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2027 date not announced yet
The 2026 edition has been raced. We publish the 2027 date once it has been checked.
Kraichgau race week and bags, in the app.
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Date for 2027 not announced yet. The 2026 edition has been raced, and this page shows the 2027 date once it has been checked.
The athlete guide is the organiser's own document for the race, published on the organiser's own race page. It is the source of truth, and these are the parts that change your plan and move from year to year.
Race week in three parts, the same three the Taperly app uses. Times and deadlines come from the athlete guide.
The 7 days before
Everything that still has time to go wrong, while there is still time to fix it. Nothing you train this week makes you faster on the day, but plenty of it can make you slower.
Must do: Read the athlete guide properly, Check your race entry and category are right, Final equipment check: tyres, brakes, gears, cleats, Arrange care for kids or pets.
Once you arrive
A long day of small errands in a town you do not know, and then an early night. Do them in an order you decided in advance.
Must do: Athlete check-in, Timing chip somewhere you cannot leave without it.
Race morning
If the week went well, this is only a list of things to pick up and put down. It ends when the horn goes, because from there nobody is holding a phone.
Must do: Timing chip on, Race number, Bike on your own rack number.
The same race week, planned day by day in the app.
What to carry for each leg of a Half, taken from the packing list below.
Sorted by the bag each thing goes in. Bag systems vary by event, so check your athlete guide.
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On you at the swim start. Nobody hands you a bag for this one.
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White bag. Clothes for the walk to the start, and everything you want the moment you finish. Many races take this bag from you at the swim start and hand it back after the line.
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Blue bag. Everything between the water and the bike course. At most races the bike is checked in the day before, which splits this bag in three: what goes ON THE BIKE has to be there before the bag is, what you CARRY IN goes with you on the morning because it cannot sit out overnight, and the rest is the bag itself. Each line says which.
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Red bag. What you want waiting for you when the bike is racked.
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Everything that has to leave the house and belongs to no race bag. A bike that arrives is a bike you have to put back together, and nothing in that hour can be bought at eight on a Saturday night.
Your ticks are saved on this device. Nothing is sent anywhere, and there is no account.
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