BLACK SEA & TRANSFAGARASAN ROAD Randonneur (BS&TRR) represent a BRM1200+ for endurance cycling organized in Romania, by Randonneurs Romania and the Adevaratii VeloPrieteni Romania Association, under the Randonneurs Mondiaux license for the RO-1200 Randonneur events (events which take place in the years where in the BRM1200+ calendar the “Drumul Dunarii Randonneur” and “Paris-Brest-Paris” are not scheduled), in a standalone format. Until now, three editions have been organized: 2020 (September–October), 2023 (August 12–16), and 2024 (August 24–28).
The 4th edition will be held from September 11 to 15, 2027. Registration will open on June 1, 2027. There are no qualification requirements for participation.
The BS&TRR route(https://www.strava.com/routes/3022086357020697080) stretching across 1200km with a 7500m slope and a time limit of 90 hours, while tying together the Black Seaand the Carpathian Mountains, crosses the TransFagarasan, considered to be one of the most beautiful alpine roads in the world.
The start and finish take place in the capital of Romania, Bucharest, and 11 control points exist in places with historic resonance across Dobrogea, Transilvania and Muntenia:
CP1, starting point, Bucharest, 0 km (The Arch of Triumph, “Arcul de Triumf”)
CP2, Adamclisi, 209 km (The Mausoleum)
CP3, Mamaia, 278 km (Hostel Nord Casino)
CP4, Istria, 336 km (The Fortress)
CP5, Slava Cercheza, 378 km ( The Monte Greco Halt (sign), “Popas Monte Greco”)
CP6, Lehliu Gara, 559 km (“La Partid” Restaurant)
CP7, Bucharest, 629 km (The Arch of Triumph, “Arcul de Triumf”)
CP8, Targoviste, 719 km (Bucharests’ Gate, “Poarta Bucurestilor”)
CP9, Curtea de Arges, 819 km (Royal Train Station, “Gara Regala”)
CP10, Victoria, 946 km (city entrance sign)
CP11, Bran, 1033 km (Bran Castle)
CP12, Breaza, 1105 km (Constantin Brancoveanu Park)
CP13, finish, Bucharest, 1203 km (The Arch of Triumph, “Arcul de Triumf”)
The Pilot of the RO-1200 Randonneur event, on the BS&TRR route, took place during September to October of 2020 in a format generated as consequence the Corona Virus pandemic (organized in 4 starts in the two last weekends of September and first two weekends of October), in the standalone format. Thanks to the request of many endurance cyclists in Romania and from outside the country, who couldn’t participate in Paris-Brest-Paris, the 2nd edition of this “ultra-brevet” was organized in 2023. The third edition took place in 2024.
2 cyclists managed to obtain the homologation during the 1st edition of the event (2020):
ALECU ADRIAN ROMULUS – 86h29min
TITEI DRAGOMIR – 84h30min
3 cyclists managed to obtain the homologation during the 2nd edition of the event (2023):
BARDAKOS HECTOR (Grecia) – 88h35min
STAMATIS KONSTANTINOS (Grecia) – 88h35min
VELCHEV DMITRIY (Bulgaria) – 74h50min
5 cyclists successfully completed the event and earned the brevet during the third edition (2024):
GUGU ALIN (Romania) 70h30
JURJE ALEXANDRU (Romania) 70h30
STAMATIS KONSTANTINOS (Grecia) 86h56
VOLIOTIS PAVLOS (Grecia) 86h56
KONSTANTOPOULOS NICOLAOS (Grecia) 86h56