Barrier-free services for the 1st stage on Saturday, 1 July
Barrier-free services for the 1st stage on Saturday, 1 July
Grandstands for people with disabilities (wheelchair)
Wheelchair users can experience the first stage from a total of four stands. A grandstand is provided for 80 wheelchair users and their escorts in Heinrich-Heine-Allee, right next to the Deutsche Oper am Rhein. At Reeser Platz, platforms are provided for 90 wheelchair users and their escorts. There are also wheelchair platforms at Graf-Adolf-Platz and at Kaiser-Friedrich-Ring.
Audio description
The audio description on the day of the 1st stage is at Reeser Platz, on the corner of Rotterdamer Straße.
Car parking for people with disabilities
In order to allow for short distances, mobility-impaired people (with appropriate ID) have the opportunity to park their vehicles on special parking spaces for the Grand Départ. Thus, on the day of the 1st stage, 60 parking spaces for disabled people will be set up on Maximilian-Weye-Allee. The distance from the wheelchair grandstand at Heinrich-Heine-Allee is 420 metres, and it can be reached without steps. Further parting areas can be found at Reeser Platz, Feldmühlenplatz, Kaiserswerther Straße. All the parking areas for people with disabilities with the corresponding ID are located close to the stands mentioned above and are shown on the overview maps. Parking tickets can be pre-booked online for 5 Euros until Friday, 30 June, 9 pm, after which the tickets will be sold at the respective parking areas (cash only). Information on the parking tickets for people with disabilities and booking at: www.parkvogel.de/granddepart; the parking space is then reserved.
Travelling by public transport
The Rheinbahn, and thus the public transport, is also prepared for people with disabilities. The following barrier-free stops are available at the event grounds: ESPRIT arena/Messe Nord, Freiligrathplatz, Messe Ost/Stockumer Kirchstraße, Nordpark/Aquazoo, Reeser Platz, Victoriaplatz/Klever Straße, Nordstraße, Tonhalle/Ehrenhof, Schadowstraße, Pempelforter Straße, Heinrich-Heine-Allee, Benrather Straße, Steinstraße/Königsallee, Oststraße, Graf-Adolf-Platz, main station. Further information on accessibility at www.rheinbahn.de/kontakt/Barrierefreiheit.
Crossing the racetrack
Facilities, such as the barrier-free crossings of the racetrack are shown by pictograms in the overview plans. Due to the high speed of the racing cyclists, there are no possibilities to cross the track apart from the ground level crossings. Barrier-free crossing can take place in the following places:
- Stockumer Kirchstraße (at the trade fair building)
- Stockumer Kirchstraße (opposite the Congress Center Düsseldorf)
- Fritz-Roeber-Straße (exit Rheinufer Tunnel)
- Heinrich-Heine-Allee/Maximilian-Weyhe-Allee
- Heinrich-Heine-Allee/Grabbeplatz
- Königsallee/Trinkhausstraße
- Graf-Adolf-Straße/Breite Straße
- Graf-Adolf-Straße/Elisabethstraße
Sanitary facilities for the disabled
Sanitary facilities for people with disabilities can be found along the entire cycle route:
- Fischerstraße/Klever Straße
- Reeser Platz, Rotterdamer Straße (grandstand)
- Rheinpark (public viewing)
- At the Fortuna kiosk (Uhlanen monument)
- Maximilian-Weyhe-Allee
- Altestadt
- Grabbeplatz
- Burgplatz
- Marktplatz/Zollstraße
- Rheinuferpromenade (Kunst im Tunnel)
- On the grounds of the Festival du Tour (Landtag)
- Schadowplatz (Kö-Bogen)
- Graf-Adolf-Platz (grandstand)
Help and information for people with disabilities
On all the days of the event, a total of 2,400 volunteers will be available to provide help and advice at the disabled facilities, at prominent hubs and in the entire event area. The overview plans on the disabled facilities and the presentations on this website thus help all visitors, with or without disabilities, to find their way around at the Grand Départ.
If you have questions about the facilities for people with disabilities at the Grand Départ-weekend, Bernhard Reimann is available on the phone number +49 211 - 8928916 (Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm, and on 1 and 2 July from 9 am to 8 pm).
