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There are a lot of '''[[hitchhiking]] races''', mostly in Summer.
==[[Europe]]==
* '''[http://www.eurizons.net/ Eurizons]''' is an annual hitchhiking race through Europe with about 50 participants, funded by the European Union including some workshops about the Millennium Development Goals.
* '''Race to Riga''' was a race from [[Faro]], [[Portugal]], to [[Riga]]. <!-- ''[http://www.racetoriga.com/ Link broken 00:34, 9 January 2010 (UTC) -->
===[[Belgium]]===* The '''[[BBOHC3|Big Belgian Hitchhiking Contest]]''' is an annually event, starting in [[Gent|Ghent]].
* '''[http://www.routedusoleil.org/ Route du Soleil]''' is an annual race for Belgian students. In the summer of 2011 they will even try to break the world record of biggest hitchhiking race with 900 participants. The 2010 series was from Ghent to Barcelona. In 2011 they go from Ghent/Antwerp/Leuven to Venice.
===[[France]]===
* The '''[http://hitchhikingcontest.org/ Hitchhiking Contest]''' is an un-official event, from [[Paris]] to [[Dakar]], start in 2011.
* The '''[http://poucedor.free.fr/ Pouce d’Or]''' (In English @ [http://www.couchsurfing.org/meetings.html?mid=93643 CS]
===[[Germany]]===
[[File:Siegerehrung.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Winners of the [[Abgefahren hitchhiking race 2010]]]]
* The '''[http://race.abgefahren-ev.de German hitchhiking society]''' [[Abgefahren e.V.]] is organizing the German Hitchhiking Championships every year in early summer, starting somewhere in [[Germany]].
* [[Viva con Agua]] organizes yearly races and raising funds for drinking water projects.
===[[Lithuania]]===
* The '''[http://www.autostop.lt/main.php Vilnius Hitchhiking Club]''' has been organizing the annual '''Baltics''' competition since 1997. The competition itself pre-dates the foundation of the VHHC by two years. It takes place at the end of April, usually over a distance of around 1,000km, the last edition, '''Baltics 2010''' attracted a record number of participants, 44 pairs.
===[[Netherlands]]===
* The '''[http://www.oostboc.com BOC]''' organizes races occasionally just for fun, usually starting from [[Utrecht]], [[Netherlands]].
* Some Dutch people from [[Uden]] in the [[Netherlands]] are organizing a hitchhiking competition once a year, known in Dutch as the '''[http://www.liftwedstrijd.com Liftwedstrijd]''' (Website gone, [[User:Prino|Prino]] 01:29, 24 September 2010 (CEST))
* [http://www.aegee-groningen.nl/ AEGEE-Groningen] organises every year hitchhiking races to several cities in Europe, with a cultural program and a lot of going out in the night being there! Usually during the week-ends! In October 2010 we will go to Copenhagen!
===[[Poland]]===* The '''[http://www.klubprzygody.pl/ Klub Przygody]''' from [[Poland]] is organising a hitchhiking competition once a year in the beginning of May. Mostly they start from [[Gdańsk|Gdansk]] to some destination in [[Europe]].
* Students from '''[http://www.kpbit.pl/ BIT The Travelers Club]''' of the Wrocław University of Economy every year organize the '''[http://www.autostoprace.pl/ Auto Stop Race]''' with around 200-250 pairs. The event takes place during a Polish long weekend, at the beginning of May. The race starts in Wrocław.
===[[United Kingdom]]===
* The University of [[Sheffield]] is organizing a hitchhiking race every year:
** The '''[http://www.bummit.co.uk/pastbummits/ Bummit to Belgrade]''' was a hitchhiking race in 2007 with 200 students from [[Sheffield]] to [[Belgrade]].
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