Tour de Gudenå
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The Tour de Gudenå is a 120 km flatwater kayak and canoe race along the Gudenå
river in Denmark
. It is held on the second weekend of September each year.
Starting in Skanderborg
, participants paddle to Silkeborg
via the Skanderborg lake, Mossø lake, Julsø lake and several other, minor lakes along the Gudenå river on the first day of the competition. After an overnight stay in Silkeborg, the next day of the competition brings the paddlers to the finish line in Randers
via the Tange Sø lake which forms part of the continued course of the Gudenå. In addition to the main 120 km distance, the event includes several shorter distance races which appeal to a wide variety of participants.
The Tour de Gudenå was established in 1967; the 40th anniversary of the race in 2007 was a grand event with almost 900 participants. Unfortunately it was also the first time that the race had to be temporarily suspended due to strong winds and heavy seas on Mossø and Julsø.
Gudenå
The River Guden , on the Jutland peninsula, is Denmark's longest river. It flows 176 kilometres from Tinnet Krat in Vejle County, between Nørre Snede and Tørring-Uldum, to Randers Fjord in Randers, on a course which takes it through central Jutland...
river in Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
. It is held on the second weekend of September each year.
Starting in Skanderborg
Skanderborg
Skanderborg, with a population of 18,253 , is a town in Denmark just southwest of Aarhus. It is more or less a suburb today, located in Skanderborg municipality, Jutland.Skanderborg municipality has a population of 57,303 ....
, participants paddle to Silkeborg
Silkeborg
Silkeborg is a city in central Denmark. Located in Silkeborg municipality in Jutland, the city has a population of 42,724 . The development of Silkeborg as a modern city may be traced to the foundation of the paper mill by Michael Drewsen on the Gudenaa in 1844...
via the Skanderborg lake, Mossø lake, Julsø lake and several other, minor lakes along the Gudenå river on the first day of the competition. After an overnight stay in Silkeborg, the next day of the competition brings the paddlers to the finish line in Randers
Randers
Randers is a city in Randers municipality on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. It is Denmark's sixth-largest city, with a population of 60,656 . Randers city is the main town of the municipality and the site of its municipal council.-Overview:Randers municipality has 94,750 inhabitants...
via the Tange Sø lake which forms part of the continued course of the Gudenå. In addition to the main 120 km distance, the event includes several shorter distance races which appeal to a wide variety of participants.
The Tour de Gudenå was established in 1967; the 40th anniversary of the race in 2007 was a grand event with almost 900 participants. Unfortunately it was also the first time that the race had to be temporarily suspended due to strong winds and heavy seas on Mossø and Julsø.