Schedule
- Opening of the babysitting service (at the Arena): 08:30
- First start of the CHASING START: 09:00 (starts are 1300 metres away from the Arena)
- Start window for Open and Beginner classes: 9:30–11:30
- POM 2026 Prize Giving Ceremony: 13:00
- Finish closure: 16:00
- Chasing Start start procedure
- Athletes will be called up 4 minutes before their start time. All athletes are kindly asked to proceed to the start area in good time — this is essential to ensure a smooth start procedure.
- There will be five start lanes. Each class will use only one start lane, according to the published start layout.
- Check the distribution of classes by lane in here.
- Distance from the Arena to the Start – 1300 metres
Chasing Start for all Competition Classes
On the final day, based on the results of the three forest races from the previous days, all competition classes will start using a Chasing Start format.
The first competitor to start will be the one with the lowest total time from the three previous stages. Subsequent competitors will start according to their time difference from the first competitor.
All athletes who are more than 60 minutes behind the leader, as well as those who missed one of the stages or were disqualified, will start after the 60-minute mark, using interval starts.
Depending on the number of athletes starting at intervals after 60 minutes, athletes will start at 15- or 30-second intervals.
The following example shows the overall results after the three forest stages.
1º Thierry Gueorgiou -> 3:05:00
2º Daniel Hubmann -> 3:07:00
3º Olav Lundanes -> 3:07:23
4º Jani Lakanen -> 3:08:19
60º -> João Oliveira -> 3:59:40
69º Tiago Aires -> 4:10:00
70º Diogo Miguel -> 4:12:02
71º Daniel Silva -> 4:15:59
DSQ. Paulo Franco (a MP had occured in one of the stages)
Manuel Cardoso (runned one stage only)
Below are the start times for athletes in the Chasing Start (with 15-second interval starts after the 60-minute mark).
11:00:00 -> Thierry Gueorgiou
11:02:00 -> Daniel Hubmann
11:02:23 -> Olav Lundanes
11:03:19 -> Jani Lakanen
11:59:40 -> João Oliveira
12:00:15 -> Tiago Aires
12:00:30 -> Diogo Miguel
12:00:45 -> Daniel Silva
12:01:00 -> Paulo Franco
12:01:15 -> Manuel Cardoso