16.03.2024 // Wukuhlen // Biesenthal near Berlin
Crisp courses, festival feeling, different disciplines: At the end of the winter season on March 16, the Steppencross celebrates its big premiere! We invite you to the north of Berlin for the region's first cyclocross and mountain bike race. Some steep climbs, technical descents and other challenges await you in the Biesenthaler Wukuhlen. There will also be a children's cyclocross race and a fun race open to everyone from tandem to gravel bikes. And of course there will be delicious food, drinks and good music.
Cyclocross
The most profiled course that Berlin/Brandenburg has to offer. 2.6 km with crisp short climbs and fast descents between the festival grounds and the autocross track. All bikes without suspension and with dropbar handlebars such as cyclocross and gravel bikes are permitted.
> FLINTA* race (45 min)
> male race (1 hour)
> youth race U16-U19 (all gender)
Mountainbike Cross Country
Root trails, stone fields, flow trails - the MTB route has it all. The ride lasts 1 hour plus 1 lap. All mountainbikes are permitted.
> FLINTA* race
> male race
Kids' race
No matter which bike, no matter whether you have done something like this before - the main thing is that you have fun! There will be three children's races, each with different routes.
> balance bike race
> U4 – U6 Kids cross
> U7 – U10 Kids cross
> U11 – U15 Kids cross
Funrace for all bikes
The fastest course with the most flowing descents is for everyone: whether tandem or folding bike, everyone can take part. The ride lasts 30 minutes.
> 1 race - all gender
time table
*Changes are still possible*
10:30 MTB Men
12:00 balance bike race
12:15 kids race U4-U6
12:25 kids race U7-U10
12:40 kids race U11-U15
13:30 MTB FLINTA*
13:45 Cyclocross FLINTA*
15:00 Cyclocross Men
16:30 Funrace
After 5 PM: drinks & music
30 minutes before each race you have the opportunity to test the track.
The Steppencross is open to everyone, you don't need a license or anything like that. There will be a maximum of 75 places for each race. The start is free for children and young people, for all adults we charge a contribution towards expenses of between 15 and 30 €, with which you confirm your registration.
Because cycling is still heavily male-dominated, we want to make it easier for women and TIN* (trans, inter and non-binary people) to take part. That's why we will have an extra FLINTA* training day beforehand, introduce a non-binary classification and offer childcare during the race. If you have any other wishes or suggestions, please feel free to contact us.
Registration is open until 10.03.2024 for everyone under this link.
The tracks
Thanks to the Wokule and the Klosterfelde autocross club, we have a huge area at our disposal that offers plenty of challenges. Situated between the small and large Wukensee lakes, a few meters of elevation gain (spread over four longer climbs), soft ground and technical passages await you. We have been working for hours since the fall to build a route that will be fun and challenging for all of us.
All categories ride a large part of the route. We have added a few downhill sections and rock gardens especially for mountain bikes. The children's races are adapted according to age group and offer different levels of difficulty.
You can find the latest pictures from the route on our Instagram account.
Child care
Arrival
Biesenthaler Wukuhlen
Uhlandstraße 36
16359 Biesenthal
Arrival with bus and train:
RB24 to Biesenthal (6 km)
RE3 and S2 to Bernau (15 km)
Bus 896 from Bernau to Biesenthal Wendestelle (1,5 km)
terms of participation
Regulations
1. helmets are compulsory for the Steppencross.
2. treat all other starters with respect.
3. all bikes without suspension and with a maximum tire width of 50 mm are permitted for cyclocross. For MTB Cross Country, all bikes with a minimum tire width of 50 mm are permitted. All bikes are permitted in the children's and youth races.
terms of participation
By participating in the Steppencross, participants accept these GTC/Conditions of Participation. All participants are obliged to familiarize themselves with the content of these GTC/Conditions of Participation and to comply with their content.
Registration is binding once the registration fee has been paid. A refund of the flat-rate fee will only be made if a binding written cancellation is received 30 days before the start of the race.
Participants undertake to check their own fitness to take part in the event. In case of doubt, a doctor must be consulted.
Liability
By completing a binding online registration, i.e. sending the personal data, the participants confirm that they have taken note of and expressly accepted the conditions of participation / GTC.
Participation in the Steppencross is at your own risk. The participants know and are fully aware of the dangers associated with the practice of cycling sports. Participants acknowledge that there is a risk associated with the pursuit of particular sporting achievements. The participants
accept for themselves that their lives and physical safety may be at risk when practicing. This includes dangers for everyone in the area of the race, especially natural and artificial obstacles.
Driving on and entering the route and the event site is done under exclusion of any liability:
1. of RSV Steppenwolf Berlin 2023 and its employees, employees and/or members as well as volunteers
2. all other persons/institutions associated with the organization of the race
3. the legal representatives and vicarious agents of all persons and institutions named here under 1 to 2.
This exclusion does not apply to damages resulting from injury to life, body or health that are based on an intentional or negligent breach of duty and not to other damages that are based on an intentional or grossly negligent breach of duty.