2014 – Aachen

Winner ceremony of the 7th German Hitchhiking Championships 2014 in France

»Allez-vous vers Ambleteuse?«

After a placid meeting in Aachen’s Westpark on the first evening, the 7th German Hitchhiking Championships started in front of Aachens town hall on Saturday. Some minutes before the race started the destination was announced to the participants, this time leading to the French Atlantic coast. After the last teams were constituted, all participants had their starting bibs and the last questions were answered, the starting shot sounded around half past 9. More than 40 participants from Germany and The Netherlands/USA started to a camping ground in Ambleteuse to celebrate the winners on Sunday at the sunny coast.

7th German Hitchhiking Championships

The winners at the beach of Ambleteuse

June 6, 2014
Aachen – Ambleteuse (FRA) – 370 km
43 participants from GER, NED/USA

1. Jaqueline & Gregor (Halle) – 4 h 44′
2. Anna & Carsten (Bonn & Aachen) – 5 h 15′
3. Annika & Tobi (Tübingen) – 5 h 17′

22 teams started in Aachen from which 19 arrived the destination in Ambleteuse. The other three teams gave up on the road or hitchhiked elsewhere. Three teams arrived on Sunday, but they got the louder applause.

• Placement 2014
• Development of the German Hitchhiking Championships since 2008

Press coverage

• Mitteldeutsche Zeitung 22. Juni 2014: Hallenserin und Eisleber holen den Sieg
• Aachener Nachrichten 10. Juni 2014: Nur mit dem Daumen geht’s zum Kanal
• Klenkes.de 14. Mai 2014: Tramper-WM startet in Aachen
• Ostseezeitung 5. Juni 2014: Abgefahren! Am 7. Juni ist die Deutsche Trampmeisterschaft Auf das Titelbild hatten wir leider keinen Einfluss; nach unserer Meinung ist es etwas daneben.

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