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Crazy about bikes, the Danes welcome the Tour de France with joy

2022-06-28T16:32:59.698Z


REPORT - The Grande Boucle, which will start on Friday from Copenhagen, is breaking popularity records in Denmark.


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Looking exhausted, but with a smile on their faces, the Leisner couple, in their sixties, have just crossed the finish line of the Tour du Storebaelt, a 100 km race on the island of Funen, this Saturday, June 11, marking the launch of the festivities to celebrate the start of the Tour de France 2022 in Denmark.

The Grande Boucle will start on Friday with a time trial in Copenhagen, and two other stages are planned before returning to France next Monday.

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of the Tour and member of the Nyborg cycling club, Anette signed up a year earlier with her whole family to take part in what is the largest cycling gathering in Northern Europe organized by the sports associations. of the Scandinavian kingdom.

16,000 cyclists of all ages took the roads of the 2nd stage of the Tour, between Roskilde and Nyborg, choosing, according to their form, one of the three routes of 25 km, 100 km and 200 km.

“It was fantastic to precede the riders of the…

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Source: lefigaro

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