Accessibility

We highly value making our event accessible to everyone. The event is free, and special facilities will be provided for people with disabilities. If you have any questions or requests after reading the information below, please reach out to us at [email protected].

August 11

The time trial course is available to everyone on Sunday, August 11, including handbikers, wheelers, tricycles, wheelchairs, rollators, racer runners, etc.
You can choose to start between 11:00 and 14:00 whenever you want, but you can also join the start time of ‘Rotterdam Rolt unlimited’.
They will gather at 11:30 at the Fanzone, here are also wheelchair accessible toilets available.
At 12:00 is the collective start, after that you can take as long as you want.

Facilities
Rotterdam is a city that prioritizes accessibility. Many of the public sidewalks and squares where the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift passes are accessible. You can stand or sit anywhere along the route. Public places are on a first-come, first-served basis. If you want to sit in a particular spot, arrive early. Additionally, the following facilities are set up:

August 12

• A spot in front of the fences just before the stage, accessible for people with wheelchairs or rollators at the teamspresentation in the Museum Park and a second compartment close to the start.
  Visitors coming by wheelchair cabs can be dropped off on Wijtemaweg, near bar/restaurant Westkop, from here you will be escorted to the special compartment.
• Audio description by a blind interpreter.
  This will take place in the cordoned off area for visitors with wheelchairs or walkers.
  The blind interpreter will be present from 10:00 am.
  After the team presentation, there will be a joint transfer to the starting area.
• A sensory-friendly area is not available at the start.

August 13

• There is space in front of the gates at the presentation at the Energieplein in Dordrecht on August 13 that is accessible for people with wheelchairs or walkers.
  Would you like to take advantage of that?
  Then we ask you to sign up before August 4 at [email protected].
  You will then also receive additional information by e-mail about location and access routes.
• A viewing platform for people with wheelchairs or walkers at Boompjes on August 13. The platform opens at 10:30 AM. Visitors coming by wheelchair taxis can be dropped off at the intersection of Rederijstraat and Terwenakker. This location is only accessible from Blaak > Posthoornstraat.
• Subtitles on the screens for people with hearing impairments in the finish area at Boompjes and Coolsingel.
• Due to the layout of the finish area, we do not offer audio description.
  The program will be chatted together by speakers which will also allow visually impaired people in the finish area near the Boompjes to follow the finish of stage 2 and the time trial.
• A sensory-friendly area on Tuesday, August 13, in the De Rotterdam office building, on the seventh floor. The room offers a good view of the course on the Erasmus Bridge. More information can be found at the end of this article.
• Spaces for wish ambulances along the route. Upon registration, we jointly coordinate the best available spot.

For a spot in front of the fences on Aug. 12, the audio description on Aug. 12, the viewing platform on Aug. 13 and the low-incentive space on Aug. 13, full = full.
We therefore ask that you register by August 4 at [email protected].
You will then also receive additional information about location and access routes by email.
Wish ambulances can register until 5 p.m. on August 11.
See below for more information.

Toilets
Extra toilets will be placed in the Fanzone and in the start and finish areas. Each block will have a wheelchair-accessible toilet. You can also use the HogeNood app for ‘public’ wheelchair-accessible toilets along the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift route. The sensory-friendly area also has a wheelchair-accessible toilet.

Sunflower Keycord
Do you wear a Sunflower Keycord? Our staff will take this into account and will be happy to assist you.

Questions
Do you have a question about accessibility, need help with something, or want to visit certain locations mentioned above? Email [email protected]

Stimulus-free space
In ‘the Rotterdam’, Wilhelminakade 179 in Rotterdam, a (wheelchair accessible) stimulus-free space will be set up on the seventh floor on August 13 during the Time Trial.
The space is a furnished office space overlooking the course on the Erasmus Bridge.
There will be no office staff on August 13 and the space will be low-incentive.
The space opens at 2 p.m. (one hour before the start) and closes at 6 p.m. (after the finish of the last runner).

You can register until August 4 via: [email protected]

The room can accommodate 25 people with cognitive disabilities. You can bring at least one supporter to the sensory-friendly room. Depending on availability, we can determine after August 4 if an additional supporter is possible.

Note: Identification is required to access this building. Unfortunately, it is not possible to access the room without prior registration.

Reachability

• Bicycles Are you coming by (adapted) bicycle? We recommend using the existing bicycle parking facilities. The bicycle parking at Blaak station is not wheelchair accessible.
• Public transport All (metro) stations and tram stops are accessible. Note: some tram lines and stops will be closed these days due to the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. Check www.9292ov.nl or www.ret.nl for details.
• Taxi stand for wheelchair taxis:
• August 12: Visitors to the start can be dropped off at Wijtemaweg, near bar/restaurant Westkop.
• August 13: Visitors to the wheelchair platform and finish at Boompjes can be dropped off at the intersection of Rederijstraat and Terwenakker. This location is only accessible from Blaak > Posthoornstraat.
• Since most of the route is free to visit, we recommend using Google Maps to drive as close to the route as possible.
• Parking Vehicular access is limited due to the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, we recommend avoiding vehicular access wherever possible.
  There are many general disabled parking lots along the route out of order during the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift.
  If you do come by car, please check carefully which parking lots and parking spaces are available.
  This information will be communicated soon on the accessibility page.

Accessibility of the cultural city program

With a grand city program where culture and sports come together, it’s a celebration for everyone because the program is almost entirely free, and the various cultural partners pay a lot of attention to accessibility. Uitagenda Rotterdam has listed the facilities of the cultural city program.

Opportunities Wish Ambulances

To qualify, patients and/or their families or supporters must apply to nationally known organizations such as Ambulance Wish Foundation and Make a Wish Foundation.
These organizations can email [email protected] until 5 p.m. on August 11.