# Tour du Lac

The Tour du Lac regatta (also known as the Tour du Léman or the Tour du Lac Léman à l’Aviron) is a rowing regatta on lake Geneva in Switzerland. Since 1972 the regatta has been organized at the end of September every year by the yacht club Société Nautique de Genève. The tour, which starts in Geneva and runs around lake Geneva. With a distance of 160 km (99 mi),

## Route

The starting point of the regatta is the mole of the club Société Nautique de Genève. Traditionally the route runs on the Swiss lakeside past Nyon, Lausanne, Vevey and Montreux to the end of the lake in Villeneuve. Afterwards the boats row along the French lake side past the cities of Le Bouveret, Evian and Yvoire back to Geneva. Because of the adverse external conditions in some years the route was changed in the short-run. In addition, for reasons of safety, every boat is escorted by a motorboat.

## Records

* The course record for the complete distance is held by the team of RC Hamm / Karlsruher Rheinklub Alemania / Mainzer RV / Stuttgart-Cannstatter RC. In 2011, the team in a time of 11 hours 43 minutes and 30 seconds.
* As of 2014, Matthias Decker from the Ludwigshafener RV has participated in the regatta more than any other rower, having taken part 33 times.
* In 2012 Christian Klandt from the Bonner Ruder-Verein completed the regatta alone in a skiff, arriving at Geneva after 14 hours and 27 minutes.

## Results

The winning teams since 1972 with the winning time :
| Year | Team | Time |
| 2019 | GTRV Neuwied / KCfW Köln / RTHC Bayer Leverkusen / Clever RC | 13 Std. 10:12 |
| 2018 | Bonner RV / WSAP Hamburg / RC Hamm / Stuttgart-Cannstatter RC | 05 Std. 39:52 |
| 2017 | Wassersportabt. Spvgg Polizei Hamburg / RC Nürtingen / Bonner RV / RC Hamm | 12 h 02:00 |
| 2016 | Entente RTHC Bayer Leverkusen / Bonner RG / Siegburger RV | 12 h 10:30 |
| 2014 | RTHC Leverkusen / RaW Berlin / Dresdner RC / Bonner RG | 12 h 14:11 |
| 2013 | RC Hamm / Mainzer RV / RC Nürtingen / Stuttgart-Cannstatter RC / Bonner RV | 12 h 06:29 |
| 2012 | Ludwigshafener RV | 11 h 45:46 |
| 2011 | RC Hamm / Karlsruher Rheinklub Alemannia / Mainzer RV / Stuttgart-Cannstatter RC | 11 h 43:30 |
| 2010 | Mainzer RV  / Stuttgart-Cannstatter RC / Ulmer RC Donau / RC Hamm | 13 h 10:36 |
| 2009 | Clydesdale ARC  / RGM Karlsruher RV Wiking / Stuttgart Cannstatter RC  / Mainzer RV | 12 h 17:42 |
| 2008 | Karlsruher RV Wiking / Bonner RV  / Mainzer RV  / Kitzinger RV | 13 h 33:15 |
| 2007 | Karlsruher RV Wiking / Bonner RV  / Mainzer RV | 11 h 55:19 |
| 2006 | Dresdner RV  / Dresdner RC | 12 h 00:22 |
| 2005 | Bonner RV 1882 / Mainzer RV | 12 h 28:25 |
| 2004 | Dresdner RC | 14 h 41:00 |
| 2003 | Karlsruhe RV Viking / Bonner RV  / Breisacher RV  / RTHC Leverkusen | 12 h 13:57 |
| 2002 | Koblenzer RC / Neuwied RG / Bonn RV | 13 h 14:00 |
| 2001 | Ludwigshafener RV  / Mülheimer Wassersport | 15 h 53:00 |
| 2000 | Turbo Bonn | 11 h 58:34 |
| 1999 | Karlsruher RV Wiking / Neuwieder RG | 13 h 15:40 |
| 1998 | drop out | - |
| 1997 | Turbo Bonn | 13 h 31:18 |
| 1996 | drop out | - |
| 1995 | Turbo Bonn | 12 h 15:34 |
| 1994 | RG Red Bull Bonn | 12 h 22:29 |
| 1993 | Turbo Bonn | 08 h 43:20 |
| 1992 | Turbo Bonn | 13 h 03:42 |
| 1991 | Turbo Bonn | 13 h 09:08 |
| 1990 | Bonner RV  / WSD Düsseldorf / SRV Bonn | 12 h 30:31 |
| 1989 | ARCR Bonn / GTRV Neuwied / Bonner RV | 12 h 28:34 |
| 1988 | Bonner RV / RRS Bückeburg / RGF Lehrte / SRV Bonn / Neuwieder RG | 11 h 00:52 |
| 1987 | drop out | - |
| 1986 | RG Kassel / Marbacher RV / RC Grenzach / RC Giessen / Heidelberg | 12 h 46:06 |
| 1985 | Marbacher RV / RG Kassel | 12 h 40:52 |
| 1984 | Ludwigshafener RV | 07 h 13:00 |
| 1983 | Hevella Berlin | 11 h 25:10 |
| 1982 | Heidelberg / RC Giessen | 13 h 08:20 |
| 1981 | Viking Utrecht | 13 h 26:30 |
| 1980 | Viking Utrecht | 13 h 32:52 |
| 1979 | no boat arrived | - |
| 1978 | RG Bonn / Hamburg / WSV Godesberg | 13 h 30:03 |
| 1977 | no boat arrived | - |
| 1976 | drop down | - |
| 1975 | RG Bonn / Breisacher RV | 13 h 47:48 |
| 1974 | RG Bonn / Badeneysee / Essen | 03 h 51:45 |
| 1973 | Société Nautique de Monaco | 15 h 38:27 |
| 1972 | Société Nautique de Genève | 16 h 53:00 |