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The 24 Heures Vélo du Bois de la Cambre (in English: the 24-hour bike ride of Bois de la Cambre) is the largest annual Scouts and Guides rally in Belgium, which takes place, as its name suggests, in the lovely surroundings of the Bois de la Cambre in Brussels. The registered teams have to cover as many kilometres as possible from noon on Saturday to noon on Sunday, according to the relay race system. Alongside the race itself, there is a special category of bikes riding on the circuit: the folk bikes, decorated in accordance with the theme of the occasion. The race is also enlivened by a contest of stands, as well as an "animation village" offering numerous activities. The 24 Heures Vélo du Bois de la Cambre is not the first 24-hour cycle race organised for scouts. There have been at least three races before, one in Zolder, one in Heysel (around 1979) and the third in Louvain-La-Neuve in 1981. In 1985 Stephane Frantzen, had the idea of organising a cycle race for the scout troops in the region. Very quickly, the number of registered sections rose and troops from all over Belgium registered. 30, 50, 70 and then 100 or more bikes now participate in the event. The minimum age to participate in the 24 hours being 12 years old, the following year, Pierre Montero proposed to create a race for children aged between 7 and 12 within the circuit of the 24 hours, initially called "5h Bicross du Bois de la Cambre" and later renamed "5 heures VTT du Bois de la Cambre".

In 1996, following a change in the organisation team, the race did not take place.

Since February 2003, the organisers have been grouped in the non-profit organisation "24 heures vélo du Bois de la Cambre" to perpetuate the organisation of this event.

During the centenary of scouting in 2007, it was decided not to organise the race in order to participate in the organisation of JAMbe, the largest scouting gathering in the world to date.

At the 27th race, in March 2013, the wintry weather conditions, exceptional for the season, brought the race to an early end and it was interrupted in the middle of the night, first temporarily and then permanently due to snowfall. This is the first cancellation in the history of the race. The participants who were forced to spend the night were taken care of by the organisers and the Red Cross. Three or four minor cases of hypothermia were recorded.

Two weeks before the start of the 34th race, the government took exceptional measures to limit the spread of the Covid-19 virus. One of them was to ban all gatherings, therefore the event had to be cancelled.

Since 2005, the number of participants for the 24h and the 5h has been around 10,000 each year, making it the largest annual scouting event in Belgium