Route Information
The SOLA Basel relay race with a total of 80 kilometres is divided into 10 stages of 4.5 to 12 kilometres each. The 2nd SOLA Basel will take place on 25 May 2019.Start and finish area is located at ‘Park im Grünen’ in Münchenstein. Restarts will take place in Liestal and Muttenz.
The run takes you past many places of interest: Roche Tower, Basel Art Museum, Ermitage Arlesheim, Gempen, old part of Liestal, Wildenstein castle and Wartenberg. The varied stages of the run cover
4 cantons: Basel-City, Basel-Country, Solothurn and Aargau
2 cities: Basel and Liestal
20 municipalities: Arlesheim, Augst, Birsfelden, Bubendorf, Büren, Dornach, Frenkendorf, Füllinsdorf, Gempen, Hölstein, Kaiseraugst, Lampenberg, Lausen, Liestal, Münchenstein, Muttenz, Nuglar-St.Pantaleon, Pratteln, Ramlinsburg und Seltisberg.
– as well as 5 rivers: Rhine, Birs, Orisbach, Frenke, and Ergolz.
1. Getting started: 5,9 km
Park im Grünen – Theodorskirchplatz
2. Sightseeing: 8.6 km
Theodorskirchplatz – Park im Grünen
3. Let͛s go: 4.3 km
Park im Grünen – Arlesheim
4. Uphill: 9.1 km
Arlesheim – Gempen Dorf
5. Downhill: 10.7 km
Gempen Dorf – Schönmatt – Liestal
6. Old part of town: 4.6 km
Liestal – Bubendorf
7. Wildenstein castle: 12.2 km
Bubendorf – Liestal
8. Theater Augusta Raurica: 8,4 km
Liestal – Augst
9. Hardwald: 9,8 km
Augst – Muttenz
10. Final sprint: 6,4 km
Muttenz – Park im Grünen
| Starting times | Transition zones | Remarks | GPX | |||
| 1 | 5.9 km | from 8.30 am | Park im Grünen – Theodorskirchplatz | Start SOLA Basel | Download | |
| 2 | 8.6 km | from 8.45 am | Theodorskirchplatz – Park im Grünen | Download | ||
| 3 | 4.3 km | from 9.10 am | Park im Grünen – Arlesheim | Download | ||
| 4 | 9.1 km | from 9.25 am | Arlesheim – Gempen | Download | ||
| 5 | 10.7 km | from 10.10 am | Gempen – Liestal | Download | ||
| 6 | 4.6 km | 1.30 pm | Liestal – Bubendorf | Mass start* | Download | |
| 7 | 12.2 km | from 1.45 pm | Bubendorf – Liestal | Download | ||
| 8 | 8.4 km | from 2.30 pm | Liestal – Augst | Download | ||
| 9 | 9.8 km | from 3.10 pm | Augst – Muttenz | Download | ||
| 10 | 6.4 km | 5.25/ 5.25 pm | Muttenz – Park im Grünen | Chase start/ mass start* | Download |
* Mass start: In order to bring the runner back together, all runners start together. At the chase start in the last stage, the teams in the first row start with their individual distances first, followed by a mass start with the rest of the teams.
| Distance | n | Starting times | Transition zones | |
| 1 | 5.9 km | from 8.30 am | Park im Grünen – Theodorskirchplatz | |
| 2 | 8.6 km | from 8.45 am | Theodorskirchplatz – Park im Grünen | |
| 3 | 4.3 km | from 9.10 am | Park im Grünen – Arlesheim | |
| 4 | 9.1 km | from 9.25 am | Arlesheim – Gempen | |
| 5 | 10.7 km | from 10.10 am | Gempen – Liestal | |
| 6 | 4.6 km | 1.30 pm | Liestal – Bubendorf* | |
| 7 | 12.2 km | from 1.45 pm | Bubendorf – Liestal | |
| 8 | 8.4 km | from 2.30 pm | Liestal – Augst | |
| 9 | 9.8 km | from 3.10 pm | Augst – Muttenz | |
| 10 | 6.4 km | 5.15/ 5.25 pm | Muttenz – Park im Grünen* |
* Mass start: In order to bring the runner back together, all runners start together. At the chase start in the last stage, the teams in the first row start with their individual distances first, followed by a mass start with the rest of the teams.