1. Ludwig Isert P-Seminar Munich by Bike Hr. Lanzenstiel
Asam-Gymnasium München
Munich by bike: Bicycle racing
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2. Index of Contents
1. Introduction.................................................................................................................................. 3
2. Tour de Munich ........................................................................................................................... 4
2.1 Fürstenried West – Tutzing .................................................................................................. 4
2.2 Tutzing – Wohlfrahtshausen................................................................................................ 6
2.3 Wohlfrahtshausen – Thalkirchen ....................................................................................... 8
2.4 Thalkirchen – Leopoldstraße............................................................................................. 10
3. Possible Financiers ..............................................................Fehler! Textmarke nicht definiert.
4. Closure ........................................................................................................................................ 12
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3. 1. Introduction
Millions of spectators all over the world watched this year
Tour de France, the third largest sporting event in the world
and the main bicycle racing event. In 1903 was the Tour de
France the first bicycle race separated into stages. This idea
to organize sequent races across France was developed by
the French journalist Géo Lefèvre. On 1st July 1903 the first
Tour de France started in Auberge Reveil Matin, a suburb of
Paris. 60 riders attended the 6 stages with an overall length
of 2428 km from Paris across the cities Lyon, Marseille,
Toulouse Bordeaux and Nantes back to Paris. This year the
Australian Cadal Evans won the 5500km long Tour. From an
early age I was fascinated by the unbelievable efforts of the
riders and the solitary fight against the extreme gradients in
the Alps or the Pyrenees. The idea of my work was to create
a race similar to the Tour de France for amateur rider through
Munich. The Tour de Munich is divided into four stages and
about 150km long. There is an award ceremony after every
stage and a ceremony to appoint the winner of the Tour de
Munich in front of the Feldherrenhalle.
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4. 2. Tour de Munich
The destinations and beginnings of the stages are all connected to
the underground or the urban railway and easily reachable from
any part of the town
2.1 Fürstenried West – Tutzing
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5. The Tour de Munich starts at the Underground station Fürstenried West.
The riders drive through the Forstenrieder Park and the Leutstettener
Moos towards the bank of the Starnberger See. After circling half of the
Lake and crossing Seeshaupt and Bernried the riders arrive at the
destination Tutzing.
Length: 53 km
Maximum gradient: 8.8%
Maximum slope: -10.1%
Highlights of the stage:
• The Romanesque church St. Alto in Leutstetten. Build in the 18th
century.
• The castle Leutstetten. Build in the year 1565.
• The Villa Rustica, a latin cottage.
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6. 2.2 Tutzing – Wohlfrahtshausen
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7. From Tutzing the Tour continues via the beautiful landscape of the
Osterseen and turns towards the Starnberger See. Along the Loisach the
riders arrive in Wohlfrahtshausen.
Length: 50km
Maximum gradient: 11.1%
Maximum slope: -23%
Highlights of the stage:
• Heuwinkelkapelle in Iffeldorf. Build 1793
• Wohlfrathshausen and its beautiful historic centre.
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8. 2.3 Wohlfrahtshausen – Thalkirchen
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9. The third stage of the Tour de Munich goes along the bank of the river
Isar through the village Pullach towards Munich. The stage ends in the
quarter Thalkrichen.
Length: 25.1km
Maximum gradient: 19.7%
Maximum slope: -14.2%
Highlights of the stage
• The Isar and its magnificent nature
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10. 2.4 Thalkirchen – Leopoldstraße
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11. The last stage is not so exhausting as the other three stages. The Stage
starts in Thalkirchen and goes again along the bank of the Isar towards
the historic centre of Munich and ends on the boulevard Leopoldstraße.
Length: 18.4km
Maximum gradient: 9.4%
Maximum slope: -14.5%
Highlights of the stage:
• Maximilianeum. The domicile of the Bavarian parliament.
• Theatienerkirche. A baroque church build 1675.
• Feldherrenhalle. A monumental loggia build 1844.
• Ludwig Maximialian Univeristät. The university of munich.
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12. 3. Closure
The Tour de Munich shows the observer all the beautiful sides of
munich and his surrounding areas. Especially the Isar which
accompanies the riders during the whole tour is a unique natural
highlight. An event like this could be easily financed by a lot of
sponsors because a lot of spectators and tourists are attracted. It
would be one of the largest amateur bicycle racing events in the
World and a good publicity for the city.
Sources :
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/
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