2006 Winter Olympics torch relay

XX Olympic Winter Games
Host city	Turin, Italy
Countries visited	Greece, Vatican City, Malta, San Marino, Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy
Distance	11,300 kilometres (7,000 mi)
Torch bearers	10,001
Start date	December 8, 2005
End date	February 10, 2006
Torch designer	Pininfarina

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The 2006 Winter Olympics torch relay took part as part of the build-up to the 2006 Winter Olympics hosted in Torino, Italy. The route covered around 11,300 kilometres (7,000 mi) and involved 10,001. Stefania Belmondo lit the cauldron at the opening ceremony.

Torch

2006 Olympic Torch

The torch was a modern interpretation of the traditional wooden torch, in which it is the metal that seems to catch fire and burn. The flame envelops the body of the torch rather than exiting from a hole on the top, like earlier torches. A dynamic, innovative shape was created to develop this concept, which recalls the tip of a ski but also the building that is a symbol of Turin, the Mole Antonelliana.^[1] It is criticized for being too heavy at 1.97 kg (4.3 lb).^[2]

Route

Date	Map
November 27 (Day 1): Olympia November 28 (Day 2): Aroania November 28 (Day 2): Kalavryta November 29 (Day 3): Parnassos Ski Centre November 30 (Day 4): Karpenisi November 30 (Day 4): Pertouli December 1 (Day 5): Kalabaka December 1 (Day 5): Metsovo December 2 (Day 6): Vasilitsa December 2 (Day 6): Kozani December 3 (Day 7): Pisoderi December 4 (Day 8): Naousa December 4 (Day 8): Kato Vermio December 5 (Day 9): Elatochori December 5 (Day 9): Thessaloniki December 7 (Day 10): Volos December 7 (Day 10): Stylida December 8 (Day 11): Mount Parnassus December 8 (Day 11): Arachova December 8 (Day 11): Livadeia December 8 (Day 11): Thebes December 8 (Day 11): Athens December 8 (Day 11): Panathenaic Stadium December 8 (Day 11): Olympic Stadium December 8 (Day 11): Torch enters Italy via an Italian Eurofighter Typhoon	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
December 8 (Day 11): Quirinal Palace December 8 (Day 11): Rome December 8 (Day 11): Vatican City December 10 (Day 12): Rieti December 11 (Day 13): Torch enters Umbria via an Trenitalia train	27 26 28 29
December 11 (Day 13): Perugia	30
December 12 (Day 14): Grosseto December 12 (Day 14): Siena December 13 (Day 15): Livorno December 14 (Day 16): Florence December 15 (Day 17): Lucca December 16 (Day 18): Pisa	31 32 33 34 35 36
December 17 (Day 19): La Spezia December 18 (Day 20): Genoa December 19 (Day 21): Torch enters Sardinia by an Alitalia plane	37 38
December 19 (Day 21): Alghero December 19 (Day 21): Nuoro December 20 (Day 22): Cagliari December 21 (Day 23): Torch enters Malta via ferry	39 40 41
December 21 (Day 23): Birkirkara December 21 (Day 23): Valletta December 21 (Day 23): Torch enters Italy via Costa Fortuna	42 43
December 21 (Day 23): Pozzallo December 21 (Day 23): Ragusa December 22 (Day 24): Agrigento December 23 (Day 25): Palermo December 26 (Day 26): Catania	43 44 45 46 47 48
December 27 (Day 27): Reggio Calabria December 28 (Day 28): Catanzaro December 29 (Day 29): Cosenza	49 50 51
December 30 (Day 30): Potenza	52
December 31 (Day 31): Naples	53
January 1, 2006 (Day 32): Frosinone	54
January 2 (Day 33): Benevento	55
January 3 (Day 34): Taranto January 4 (Day 35): Lecce January 5 (Day 36): Bari January 6 (Day 37): Foggia	56 57 58 59
January 7 (Day 38): Campobasso	60
January 8 (Day 39): Pescara January 9 (Day 40): L'Aquila	61 62
January 10 (Day 41): Ancona	63
January 11 (Day 42): Arezzo January 12 (Day 43): Torch enters San Marino via an Carabinieri Bell 47J Ranger	64 65
January 12 (Day 43): Borgo Maggiore January 12 (Day 43): City of San Marino January 12 (Day 43): Dogana January 12 (Day 43): Torch enters Italy via the Italian-Sammarinese border	65 66 67
January 12 (Day 43): Rimini January 13 (Day 44): Bologna January 14 (Day 45): Parma	67 68 69 70
January 15 (Day 46): Brescia January 15 (Day 46): Mantua	71 72
January 16 (Day 47): Verona January 17 (Day 48): Venice	73 74
January 18 (Day 49): Trieste January 19 (Day 50): Torch enters Slovenia via an Adria Airways plane	75
January 19 (Day 50): Ljubljana January 19 (Day 19): Torch enters Italy via an Slovenian Railways train	76
January 19 (Day 50): Udine January 20 (Day 51): Tarvisio January 20 (Day 51): Torch enters Austria via an Austrian Federal Railways train	77 78
January 20 (Day 51): Klagenfurt January 20 (Day 51): Torch enters Vienna by an Austrian Airlines plane January 21 (Day 52): Vienna January 21 (Day 52): Torch enters Italy via an Austrian Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk	78 79 80 81
January 21 (Day 52): Belluno January 22 (Day 53): Treviso	81 82
January 23 (Day 54): Trento January 24 (Day 55): Bolzano January 25 (Day 56): Urtijëi	83 84 85
January 26 (Day 57): Cortina d'Ampezzo January 26 (Day 58): Torch enters Austria via an Italian MD Helicopters MD 500	86
January 25 (Day 59): Innsbruck January 26 (Day 60): Torch enters Italy via skydiving from an Cessna 208 Caravan	86 87 88
January 27 (Day 61): Merano	88
January 28 (Day 62): Lecco January 29 (Day 63): Milan January 29 (Day 64): Torch enters Switzerland by a Swiss International Air Lines plane	89 90 91
January 29 (Day 63): Lugano January 29 (Day 64): Torch enters Canton of Bern by a Swiss International Air Lines plane January 29 (Day 63): Bern January 29 (Day 64): Torch enters Canton of Zürich by a Swiss International Air Lines plane January 29 (Day 64): Zürich January 29 (Day 64): Torch enters Graubünden by a Swiss Federal Railways train January 30 (Day 65): Chur January 30 (Day 65): St. Moritz January 30 (Day 65): Torch enters Italy by a Swiss Federal Railways train	91 92 93 94 95 96
January 30 (Day 65): Varese January 31 (Day 66): Pavia	97 98
February 1 (Day 67): Savona February 2 (Day 68): Torch enters Piedmont via horseback	99
February 2 (Day 68): Cuneo February 3 (Day 69): Pinerolo February 4 (Day 70): Sestriere February 5 (Day 71): Bardonecchia February 6 (Day 72): Torch enters France via an SNCF train	99 100 101 102 103
February 6 (Day 72): Albertville February 6 (Day 72): Torch enters Île-de-France via Air France plane February 6 (Day 72): Paris February 7 (Day 73): Torch enters Rhône-Alpes via Air France plane February 7 (Day 73): Grenoble February 7 (Day 73): Torch enters Switzerland via a Swiss Bücker Bü 131	103 104 105 106 107
February 7 (Day 73): Geneva February 7 (Day 73): Torch enters Vaud via a Swiss Navy patrol boat on the Lake Geneva route February 7 (Day 73): Lausanne February 7 (Day 73): Torch enters Italy via a Swiss Hawker Hunter	108 109 110
February 7 (Day 73): Aosta	110
February 8 (Day 73): Venaria Reale February 9 (Day 74): Turin February 10 (Day 75): Stadio Olimpico di Torino	110 111 112 113

References

↑ "Olympic torch". Pininfarina. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
↑ "Olympic torch too heavy for athletes". The Guardian. 1 January 2006. Retrieved 1 January 2006.

External links

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