The Olympia Rally 2026 will be held at territory of Elia for four days and Messinia – Kalamata for two days!
Start and finish point will be at Olympia central place, and all the routes and tracks will be done close in Elia, Messinia, Achaia, Arcadia territories, in Peloponnese prefecture.
Enjoy this new Rally with New destinations, New town, New tracks!
The plan for this year:
| 1st Day | The afternoon is the prologue near the town, near Olympic Stadium and later the evening the ceremonial start will take place in the central place of Ancient Olympia.
| 2nd Day | We ‘ll ride north, around the Foloi Forest one of the most beautiful forests in Europe! Then we go a round to Pineios River and Lakes with tough navigation skills.
| 3rd Day | 1st part of the Marathon Stage. We ‘ll move to the sea of Kalamata through Taygetos mountain and small high villages.
| 4th Day | 2nd day of Marathon Stage. We ‘ll go south to Kardamyli over Taygetos mountain and to Mani traditional Villages. Then back to Kalamata.
| 5th Day | Is also a long day and from Kalamata we return back following Ladonas River to Foloi, Lalas, Gortynia, beautiful Karytaina village, Nemouta waterfalls and finally back to Olympia.
| 6th Day | Is the Epilogue at Lake Kaiafa, Samiko beach, Krestena and Smerna villages. The evening, the ceremonial prize giving will take place at the central place of Olympia and we close the event with a big Party.
Total length of the race: 1350 km
We ‘ll be glad to join us at OLYMPIA Rally Raid, for its 6th edition 2026.
Stay tuned for details on stages, locations, and everything that will make Olympia Rally 2026 bigger, faster, and tougher than ever.
- 26 April 2026 | 1st Stage 85kms, 1 Liasion 3 kms, SSS1 Labyrrinth 47kms.
- 27 April 2026 | 2nd Stage 235kms, 1 Liasion 6kms, SS2 Pinios 220kms, 2 Liaison 6kms.
- 28 April 2026 | 3rd Stage 310kms, 1 Liasion 6kms, SS3 Taygetos, Kalamata 295kms, 2 Liaison 8kms.
- 29 April 2026 | 4th Stage 265kms, 1 Liasion 15kms, SS4 Taygetos, Mani, Kardamyli, Kalamata 240kms, 2 Liaison 6kms.
- 30 April 2026 | 5th Stage 300kms, 1 Liasion 10kms, SS5 Ladonas River, Foloi, Erymanthos, Gortynia, Nemouta, Olympia 280kms, 2 Liaison 10kms.
- 1 May 2026 | 6th Stage 135kms, 1 Liasion 8kms, SS6 Kaiafas, Skerna 115kms, 2 Liaison 10kms.
TRACK – NAVIGATION
In Olympia Rally 2026, navigation through entire stage will be made with Road Book. You can ONLY use GPS as a Compass.
- GPS are allowed ONLY in a Special Class with modified route, at Rally Challenge Class and Adventure Ride.
- The GPS tracking and logging device by My-Track GPS Systems, will be given to the competitors by the organization.
- This system will be used for tracking competitors’ position and taken for tracking speed competitors in any speed limit zones.
- The Route will remain secret until the road book is distributed to the crews on 20:00 of the day before the stage.
- Road Book of Olympia Rally 2026, is in standard A5 format for Cars, and in 145 mm wide in roll for Bikes and Quads.
- Relative distance note from the previous tulip – note!
- Official Road Book is in English.
- For at least ten participants from a nation, Olympia Rally Organization will make the description in their mother tongue.
- Minimum unit distance is 10 meters and participants must to calibrate their computer the day before the stage in a defined distance given by the organizers.
- It is absolutely forbidden to go in the opposite direction of the route and it is not allowed to go off the track. This incurs a penalty.
- The route is divided in connection section “liaison” and timed section “special”.
- In the liaison section competitors must follow the route with a defined average speed and an exact target time.
- The special section is to be covered in the fastest time possible and the sum of all special sections of all stages will define the winner.
- Any penalties will be added to this time.