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Cycling Marathon Tour de LatEst, July 11th – 24th, 2010

Dear friends,
Estonia and Latvia are two neighbouring countries and there is a lot of common in the history, nature and people of the two nations in Southern Estonia and Northern Latvia regions. Both regions can be proud of the beautiful nature, nice small towns, rich culture heritage and living traditions, there are only few industrial areas and the traffic is rather calm . It is a really nice region for those travelling by bike. The best way to understand that is to come, to cycle and to see it yourself.
According to the goals of the project „ViSoEst by Bike“ a new bicycle route has been developed. The route is called Tour de LatEst, with the total length of 1296 km, half of which going through Estonia, and half - Latvia. The opening event of the new route will be held on July 11th – 24th, 2010. The cyclists will be invited to ride 1000 km in 2 weeks, approximately 70 km per day on average. For accommodation campsites (tenting), tourism farms etc. will be booked. Participants will be served breakfast and supper, some technical support, luggage transportation and sauna/ shower will be organized. Joint entertainment activities for the participants will be organized several times during the Ride. The services incl. 2 meals per day are free of charge for first 90 registered participants.
The Marathon will start on 11th July in Sigulda (LV), easily accessible by train from Riga. The first 2,5 days the participants will cycle through Latvia (Sigulda – Ligatne – Cesis – Smiltene – Valka) and after crossing the border in Valga the next 7 days will be spent in Estonia (Valga – Viljand – Elva – Elistvere – Alatskivi – Tartu – Otepää - Karula NP). The last 5 days will again be spent in Latvia (Ape-Aluksne – Gulbene – Cesvaine – Madona – Ergli - Sigulda). The participants are invited to participate and cycle the full length of the route, as well as only single parts of the route.
You are welcome to join the marathon and spend your cycling vacation in Latvia and Estonia!

Map of Tour de LatEst
Register for cycling marathon
List of registered participants
Marathon rules

EXHIBITION ABOUT ESTONIAN TRAVELLERS

On the 30th of March, 2005 a new exhibition about Estonian travellers was opened in Tartu at Estonian Sports Museum. Among the participating groups there are the Estonian expedition to Mt. Everest, the groups who have completed the trips around the world by sailing boat or by car, several cycling groups, including Vänta Aga Cycling Club. The exhibition will be opened until the end of September.

www.spordimuuseum.ee

BY BICYCLE TO THE HANSEATIC DAYS IN TARTU

Mr. Georg Marquardt from Germany has been working many years on developing an international cycling route “R1”.
Starting from western Europe follows the route through the Baltic countries to St. Peterburgi, connecting many Hanseatic cities.
As the international Hanseatic Days 2005 will be held in Tartu at the end of June (see www.tartu.ee ), it was decided to signpost the Estonian part of the R1 route in April. The work will be done by Vänta Aga Cycling Club and financed by Tartu City Government.
The route in Estonia will be: Valga – Rõuge – Haanja – Räpina – Tartu – Mustvee – Kauksi – Jõhvi – Toila – Sillamäe – Narva.

Welcome to the Hanseatic Days in Tartu by bicycle!

SOME NEW CYCLING TRIPS

1. A Finnish environmental group is preparing a cycling trip around Finnish Gulf by the proposed EuroVelo route No 10.
The preliminary time-table:
June 25. - 29. from Helsinki to Viipuri
June 30. – July 8. in Russia from the Finnish boarder to St. Peterburg, later to Narva
July 9. - 13. from Narva by the sea coast to Tallinn.

All participants are welcome, even just on a part of the trip.
Further information: saara.tveit@dodo.org , susanna.aijala@helsinki.fi

2. Polish organizers propose to participate at the trip from Warsaw to Berlin on July 31.– August 14. Info www.continuo.org.pl

3. Lithuanians are preparing a trip from Klaipedast (Lithuania) to Odessa (Ukraine). The beginning of the trip is on June 24., the planned length of the trip is 7 weeks. More information soon: www.bicycle.lt , www.bicycle.pl