2025 Route

Our 2025 event, £2Million Swiss Challenge is at an advanced stage of planning. The format will be similar to previous Extra Mile Challenges, we cycle on three days, Friday to Sunday, 19 – 21 September 2025.  We travel to France on the Thursday and return home on Monday.

The route is for teams of Four cycling in relay.  Teams choose throughout the day which member is cycling which part of the route. Total mileage over the 3 days is 500 miles.

The entry fee includes channel crossings on Eurotunnel, 4 nights bed and breakfast, dinner on Thursday and Friday plus a very special celebratory Gala Dinner on the Sunday evening.

Our programme and planned routes are:

Thursday 18 September 

We all travel on Eurotunnel to France and drive to our hotel in Metz (where we stay for 2 nights). Welcome dinner this evening in the hotel followed by general explanation of the event and safety briefing.

Friday 19 September 2024

A loop from our Metz hotel base broadly north-east through France, Luxembourg and Germany. We cross the river Moselle four times including a stunning 2-mile descent through vineyards to the bridge at Piesport. Group dinner at our Metz hotel.

Saturday 20 September

Today we transit south through France to our second base at Mulhouse. Our route includes the amazing 28-mile Routes des Cretes (Google it!) – a ridge road at high altitude in the Vosges. After today’s cycle, dinner is at your choice of location in Mulhouse.

Sunday 21 September

Today we loop clockwise from our hotel through Germany, Switzerland and France. This is broadly a large ring around Basel crossing the river Rhine twice.

In total we will have experienced cycling in four very different countries, truly excellent. One similarity though is that they all have a number of climbs (and descents)! Friday and Saturday mileages are just over 170 miles each day (for the team of 4) and Sunday about 160 miles.
We have a special final Extra Mile Challenges Gala dinner arranged for Sunday evening at a venue in Mulhouse.

Monday 22 September

After breakfast we all return home via afternoon bookings on Eurotunnel.