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Association pour le développement
des Véloroutes et Voies Vertes
celebration of cycling
AF3V Bike ride Vienna - Nantes 2014
In order to celebrate VELO-CITY Nantes 2015, AF3V is organising a bike ride from Vienna
(VELO-CITY 2013) to Nantes (VELO-CITY 2015)
Distance: 2222 km. Etapes de 50 à 70 km/day
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Austria: 322 Km (1 week)
Germany: 620 km (12 days)
Switerland: 130 km (3 days)
France: 1150 km (3 weeks)
Date: 30 May to 14 July 2014
Duration: 44 stages separated by a rest day in the Doubs: 45 days total.
30 May is the closing ceremony of Velocity Adelaide 2014. The ride will depart following
a screening of the ceremony.
Course: Mainly Eurovéloroute Rivers (EV 6) (see detail below)
Objectives:
• Promote Velo-city 2015 Nantes
• Promote Euroveloroute 6 and local infrastructure
• Encourage the creation of new VV (greenways) and the emergence of new projects
Partenaires : NANTES-METROPOLE, AF3V et ECF (European Cyclist Federation).
Organisational programme:
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May 2013: First contacts with journalists
September 2013: Contact Swiss, German and Austrian partners
February to May 2014: Reconnaissance of route and accommodation
March 2014: Communication with general and specialist media
Meeting with clubs and regional associations to promote local, national and European
projects.
Michel Bonduelle will use his knowledge of the French journalistic community to disseminate
information on this ride in agreement with Nantes Métropole (City of Nantes)
Team:
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Project Manager: Philippe Cazalis
AF3V Coordinator, ECF, Nantes Métropole: Jean-Pierre Jonchère
Host Communications / Media (CRT, CDT, etc.): Michel Bonduelle
Logistics AF3V Frédéric Rollet and Sophie Pouilly
Options for accommodation, meals and funding:
Gymnasia, boarding schools, dormitories and camp sites.
A contribution of around €20 per day will be requested from participants, who will be required
to join AF3V.
This contribution will cover camping/gym accommodation, breakfast and dinner, but not lunch.
Participants wishing to stay in a hotel will book and pay directly with the hotel.
Feeder rides:
Additional excursions will depart from different locations to join the main ride.
Three have already been decided on and others are under negotiation:
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Versailles - Angers
Limousin – Loire - Allier
Caen - Angers - Loire
Paris - Orleans
Brest - Nantes
Roscoff - Nantes by EV4
Krakow – Austria
More feeders are suggested in Hungary, Croatia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Austria,
Bavaria, Bade-Wurtemberg, Italy, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium, U.K., Ireland and Spain. If
you would like to organise a feeder ride, please contact us (see our contact information below).
Stages (provisional programme)
Carte ECF disponible sur : http://www.eurovelo.org/downloads/eurovelo-map
Austria
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30 May: Vienna - Tulln (38 km)
31 May: Tulln - Krems (46 km)
1 June: Krems - Melk (38 km)
2 June: Melk - Grein (52 km)
3 June: Grein - Linz (62 km)
4 June: Linz - Niederanna (63 km)
(Possibility of detour along the Iron Curtain Trail, a cycling route following the former
Iron Curtain, on the border between former East Germany and former West Germany)
5 June: Niederanna - Passau (31 km)
Germany
Bavaria
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6 June: Passau - Deggendorf (61 km)
7 June: Deggendorf - Straubing (34 km)
8 June: Straubing - Regensburg (57 km)
9 June: Regensburg - Kelheim (31 km)
(Possibility of detour along Altmühltal - Radweg, a trail through the Altmühltal nationalpark along the Main - Danube canal. Beautifully scenery as far as Beilngries (40 km) half
way along the Kelheim - Nürnberg link)
10 June: Kelheim - Ingolstadt (40 km)
11 June: Ingolstadt - Donauwörth (64 km)
12 June: Donauwörth - Dillingen (36 km)
13 June: Dillingen - Ulm (56 km)
(Possibility of detour along the Iller - Radweg and Memmingen (50 km from Ulm).
Bade - Wurtemberg
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14 June: Ulm - Riedlingen (70 km)
15 June: Riedlingen - Sigmaringen (35 km)
16 June: Sigmaringen - Tuttlingen (53 km)
17 June: Tuttlingen - Radolfzell, Lake Constance (50 km)
(Possiblility of detour along the Bodensee - Radweg)
Swisterland
• 18 June: Radolfzell - Schaffhausen (40 km)
• 19 June: Schaffhausen - Koblenz/Waldshut (50 km)
• 20 June: Koblenz/Waldshut - Basel (55 km)
France
Alsace
• 21 June: Basel - Mulhouse (50 km)
• (Possible detour along the Rhine - Radweg)
• 22 June: Mulhouse – Dannemarie (30 km)
Franche - Comté
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Dannemarie - Montbeliard (45 km)
Montbéliard - Baume-les-Dames (40 km)
Baume-les-Dames - Besançon (45 km)
REST DAY on Thursday
Besancon - Dôle (50 km)
Bourgogne
• 28 June: Dôle - Chalon/Saône (50 km)
• 29 June: Chalon/Saône - Montceau-les-Mines (66 km)
• (Possibility detour along the Tour of Burgundy, in particular the Wine Véloroute betweenBeaune and Santenay)
• 30 June: Montceau–les-Mines - Digoin (50 km)
• 1 July: Digoin - Decize (68 km)
• (Possible detour along the Tour of Burgundy, along the Canal du Nivernais)
• 2 July: Decize - Nevers (40 km)
Centre
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3 July: Nevers - Sancerre (67 km)
4 July: Sancerre - Briare (45 km)
5 July: Briare - Sully/sur Loire (32 km)
6 July: Sully - Orleans (45 km)
7 July: Orleans - Blois (65 km)
(Between Orleans and Tours, possible to take EV3)
8 July: Blois - Amboise (43 km)
(Between Blois and Chinon, several possible detours including “Pays des Chateaux à
Vélo)”
• 9 July: Amboise - Langeais (59 km)
• 10 July: Langeais - Chinon (38 km)
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11 July: Chinon - Saumur (35km)
12 July: Saumur - Angers (63 km)
(Possibile detours along the Maine river and the Mayenne bike route)
13 July: Angers - St-Florent / Varades (58 km)
14 July: St Florent / Varades-Nantes (50 km)
(Possible connection with Vélodyssée-EV1 via Nantes-St Brevin bike route or NantesBrest canal)
Vienna, VELO-CITY 2013
AF3V
www.af3v.org
Nantes, European Green capital 2013
30 Avenue Eugène Gazeau
60300 SENLIS - France
Tel : 09.63.29.52.52
[email protected]