TOUR DENMARK GOES FESTIVE IN YELLOW II

TOUR DENMARK GOES FESTIVE IN YELLOW II

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LE GRAND DÉPART OF TOUR DE FRANCE
COPENHAGEN
DENMARK
DATE: 27.6.2022
LENGTH: 4.08


SOURCE: Grand Départ Copenhagen Denmark & VisitDenmark


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STORY

The excitement was clear in Tivoli a few days before the Tour de France starts le

Grand Depart in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Tivoli have all night set up a salute to Paris by rebuilding a copy of the Eiffel Tower in yellow.

 

General Director of The Tour De France Christian Prudhomme explained to the

press:
“It´s really very far from France. And it´s the most Northern continent, ever. But I think Denmark deserves it. Why?

Because all the population is on bikes and because you love the tour and have so

many viewers on TV2. Because you have more and more very talented riders, men

and women, and because Kasper won the Tour de Flanders (ref. Kasper Asgreen

4/4-2021), because Mads Petersen was world champion, (ref. 2021) because Jonas

Vindegaard was 2. last year on the Tour. All these things, made, we are here now.

I´m very happy and very proud. Thank you.”

 

The festice is Denmark lives up to the General Director wildest expectations. He

sees persons and cities decorating there houses and squares with bicycle art and

festice.

 

In Haderslev has a person painted the water tower with red dots and his whole

house as well.

 

In Nyborg, where 2nd. stage ends after crossing Europe’s longest Bridge The great

Belt Bridge, have they set up bike art on the squares and cut 1000 bike shirt cut in

wood.

 

Sophie Hæstorp Andersen Mayor of Copenhagen, that will host the first time trial on

13 km passing monumental tourist attractions like The LIttle Mermaid. Queens

Palace and New Haven explains, that she also hopes the world will “have seen a

Copenhagen that is yellow, that is happy, that is inviting people in not only for

professional cyclists, but also for everyday cyclists. And we hope to inspire the rest

of the world to go more in this direction because it is a carbon neutral way of living

and is also a healthy way of living.”

 

The festivities will start Wednesday will the team presentation in Tivoli, followed by a parade tour through Copenhagen.

 

Friday to Sunday will Tour de France have perhaps the grandest depart so far.

 

END

SHOT

● TIMELAPSE OF YELLOW MINIATURE EIFFEL TOWER IN TIVOLI
GARDENS, COPENHAGEN
● SOUNDBITE CHRISTIAN PRUDHOMME. General Director Of The Tour De
France
“It´s very far from France, because it´s really very far from France. And it´s the
most Northern continent, ever. But I think Denmark deserves it.
Why?
Because all the population is on bikes and because you love the tour and
have so many viewers on TV2. Because you have more and more very
talented riders, men and women, and because Kasper won the Tour de
Flanders (ref. Kasper Asgreen 4/4-2021), because Mads Petersen was world
champion, because Jonas Vindegaard was 2. last year on the Tour. And all
these things, made, we are here now.
And I am very happy and we are here now and I'm very happy and very
proud. Thank you.”
● HOUSE WITH RED DOTS, DIERNÆS, HADERSLEV
● BIKES OUTSIDE HOUSE WITH RED DOTS, DIERNÆS, HADERSLEV
● WATER TOWER WITH RED DOTS, HADERSLEV
● TREES COVERED WITH YELLOW FABRIC, COPENHAGEN
● BUILDING WITH YELLOW COLUMNS, COPENHAGEN
● BIKE SCULPTURE, NYBORG
● CLOSEUP OF BIKE SCULPTURE, NYBORG
● TOTAL OF BIKE SCULPTURE, NYBORG
● SMALL TOUR DE FRANCE SCULPTURE IN ROUNDABOUT, NYBORG
● FIGURINE LIKE SCULPTURES OUTSIDE BUILDING, NYBORG
● SOUNDBITE SOPHIE HÆSTORP ANDERSEN, LORD MAYOR OF
COPENHAGEN;
“My hope is that when the Tour de France, when they leave, they have seen a
Copenhagen that is yellow, that is happy, that is inviting people in not only for
professional cyclists, but also for everyday cyclists. And we hope to inspire

the rest of the world and to go more in this direction because it is a carbon
neutral way of living and is also a healthy way of living.”
● TOUR DE FRANCE MANHOLE COVER,
● CLOSEUP OF PAINTED WOODEN BICYCLE RIDER SHIRTS, NYBORG
● TOTAL OF PAINTED WOODEN BICYCLE RIDER SHIRTS, NYBORG
● YELLOW TOUR DE FRANCE SCULPTURE, NYBORG
● BUSY STREET WITH TOUR DE FRANCE BANNER, COPENHAGEN
● STREET DECORATED WITH TOUR DE FRANCE COLORS,
COPENHAGEN
● COLUMNS DECORATED WITH TOUR DE FRANCE COLORS,
COPENHAGEN
● FLAGS WITH TOUR DE FRANCE COLORS, NYBORG
● FLAGS WITH TOUR DE FRANCE COLORS IN CITY STREET, NYBORG

END

LINKS:


Casper Pedersen


https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casper_Pedersen

 

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