The TORTOUR For Laureus

Raising CHF 60,000 so far for Laureus Girls in Sports

Representing the Laureus Foundation Switzerland, seven teams from IWC Schaffhausen were among the competitors at the tenth TORTOUR multi-day nonstop ultracycling event. The name "TORTOUR" almost sounds like "torture", and for good reason. In the most difficult category of the race, 1000 kilometres and a number of Swiss Alpine passes lie between the start and the finish in Schaffhausen. The participants are on the go day and night, meaning that their support teams also need to be available around the clock.

The team with Grainger-herr, Swiss professional cyclist Simon Zahner and IWC watchmaker Samuel Vuillemez finished the "CHALLENGE", the medium-length course of 550 kilometres, in 6th place. The cyclists from the AMG ROTWILD team and sports enthusiasts from among the staff of IWC competed within the seven teams. Jürgen Kallfass, who also took part for IWC and Laureus, displayed particular fighting spirit. He set off as the only IWC team rider to enter in the "TORTOUR" category, involving the whole race route. In the run-up to the race, the participants canvassed for support on a crowdfunding platform. The donations, totalling CHF 60,000,

so far, will go towards funding the sponsorship project "Laureus Girls in Sports" run by the Laureus Foundation Switzerland, using sport to promote selfconfidence and character development in 11 to 17 year olds.

The Laureus Foundation Switzerland was established by IWC Schaffhausen and Mercedes-benz in 2006 as an offshoot of the international foundation "Laureus Sport for Good". The aim of the Laureus Foundation Switzerland is to enrich the lives of as many children as possible in Switzerland, step by step. The focus is not on achievement, but rather on the enjoyment of sports and other social activities. Every year, Laureus supports more than ten thousand children in Switzerland through four social sports projects.