RACZ26 ROUTE
2ND SECTION, PART TWO
Today let´s check our Route between 360. km and 555. km, which passes trhough Nové Hrady mountains and pond area near Třeboň, and after visiting picturesque chateaux Červená Lhota you will hit RP2 in Holenský, almost exactly in the middle of main ...Route.

This part is quite fast, with rather short and not especially steep ascents.

Still very remoted, deep in the nature...

https://raceacross.cz/racz26-2nd-section/

RACZ26 ROUTE
2ND SECTION; PART ONE
Let´s continue with introducing of RACZ26 Route.

Today with a first half of 2nd section, between Prášily and Český Krumlov.

This 170 km part will offer some of the natural beauties of Šumava (including highest point of whole Route... at 1260m), great ride along Vltava river and one of czech most attractive historical jewell in old town of Český Krumlov.

Altough the weather wasn´t very friendly during our scouting of this part - so nor the pictures are in its best - we can promise you will fully enjoy it ;-)

https://raceacross.cz/racz26-2nd-section/

DETAILED ROUTE DESCRIPTION ADDED TO OUR WEBSITE
1ST STAGE
During the first week of February, we finally added a detailed photo gallery and description of this year's (yet unofficial) route to our website. Cca 98 % of Route is personally checked and it will only change in the event of ...road closures.

It is clearly the most interesting, wildest, most diverse and most beautiful Route in our history!

You can find it in section "Route" on page raceacross.cz/route, from which there are links to the description of its each individual 4 sections.

Let's remind a gallery of 1st section once again, and more great pieces will follow in coming days ;-)

Less than 5 months left until RACZ26 start!

MEET RACZ26 RIDERS
3) N-Z
Well, let´s meet with third group of Riders registered for RACZ26, who shared with us a photo.

During this week we got another 10 new registration, so we are approaching 110 Riders. Still a lot of free slots, anyway ;-)

After today´s gallery, ...we will be updating our List Of Riders and introducing new faces here usually in the end of every next month.

MEET RACZ26 RIDERS
2) CH-M
Today we would like to introduce another group of RACZ26 riders, with surnames beginning from CH to K.

We can find there several "UB Cup Ultras" and finishers of our previous editons, with Roman Królikowski and Morten Kjaersgaard preparing to ...join us for 3rd time.

But we are also very happy to invite a lot of new faces, with three German riders, including experience ultrarider Uwe Mosig.

2nd finisher of RACZ24 Tomáš Křováček is ready again to make up for last year's bad luck, when he had to scratch from 2nd place just under the final climb to Girová due to problems with knees.

MEET RACZ26 RIDERS
1) A-H
Although we have still almost 6 months to RACZ26, let´s introduce first group of Riders, who registered on this year´s edtion and shared with us their photos.

We are looking forward to meet most of them on start line in Planá.

You can check ...actual list of riders on our website:
raceacross.cz/riders

100 RIDERS REGISTERED !!!
During this week we got another few registrations and we hit magical milestone of 100 riders - which is our dreamed number of participants on RACZ26 start.

We are currently recording 103 Riders, from 11 countries, of which are 10 women.

We updated ...section "Riders" on our website, added riders´ photos and we will start to introduce our registered Riders also here on Facebook, next week.
raceacross.cz/riders

Need to remind that we offer basic entry fee for 3500czk/150eur only until 31rd March, after this date there is additional 500czk/20eur. ;-)

Also our bookings of accommodation are slowly filling to its capacity, so if you are considering participation on this year´s edition, don´t delay your registration!
raceacross.cz/registration

HOT NEWS IN RACZ26 ORGANIZATION !!!
We wish all UltraBikers good luck in new year 2026, the beginning of which was traditionally very hectic for us, as we worked hard on several improvements in organization of our event, where Riders bring everything they need with them, but we still try to ...make their 1100km journey as pleasant as possible.

1) EVENT FACILITIES
The pre-start facilities will be finally in wonderful surroundings of the Chodovar brewery in the village of Chodová Planá.

In its restaurant Stará Sladovna, our Riders will not only be able to enjoy a great beer, but also take a guided tour into the interiors of the brewery.

Of course, last year's very successful 40km Social Ride will not be missed, for which more than 60 (almost 2/3 of riders until now) have already registered. This time we will visit beautiful spa town Mariánské Lázně, with a stop in other brewery Kronl.

2) BETTER START PLACE
We are moving the ceremonial start of RACZ26 to the nice square in the nearby town of Planá, where its mayor is happy to welcome us, and we will try to prepare a truly epic start of our fifth edition.

3) ACCOMMODATION FOR THE FIRST NIGHT
Considering the minimal possibilities of overnight accommodation along route through Šumava National Park, this year we will exceptionally also organize overnight accommodation for the first night, in 3 accommodation facilities (at 195th, 220th and 245th km).

4) FINISH800
We were looking for a more dignified Finish for 800km short route than the originally intended campsite in Rouchovany ... and we found it! We have recently made arrangements with the operator of the Wilsonka campsite, which is located near the beautiful beach of the Dalešice dam, which will serve as RP3.

While the finish line of the short RACZ800 route will be at a breathtaking viewpoint of the dam above rock Wilsonova skála, from where it will then just be a non-racing descent to the campsite.

+ we are preparing a another one superinteresting cooperation for you, which will add another dimension to this year's edtion. But we will tell you more about it in the spring ;-)

You can find all changes and an overview of the RACZ26 organization on the website, in updated section "ORGANIZATION".
raceacross.cz/organization

We have less than 6 months until the start and we are getting excited!

ULTRABIKERS CUP 2026
UltraBikers Cup 2026 calendar will be packed with great events on awesome routes, and will delight every cycling enthusiast, bikepackers and one-dayers, road riders, gravelists and also MTBikers.

From this week, it is possible to register also for our one-day ...challenges.

You can choose your favourite one on UB website:
ultrabikers.eu/calendar-2026