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20KM de Lausanne in Lausanne
Lausanne's signature road race climbs from the Lake Geneva waterfront at Ouchy through the city's steep hillside streets, combining a 20km headline race with shorter runs and children's events that push total participation into the tens of thousands each April. The hilly course and lakefront start make it as much a citywide running festival as a competitive race.
The 20km de Lausanne is built around one of Switzerland's steepest urban race courses, climbing from the Lake Geneva waterfront at Ouchy up through Lausanne's terraced streets before looping back toward the finish, a profile that makes the event as much a test of hill running as of pure speed.