Over the first two days of the Tour de France, FestiVélo will celebrate both the cycling elite and the country’s everyday cycling heroes. Entrance into Tivoli is ticketed and currently sold out, but you can sign up to the waiting list online. The whole affair will be broadcast on big screens located around Copenhagen.
There will be music and entertainment at Tivoli, and at 17:45 the teams will drive a 1.5 km closed route from Lille Langebro past Rådhuspladsen onto Tivoli, where from 18:30 they will be presented one by one on a stage. The team presentation will kick-start the Tour de France week in Denmark, giving fans the opportunity to get up close-up with the 22 teams’ riders. June 29, 16:00-20:10 Tivoli, Vesterbrogade 3, Cph V join waiting list for entry to Tivoli letourcph.dk Until there, here are some events associated with the race: And remember to wear yellow … or polka dots! Meanwhile, others are already here and are oiled-up and ready for the fun to begin (pages 14-17).Įven if you’re not into cycling, get yourself out there and find your way to one of the many events taking place … or find a vantage point to take in a “once in a lifetime experience”, as the legendary Michael Rasmussen describes it in an interview with CPH POST (pages 18-19). On top of that, thousands of fans will descend upon Denmark from all over Europe and beyond to take part in the festivities. In fact, never before will so many Danes line up to take part in a Tour de France.Īnd with the country fostering legends like Rolf Sørensen, Michael Rasmussen, Bo Hamburger, Jesper Skibby and 1996 winner Bjarne Riis, the cycling-crazy public will undoubtedly be out in force throughout the country to embrace the epic race. Primoz Roglic, Geraint Thomas, Egan Bernal, Adam Yates and, of course, Tadej Pogacar – winner of the two last editions – will be on display.īut Denmark has a shot of glory too, with young gun Jonas Vingegaard a third favourite to win this year following his impressive second-place finish in 2021. There will never be a better chance to see the best cyclists battle for glory on the roads of Denmark.
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Indeed, there will be a fairytale element about it when the riders zip past the Little Mermaid and finish off with everything they have left in the tank on HC Andersens Boulevard.Īnd there will be no time for the riders to rest on their laurels as the next stage presents the daunting challenge of the Great Belt Bridge, where brutal cross winds threaten to blow the 176-man field to smithereens. The opening stage will see the riders blast through famous streets and sights of the capital – Holmens Kanal, Bredgade, Amalienborg Palace, Langelinie, Churchill Park, Østerbrogade and Trianglen, to mention a few on the map (see pages 10-11).
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The Grand Depart – the first stage – will be a pivotal 13 km time trial in Copenhagen as the riders face a fierce battle to win the very first yellow jersey of the race and put precious seconds between themselves and their competitors. With its three stages, Denmark becomes the tenth overseas host in the history of the race to stage the opening – a development that took years to achieve, which was nearly derailed by a pandemic (see pages 6-7). Not only that, but the stars of cycling will align as the toughest cycling race on the planet kicks off weeks of gruelling competition in Copenhagen, the best city in the world to ride a bicycle ( see pages 8-9).
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