loading of bikes onto truck Transfer for the start lines of Chouf Cedar Reserve stages Start of MTB stage: the Chouf Start of RUN stage: the Chouf Stage finish Transfer back to the Chouf Hotel and lunch Transfer for guided visit to Beiteddine Palace Transfer back to Chouf Hotel Dinner at the Chouf Hotel Award ceremony and dance party |
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| Day 7 | Saturday June 1st 2002 Packing up Tyre : | |
| 08
:00 08 :30 09 :00 10 :30 14 :00 17 :30 19 :00f |
Wake-up call Breakfast Packing of bikes into bike boxes Transfer for guided visit to Tyre Shopping and free lunch at the Byblos old market Transfer back to the Chouf Hotel Dinner at the Chouf Hotel |
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| Day 8 | Sunday June 2nd 2002 Return flights: | |
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00:00/05:00
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Wake-up call Breakfast Loading of luggage and bike boxes into truck Transfer to Beirut International Airport Flight departures (Beirut-Paris) Arrival of flight(s) in Paris (or other) |
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