Thomas Gaitanides (born 1948) is a German radio journalist. Gaitanides started his career in the 1970s at the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation ( Bayerischer Rundfunk) in the newly established service channel Bayern 3. At the beginning he moderated the programme for drivers, ''Gute Fahrt''. Later he worked for other programmes like ''B3-Kurier'', ''Radio-Report'' or ''Samstagsclub''. In 2008 Gaitanides became chief editor of the new digital channel ''Bayern plus''. Here he was responsible for the daily programme ''Das Magazin''. Moreover, Gaitanides was responsible for the

BR-Radltour The BR-Radltour is an annual bicycle tour for recreational bicycle riders that was established in 1990. It is organized by the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation (Bayerischer Rundfunk). The inventor of the BR-Radltour, Thomas Gaitanides retired i ...

from its beginning in 1990 to 2012. Here he earned his nickname "Mr Radltour." Gaitanides retired in 2013. Gaitanides published several books about Greece, where his family originally came from. * Odysseus lebt. Mit vollen Segeln durch die Inselwelt der Ägäis () * Griechenland. Das Festland. Vom Geheimnis seiner Landschaften (with Thomas David) ()

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