page_title: Batavierenrace
hierarchical_section_title: Batavierenrace
caption_attribution_description: Deelnemers Batavierenrace 2005, 23 april 2005, eigen werk
context_page_description: The Batavierenrace is a student relay race organized in the Netherlands each year in May. 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 through Germany to the campus of the University of Twente in Enschede. It was listed in 2012, in the Guinness World Records as the relay race with the highest number of participants. On May 1 & May 2, 2020 the 48th Batavierenrace will take place.
  Although mainly a Benelux event, teams from all over the world participate. The start is at the midnight hour on a Friday 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 three restarts along the way, in Ulft, Barchem and in the city centre of Enschede. 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".
context_section_description: The Batavierenrace is a student relay race organized in the Netherlands each year in May. 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. It was listed in 2012, in the Guinness World Records as the relay race with the highest number of participants (8,509). On May 1 & May 2, 2020 the 48th Batavierenrace will take place.
  Although mainly a Benelux event, teams from all over the world participate. The start is at the midnight hour on a Friday 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 three restarts along the way, in Ulft, Barchem and in the city centre of Enschede. 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.
caption: Final restart in the center of Enschede
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