How to get to the race?!

This week-end's event is being held in the same area as last year, but there is one small change this year.

The race this year will Start AND Finish in the SAME location, the Točna airport area, just as last year. We encourage everyone to drive to this area where there is plenty of parking, and we will generally be able to keep an eye on our cars. This does create two concerns:

1. The only permitted access to the area is across a rough dirt road leading from Cholupice. If you are not comfortable driving your nice shiny new car across this road please carpool with another rider. (That being said a normal car driven carefully will be fine.) The paved road connecting the airport to Komořany below can only be used in the direction leaving the airport.
   
2. Second, our event encourages recreational drinking of alcohol during and after the race. PLEASE carpool together and bring a designated driver. The race is less than a 2km ride up the hill from the Praha-Komořany train station, about 4km up from the Poliklinika Modřany tram stop, and just 1,3km from the Cholupický vrch bus stop.

Now that you know that you are planning to drive, so here is how:

From Prague:

1. follow the Vltava south past Braník and the Barrandovský most, direction Modřany
2. 3.7km past the Jižní spojka/Barrandovský most access, turn left at the stoplight (underneath the tram overpass), direction Modřany
3. turn right at the first stoplight, direction Cholupice
4. follow the main winding road 3.7km to Cholupice
5. turn right onto the dirt road immediately after entering Cholupice just before the town football pitch (Loc: 49°59'15.889"N, 14°26'43.38"E)
6. drive straight across the open field, and park across from the fenced children's playground
7. the start/finish area will be at the edge of the forest opposite the playground (Loc: 49°59'13.633"N, 14°25'51.096"E)

From the south (Brno) coming towards Prague on the D1:

1. take Exit 10 west on the D1/R1 new Pražský okruh, direction Plzeň (newly opened motorway)
2. take exit 3 Vestec
3. go left through the roundabout at the end of the access road, direction Libuš/Kunratice
4. go left through the next roundabout, direction Libuš/Pisnice
5. turn left at the end of the road, direction Pisnice
6. approximately 400m outside of Pisnice, turn right, direction Cholupice
7. go through the curved center of Cholupice
8. turn left onto the dirt road immediately after the road towards Točná and the town football pitch (Loc: 49°59'15.889"N, 14°26'43.38"E)
9. drive straight across the open field, and park across from the fenced children's playground
10. the start/finish area will be at the edge of the forest opposite the playground (Loc: 49°59'13.633"N, 14°25'51.096"E)

From the north and east (Liberec or Hradec Králové):

1. take the Prague Štěboholská spojka R1/Jižní spojka MO (old Pražský okruh), direction Braník/Barrandovský most
2. take the Braník exit (do not cross the Vltava)
3. turn left at the stoplight at the end of the access road, direction Modřany
4. in 3.7km, turn left at the stoplight (underneath the tram overpass), direction Modřany
5. turn right at the first stoplight, direction Cholupice
6. follow the main winding road 3.7km to Cholupice
7. turn right onto the dirt road immediately after entering Cholupice just before the town football pitch (Loc: 49°59'15.889"N, 14°26'43.38"E)
8. drive straight across the open field, and park across from the fenced children's playground
9. the start/finish area will be at the edge of the forest opposite the playground (Loc: 49°59'13.633"N, 14°25'51.096"E)

From the west (Plzeň) coming towards Prague on the D5:

1. take Exit 1 east on the R1 new Pražský okruh, direction Brno (newly opened motorway)
2. take exit 3 Vestec
3. go left through the roundabout at the end of the access road, direction Libuš/Kunratice
4. go left through the next roundabout, direction Libuš/Pisnice
5. turn left at the end of the road, direction Pisnice
6. approximately 400m outside of Pisnice, turn right, direction Cholupice
7. go through the curved center of Cholupice
8. turn left onto the dirt road immediately after the road towards Točná and the town football pitch (Loc: 49°59'15.889"N, 14°26'43.38"E)
9. drive straight across the open field, and park across from the fenced children's playground
10. the start/finish area will be at the edge of the forest opposite the playground (Loc: 49°59'13.633"N, 14°25'51.096"E)