Road cycling Tour de France’s competitors received a reception of rock stars at Copenhagen’s Tivoli

A tour of France will begin on Friday in Denmark. Competitors were presented on Wednesday in Copenhagen.

The Danes the long wait of the sports fans was rewarded on Wednesday night when the Tour de France, or French tour, was introduced to an ecstatic audience.

Participants in the most prestigious stage race in road cycling received an ecstatic reception at Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen. Amusement park staff reminded AFP news agency that only rock stars have mobilized a similar crowd in the past.

Denmark’s largest newspaper Jyllands-Posten said professional cyclists gathered thousands of spectators along the streets. The route through the city center ended at Tivoli.

“Especially today it feels good to be with all these people in Copenhagen,” the Slovenian who won the previous two tours Tadej Pogačar said.

He received Tivoli’s loudest encouragement along with Danish drivers as he finished second last year Jonas Vingegaardin with.

The Tour de France will start on Friday in Copenhagen with a 13.2-kilometer personal time trial. In Denmark, the race will also take place on the next two driving days.

Finland published by the embassy as early as mid-June information package on how the stages of the Tour affect traffic arrangements in Denmark.

For example, the Great Belt Bridge will be closed to car traffic on Saturday for five hours from 1 to 6 p.m. The embassy reminds that tourists must be prepared throughout the week for changes in route and extended travel times due to traffic arrangements.

The tour was supposed to start in Denmark last year, but the start was postponed by a year due to the European Football Championship. Copenhagen was one of the host cities for the European Championship finals.

More than 900,000 spectators are expected along the route in three days.

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