Traffic safety
The Tour drives in closed
formation (about 300 metres long), from Berlin to Zurich continually
accompanied by a police escort. Official roads are used,
the average pace will be approx. 26 kms/h. It is not possible to use
normal bike routes. The Tour cyclists are obliged wear a helmet. All
participants are liability-insured.
Sponsors: ASL / Autohaus Lang / Weinmann GmbH&Co.KG / Aktion
Mensch /
AUDI / BAUM / Audiodata / hahner / HEM - Schwerger Stiftung
The Route
1500 kms in 10 stages
with 11,610 metres height difference from Berlin via Leipzig, Erfurt,
Fulda, Tauberbischofsheim, Stuttgart, Ulm, Munich, Füssen,
Bregenz to Zurich.
Friday, 02.06.06
– 1. Stage, 190 kms
Berlin · Lutherstadt ·
Wittenberg · Leipzig
08:00 h Starting shot
fired by Eva L. Köhler and Wolfgang Thierse in front of the Reichstag
12:30 h Wittenberg Town
Hall, Mayor Neumann
17:00 h Leipzig Town Hall,
Sports Dept., Inge Kunath
Saturday, 03.06.06
– 2. Stage, 140 kms
Leipzig · Jena · Erfurt
08:00 h Starting
shot at Apart-Hotel Haus Böhlen, Mayor Ms. M Gangloff
12:00 h Jena Town Hall,
Mayor Dr. P. Röhlinger
16:30 h Erfurt National
Office, MP Dr. Althaus
Sunday, 04.06.06
– 3. Stage, 140 kms
Erfurt · Bad Salzungen
· Fulda
08:00 h Starting shot
at Erfurt Town Hall by Mayor M. Ruge
12:00 h Bad Salzungen
Town Hall, Mayor Seidler
16:00 h Fulda Castle,
Mayor G. Möller
Monday, 05.06.06
– Leisure Day at Fulda
09:30 h Pontifical Mass
in front of the Cathedral led by Bishop Marx from Trier
11:30 h Bishop Algermissen
from Fulda welcomes the ETT participants
Tuesday, 06.06.06
– 4. Stage, 165 kms
Fulda · Lohr/Main · Tauberbischofsheim
12:00 h Lohr Town Hall,
Mayor S. Seliger
17:00 h Tauberbischofsheim
Town Hall, Mayor W. Vockel
Wednesday, 07.06.06
– 5. Stage, 165 kms
Tauberbischofsheim · Heilbronn
· Stuttgart
12:00 h Heilbronn Town
Hall, Mayor Ms..M. Mergen
17:00 h Stuttgart Town
Hall, Mayor G. Müller-Trimbusch
Thursday, 08.06.06
– 6. Stage, 120 kms
Stuttgart · Neuhausen/F.
· Esslingen · Ebersbach/F. ·Ulm
08:00 h Starting shot
at Stuttgart’s New Castle by Minister President G. Öttinger
09:00 h Neuhausen/F. Town
Hall, Mayor Hacker
10:30 h Esslingen Town
Hall, Mayor Dr. M. Raab
12:00 h Ebersbach Town
Hall, Mayor E. Wolff
17:00 h Ulm Town Hall,
Mayor J. Gönner
Friday, 09.06.06
– 7. Stage, 160 kms
Ulm · Schwabmunich · Munich
12:00 h Schwabmunich Town
Hall, Mayor H. J. Neumann
17:00 h Munich Town Hall,
Representative of Mayor C. Ude
Saturday, 10.06.06
– Leisure Day at Munich
10:00 h Reception at the
Bavarian State Dept. with its President Alois Glück
12:00
h Forum European Parliament
Sunday, 11.06.06
– 8. Stage, 140 kms
Munich · Murnau · Füssen
12:00 h Murnau Town Hall,
Mayor Dr. M. Rapp
17:00 h Füssen Town Hall,
Mayor Ch. Gangl
Monday, 12.06.06
– 9. Stage, 145 kms
Füssen · Immenstadt ·
Bregenz
12:00 h Immenstadt Town
Hall, Mayor Bischoff
17:00 h Home of Bregenz
Cantonal Parliament, Head of Cantonal Parliament S. Sterner and
Bregenz Mayor M. Linhart
Tuesday, 13.06.06
– 10. Stage, 135 kms
Bregenz · Winterthur ·
Zürich
12:30 h Winterthur Town
Hall, Mayor E. Wohlwerd
16:00 h Zurich Town Hall,
Mayor Dr. E. Ledergerber
Wednesday, 14.06.06
– End of the ETT 06
Sponsors:
Santen / Berufsverband der Augenärzte Deutschlands e.V. (BVA) / Curano /
Novartis Ophthalmics / SIEMENS / Lufthansa / DAK
The Organization
The Pro Retina Deutschland
e. V. is a self-help organization of people with hereditary-related
retina diseases such as age-related macular degeneration
(AMD), macular degeneration
(MD), Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) and others.
The essential
tasks of our organizations are:
