Total Guide Chilly 'Draft-Legal' Duathlon

Summary

We are delighted to announce that the Total Guide Chilly 'Draft-Legal' Duathlon, in association with Pronto Bikes, at the famous Castle Combe race circuit, will host the Great Britain Duathlon Age Group European Sprint Qualifiers. Safe, traffic-free, duathlon racing at it's best, suitable for beginners and experienced competitors alike. Wide, smooth, tarmac closed roads to cycle on and a flat, predominantly on-road run route.

The event starts with a 5k run, then heads out for 7 laps of the circuit on the bike totalling 21k, before finishing with a final 3k run around the race track perimeter

Chip timing including splits and bike laps.
Medal for all finishers.
Beginner friendly racing.
On-site catering with hot food and drinks.
On-site toilets.
Race Photography from Charles Whitton Photography
Medal now with optional iTaB (See itab for an example).

Race Distance

Duathlon: 5k run, 21k bike (seven race circuit laps) , 3k run (one perimeter lap)

Race Routes

Run 1 - a fast, accurate 5k on the tarmac surface of the race circuit (approximately 1.5 laps)

Bike (7 Laps) - Please click HERE

Run 2 - Please click HERE (predominantly tarmac and hardstanding with small sections of grass)

Race Start

Provisional start times:
08:00 - Wave 1
09:30 - Wave 2

Waves are based on estimated finish times. You can not request a wave to be in.

Race Entry

Online entry price :

BTF Member - £50.00
Non BTF Member - £58.00

NB: TheTotal Guide Chilly 'Draft-Legal' Duathlon is a Great Britain 2025 European Championships Duathlon Age Group Qualifier. This race is open to all athletes, however if you wish to qualify for the Great Britain Age group team, you must ensure that you register your intent to qualify with British Triathlon HERE. You must register your intention to qualify by 17:00 on the Friday before the event.

The event is draft legal, so please ensure you have read and understood the British Triathlon draft legal rules HERE. There is a brief overview of the draft legal racing rules below.

Please note, there is a cut-off for this race. You must complete the 5k run and 21k bike (so finishing the bike course) in a maximum time of 1:33:00. Everyone was through this point in less than this cut-off time in 2023.

Draft Legal Racing

As this event is a draft legal race over a sprint distance (5k, 21k, 3k), this means it will be legal to draft other riders without fear of a penalty. There are some rules you do need to be aware of though.

Time Trial bikes are not permitted.
Only traditional drop style handle-bars and brake levers are permitted.
Clip on bars and tri-bars are not permitted.
The end of both handlebars must be securely covered with end plugs (you can go to any cycle shop and they will have these for you to purchase).
Wheels must have a minimum of 12 spokes. This means disc wheels are not permitted.
There must be 1 brake on each wheel.
Race numbers must be attached to your bike in accordance with the race organisers instructions.
Drafting is forbidden off a different gender, i.e. a female is not permitted to draft a male.
It is forbidden to draft off a competitor on a different lap
The bike will be no more than one metre and eighty-five (185) centimetres long, and fifty (50) centimetres wide.
Disc brakes are permitted.

Illegal Equipment:
Competitors must not use or wear whilst racing illegal equipment which includes, but is not limited to:
• Headphone(s), headset(s), technical earplug(s), or smart helmets which can make/receive calls and/or
provide audio;
• Glass containers;
• Mirrors;
• Bike or parts of the bike not complying with these rules;
• Water bottles if placed behind the saddle for draft-legal competitions;
• Mobile phone(s) or any other electronic listening communication device;
• Personal video recording devices.

Please also note this rule on transition:

Only one pair of running shoes may be on the floor at any time during the bike segment of the race, and must be located within the competitor's transition area. If a competitor wishes to use two pairs of shoes, the second pair is to be left in a small soft bag (this could be a plastic supermarket bag).

Please note that no towels are permitted in transition at this event.

The gender categories at this event will be as follows:
▪ Female category
▪ Open category
Only people who are female sex at birth are eligible to compete in the Female category. All individuals including transgender people are eligible to compete in the Open category.

Club Entry

If you would like to make the Total Guide Chilly 'Draft-Legal' Duathlon a club race, please contact us for more details. Please contact Will on 01225 632 103 or will@dbmax.co.uk to register your interest.

Race Information

Registration & Briefing Times

Registration is from 6.45am onwards. Please ensure you bring photo I.D to registration.

Marshals and Volunteers

To successfully run our events we require the help and support of Marshals and Volunteers. if you are able to assist at the event or have friends, family, work colleagues or enemies who may be able to help, then please contact Will on will@dbmax.co.uk. In return we offer free entries into future DB Max events…