DANUBE ROAD RANDONNEUR is the BRM1200+ from endurance cycling, organized in Romania by Randonneurs Romania together with the organization Adevaratii VeloPrieteni Romania, licensed by Randonneurs Mondiaux.
The new route, with a total length of 1302 km and an elevation gain of nearly 5000 meters, is mostly through the roads on the Romanian and Serbian shore of the Danube, running through what is known as EUROVELO on the European cycle route network, established by the European Cyclists’ Federation, specifically EuroVelo 6 – From the Atlantic to the Black Sea (running alongside three of the largest European Rivers: the Loire, the Rhine and the Danube), and EuroVelo 13 – The Iron Curtain Trail (following the border between the Eastern and the Western blocs established during the Cold War).
For this edition, the start and finish are set in Videle, a city near of the capital of Romania, Bucharest, and the turning point will be near of Bazias, locality where the Danube river enters the Romanian territory, more precisely in Naidas, where they will cross into Serbia. In Serbia, at Stara Palanka, they will cross at Ram by ferry, whose schedule is every 2 hours, starting at 07:30 and ending at 19:30 (so, participants must take this into account in order to fit in the time limit).
The time limit for obtaining the homologation is 108 hours and 30 minutes.
Registration, limited to 100 places, will take place between April 15 and June 30, 2026. The start will be on August 15, at 08:00, and the finish checkpoint will close on August 19, at 20:30.
On the way, the route crosses the following more important localities from Romania: Videle, Giurgiu, Zimnicea, Turnu Magurele, Islaz, Corabia, Dabuleni, Bechet, Rast, Poiana Mare, Ciupercenii Vechi, Calafat, Maglavit, Ostrovu Mare, Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Orsova, Eselnita, Dubova, Moldova Veche and Bazias.
On the way back, the route passes through Bela Crkva, Ram, Veliko Gradiste and Golubac (in Serbia), Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Cetate, Maglavit, Poiana Mare, Rast, Bechet, Dabuleni, Corabia, Turnu Magurele, Rosiorii de Vede and Videle (in Romania).
Similar to other ultra-brevets with a tradition that takes in Europe, DANUBE ROAD RANDONNEUR is organized every 4 years. The first edition of the event took place between August 10-15, 2018, the year Great Union Centenary, thus initiating the 4-year cycle of a new European endurance cycling ultra-brevet, there are 61 cyclists from 3 countries at the start. The second edition of the ultra-brevet took place between August 26-31, 2022, in the year of the Centenary of the creation of the Romanian national unitary state, an event marked by the coronation of the Kings of Romania in Alba Iulia, there are 53 cyclists from 10 countries at the start.