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LOCATION

Event and camping location:

The Smugglers
Witteberg 30
3930 Hamont-Achel
Belgium

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CAMPING

Smugglers Camping: 28th - 30th of May 2021
Doors: 28th of may 16:00h -30th 12:00
Tent or camper places
Showers
Toilets
Phone charging options
2x Breakfast of €7,50

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SMUGGLERS CAVE

Friday 28th of May 2021

Smugglers BBQ
Start 18:30 - End : 21:30
Different types of high quality meat
Big Salad bar
Bread and sauces
Our partners will be present at our Smugglers market.
Campfire
Beer and Coffee
Relax atmosphere until 23:30h

Saturday 29th of May 2021

Foodtruck(s) with french fries and snacks (at own costs)
Our partners will be present at our Smugglers market.
Campfire
Beer and Coffee
Relax atmosphere until 00:00h

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ROUTES

Little Smuggler:
29th of May, 9:30h
2 Feed stations

Station 1:

Water, isotonic drinks, fruits, our famous “Smokkelaar”, candy and a lots more to recover your lost energy.
Technical service by Bikeservice by Rob Geysen

Station 2:

Fritz Kola stop. Just before you enter the dusty section of our course we will supply you with the right amount of sugar. You will need it!

Route can be partly different from our 2019 edition depending the given possibilities from the forester.

Big Smuggler :
29 th of May: 8:30h
3 Feed stations

Station 1 & 2:

Water, isotonic drinks, fruits, our famous “Smokkelaar”, candy and a lots more to recover your lost energy.
Technical service by Bikeservice by Rob Geysen

Station 3:

Fritz Kola stop. Just before you enter the dusty section of our course we will supply you with the right amount of sugar. You will need it!

Route will be different from our 2019 edition depending the given possibilities from the forester.

Hangover ride
30th of May: 8:30h
Sunday morning after breakfast the hangover ride will start, a short social gravel ride of 40K will clear up your head and legs. Let us surprise you with some touristic points in our beautiful town Hamont Achel.

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FOOD & DRINKS

Event and camping location:

Pre ride: An excellent coffee will be offered you by our partner Espressobar Black.
Post ride: a really nice, full option, Hamburger by Frituur Marco
Extra french fries and snacks available (at own costs).
Brewery Cornelissen will provide the best beers you can imagine.
At the finish your first job is to drink an cold beer.
At least 5 different beers will be served at our Smugglers event (at own costs)

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GOODIES

We try to give only high quality goodies included in your entrance fee

Smugglers Cap 2020 New Design from our partner Molto
#Plakta Smugglers Path sticker from our partner fietsstickers.be
Extra’s from (new) other partners.
Smugglers 2020 T-Shirt limited design by our Partner Pion is included with a weekendticket or as an upgrade option with day ticket

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Gear

Smugglers path is designed for gravel bikes and MTB
Preferred tyre width is at least 30 mm.
Roadbikes are not permitted on Smugglers Path.
Riding without helmet is not only very stupid, we even won’t let you start our Smugglers’ Path ride without one.

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SMUGGLING

We are going back to the 19th century. In these days smuggling between Belgium and the Netherlands was common business due to the fact import duties need to be payed on various products. To avoid paying duties, smuggling by bike or by foot through small roads, forest paths,… was a lucrative business to earn some extra money. The contraband could go from cattle (cows), alcohol, butter, salt,…

Imagine to be a real smuggler and come and ride with us on these magnificent forest paths and gravel roads. Enjoy your contraband in the form of a beer and burger after your ride.

Come and join us on the 29th of May 2021to become a real smuggler!

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RULES

Smugglers’ path is not a race, neither a competition.
Riders will be provided with a gpx file a couple of days before the event to complete the course. The gpx file will be the main guidance for completing the course. In other words no signalization will be foreseen.
Conducting the ride is fully on your own responsibility and own risk. So when a rider is not insured, this is on the rider’s own responsibility.
Rider should be 18 years or older. In case younger than 18 years, an approval of parents/guardian is required. In this case the
Rider always follows instructions given by the organization and law enforcement.
Riders bike and gear should be equipped to ride off road on both gravel -and forest roads.
Riders should wear a helmet (which is in good state) during the ride. Riders without helmet cannot participate the event.
Riders should respect other riders and people which are present on the course.
Riders should respect nature and only dump litter in foreseen places (bins).
Riders should be aware the route is also accessible for other people which are not participating the event.
Riders should always follow traffic regulations. Ignoring traffic regulations is on your own responsibility.
Riders are responsible for their own actions. Organization cannot be held liable/responsible for any accidents and cost arising due to the accident before, during or after the ride (during the event).
Organization cannot be held liable/responsible for any damage or loss of personnel possessions before, during or after the ride (during the event).
Riders agree that organization, Smugglers, can freely use photos, videos and recordings made during the event. Riders agree that they cannot claim any compensation when any of these photos, videos or recordings are used. Riders agree that organization Smugglers can use and publish content of these photos, videos or recordings in all (social) media. Riders agree that organization Smugglers can use and publish content of these photos, videos for promotion purposes.
Riders may apply a 100 % refund within 14 days after complete registration. When refunds occur a 5 Euro administration cost will be charged. After 14 days it is possible to hand over the ticket to another participant, but organization should be notified with all details of new participant as registration and agreement on terms and regulations are on name.
In case of force majeure the event can be cancelled to ensure riders safety. In this case no refund will be applicable, but goody bag will send to the rider as compensation.
Agreement and approval on terms and conditions per participant via ticking the checkbox during registration.
All data which will be collected during the registration will only be used for registration purposes and will not be shared with others.