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), it is the longest non-stop rowing regatta in the world.[1]

Prize cup for the fourth Tour du Léman (1975)

Route
Routing of the regatta around Lake Geneva

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.[2]
  • 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.[3]

Results
The winning teams since 1972 with the winning time[4]
YearTeamTime
2019GTRV Neuwied / KCfW Köln / RTHC Bayer Leverkusen / Clever RC13 Std. 10:12
2018Bonner RV / WSAP Hamburg / RC Hamm / Stuttgart-Cannstatter RC05 Std. 39:52
2017Wassersportabt. Spvgg Polizei Hamburg / RC Nürtingen / Bonner RV / RC Hamm12 h 02:00
2016Entente RTHC Bayer Leverkusen / Bonner RG / Siegburger RV12 h 10:30
2014RTHC Leverkusen / RaW Berlin / Dresdner RC / Bonner RG12 h 14:11
2013RC Hamm / Mainzer RV / RC Nürtingen / Stuttgart-Cannstatter RC / Bonner RV12 h 06:29
2012Ludwigshafener RV11 h 45:46
2011RC Hamm / Karlsruher Rheinklub Alemannia / Mainzer RV / Stuttgart-Cannstatter RC11 h 43:30
2010Mainzer RV  / Stuttgart-Cannstatter RC / Ulmer RC Donau / RC Hamm13 h 10:36
2009Clydesdale ARC  / RGM Karlsruher RV Wiking / Stuttgart Cannstatter RC  / Mainzer RV12 h 17:42
2008Karlsruher RV Wiking / Bonner RV  / Mainzer RV  / Kitzinger RV13 h 33:15
2007Karlsruher RV Wiking / Bonner RV  / Mainzer RV11 h 55:19
2006Dresdner RV  / Dresdner RC12 h 00:22
2005Bonner RV 1882 / Mainzer RV12 h 28:25
2004Dresdner RC14 h 41:00
2003Karlsruhe RV Viking / Bonner RV  / Breisacher RV  / RTHC Leverkusen12 h 13:57
2002Koblenzer RC / Neuwied RG / Bonn RV13 h 14:00
2001Ludwigshafener RV  / Mülheimer Wassersport15 h 53:00
2000Turbo Bonn11 h 58:34
1999Karlsruher RV Wiking / Neuwieder RG13 h 15:40
1998drop out-
1997Turbo Bonn13 h 31:18
1996drop out-
1995Turbo Bonn12 h 15:34
1994RG Red Bull Bonn12 h 22:29
1993Turbo Bonn08 h 43:20
1992Turbo Bonn13 h 03:42
1991Turbo Bonn13 h 09:08
1990Bonner RV  / WSD Düsseldorf / SRV Bonn12 h 30:31
1989ARCR Bonn / GTRV Neuwied / Bonner RV12 h 28:34
1988Bonner RV / RRS Bückeburg / RGF Lehrte / SRV Bonn / Neuwieder RG11 h 00:52
1987drop out-
1986RG Kassel / Marbacher RV / RC Grenzach / RC Giessen / Heidelberg12 h 46:06
1985Marbacher RV / RG Kassel12 h 40:52
1984Ludwigshafener RV07 h 13:00
1983Hevella Berlin11 h 25:10
1982Heidelberg / RC Giessen13 h 08:20
1981Viking Utrecht13 h 26:30
1980Viking Utrecht13 h 32:52
1979no boat arrived-
1978RG Bonn / Hamburg / WSV Godesberg13 h 30:03
1977no boat arrived-
1976drop down-
1975RG Bonn / Breisacher RV13 h 47:48
1974RG Bonn / Badeneysee / Essen03 h 51:45
1973Société Nautique de Monaco15 h 38:27
1972Société Nautique de Genève16 h 53:00

References
  1. "Le Tour du Lac, Lake Geneva". explorerowing.org. Archived from the original on 2010-08-06. Retrieved 2013-03-18.
  2. "History of the Ludwigshafener Rudervereins". Ludwigshafener Ruderverein. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
  3. "Report in the magazin of the 41. regatta, interview" (PDF). p. 24. Retrieved 2013-12-31.
  4. "Tour du Lac magazine, Winning teams since 1972" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2013-12-31.
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