Malle Motorex Area
Your open-air garage: tools, stands, tyre changers, free lubricants from our partners and everything you need for maintenance and minor repairs. Spare parts are not provided.
Rider Information · The Gate System
The Gates: how they work
Four strategic stops that give rhythm to the journey north. A control point, a garage, a party and a bed: all in one place.
The four legs of 2027
All categories leave Paris and reach Gate 1 in Oslo on different routes. From there the two routes separate for good and meet again in Honningsvåg for the final parade. Gate locations and maximum arrival times are given in the Participant’s Guide and at the briefings.
| Leg Paris to Gate 1 (Oslo) | Days 4 | Rally categories about 1,730 km | Explorer GPX about 1,730 km |
| Leg Gate 1 to Gate 2 | Days 3 | Rally categories about 1,500 km | Explorer GPX about 1,540 km |
| Leg Gate 2 to Gate 3 | Days 3 | Rally categories about 1,500 km | Explorer GPX about 1,250 km |
| Leg Gate 3 to Gate 4 (Honningsvåg) | Days 2 | Rally categories about 1,000 km | Explorer GPX about 860 km |
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The only non-negotiable rule: reach and validate every Gate within its maximum arrival time.
Paris-Nordkapp Regulations, art. 3
Check-in and departure
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Arrive within the window
Each Gate opens and closes at set times, and the maximum arrival time gets shorter as you go north. Inside the window you get the stamp on your PNK Passport: that is the validation.
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Out of Time? You keep riding
If you miss the maximum arrival time you are Out of Time: you can still continue to the next Gate choosing your own route, but you no longer receive the official route.
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Rest, then first in first out
There is no point in rushing: nobody leaves before the departure window of the following morning. The starting order from each Gate is the arrival order. In 2026 departures opened at 06:00, no more than three riders per minute, and you could also leave directly from your own accommodation.
What you find inside
No external assistance is allowed inside or close to the Gates. Everything else is there.
Tyre service
A tyre-changing service run by our partner, by reservation and for a fee. In 2026 you could choose between Hero (you do it all), Premium (you remove the wheels) and VIP (you leave the bike).
Gate Battle
Games and skill challenges, optional and often unexpected: bring a costume. Taking part earns bonuses: a hotel night, a dinner along the route, or a Joker Card.
Joker Card
Each Joker Card lets you skip the number of kilometres written on it. Those kilometres count as completed and do not lower your route percentage. Joker Cards are cumulative.
Briefing
Mandatory, in Italian, English and French. The key information for the next leg; the RoadBook or GPX track to the next Gate is sent by email. Slides are also published on Sportity.
Dinner and community
Five dinners at the Gates are included. Around a long table or a barbecue you find again the faces you crossed on the road: the solitude of the trail gives way to the stories of the day.
A Gate day, as it was in 2026
The 2027 timetable will be in the Participant’s Guide. This is how a typical Gate day unfolded in the first edition.
On arrival
Gate opens
Check-in and stamp on the PNK Passport. Malle Motorex Area and tyre service available.
17:30
Gate Battle
The challenge of the day. Winners earn unique bonuses, everyone who takes part earns kilometre reductions.
19:00
Briefing
Italian, English and French. Mandatory. Slides on Sportity for those who arrive later.
20:00
Dinner
Buffet or barbecue, all together.
06:00
Departures
The next morning, from the Gate or from your accommodation, in arrival order.
The final Gate and the parade
The last Gate is in Honningsvåg, the northernmost town in Europe reachable by road. The maximum arrival time there is the deadline to be a Finisher: stamp your Passport, return the tracker and collect your deposit, receive your entry ticket for the evening.
Then everyone rides together, in parade, for the last kilometres to Nordkapp under the midnight sun: the final ceremony, the medals and the group photo under the Globe. There is no fuel at Nordkapp: keep enough for the way back to Honningsvåg.
Next: the Paris days
Administrative checks, shakedown route, navigation course, briefing and the midnight start.
