| 10.00 am | Welcome to "ÖTZTALER SATTELFEST" - the ultimate BIKE EXHIBITION Starting packages can be picked up in the tennis hall until 8.00 pm. |
| 3.00 pm | Bike 4 Help Prologue mountain sprint – individual time trial exclusively for participants in the 2020 Ötztaler Cycle Marathon |
| 5.30 pm | Pasta Party – Typical Tirolean specialties & pasta served in the sports hall |
| 8.00 pm | Price giving ceremony and tombola of the Bike 4 Help Prologue in the sports hall of Freizeit Arena |
Side program
Cycle Marathon side events
From Friday to Sunday, participants, spectators and interested sportspeople can enjoy a huge range of attractions, lectures, parties and cool side events. The highlight, of course, is the race on Sunday and the final award ceremony in Sölden.
PROGRAM 40th Ötztal Cycle Marathon 2020
FRIDAY, 28th August 2020
SATURDAY, 29th August 2020
| 09.00 am | Starting packages can be picked up in the tennis hall of Freizeit Arena until 8.00 pm Welcome to "ÖTZTALER SATTELFEST" - the ultimate BIKE EXHIBITION |
| 4.00 pm | Kids Pumptrack Contest near Hotel Sunny (3-14 years) |
| 4.00 pm | Fun-filled hair cutting and leg shaving in the sports hall |
| 5.30 pm | Pasta Party in the sports hall of Freizeit Arena |
| 6.30 pm | Traditional performance on occasion of the Ötztaler Cycle Marathon - DU & NICHTS: they have been here for 15 years already, the three mime artists calm the excited audience |
| 7.30 pm | Obligatory cyclists' meeting in the sports hall of Freizeit Arena. Here you get to know the "final rules" for tomorrow's Ötztaler. Possible program changes and route alterations will be announced. All information details given in this final meeting replace any preceding statements! |
SUNDAY, 30 August 2020
| 06.45 am | START of the 40th Ötztal Cycle Marathon next to the BP petrol station in Sölden |
| 10.30 am | Live feeds from the race course on the huge video wall |
| 11.00 am | Morning music and entertainment in the finish area of Freizeit Arena Join In Circus for young and old: learn tricks, juggling with balls or scarves, plate acrobatics, diabolo, rola bola, Chinese circus ball, balancing, pedalo, stilts, poles, skill games, funny bicycles (e.g. mini tandem, mini bicycles, tricycles), unicycles, modeling balloons, soap bubbles. Unicycle - how to learn unicycling quickly and correctly? Everyone can join in! |
| 11.30 am | Start of lunch time and live pictures on the video wall in the sports hall |
| 1.40 pm | The male winner is expected to arrive |
| 2.00 pm | Finisher shirts can be picked up in the tennis hall of Freizeit Arena. Open until 10.00 pm |
| 2.25 pm | The femal winner is expected to arrive |
| 5.30 pm | Start of Pasta Party and pictures of the day on the huge video wall of the sports hall |
| 8.30 pm | The last participants are expected to arrive in the hall - applauded by the crowds |
| 8.45 pm | Official prize giving ceremony at Freizeit Arena |
MONDAY, 31st August 2020
| 8:00 am - 12:00 noon | Issue of Ötztaler Nachrichten (results in printed form) - Finisher shirts can be picked up in the tennis hall |