Jukola 2018: All You Need To Know

Jukola – the largest orienteering relay in the world – starts Saturday at 22:00 CET (23:00 local time). 9 hours earlier at 13:00 CET the women start their relay – the Venla relay. Here you find all the information you need about the  Jukola and Venla relays. This is the 70th edition of the Jukola relay and the 41st edition of the Venla relay.

Jukola 2018 is organized close to Lahti – and there will again be a high quality international webTV-broadcast available from both the Jukola and Venla relays (Euro 16.-).  A lot of live GPS tracking and interesting interviews are promised. This international broadcast also has its own director, with 20 cameras in use.

A look in the back-mirror: IFK Göteborg won Jukola 2017 after an exciting relay – their first Jukola win ever. IFK was in the lead throughout nearly all of the relay – building up a 7(!) minute lead already after 3 legs. These 7 minutes shrank slowly leg by leg – until Eskil Kinneberg had only 1:40 left when starting on the last leg with Koovee’s Daniel Hubmann following in second place. Kinneberg decided the relay for IFK after a thriller on the last leg – which opened with a 2 minute mistake by Kinneberg. In the Venla relay,  Alfta-Ösa won ahead of Swiss OL Norska after being in the lead all the way from start to finish.

Live TV/results/tracking/startlists

• Live TV feed:  Buy access for Euro 16 here.
• Live results
• There is GPS Tracking on all legs (teams for GPS-tracking). Live GPS Tracking will only be shown on the TV feed – there is no separate tracking offered. On some legs there will be little tracking shown so that later runners will not see the forking, as usually.
• Startlists for Jukola and Venla. Running order will be public for all teams Friday at 6 pm (local time)
• Jukola webpage and competition information

WorldofO Live coverage

WorldofO.com will have a limited live coverage via the WorldofO Twitter account during Jukola.

• Follow Jukola 2018 at @Worldofo  Twitter account

Map and terrain

The competition terrain is dominated by many ice-age formed depressions along the edges of which are pine forests and rocky areas (see old map above). The terrain is rocky in many places, but there is are also areas of good runability.  The deepest depressions are around 40 meters deep but the majority of the depressions are much flatter.

Illustration: Part of the Jukola 2018 area as seen in MapAnt – red contours are depressions. See complete MapAnt-map centered on this area here.

The area has undergone normal amounts of forestry work and these can be seen more clearly in the eastern part of the terrain where there are clear tree line patterns. There has been limited amount of fresh forest thinning, however visibility on the ground is good. All in all on offer is one of Finland’s largest genuine depression filled terrains.  More information and pictures of terrain.

• Browse old Jukola maps in omaps.worldofo.com
• See also an old article about forking in Jukola relays (via o-training.net)

Jukola was organized in the same area last time in 1987. See two maps/courses below.

Route choices in Jukola 2018 terrain

The Jukola website has published several route choice “tasks” on their website with corresponding solutions which are interesting to read ahead of the relay:

• Task 1 solution
• Task 2 solution
• Task 3 solution
• Task 4 solution
• Task 5 solution (solution seems to be only available in Finnish)

Venla relay

Leg	Length	Climb	Time	Changeover
1.	6,1-6,2 km	175 m	43 min	14:43
2.	6,1-6,2 km	165 m	42 min	15:25
3.	5,3-5,4 km	150 m	37 min	16:02
4.	7,8-7,9 km	220 m	55 min	16:57
Total	25,5 km	710 m	2 h 57 min

Times are local times. There is forking on all legs.

Top teams last year (see full results):

1	6	Alfta OK OK			SWE	3:00:12
		1 Galina Vinogradova				45:38	1.
		2 Josefine Heikka	44:14	3.		1:29:52	1.
		3 Sara Eskilsson	40:57	13.		2:10:50	2.
		4 Natalia Gemperle	49:21	2.		3:00:12	1.
2	32	Ol Norska			SUI	3:01:35
		1 Sarina Jenzer				47:58	9.
		2 Silje Ekroll Jahren	45:59	9.		1:33:58	2.
		3 Simone Niggli	35:48	1.		2:09:46	1.
		4 Sabine Hauswirth	51:48	8.		3:01:35	2.
3	7	Stora Tuna OK			SWE	3:02:00
		1 Anna Mårsell				48:20	11.
		2 Magdalena Olsson	48:43	25.		1:37:04	12.
		3 Julia Gross	36:36	3.		2:13:40	3.
		4 Tove Alexandersson	48:20	1.		3:02:00	3.
4	34	Tampere Pyrintö 2			FIN	3:08:27
		1 Fight Heroes				51:44	49.
		2 Anni Haanpää	44:19	4.		1:36:03	9.
		3 Sonja Kyrölä	38:36	5.		2:14:40	4.
		4 Simona Aebersold	53:46	15.		3:08:27	4.
5	9	Paimion Rasti			FIN	3:10:29
		1 Nina Temjakova				50:00	22.
		2 Emma Silvennoinen	44:06	1.		1:34:06	3.
		3 Saara Norrgrann	41:35	18.		2:15:42	6.
		4 Ida Marie Näss Björgul	54:47	18.		3:10:29	5.
6	1	Halden SK			NOR	3:10:55
		1 Jo Shepherd				51:13	44.
		2 Eva Jurenikova	50:24	41.		1:41:38	38.
		3 Hollie Orr	36:13	2.		2:17:52	11.
		4 Elena Roos	53:02	11.		3:10:55	6.

Jukola relay

Leg	Length	Climb	Time	Changeover
1.	10.9-11.1 km dusk/dark	240 m	67 min	00:07
2.	11.8-12.0 km dark	280 m	73 min	01:20
3.	12.6-12.8 km dark/dusk	340 m	78 min	02:38
4.	8.7-8.8 km dawn/daylight	220 m	50 min	03:28
5.	8.6-8.7 km daylight	220 m	48 min	04:16
6.	10.7-10.8 km daylight	320 m	60 min	05:16
7.	15.0-15.1 km daylight	480 m	84 min	06:40

Times are local times. There is forking on all legs.

Top teams last year (full results):

1	5	IFK Göteborg			SWE	7:31:45
		1 Max Peter Bejmer				1:11:27	4.
		2 Johan Högstrand	1:19:57	1.		2:31:24	1.
		3 Vetle Ruud Bråten	1:09:58	8.		3:41:22	1.
		4 Jonas Pilblad	46:02	9.		4:27:25	1.
		5 Fredrik Edn	45:43	15.		5:13:08	1.
		6 Fredrik Bakkman	1:01:10	4.		6:14:18	1.
		7 Eskil Kinneberg	1:17:26	6.		7:31:45	1.
2	1	Koovee			FIN	7:32:51
		1 Topi Anjala				1:11:57	12.
		2 Olexander Kratov	1:24:00	6.		2:35:58	4.
		3 Jani Lakanen	1:12:15	20.		3:48:13	2.
		4 Lauri Sild	45:03	3.		4:33:17	2.
		5 Kenny Stoney	44:10	3.		5:17:27	2.
		6 Timo Sild	58:31	1.		6:15:59	2.
		7 Daniel Hubmann	1:16:52	4.		7:32:51	2.
3	12	Tampere Pyrintö			FIN	7:41:31
		1 Pascal Buchs				1:11:57	13.
		2 Elias Kuukka	1:24:03	7.		2:36:00	5.
		3 Jarkko Huovila	1:12:46	22.		3:48:46	3.
		4 Severi Kymäläinen	49:09	42.		4:37:56	6.
		5 Aleksi Niemi	44:06	2.		5:22:02	4.
		6 Florian Howald	1:01:05	3.		6:23:07	3.
		7 Johan Runesson	1:18:23	10.		7:41:31	3.
4	6	Södertälje Nykvarn Orienter			SWE	7:42:30
		1 Erik Liljequist				1:18:05	83.
		2 Kent Ohlsson	1:25:37	13.		2:43:42	35.
		3 Ivar Lundanes	1:08:26	5.		3:52:08	13.
		4 Rickard Ohlsson	46:59	15.		4:39:08	11.
		5 Ralph Street	43:03	1.		5:22:11	5.
		6 Eric Börjeskog	1:03:32	8.		6:25:44	5.
		7 Jonas Leandersson	1:16:45	3.		7:42:30	4.
5	4	Halden SK			NOR	7:44:02
		1 Emil Wingstedt				1:11:42	7.
		2 Eirik Kamstrup Hovind	1:30:29	46.		2:42:11	23.
		3 Fredrik Eliasson	1:10:18	9.		3:52:30	14.
		4 Thomas Natvig Årstad	45:53	7.		4:38:24	8.
		5 Håkon Raadal Björlo	45:29	12.		5:23:53	9.
		6 Jan Sedivy	1:01:45	5.		6:25:39	4.
		7 Magne Dähli	1:18:22	9.		7:44:02	5.
6	33	Helsinki Navigators			FIN	7:47:43
		1 Topi Raitanen				1:13:09	21.
		2 Einari Heinaro	1:27:07	25.		2:40:16	9.
		3 Veli Kangas	1:13:10	26.		3:53:27	16.
		4 Arttu Syrjäläinen	46:07	10.		4:39:34	12.
		5 Ollipekka Heikkilä	44:20	4.		5:23:54	10.
		6 Tuomas Heikkilä	1:04:19	10.		6:28:14	8.
		7 Olli Ojanaho	1:19:29	13.		7:47:43	6.

Take a look at some old Jukola videos to get you in the Jukola mood.