Katukiitäjät - Street Gliders Finland

FinLine 2000
 

Participants (in alphabetical order)

1. de Boer Harold, Rotterdam - Holland
2. Eklund Janne, Turku Bonus
3. Glasbrenner Jochen, Stuttgart - Germany
4. Halonen Pekka, Helsinki Bonus
5. Häggman Kari, Helsinki
6. Joutsenvirta Raija, Helsinki Bonus
7. Kallio Soile, Helsinki
8. Ketola Hannu, Turku Bonus
9. Kettunen Alpo, Helsinki
10. Kinanen Ritva, Helsinki
11. Korhonen Johan, Helsinki Bonus
12. Korte Markus, Helsinki Bonus
13. Laitinen Risto, Vantaa Bonus
14. Lähteenmäki Marianne, Hämeenlinna Bonus
15. Miettinen Joona, Helsinki
16. Miettinen Jorma, Helsinki Bonus
17. Miettinen Reino, Helsinki
18. Puhtila Kati, Turku Bonus
19. Puolokainen Alexandr, Espoo
20. Reijonen Jorma, Turku
21. Reiner Nina, Stuttgart - Germany
22. Rummukainen Heidi, Riihimäki
23. Ruuskanen Jouko, Helsinki Bonus
24. Savolainen Sampo, Helsinki
25. Sepponen Jan-Erik, Helsinki
26. Torkkeli Juhani, Paimio Bonus
27. Tuominen Panu, Helsinki Bonus
28. Vatka Annmari, Helsinki
39. Viinikka Kati, Flintsbach - Germany
30. Viinikka Petri, Flintsbach - Germany
31. Wiklund Erkki, Vaasa

Route and schedule


ATTN! de Boer Harold

We will gather on Sunday 2.7. morning by 7.20 AM on Helsinki railway station by the Kuopio train (P71). The train will leave on 7.34 AM.

ATTN! Glassbrenner Jochen and Reiner Nina

We will gather on Sunday 2.7. morning by 6.30 AM on Turku railway station by the Pieksämäki train (P801). The train will leave on 6.40 AM.

Skating route is Kuopio - Rautalampi - Saarijärvi - Ähtäri - Parkano - Tampere. Total distance around 430 km. Daystages are around 65 km, 105 km, 75 km, 100 km and 85 km. Exact stage detail along with information on roadside services (cafe's, shops etc.) can be found on FinLine 2000 map. This will be handed out during train trip. Start for first stage from Kuopio will take place around 2 PM and we will arrive Rautalampi between 6 PM and 7 PM. On following days start will happen between 8 AM and 9 AM whereas arrival will take place between 2 PM and 5 PM.

Return to from Tampere to Helsinki on Friday 7.7. with train leaving at 10.55 AM, arrival to Helsinki at 1.04 PM.

Service car

Luggage will be packed to service car on Saturday 1.7. at 11 AM in front of Antique store "Punavuoren Antiikki" at the corner of Rauhankatu and Mariankatu. Please pack everything needed in a bag, except the skating gear needed on the first day. If your unable to deliver your bag to service car on Saturday, you have to take care of it for the whole train trip.

Servicecar will stop on route every 15 to 20 km. You can fill up your drink bottle. There will be atleast both water and Dexal sport drink available. Also available are first aid kit. Spare bearings and wheels are for sale.

Safety

  1. According to the Finnish law skater is a pedestrian. Where no pedestrian zone is available use left side of road, bicycles coming towards us will be passed from left and other pedestrians will be overtaken from right. On pedestrian routes use either side.
  2. Group of around five skaters is ideal.
  3. First in group warns others when skating on side of car lane from tractors (traktori), bicycles (polkupyörä), crossroads (risteys), bypassing heavy trucks (rekka), holes (kuoppa), rocks (kiviä), sand, (hiekkaa), cracks in asphalt (railo), draincovers (viemärinkansi). Group repeats the warning so that everyone hears the message.
  4. Unnecessary overtakes and moves in sideways are prohibited.
  5. In downhills the group will "blindly" follow the groupleader by grabbing lightly the skater in front from his/her hips.

Accommodation

Rautalampi 2.7. Korhola Estate
Saarijärvi 3.7. Ahvenlampi Camping
Ähtäri 4.7. Eläinpuiston Camping
Parkano 5.7. Hotel Pesti
Tampere 6.7. Hotel Cumulus

Gear

Official FinLine 2000 skating T-shirt (2 pcs/person) will be handed out and dressed in train enroute to Kuopio.

27.6.2000 info...katukiitajat.fi