Although mainly a Benelux event, teams from all over the world participate.[5][6] The start is at 22:30 on a Friday at the and ends late in the afternoon of Saturday. All participants wear a vest, which functions as the baton and also hosts a transponder that registers the stage times. The stages range from 3 to 10 km in length, over paved and unpaved terrain. Due to the large number of participants, the start is divided into six groups and there are four restarts along the way, at the Radboud Sports Centre, in Ulft, Barchem and in the city centre of Enschede.[7] In 2017, the first stage was moved to the city center of Nijmegen due to the event's lustrum. This was so successful that it was incorporated into the next editions. As much as it is sports event, it is a social happening, with the athletes and teams ranging from highly trained to those participating "just for the fun of it". Saturday night is host to one of the largest student parties in Europe with over 10,000 visitors. The event is supported by 700 volunteers, of which around 150 motorcycle-bound traffic controllers and many students.
Historyedit
In 1972 a group of students of Nijmegen returned from the SOLA-relay in Sweden. They were so enthusiastic about this event, that they decided to organise a similar event in the Netherlands. They chose to follow the route the Batavians had followed some 50 years BC, descending down the river Rhine: from Nijmegen to Rotterdam. In 1973 around 600 students participated in the first edition.[8] This is the namesake for the event, but the track was moved in 1974, because organizing an event on the original course proved to pose too many infrastructural and organizational problems. Since 1974 the athletes run from Nijmegen through Germany to the campus of the University of Twente and this course has remained largely unchanged throughout the years. The prize for the winning team is a wooden Swedish horse and refers back to the SOLA-relay.
The race was cancelled in 2001 due to an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the rural area in which the race is organized. In 2020 and 2021, an online alternative race was organized due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Participants of the 1976 edition
1976 participants arrive at the crowded track in Enschede
1976 participants approaching the finish line
Referencesedit
^. www.batavierenrace.nl. Archived from the original on 2018-04-21. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
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batavierenrace, student, relay, race, organized, netherlands, each, year, running, race, starting, radboud, university, nijmegen, nijmegen, takes, 8500, participants, stages, stages, women, stages, through, germany, campus, university, twente, enschede, listed. The Batavierenrace is a student relay race organized in the Netherlands each year in May 1 It is a 185 km running race starting off at the Radboud University Nijmegen in Nijmegen and it takes the up to 8500 participants in 25 stages 16 men s stages and 9 women s stages through Germany to the campus of the University of Twente in Enschede 2 It was listed in 2012 in the Guinness World Records as the relay race with the highest number of participants 8 509 3 4 On April 28 and 29 2023 the 51st Batavierenrace will take place BatavierenraceFinal restart in the center of EnschedeFirst event1973Occur every1 yearLast eventApril 29 2022 2 years ago 2022 04 29 Websitehttps www batavierenrace nl english Second restart in Barchem Although mainly a Benelux event teams from all over the world participate 5 6 The start is at 22 30 on a Friday at the and ends late in the afternoon of Saturday All participants wear a vest which functions as the baton and also hosts a transponder that registers the stage times The stages range from 3 to 10 km in length over paved and unpaved terrain Due to the large number of participants the start is divided into six groups and there are four restarts along the way at the Radboud Sports Centre in Ulft Barchem and in the city centre of Enschede 7 In 2017 the first stage was moved to the city center of Nijmegen due to the event s lustrum This was so successful that it was incorporated into the next editions As much as it is sports event it is a social happening with the athletes and teams ranging from highly trained to those participating just for the fun of it Saturday night is host to one of the largest student parties in Europe with over 10 000 visitors The event is supported by 700 volunteers of which around 150 motorcycle bound traffic controllers and many students History editIn 1972 a group of students of Nijmegen returned from the SOLA relay in Sweden They were so enthusiastic about this event that they decided to organise a similar event in the Netherlands They chose to follow the route the Batavians had followed some 50 years BC descending down the river Rhine from Nijmegen to Rotterdam In 1973 around 600 students participated in the first edition 8 This is the namesake for the event but the track was moved in 1974 because organizing an event on the original course proved to pose too many infrastructural and organizational problems Since 1974 the athletes run from Nijmegen through Germany to the campus of the University of Twente and this course has remained largely unchanged throughout the years The prize for the winning team is a wooden Swedish horse and refers back to the SOLA relay The race was cancelled in 2001 due to an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the rural area in which the race is organized In 2020 and 2021 an online alternative race was organized due to the COVID 19 pandemic nbsp Participants of the 1976 edition nbsp 1976 participants arrive at the crowded track in Enschede nbsp 1976 participants approaching the finish lineReferences edit About the Batavierenrace www batavierenrace nl Archived from the original on 2018 04 21 Retrieved 2018 04 20 Home Batavierenfeest Batavierenfeest Universiteit Twente Universiteit Twente in Dutch Retrieved 2018 04 20 Bata hopefully the start of a great tradition Retrieved 2018 04 20 8 509 Participants provide the 40th Batavierenrace a New World Record www fisu net Retrieved 2018 04 20 Batavierenrace UniTe University of Twente Archived from the original on 2018 04 21 Retrieved 2018 04 20 Batavierenrace Sefa Sefa Archived from the original on 2018 04 21 Retrieved 2018 04 20 We have issues that usual Bata teams don t think of Retrieved 2018 04 20 www getnoticed nl Batavierenrace Stichting Studentensport Nederland www studentensport nl Retrieved 2018 04 20 External links editOfficial website for the race and festival The course for 2023 nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Batavierenrace Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Batavierenrace amp oldid 1185379342, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
