← All eventsLyon-Genève Ultra Night Ride
302.5km semi-supported single-push road ultra from Lyon to Divonne-les-Bains, largely on the ViaRhôna. Flat-fast (~3,381m climbing), 23:00 night start. Solo/duo/team, 5 staffed bases, GPS-timed. ~9-16hr finish.
A 302km road ultra that starts at 11pm and rides its first half through the dark. Lyon to Divonne-les-Bains, point to point, largely along the flat ViaRhona greenway beside the Rhone.
It is fast, not brutal. Very little climbing, and most of it is draftable valley road. The 2025 winner averaged 33.5 km/h and finished in 9:09. The field median was 12:21.
The catch: a third of that climbing lands in one late pass, the Col de la Faucille, at 250km on no sleep. Speed comes from the group and holding back early, not from ego in the dark.
Who finishes, and how
Patterns like these, drawn straight from 2025 race data, are baked into how Beina coaches you for this event.
Is Lyon-Genève Ultra Night Ride for you?
- Diesel endurance riders who can hold a steady sub-threshold pace for 9 to 16 hours without blowing up.
- Confident group riders. On the flat, making the right bunch and sharing the work decides your time far more than raw watts.
- Riders with fade-resistant threshold power, still able to climb the Faucille hard after 200km on tired legs.
- Anyone at home in the dark: charged lights, a settled head through the small hours, disciplined fuelling when appetite dies.
Training plan for Lyon-Genève Ultra Night Ride
A training plan for Lyon-Genève Ultra Night Ride isn't a generic base build. Beina reads the event's exact demands, looks at your specific profile and the time you actually have, and maps a highly adapted plan to the start line.
- Around 200km of flat, draftable valley road in the dark, where going out too hard feels effortless and wrecks you later.
- The 02:00 to 05:00 circadian low, when core temperature drops, focus fades and appetite disappears.
- A real Jura pass, the Col de la Faucille, at 250km on no sleep, where the draft stops saving you.
- Fuelling 60 to 90g of carbs an hour for the full duration, including when nothing sweet appeals.
- Long Z2 road rides building progressively toward 8 to 12 hours, with fuelling rehearsal tagged onto each.
- Climbs-off-the-back: a 4 to 7 hour ride finishing with 2 to 4 x 10-20min climbs at 80-90% FTP, so your climbing legs survive to the Faucille.
- Through-midnight rides of 4 to 6 hours spanning 23:00 to 04:00 to practise the dark and the low.
- Sweet spot and tempo work to make your flat event pace sit lower in the band.
- Built from your current fitness and the time you actually have
- Adapts every week as Beina learns how you respond
- Syncs your sessions straight to Garmin and Wahoo
- One clear next session, never a wall of spreadsheet
