Stages

Machico City Race

Machico City Race is an Urban Foot Orienteering event, organized by the Clube de Montanha do Funchal in partnership with the Municipality of Machico and with the support of the Portuguese Orienteering Federation.

Machico will host for the first time a stage of the Euro City Race Tour, which consists of a league of orienteering events in the main European cities. This is the final leg where the champions will qualify.

Caniçal – December 8th

Urban Night Sprint Stage 1

Map 1/4000 and 1/3000 eq.2,5m produced March 2023 António Ferro (ISSprOM2019-2)
Urban Madeira Cup

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Caniçal 08/12/2023		Night Sprint
Age groups:	Distance *	Points	Elevation +	Scale
Men Elite	2800m	13	100m	1/4.000
Woman Elite	2600m	12	90m	1/4.000
Veteran M – Junior M	2450m	13	80m	1/4.000
Veteran W – Junior W	2150m	12	70m	1/4.000
Supervet M	2250m	11	70m	1/4.000
Supervet W – Open Medium	1900m	12	50m	1/4.000
Youth W/M	2000m	13	45m	1/4.000
Open Short	1450m	14	40	1/4.000
Formation	600m	14	20m	1/3.000
Ultravet M	1800m	11	50m	1/3.000
Ultravet W – Hipervet M	1700m	11	45m	1/3.000
Hipervet W	1500m	10	40m	1/3.000

* “real” distance for the shortest option
Note: Starts are 400m from the arrival

São Lourenço West – December 9th

Middle distance forest – Stage 2

Map 1/7500 eq.5m produced April 2023 Tiago Aires (ISOM2017-2)
Forest Madeira Cup

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Ponto São Lourenço 09/12/2023		Middle Distance
Age Groups:	Distance	Points	Elevation +	Scale
Men Elite	4500m	19	245m	1/7.500
Woman Elite	3500m	16	190m	1/7.500
Veteran M – Junior M	3300m	16	180m	1/7.500
Veteran W – Junior W	2800m	15	135m	1/7.500
Supervet M	2900m	15	135m	1/7.500
Supervet W – Open Medium	2600m	13	125m	1/7.500
Youth W/M	1600m	11	40m	1/7.500
Open Short	1400m	12	35m	1/7.500
Formation	1100m	12	30m	1/5.000
Ultravet M	2500m	15	125m	1/7.500
Ultravet W – Hipervet M	2400m	17	125m	1/7.500
Hipervet W	2100m	15	105m	1/7.500

Note: Start’s are at 300m from the arrival

Machico – December 10

Long distance urban – Stage 3

Map 1/4000 eq. 2,5m updated and enlarged May 2023 Tiago Aires / Rafael Miguel
Final round of City Race Euro Tour 2023
Urban Madeira Cup

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Machico 10/12/2023		Long Distance
Age groups:	Distance *	Points	Elevation +	Scale
Men Elite	10200m	25	395m	1/4.000
Woman Elite	8100m	21	265m	1/4.000
Veteran M – Junior M	8300m	22	280m	1/4.000
Veteran W – Junior W	5400m	14	175m	1/4.000
Supervet M	5500m	17	170m	1/4.000
Supervet W – Aberto Médio	5100m	17	110m	1/4.000
Youth W/M	3200m	19	65m	1/4.000
Open Short	1700m	16	25m	1/4.000
Formation	1300m	17	10m	1/3.000
Ultravet M	4400m	19	85m	1/3.000
Ultravet W – Hipervet M	3600m	15	75m	1/3.000
Hipervet W	2700m	15	35m	1/3.000

* “real” distance for the shortest option
Note: Start’s are 750m from the arrival.

City Race Euro Tour

Whats euro Tour?

The European City Race Tour is a league of Orienteering Events in major European Cities that brings the orienteers into the cities, in front of enthusiastic spectators, with an excellent media coverage and offer a touristic approach to Orienteering city races.

Open to All!

Events are open to all, from Under 10s to Over 70s, whether you are one of the world´s best orienteers, experienced athlete or it’s your first time in Orienteering.

Visibility

In urban environment, the European City Race gives the public and the media visibility to increase the popularity of Orienteering and attract crowds to applaud runners.