DENMARK GOES FESTIVE IN YELLOW III

DENMARK GOES FESTIVE IN YELLOW III

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LE GRAND DÉPART OF TOUR DE FRANCE
COPENHAGEN
DENMARK
DATE: 29.6.2022
LENGTH: 02:53
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SOURCE: Grand Départ Copenhagen Denmark & VisitDenmark

 

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Denmark is all in hosting Grand Depart of Tour de France and today is the first day of the celebrations before le Grand Depart of Tour de France on Friday in Copenhagen.


Rolf Sørensen, Most Winning Danish Rider, TV-Expert:
“We can feel it. And the whole country of Denmark, the support there is. All the things they’re doing and there’s all the regions where the Tour is coming. There’s a massive support from Danish people”,

 

Tivoli and the whole country is been decorated and Susanne Mørch Koch, CEO
“It is clearly, we have done our utmost to decorate it dearly, to show all the best we have in Denmark, to honor France, to honor Paris. That’s also why we build the Eiffel Tower”.

 

Copenhagen’s Lord Mayor hope to get the world to join cycling for the environment.
“Well in Copenhagen and in Denmark is cycling is not just something we do when we go from A to B. It’s also part of our DNA. And we have invested a lot of money in cycling the last ten, 15, 20 years. And I think one of the reasons is that when the Tour de France saw that, when ASU saw that they wanted to take part of that enthusiasm, but also they saw that in Denmark they could make a wonderful race.”

 

The race start Friday with a 13 km time trail int he center of Copenhagen

 

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  • DRONE BICYCLE MADE WITH MANY PEOPLE
  • SOUNDBITE ROLF SØRENSEN, MOST WINNING DANISH RIDER, TV-EXPERT
    “I hope. But I’m sure we’re going to have a very good impression. Prodhomme wouldn’t take this if he was not 100% sure that it’s going to be a success. And it is going to be. We can feel it. And the whole country of Denmark, the support there is. All the things they’re doing and there’s all the regions where the Tour is coming. There’s a massive support from Danish people, and it’s been around for many years now. Like our own crown prince Frederik.”
  • VARIOUS POSTERS IN TIVOLI AND THE BIG EIFFEL TOWER IN YELLOW MADE BY TIVOLI
  • SOUNDBITE Susanne Mørch Koch, CEO Tivoli
    “I hope they will feel very proud and very proud to be a Danish nation to to host such an important and well-established and event. It’s a worldwide event that’s coming to Denmark. And clearly, we have done our utmost to decorate it dearly, to show all the best we have in Denmark, to honor France, to honor Paris. That’s also why we build the Eiffel Tower and to really make a statement about this race starts in Copenhagen this year, but it ends in Paris.”
    Ab. Proud hosting a world event.
  • ‘DRONE BICYCLE MADE WITH MANY PEOPLE
  • SOUNDBITE Sophie Hæstorp Andersen, LORD MAYOR OF COPENHAGEN
    Ab. Wanting to get all in on biking for the environment.
    “Well in Copenhagen and in Denmark is cycling is not just something we do when we go from A to B. It’s also part of our DNA. And we have invested a lot of money in cycling the last ten, 15, 20 years. And I think one of the reasons is that when the Tour de France saw that, when ASU saw that they wanted to take part of that enthusiasm, but also they saw that in Denmark they could make a wonderful race.”
  • A SEWER COVER WITH “Tour de France” written being placed in the street
  • PJERROT ON A YELLOW BIKE IN TIVOLI GARDENS
  • SOUNDBITE Susanne Mørch Koch, CEO Tivoli
    “We have put the bar absolutely up there. That’s our aim is to to have to be the best opening ceremony ever.”
  • YELLOW BIKE PARKED IN TIVOLI
  • MONTAGE OF PICTURES FROM TIVOLI AND THE REST OF DENMARK

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Facts about cycling in Denmark

  • 7 out of 10 of all Danes over the age of 6 own a bike. In Copenhagen, this number is 9 out of 10.
  • There are approximately 12,000km of bike routes and bike lanes across Denmark
  • Dronning Louise’s Bridge in Copenhagen is one of the most heavily-trafficked cycling stretches in Denmark with more than 40,000 cyclists crossing the bridge daily. 
  • Bikes outnumber cars by more than 5 to 1 in Denmark’s capital, Copenhagen
  • Every weekday, cyclists in Copenhagen cover the equivalent distance of 400 editions of the Tour de France – that’s about 1,440,000km
  • The Danish Minister of Transportation announced a 10 million Euro investment in further maintaining and improving cycling infrastructure in the city in 2022
  • In the past 10 years, Copenhagen has invested 200 million Euros in cycling infrastructure 
  • Since 2015, Copenhagen has been ranked the world’s top cycling city several times, most recently in 2019. 
  • In Copenhagen, 44% of all trips to places of work and education are done by bicycle
  • Copenhagen has more than 386 km of cycle tracks 

 

Facts & figures om cykling finder du også her

 

https://www.visitdenmark.com/press/latest-news/facts-and-figures-cycling-denmark

 

More information

Find out more about cycling in Denmark, including cycling the Tour de France route and Denmark’s other long-distance cycle paths at

www.visitdenmark.com/tour-de-france

 

https://letourcph.dk/sites/letourcph.dk/files/media/document/Pressebooklet%20Paris.pdf