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The regatta Tour du Lac (also called franz. Tour du Léman or Tour du Lac Léman à l’Aviron) is a rowing regatta on the lake Geneva in Switzerland. Since 1972 the regatta is organized every year by the yacht club Société Nautique de Genève at the end of September. The tour, which starts in Geneva and runs around the lake Geneva has a distance from 160 km (99 mi) and is the longest non-stop rowing regatta in the world.
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Route
The starting point of the regatta is the mole of the club Société Nautique de Genève. Traditionelly the route runs on the Swiss lake side past Nyon, Lausanne, Vevey and Montreux to the end of the lake in Villeneuve. Afterwards the boats row along the French lake side past the cities Le Bouveret, Evian and Yvoire back to Geneva. Because of the adverse external conditions in some years the route was changed in the short-run. In addition for reasons of safety every boat is escorted by a motorboat.