Thousands of fans received this Wednesday at Copenhagen in Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard who returned to Denmark today with the biggest win of his career.
Afternoon landing in a private plane accompanied by two Norwegian Armed Forces F-16 fightersat the airport kastrupthe cyclist entourage toured the streets of the capital to the Plaza del Ayuntamiento.
“Thank you very much to all of you who came and thank you very much to everyone who supported me these past three weeks,” he said from the balcony in front of the crowd, wearing a yellow jersey and accompanied by his wife and daughter.
Speaking to Danish media, he said it still seemed “crazy” to think he had won the Tour de France and thanked the amateur cycling clubs in Denmark.
“Without them I probably wouldn’t have won,” he said.
He was accompanied to the ceremony by Copenhagen Mayor Sophie Haestorp Andersen and Danish Trade Minister Simon Kollerup, as well as fellow Tour members including Mads Pedersen and Michael Morkov.
The streets of the Danish capital were filled with fans to the point that the police recommended that those who wanted to attend the festival take a bicycle or public transport because it was necessary to close some streets.
This afternoon the celebration is expected to continue, with a concert in the middle Tivoli amusement park where, among others, the Danish artists Saveus and Lis Sorensen and that is expected to bring together up to 25,000 people.
On Thursday, Vingegaard will be welcomed to his hometown by glingore and according to Danish media, he plans to take a break after that until the end of August.
The cyclist is the first Dane to win the Tour de France since 1996, when he won the yellow jersey Bjarne Riis.
Source: La Verdad
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