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domingo, 22 de novembro de 2009
Começa o Ecomotion/Pro 2009 por Media GuideStarts the Ecomotion/Pro 2009 21h40 The largest race of adventure of the country began on this Sunday, nov/22nd, at the Statue of Juquinha, in the National Park of the Serra do Cipó, in Minas Gerais. The 124 athletes made a rose of the winds by giving hands before they leave in a shot to the trekking - a mix of walk and race. The euphoria was mixed with the concern, and the challenges that would come. "I think the proof will be quite hard with a lot of ascent and descent. In fact, we already began going up a hill ", Maria Helena of the team Brou Fitness said. "We know the Serra do Espinhaço well. It is a fantastic cordillera, full of beautiful landscapes. The mountains and the fogs, common around here, will bring an extra difficulty to the proof ", Carlos Henrique of Souza, captain of the Canela de Ema, team of Diamantina, city-base of Ecomotion/Pro 2009 said. After the start, the participants of Ecomotion/Pro 2009 traveled 8km until they cross a river. Some swimming, others by float. The surprise was the team QuasarLontra that completed the route just in a half of hour, they were the first to do the crossing. About ten minutes later Team Rússia came, and in third Trek/M&G Kayaks, formed by Uruguayans and Argentinean. Until the first transition (modality change), it will be more 21 km. "We have a strong team and we hoped to do what is possible for doing ", Kontorina Alexandra, intergrante of Team Rússia said. " I participated of all the Ecomotions and the proof will be as always difficult. I think the team is strong in all the modalities and we are only afraid of the heat ", Rubén Manduré, of Trek/M&G Kayaks. " That first leg is very beautiful, perhaps the most funny part of the proof. First has the pico do Breu, the louder of the area, after has the Buraco da Égua, a wonderful rift through where the competitors will pass. Besides, has a lot of possibility to give the " jump of the cat " (portuguese idiom) in the navigation and gets advantage. It will be a very good proof beginning", Said Aiach Neto said, creator of Ecomotion in 2003 (Chapada Diamantina). Since then were six editions: Costa de Dendê (2004), Serras Gaúchas (2005), Itatiaia-Paraty (2006), Búzios (2007) and Route of the Emotions (2008). After traveling 29km of trekking, the competitors will cicle for more 17km until they arrive to the transition point for the canoeing, where they will travel 60km. The first teams should only leave the water in the morning of this Monday. "It is a mountainous area and, because of it, the physical waste is huge. They will have many rocks exposed, little vegetation, small bushes... And strong sun during most part of the proof. They will pass by inhospitable and unusual places. It will be one of the most difficult proofs of all the times ", Tiago Valois, technical director of Ecomotion/Pro said. The Serra do Espinhaço is considered the only cordillera of Brazil, with picks and valleys that almost punctuate 1.000 km of extension. Declared Reservation of the Brazilian Biosphere by UNESCO in 2005, the Serra do Espinhaço shelters more than a half of the animals and plants threatened of extinction in Minas Gerais, especially in the Serra do Cipó, where it is the largest number of endemic species of the Brazilian flora. Ecomotion/Pro 2009 is a classificatory proof for ARWC 2010. The AR World Séries is an international circuit with the best races of adventure of the world creating a calendar of 12 months with the more professionals events of the planet. The two better classified teams in the event receive, automatically, the right of participating in ARWC. On the adventure race Multisports modality, that includes at least three different sports. In 2008, Ecomotion will have mountain bike, trekking, canoeing, vertical techniques, besides orientation with map and compass. The quartets should be mixed, with at least one woman. The first proofs of the sport happened in New Zealand in the decade of 80. Since then, it grew and today apprentices and proofs exist all around the world. In Brazil, the first accomplished proof was EMA 98. The teams must pass by pré-certain points of the map, practicing the predetermined modality, by the road that they choose. It is not allowed the use of apparels of GPS or cellular telephones during the proof. The athletes should arrive together to the control positions (CPs) and they have to move respecting the minimum distance of 100m between the members of the team. The sport demands a lot of physical fitness and psychological, besides great group sense and agility in decision-makings, because in the local/time where the team will sleep, the fact of waiting the best tide and the best wind, the decision of to climb or to outline a mountain, among other, they depend on the strategy of the quartets. For safety, each team is forced to carry equipments as whistles, mirror, knives, sealed radio, kit of First Aid, etc. Missing some of those items can result in penalty to the team. Distances - 470km: Trekking: 169km (36%) divided in six routes of 29km, 60km, 18km, 38km, 5km and 19km. Mountain Bike: 211km (44,9%) divided in six routes of 17km, 62km, 55km, 48km, 14km and 15km. Canoeing: 90km (19,1%) divided in two routes of 60km and 30km. Rapel: 70m Programming (city base, Diamantina) Race: november 22nd to 27th Arrival of the first team: november 26th, in the morning (forecast) Closing: november 28th, 12:00, closing of the proof, and 21:30, award ceremony. |
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