ABOUT
Race around the Netherlands is a fully self-supported bike packing race.
The RatN is a do-it-yourself challenge.
You are your own ride organizer.
Understand that this is a personal challenge against the clock. Not against others!
It is 1900k in distance with 6800m of elevation.
The RatN has two categories – solo and pair.
Start and finish location:
De Proloog Cafe
Allemanswaard 27
3958 KA Amerongen
https://deproloog.cc/
Start time and date in 2024:
Sign up and bike check: April 26th from 1300 to 1700 local time.
Start: April 27th at 0800 local time.
Official Finish: May 5th at 1800 local time.
RULES
1. Riders must complete the full course from start to finish under their own power.
2. Riders must be fully self-supported.
3. No Drafting at any time.
(pair riders may draft each other)
4. Riders must follow the Dutch laws at any time.
5. Riders are required to use a provided GPS device.
6. No prize money.
ROUTE
The start and finish is in the village of Amerongen, located at the Utrechtse Heuvelrug at the famous cycling cafe De Proloog. The route takes us first along the rivers Neder-Rijn and the Waal to the historic cities of Nijmegen and Arnhem (known from the film “A Bridge Too Far” about the Operation Market Garden). Next you leave the beautiful river landscape and the historic cities behind and the route takes you through the National Park Veluwezoom. The National Park is known for its endless heath fields, imposing country estates and of course one of the most famous hills in the Netherlands, the Posbank.
You will pass through the heart of Enschede and along the Dolmens in the province of Drenthe, prehistoric burial chambers where the cycle route passes by. After which the route leads you through the city of Groningen.
The wind starts to get stronger along the coastline. Instead of crossing the Ijsselmeer overone of the icons of the Dutch flood defense, the Afsluitdijk, riders will ride around the Ijsselmeer and will pass scenic harbors in the towns of Enkhuizen and Hoorn.
den Header the route takes you south along the Dutch coast. Beautiful beaches and dunes with little to no buildings, towards the port of Rotterdam, the largest port in Europe. First you will cycle through the city of Rotterdam and across the Erasmus bridge towards the Maasvlakte.
The route takes you further south over the Delta Park Neeltje Jans, which is part of the Dutch flood defense, in the direction of Vlissingen. A historic city due to its strategic location. In the Eighty Years’ War between the Netherlands and Spain, the city was in Spanish hands for a while.
You cycle along the Belgian border towards the hills in the province of Limburg. Where you hit one of the iconic Dutch hills, the Keutenberg with a maximum gradient of 16%.
If you have conquered the hills you cycle back through the beautiful river landscape of the Maas towards Nijmegen. Via the southern side of the rivers over the dikes you will finish at the cafe De Proloog.
Rider REGISTRATION 2024
When and How much is the Registration?
Registration opens September 01st, 2023 and closes March 1st, 2024
Fee for Early Registration (until December 31st) is 195Euro.
Fee for Late Registration (from January 1st 2023) is 235 Euro.
For the pair category both riders have to register and pay. Please tell us your riding partner!
Optional: Fee for a one night stay in the hostel the night prior to the event is 35,- extra
First come – first served!
What you get for the fee:
The Route in form of a gpx file
Tracking device for the duration of the event
Official race cap
Pictures we make during the event (can`t guarantee we have yours but we will try)
Publishing individual times on our website.
Refund policy:
95,-Euro refund until December, 30th 2023
Use the EVENT SIGN UP in the top menu if you already have an Adventure Bike Racing Account!
You need to LOGIN first!
Support program
Adventure Bike Racing introduces a support program with the goal to make Adventure Ultracycling more accessible to more people and to create a better Balance within the sport itself.
Adventure Bike Racing organizes unsupported adventure cycling events. Biggest Fundamentals of our sport are fairness and equality.
An event setup including brands as sponsors can create additional pressure on each participant to be extremely fast or especially influential. This is not what we want. We think everyone should have the same opportunities and therefor this support program is directed to all our riders equally because these events are not only about watching the fastest of our sport. Every participant is giving hundred percent and is inspiring and entertaining us with there individual adventure on many different levels and not only by being fast or influential.
If you feel inspired and entertained you can support this program.
One way to support would be to directly contribute to reducing someone’s starting fee. (Start support)
A second way to support is a “Thank you“ for being entertained or inspired. (Finish support)
Adventure Bike Racing will 100% use this support to celebrate everybody’s finish with meals and drinks.
A supporter than has the choice to leave a name and a message. This would be displayed on our website.
A bike rider who always wanted to join an ultra cycling event but not had the budget to to so can sign up and benefit from this support.
A rider has to judge him/herself if he/she needs support. It’s fully anonymous.
The ultimate goal of this program would be that we can offer our events without an entry fee in the future.
Supported by the people our riders inspire and entertain. Thank you!
If you already have an account use the top menu to log in and follow the support in the top menu.
To change or update a message please visit your account and edit your profile!
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STRAVA CLUB
RESULTS 2022
SOLO
Lennart Nap // 3d 14h 43m
Jos Koop // 3d 18h 39m
Bas Vlaskamp // 3d 19h 18m
Daniël Walraven // 4d 4h 55m
Gereon Tewes // 4d 5h 30m
Paul Hesen // 4d 7h 46m
Nick Van Mead // 4d 8h 52m
Richard Frans // 4d 9h 15m
Joey van Ede // 4d 9h 48m
Robert Webb // 4d 10h 2m
Bernhard Ritter // 4d 11h 35m
Julio Greff // 4d 14h 28m
Tyas van Leeuwen // 4d 15h 7m
Dragomir Titei // 4d 15h 53m
Andrew Dumbill // 4d 17h 33m
Bas Belder // 4d 17h 43m
Anton De Jaeger // 4d 18h 9m
Kilian Wagner // 4d 18h 9m
Keno Pieper // 5d 0h 52m
Bernd Rosing // 5d 4h 10m
Stephane Große-Lüger // 5d 5h 52m
Eric Knipscheer // 5d 6h 41m
Jurjen Draaijer // 5d 7h 2m
Henri Arts // 5d 11h 14m
Sjoerd Slagter // 5d 12h 26m
Aleš Vaníček // 5d 12h 40m
Jakob Dieckmann // 5d 12h 49m
Bart Reitsma // 5d 12h 59m
Wouter Gerritsen // 5d 13h 15m
Sherry Cardona // 5d 13h 50m
John Broks // 5d 14h 6m
Dirk Thomassen // 5d 15h 19m
Joss Ridley // 5d 15h 25m
Richard Sidney // 5d 16h 37m
Hans Meinsma // 5d 16h 58m
Carlo van Duren // 5d 19h 53m
Luc Cousin // 5d 23h 14m
Brenan Morgan // 6d 3h 21m
Johan Lowette // 6d 6h 32m
Matthias Siegert // 6d 7h 40m
Gino De Kerf // 6d 8h 2m
Peter Selles // 6d 8h 26m
Heero Zwart // 6d 8h 44m
Paul Moraal // 6d 8h 46m
Wim Ceulemans // 6d 9h 35m
Rob Kenens // 6d 10h 47m
Zoë Peters // 6d 11h 0m
Hans Kroodsma // 6d 11h 29m
Paul Streets // 6d 11h 47m
Pierre Rioux // 6d 12h 58m
Hilde Geens // 6d 12h 59m
Glenn Cools // 6d 13h 36m
Wessel Kremer // 6d 15h 24m
Alberto Viciana Perez // 6d 15h 25m
Marcial Eilers // 6d 15h 26m
Richard Lake // 6d 15h 58m
Norbert Taucher // 6d 17h 32m
Kristof Cool // 6d 19h 19m
Rieks Van Lubek // 6d 20h 33m
Patrick Bruns // 7d 1h 23m
Gerrit Keppel // 7d 3h 57m
Bob Watts // 7d 5h 13m
Ocko Geserick // 7d 5h 57m
Wandert Benthem // 7d 8h 39m
Patrick Velt // 7d 11h 50m
Nick Lyons // 7d 12h 45m
Robert Glen // 8d 2h 25m
Ryan Davis // 8d 5h 19m
Piotr Liszke // 8d 5h 23m
Roel Goossens // 8d 6h 12m
Marc Wismans // 8d 6h 35m
Géraldine Ventoruzzo // 8d 6h 53m
Paul Berkhout // 8d 7h 35m
Tobias Mugele // 8d 7h 36m
Willem van der Zalm // 8d 7h 38m
Tiago Costa // 8d 7h 40m
Baptistine Smets // 8d 7h 58m
Werner Velis // 8d 8h 35m
Delphine Morel de Westgaver // 8d 8h 43m
Els De Clercq // 8d 8h 43m
Simon Rang // dnf
Alexander Otterbach // dnf
Willem van der Pas // dnf
Lukáš Klement // dnf
Erik Frans // dnf
Werner Coolen // dnf
Jens Fischer // dnf
Auke Jongbloed // dnf
Mark Paliwoda // dnf
Loic Nys Taymans // dnf
Paul Enders // dnf
Maurits van der Heijde // dnf
Guy Burgerhout // dnf
Kees Overboom // dnf
Kemal Arslan // dnf
Dirk Jerzinowski // dnf
Guillaume Faure // dnf
Knut Alsemgeest // dnf
Ingmar Sluiter // dnf
Imran Shaikh // dnf
Rutger Tromp // dnf
Matthieu Bos // dnf
Mikhail Khviadchenia // dnf
Arne Wolters // dnf
Anouk Wolters // dnf
Jan-willem Bobbink // dnf
Morten Stjernholt Nielsen // dnf
Toine Hooijen // dnf
Alexander Spoelstra // dnf
Gary Currie // dnf
Hanneke Brouwer // dnf
Chris Pool // dnf
Bruno Queiros // dnf
Raphael Albrecht // dnf
Bob Mesman // dnf
Geoffrey Bruurmijn // dnf
Martin Dressel // dnf
Marian Bobko // dnf
Fred Westerdaal // dnf
Patrick Schut // dnf
Rasmus Winther // dnf
PAIR
Niklas Muxel // 5d 2h 3m
Uwe Schmidt // 5d 2h 3m
Fimme Veldhuis 6d // 11h 49m
Jelle Fokkema // dnf
Jori Klomp // 6d 12h 27m
Robert Haaijema // 6d 12h 27m
Jorrit Harder // 6d 20h 22m
Thomas Joosten 6d 20h 22m
Mirja Eisenblätter // 7d 4h 15m
Frank Eisenblätter // 7d 4h 15m
Maurice Heemskerk // 7d 10h 11m
Ramon van Stijn // 7d 10h 11m
Graham Dodds // 7d 15h 40m
Richard Porter // 7d 15h 40m
Linda Kleeven // 8d 6h 6m
Michaela Stuart // 8d 6h 6m
Christian Menzel // dnf
Martin Staffa // dnf
Jonathan Voigt // dnf
Marius Bettentrup // dnf
RESULTS 2021
SOLO
Bas Vlaskamp // 3d 19h 49m
Sven Cappuyns // 4d 8h 28m
Richard Frans // 4d 13h 57m
Paul Hesen // 4d 16h 35m
Jason Schreurs // 4d 21h 54m
Roeland van der Hoorn // 5d 3h 11m
Mark de Vos // 5d 6h 15m
Joep van Luijt // 5d 7h 25m
Tjerk Bakker // 5d 12h 2m
Pier Nijenhuis // 5d 13h 52m
Martin Lukasse // 5d 15h 35m
Pieter Wilbert Molemaker // 5d 16h 10m
Korjun de Boer // 6d 3h 29m
Sander Verdiesen // 6d 9h 22m
Johan Kooistra // 6d 11h 50m
Carlo van Duren // 6d 12h 42m
Berdine Bakker // 7d 2h 38m
Piere Ramaekers // 7d 8h 41m
Machiel Appel // 7d 8h 48m
Jan-Kees Pennings // 7d 11h 1m
Lars Wieringa // 7d 11h 48m
Maarten Naberink // 7d 14h 5m
Ruurdje Procee // 7d 14h 27m
Sjors Hegger // 8d 0h 1m
Patrick Bruns // 8d 3h 5m
Gemma Adelaar // 8d 11h 39m
Patrick Schut // 8d 15h 56m
Matthijs Plender // 9d 4h 45m
Charles Cox // 9d 13h 6m
Baptistine Smets // 10d 13h 23m
Jan-Dick den Das // dnf
Guy Burgerhout // dnf
Wandert Benthem // dnf
Julio Greff de Oliveira // dnf
Jonathan Verkerk // dnf
Bruce Martens // dnf
Hans Meinsma // dnf
Rémy Pedussel // dnf
Martijn Verhaeg // dnf
Matthieu Bos // dnf
Mark Paliwoda // dnf
Gregory Van Overloop // dnf
Arjan Kraaijeveld // dnf
Henri Arts // dnf
Rob Kenens // dnf
Deovrat Phal // dnf
Marc Wismans // dnf
Erik Wallinga // dnf
Jeroen van der Wiel // dnf
Edwin Nederlof // dnf
Marius Bettentrup // dnf
Hans Kroodsma // dnf
Niek Smeets // dnf
Marlow Drevel // dnf
Ivo Lafeber // dnf
John van Duren // dnf
Hugo Wasser // dnf
Auke Jongbloed // dsq
Kemal Arslan // dsq
PAIR
Merijn Timmermans // 8d 2h 47m
Pieter Willems // dnf
Andrea van den Broek // 9d 7h 15m
Erik van Rijswij // 9d 7h 15m
Martijn Driedonks // dnf
Ralph Cullen // dnf
Jorrit Harder // dnf
Thomas Joosten // dnf
Bas Wiegel // dnf
Leandra Bisschops // dnf
Jara Verweij // dnf
Lennart Hoskam // dnf
RESULTS 2020
SOLO
Daan Marsmans // 3D // 9H // 34M
Bernd Paul // 3D // 19H // 25M
Jair Hoogland // 3D // 20H // 55M
Bas Vlaskamp // 4D // 2H // 58M
Flip Patijn // 4D // 3H // 3M
Bart Verheijen // 4D // 3H // 20M
Martijn Driedonks // 4D // 10H // 10M
Billy Bob // 4D // 10H // 30M *
Meindert Commelin // 4D // 11H // 32M
Jasmijn Muller // 4D // 13H // 8M
Alexander Schmitz // 4D // 13H // 31M ****
Lauren Boex // 4D // 15H // 8M
Thorsten Heilen // 4D // 15H // 49M
Eddie Kouiss // 4D // 17H // 30M
Wouter van Engelen // 4D // 18H // 30M
Kristian Madsen // 4D // 19 // 13H
Ralph Cullen // 4D // 19 // 13H
Eelke Bakker // 4D // 19H // 35M
Paul Ziermann // 4D // 20H // 25M
Lukas Eger // 4D // 22H // 58M
Ivan Soenario // 5D // 2H // 59M
Paul Herron // 5D // 4H // 32M
Stefan Kanne // 5D // 6H // 33M
Paul Hesen 5D // 7H // 12M
Lukas Tischer // 5D // 8H // 55M
Emile Maelfait // 5D // 9H // 40M
Richard de Boer // 5D // 10H // 53M
Marian Thissen-Smits // 5D // 11H // 40M
Hans Kroodsma // 5D // 11H // 46M
Stefan Slegl // 5D // 12H // 41M
Johnny Uitterhoeve // 5D // 13H // 2M
Lauren Wolting // 5D // 13H // 25M
Markus Weber 5D // 15H // 41M *
Ties Alfrink // 5D // 16H // 36M
Emmanuel Kempeneers // 5D // 18H // 42M
Jeroen van der Wiel // 6D // 2H // 57M
Egbert Darwinkel // 6D // 2H // 57M
Jamie Robison // 6D // 4H // 22M
Arjan Zwanenburg // 6D // 5H // 25M
Haico Bianchi // 6D // 6H // 25M *
Carlo van Duren // 6D // 9H // 22M
Oliver Wong // 6D // 9H // 22M
Patrick Bruns // 6D // 12H // 1M
Meint Verhoeff // 6D // 12H // 58M
Rainer Dobrinkat // 6D // 13 // 18M
Francien Peterse 6D // 14H // 52M
Kurt Billiouw // 6D // 16H // 29M
Berry van den Brink // 6D // 16H // 29M
Vincent de Groot // 6D // 18H // 46M
Denny Baert // 6D // 19H // 41M
Klaus Svendsen // 6D // 21H // 2M
Ernst Huijboom // 7D // 3H // 16M
Bob Mesman // 7D // 7H // 50M
Rieks van Lubek // 7D // 8H // 59M
Johan Barelds // 7D // 9H // 17M
Theo Wolfs // 7D // 9H // 20M
Yaish Koelewijn // 7D // 12H // 30M
Florine Koning // 8D // 5H // 27M
Marian Bobko // 8D // 6H // 44M *
Ruerd Kuipers // 8D // 6H // 45M
Freddy Hoogheem // dnf
Lindsay Mccrae // dnf
Eline van Straalen // dnf
Paul Berkhout // dnf
Berten De Meyer // dnf
Bernd Rosing // dnf
Arjan Kraaijeveld // dnf
Marlow Drevel // dnf
Bram Jordens // dnf
Dimi Diels // dnf
ChristophKamps // dnf
Dieter Schietse // dnf
Julio Greff de Oliveira // dnf
Martin Dressel // dnf
Simon Daubert // dnf
* +1H time penalty (cutting off the route)
**** +4H time penalty (cutting off the route)
PAIR
Richard Frans // 4D // 17H // 36M
Erik Frans // dnf
Werner Finger // 5D // 15H // 58M
Christian Leitner // 5D // 15H // 58M
Ad Mulders // 6D // 4H // 45M
Joep Croonen // 6D // 4H // 45M
Ruben Casier // dnf
Stefaan Vanbillemont // dnf
RESULTS 2019
SOLO
Bas Vlaskamp, Netherlands // 4D // 1H // 3M
Daan Marsmans, Netherlands // 4D // 4H // 35M
Sam Thomas, Netherlands // 4D // 6H // 48M
Yves Conen, Belgium // 4D // 10H // 8M
Ashley Sharp, United Kingdom // 4D // 10H // 10M
Bart Verheijen, Netherlands // 4D // 10H // 10M
Hippy, Australia // 4D // 13H // 4M
Stephen Haines, United Kingdom // 4D // 15H // 56M
Robert Ferri, Virgin Islands // 4D // 19H // 33M
Tom Hudders, Belgium // 4D // 22H // 19M
Igor Talevski, Macedonia // 4D // 22H // 47M
Andy Lawrence, United Kingdom // 4D // 23H // 56M
Andrew Osborne, United Kingdom // 5D // 3H // 38M
Andras Regös, Switzerland // 5D // 5H // 52M
George Bennett, United Kingdom // 5D // 6H // 25M
Tom Williams, United Kingdom // 5D // 10H // 5M
Rob Meeuwessen, Netherlands // 5D // 11H // 10M
Erik Wallinga, Netherlands // 5D // 12H // 14M
Eddie Kouiss, Netherlands // 5D // 12H // 45M
Lamri Adjis, Netherlands // 5D // 18H // 3M
Jan-Dick den Das, Netherlands // 5D // 19H // 24M
Wybren Buijs, Netherlands // 5D // 22H // 13M
Aram Drake, Australia // 6D // 2H // 3M
Jack Peterson, United Kingdom // 6D // 2H // 19M
Carsten Honemann, Germany // 6D* // 3H // 58M
Richard Orton, United Kingdom // 6D // 4H // 45M
Stefan Anastasiei, Romania // 6D // 6H // 43M
Bregt Huizenga, Netherlands // 6D // 10H // 1M
Stéphane Billard, France // 6D // 10H // 41M
Sebastian Bönner, Germany // 6D // 10H // 53M
Bas Scherpenisse, Netherlands // 6D // 11H // 07M
Erik Vennemann, Netherlands // 6D // 11H // 14M
Onno Zuidema, Netherlands // 6D // 11H // 07M
René Rutten, Netherlands // 6D // 12H // 58M
Andrew Wilson, United Kingdom // 6D // 15H // 57M
Patrick Bruns, Netherlands // 7D // 6H // 21M
Kilian Wagner, Germany // 7D // 09H // 10M
Willem Pals, Netherlands // 7D // 09H // 38M
Berry van den Brink, Netherlands // 7D // 09H // 59M
Sheila Woollam, United Kingdom // 7D // 18H // 8M
Julia Freeman, United Kingdom // 8D // 7H // 50M
Susanne van Aardenne, Netherlands // 8D* // 11H // 41M
* +24H time adjustment for taken the afslusdike route
PAIR
Kevin Robison, United Kingdom // 6D // 7H // 7M
Jamie Robison, United Kingdom // 6D // 7H // 7M
Richard Hunt, United Kingdom // 6D // 18H // 37M
Gawaine Clark, United Kingdom // 6D // 18H // 37M
Adam Kramer, Netherlands // 6D // 20H // 17M
Nathan Streunding, Netherlands // 6D // 20H // 17M
Maren Barkowsky, Germany // 6D // 22H // 16M
Marc Alinski, Germany // 6D // 22H // 16M
Christopher Crawford, United Kingdom // 7D* // 7H // 31M
Pascal Gebing, Germany // 7D* // 7H // 31M
Dirk Martens, Belgium // 8D // 3H // 43M
Luc Van Ginneken, Belgium // 8D // 3H // 43M
Matteo Minola-Violino, Italy // 8D // 8H // 27M
Carmen Acampo, Netherlands // 8D* // 9H // 33M
Goedele Visser, Netherlands // 8D* // 9H // 33M
Andrew Slaven, Canada // 8D* // 9H // 40M
Matt Walker, United Kingdom // 8D* // 9H // 40M
* +24H time adjustment for taken the afslusdike route
RESULTS 2018
SOLO
Joris Cosyn, Belgium // 4D // 6H // 11M
Tjerk Bakker, Netherlands // 4D // 10H // 45M
Colin James, United Kingdom // 4D // 11H // 12M
Jason Schreurs, Netherlands // 4D //13H // 28M
Erik Wallinga, Netherlands // 4D // 14H // 35M
Adam Verhaar, Netherlands // 5D // 8H // 28M
James Holmes, Netherlands // 5D // 13H // 2M
Jamie Robison, United Kingdom // 6D // 4H // 19M
Onno Zuidema, Netherlands // 6D // 8H // 52M
Dean Strike, Australia // 6D // 11H // 48M
Erik Venneman, Netherlands // 6D // 16H // 5M
Rutger van Valderen, Netherlands // 6D // 16H // 30M // incl. 4H Penalty
William Luke Windsor, United Kingdom // 7D // 4H // 55M
Marc Wismans, Netherlands // 7D // 8H // 55M
Ralph Cullen, Netherlands // finish
Thijs Verbrugghe, Netherlands // dsq (fully self supported) // finish
Mathias Reygaerts, Belgium // dnf
Eric Kampherbeek, Netherlands // dnf
Lamri Adjis, Netherlands // dnf
Julia Freeman, United Kingdom // dnf
Olaf Rittgeroth, Germany // dnf
Eelco Weijmans, Netherlands // dnf
Jan-Willem Bobbink, Netherlands // dns
Christopher Greenan, Scotland // dns
PAIR
Giorsio Raboen, Netherlands // 5D // 16H // 50M
Alain Raboen, Netherlands // 5D // 16H // 50M
Dennis Kim, South Korea // dnf
Hana Kim, South Korea // dnf
Leon Lagerwerf, Netherlands // dnf
Bart Meerwijk, Netherlands // dnf
