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Win a cycling holiday with the EuroVelo Summer Photo Contest 2021!

Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Summer is here again, and with it, the latest edition of the EuroVelo Summer Photo Contest! Share the best picture of your cycle holidays along EuroVelo 15 - Rhine Cycle Route or EuroVelo 19 - Meuse Cycle Route and win a cycle tourist package along a section of these routes. Our Instagram followers choose the winner!

As we aim for #MoreCyclingTourism this summer, wouldn’t it be fantastic to go on a week-long cycling holiday at the expense of EuroVelo? To participate, all you need to do is enter the contest via www.contest.eurovelo.com and share a photo of your cycling holiday with us on Instagram. The photo that receives the most likes will be crowned the winner and its author will be awarded a cycle tourist package along a section of EuroVelo 15 – Rhine Cycle Route or EuroVelo 19 – Meuse Cycle Route (see the disclaimer below).

EuroVelo Summer Photo Contest 2021
EuroVelo Summer Photo Contest 2021

Rules of the contest

  • Your picture should contain a bike and it should be taken along either EuroVelo 15 or EuroVelo 19.
  • The contest will take place between July 12 (12am CEST) and August 27 (11:59pm CEST). Submissions outside this period will not be considered.
  • Submit your entry on www.eurovelo.com/contest (the link will only be valid for the duration of the contest).
  • Mention @ecfeurovelo together with BOTH of these hashtags: #EuroVelo #MoreCyclingTourism in your post on Instagram
  • Mention #EuroVelo15Contest or #EuroVelo19Contest depending on which route you took the picture on and mention the location in the description of your post on Instagram
  • Only one entry per person is allowed. If you share multiple photos, only the first one will be accepted.

If your photo respects the rules of the contest, we will share it on the EuroVelo Instagram account, tagging you back. The photos with the highest number of likes on 27 August at 11.59pm will be the winner for each route.

You can increase your chance of winning by performing a number of actions:

Each of these actions counts as 20 likes, for a maximum of 100 likes. Performing the same action multiple times will not grant additional likes.

The winners will be announced shortly after the closing of the contest and win cycle tourist package along a section of EuroVelo 15 – Rhine Cycle Route or EuroVelo 19 – Meuse Cycle Route. The available tourist packages will be proposed by www.bike-touring.de and www.dutch-biketours.com and can be used until 30 September 2022. For any questions regarding the contest, please contact [email protected].

So prepare your camera and hop on your bike to capture the best cycling moments of your summer!

Winning photo 2020 taken along EuroVelo 15 in Rheinfall, Switzerland
Winning photo 2020 taken along EuroVelo 15 in Rheinfall, Switzerland
Winning photo 2020 taken along EuroVelo 19 in Montcy-Notre-Dame, France
Winning photo 2020 taken along EuroVelo 19 in Montcy-Notre-Dame, France

Disclaimer: The person sharing the picture authorizes the European Cyclists´ Federation (ECF) to use it on social media, publications or for any other non-profit purpose. The author of the picture declares to be the owner of the picture property rights by sharing it with ECF. ECF keeps the right to consider any picture not in line with the purposes of the contest or inappropriate and to disqualify it. Any doubts on the way a picture acquired likes (´buying likes´ or similar) will result in disqualification. ECF only covers up to €1200 of the value of the tourist package. Prices are subject to the season, extras, etc. ECF retains the right not to award any prize at its absolute discretion.