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=== [[Belgium]] ===
* '''[http://www.routedusoleil.org/ Route du Soleil]''' is an annual one week race for Belgian students organized since 2010, from Belgium to "one of the sunniest destination in Europe". In the summer of 2011 they will even try to break the world record of biggest hitchhiking race with 900 participants. To deal with the number of participants, the different routes have a one day shift so they don't all leave and arrive on the same date. The final winner is decided between the winners of each route during a later race. Several prizes are to be won and the organization also provides some entertainment, food and camping facilities along the way. In comparison with other races it , but this all has an expensive go be paid for, the registration fee(for 2013) is a mindblowing EUR 320.* The '''[[BBOHC3|Big Belgian Hitchhiking Contest]]''' was an annually event, starting in [[Gent|Ghent]]. The race is 300 to 500 km long and lasts one day. The third edition took place in october October 2008 and doesn't seem to have been repeated since.
=== [[France]] ===
* The '''[http://poucedor.free.fr/ Pouce d’Or]''' is a yearly race over a week-end in the beginning of automnautumn. The winner is the one who manages to reach the furthest point and come back before the race is over. It is organized by "Ecole centrale Centrale de Nantes" since 2003 and gathers up to 120 people. In 2012, 3 others schools joined in (Centrale Lille, Télécom Brest and Agro Montpellier). Note: it seems other french French schools/universities organize similar races but without advertising or communicating publicly.
* The '''Hitchhiking Contest''' was an unofficial event, from [[Paris]] to [[Dakar]] in 2011.
* The '''Jack Kerouac trophy''' organized in 2012 by the 'Binouze Hikers'. A one day race from Paris to a bar in Normandy, in which around 50 people took part. No sign it will be repeated.
=== [[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 yearly German Hitchhiking Championship end of maiMay/beginning of june June since 2008. It's a one day race taking place in Germany with 80 to 100 participants. Since 2012, teams had to choose 3 intermediate checkpoints among the proposed one. It is to avoid having to many people following the same route at the same time.
* '''[http://www.tramprennen.org Tramprennen]''' is an annual hitchhike race across Europe, which takes place at the end of August since 2006. The race lasts usually two weeks and is divided into different stages. Step by step the participating teams (2 or 3 people) are getting closer to the common final destination. It also supports the charity organization [Viva con Agua] by raising funds for WASH (water, sanitation & hygiene) projects. 117 participants took part in 2012. Several other races are affiliated with tramprennen, mostly around the university Easter break period.
=== [[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 20102012''' attracted a 33 pairs. (The record number of participantswas set in 2010, when 44 pairs.took part)
=== [[Netherlands]] ===
* 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]].
** The '''[http://www.bummit.co.uk/ Bummit to] [[Tallinn]]''' (via [[Leipzig]]) takes took place Eastern over Easter 2008 with over 300 students from [[Sheffield]] to [[Tallinn]].
* The '''[http://www.lcd.org.uk/events/hitch/ Link Community Development]''' organizes an annual race from the UK to Morocco and Prague for charity.
* ''' [http://www.race2amsterdam.co.uk/ The University of St. Andrews Charities Campaign]''' organizes a hitchhiking competition once a year in January. In 2008 they will hitchhike from [[Scotland]] towards [[Amsterdam]]. - Link broken 00:34, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
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