Europe Challenge Randonnée

Europe’s four great randonnées in one four-year cycle: Paris-Brest-Paris, the 1001 Miglia Italia, London-Edinburgh-London and one more 1,200 km event in another European country. 1001 Miglia Italia runs it as “the grand slam of European randonnées”, and Les Randonneurs Mondiaux (LRM) lists it among its regional awards, maintained by RAI in Italy.

Rides

PBP, the 1001 Miglia Italia, LEL and one more event sanctioned by LRM

Distance

1,200 km or more

Where

The fourth in a European country other than France, Italy and England

When

One four-year cycle: 2015 to 2018, 2019 to 2022, 2023 to 2026

From

1001 Miglia Italia, recognised by LRM

Claim

Send 1001 Miglia Italia your LRM homologation numbers; the tracker lists your rides. A diploma.

How it works

Ride all four within one cycle. The cycles are fixed and each starts in a PBP year: 2015 to 2018, 2019 to 2022 and 2023 to 2026, and the tracker carries on in fours from 2027. Rides from two cycles don’t combine, even when they fall within four years of each other, so a PBP in 2019 goes with the 1001 Miglia and LEL of 2019 to 2022, not with those before it.

What counts

Any edition of PBP, the 1001 Miglia Italia and London-Edinburgh-London counts, whichever start or variant you rode. The fourth event is any brevet of 1,200 km or more that LRM sanctions in a European country other than France, Italy and England, such as Ireland’s Míle Fáilte. The organiser names England rather than the United Kingdom, so an event in Scotland or Wales can be the fourth. A 1,000 km BRM doesn’t count, nor does a permanent. The World calendar lists them: choose RM as the type, or a distance of 1,200 km or more.

LEL 2025

LEL 2025 was stopped by Storm Floris, so nobody could finish it. ECR counts it for riders whose card was validated at the Writtle control on the way back, from LEL’s own list, so a rider with PBP 2023, the 1001 Miglia 2024 and that LEL completes the 2023 to 2026 cycle with a European 1,200 in 2026. In the tracker, record that LEL as DNF, however far you rode. It counts towards ECR and no other award, and its place on your progress page is shaded to show it wasn’t finished. The tracker can’t see LEL’s list, so whether your card was validated at Writtle is yours to know. There’s no homologation number to send for it. The organiser’s announcement sets it out.

Applying

• Send 1001 Miglia Italia the LRM homologation number of each event. They reply by e-mail asking you to confirm them, then send the diploma, a certificate with a code of its own.
• The ECR page says how to apply and lists every finisher by cycle.
• Checking your results shows where each homologation number comes from.

In the tracker

The LRM tab on your progress page shows the cycle’s four places and the ride that fills each. The tracker knows a PBP by its ride type, but LEL and the 1001 Miglia only from the calendar event a ride is linked to: add them from the calendar, or match them to their event when you import from Strava. A ride added by hand under that name stays an ordinary RM. For the fourth, check the ride’s country; a UK event counts once its country is Scotland or Wales. When all four are done, Claims records your claim and gives you a list of the rides; the claiming awards help has the steps.