Details
- date
- 7 February 2026
- start
- 09:00
- finish
- 22:30 (13:30)
- distance
- 200km
- sign-up
- closed
- organiser
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Eva Jacobs
zwolle@randonneurs.nl - start location
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Mercure Zwolle
Hertsenbergweg 1
8041 BA Zwolle + Google Maps
Zwolle: Dolmens
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- date
- 7 February 2026
- start
- 09:00
- finish
- 22:30 (13:30)
- distance
- 200km
- sign-up
- closed
- organiser
-
Eva Jacobs
zwolle@randonneurs.nl - start location
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Mercure Zwolle
Hertsenbergweg 1
8041 BA Zwolle + Google Maps
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Dolmen – from Breton (Celtic language): dol – table, men – stone. In the Netherlands, it's known by its Germanic name – hunebed (Hüne/hune = giant, bett/grab/bed = bed or grave). Dolmens were built from the beginning of the 5th to the beginning of the 2nd century BC as ossuaries/bone houses (rather than graves). They can be found in Northern, Western, or Southern Europe, North Africa, the Near and Far East, and India. The largest dolmen in the world is Dolmen de Menga in Spain, 27.5 m long and 6 m wide. And with a capstone weighing 180 tons!
The largest dolmen in the Netherlands is in Borger, D27, with a modest capstone (one of them) weighing 20 tons. But its dimensions of 22.6 m long and 4.1 m wide are still impressive. And D27 is the destination of this brevet. Along the way, we'll pass many more beautiful areas: a beautiful part of Weerriben-Wieden National Park, Dwingelderveld National Park, radio telescopes, the Harry Muskee refuge farm in Grolloo, the Drentsche Aa with its many dolmens, and Orvelte. Because most dolmens are often found along cobblestone roads, we won't visit them all.
There are four checkpoints:
CP1 - Bospub - café: stamp, consumption receipt, or a selfie with the location as proof of passage
CP2 - D27 dolmen in Borger: answer the question (so no selfie!)
CP3 - Orvelte - free checkpoint: stamp, consumption receipt, or a selfie with the location as proof of passage
CP4 - Zuidwolde - free checkpoint: stamp, consumption receipt, or a selfie with the location as proof of passage
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12 DNS 6 DNF 130 FINISHEDrandonneur time homologation Adrie Nillesen 10:00 1033080 Andreas Tilles 
10:00 1033114 Aneez Muhammed
10:14 1033072 Antanina Kisialevich 8:59 1033055 Arend Mulder 🇳🇱
6:45 1033074 Bas Altena 10:02 1033003 Bas Kaldenbach
6:50 1033053 Ben Schipper
10:18 1033100 Benjamin van Vianen
6:45 1033121 Bernd Weyer 9:58 1033128 Bert Snoeckx 7:25 1033106 Bertus van de Bunt
7:51 1033016 Boi Dreesens 7:30 1033026 Bram Blok
6:30 1033009 Brigitta de Vries
8:54 1033126 Carlo van Duren
8:56 1033027 Chris Chambers
8:19 1033018 Claudia van Tellingen
8:32 1033110 Daniel Falk
8:25 1033030 Dennie van Oene
8:53 1033082 Dirk Thomassen
8:14 1033112 Eelco Weijmans
9:18 1033127 Elmar Sistermanns 8:23 1033105 Emiel Boersma 8:26 1033010 Erik Berendsen 10:07 1033007 Eva Jacobs
11:30 1033051 Evert Bakker 6:29 1033005 Fabrizio Ferrari
7:38 1033031 Felix Müller 9:59 1033076 Frank Buytaert
7:38 1033017 Frank Fit 7:20 1033032 Frank van Eck
7:56 1033028 Geert Timmer
8:22 1033115 Geert-jan Vos
6:45 1033123 Gerard van Heel
9:14 1033039 Gerben van den Oord 8:09 1033083 Gerrit Knol 6:56 1033058 Gert Jan Schilder
7:02 1033099 Gerwin van de Vegte 6:59 1033118 Gina Lamberts
10:30 1033062 Guus Tiberghien
8:52 1033113 Heidi Broker
9:07 1033014 Henry Rijkenberg
7:52 1033091 Herman van Soest
6:45 1033107 Hermann Odenthal
10:00 1033081 Herrick Poelman
8:27 1033089 Hessel Leijenaar
8:38 1033063 Huib Schakenraad
8:08 1033098 Igor Zakharov 7:40 1033132 Jaap Gorter
10:20 1033038 Jan Beukenberg 11:12 1033008 Jan Homeyer 11:12 1033046 Jan Kuklinski
10:01 1033061 Jan Pieter Kockelkorn
9:04 1033059 Jan Stoel
7:53 1033109 Jan de Jager
7:46 1033052 Jos Hendriks
11:30 1033041 Karl Klein 9:02 1033057 Kemal Arslan
7:57 1033004 Koen van Ginkel
8:37 1033036 Lars Ossenkoppele
7:38 1033085 Laurens Dhaese
6:45 1033021 Maarten Russchen
9:09 1033097 Marcel Dieperink 11:05 1033023 Marcel Poodt
10:21 1033090 Mario Ketels 7:07 1033054 Mark Coenen
10:40 1033019 Mark Klaver
7:40 1033056 Mark de Vos
9:08 1033125 Martijn Dijkshoorn
6:57 1033025 Martijn Rouwen
8:27 1033095 Martin Elsendoorn 9:20 1033029 Martin Scholte Lubberink
10:17 1033102 Matthew Pearson
8:05 1033087 Matthieu Bos
10:08 1033011 Matthijs Plender 10:18 1033088 Max van Lingen
10:24 1033066 Meghna Mohamed
10:14 1033071 Niek de Vos 🇳🇱 7:00 1033124 Patrick Stalherm 10:29 1033108 Peer van Wijk
10:13 1033129 Peter Fokkinga
10:00 1033033 Peter Mul
7:40 1033073 Peter Verhouden
7:25 1033120 Peter de Rond
7:40 1033093 Peter van den Bos
8:05 1033012 Philippe Negro
9:25 1033077 Piet Marcus van der Meulen
10:22 1033069 Pieter van Veelen
11:50 1033117 Pim Heijnen
8:33 1033040 Ralf Buiter 9:30 1033015 Ralf Ringenaldus
6:39 1033092 Richard Frychel
6:50 1033034 Ritchie Limaheluw
11:04 1033065 Rob van Goor
10:30 1033037 Robert Bangma
8:10 1033006 Robert Hoejenbos
11:50 1033045 Robert Oskam 7:25 1033084 Robert Wittendorp
8:55 1033130 Roel Massink 6:54 1033067 Roel Ottens
10:03 1033086 Rolf de Ruiter 7:00 1033096 Ronald Rondeel
10:15 1033094 Ronald Sietses
9:01 1033104 Sandra Nijenhuis
10:22 1033079 Simon Hucklenbroich 9:55 1033048 Stef van Diepen 7:40 1033022 Stephan van Hienen
6:45 1033043 Stephan van den Nieuwendijk 7:08 1033078 Susanne Höing 8:05 1033050 Ted Maters 9:16 1033068 Theo Mulder
7:49 1033075 Theo Wolfs
9:22 1033131 Theunis van Dijk
7:25 1033024 Thomas Lewinski
9:27 1033064 Tiemen van Tuinen
6:45 1033116 Tim Koelewijn 7:32 1033060 Tim Schmelting 8:25 1033101 Tom Hospes
7:40 1033047 Tom van Tellingen
8:32 1033111 Trudy Scholte Lubberink
10:14 1033103 Udo Huiskes 10:25 1033049 Uladzimir Mihura
7:40 1033070 Valerie Creemers 🇧🇪
7:27 1033020 Vladimir Arcilla Hernandez
9:17 1033042 Werner Velis
9:07 1033119 Wilbert Hilverda
9:10 1033044 Wim Brink
9:20 1033013 Wim Vogelaar
7:55 1033122 Youhe Gao 9:56 1033035 -
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