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Danish Tour de France bid: Copenhagen THE 'cycling city'

Tuesday, June 21 2016 by SNTV
  • On Monday (20th June) in Paris the Danish Minister for Business and Growth Troels Lund Poulsen and the Lord Mayor of Copenhagen Frank Jensen launched the official Danish Bid to host the Tour de France Grand Depart in 2018.

    SOUNDBITE (English) Frank Jensen, Lord Mayor of Copenhagen:

    "We are here today to present our bid for the Tour De France to Denmark. Hopefully we can bring the greatest bicycling race in the world to the best bicycling city in the world - Copenhagen. That's what we are here for."

    SOUNDBITE (English) Frank Jensen, Lord Mayor of Copenhagen:

    "We want to bring Tour De France to Copenhagen but not only to Copenhagen, also too for other cities in Denmark - to Roskilde, to Odense, to Sonderborg and to Vejle. This brings the greatest bicycling race to the whole country of Denmark."

    SOUNDBITE (English) Troels Lund Poulsen, Minister for Business and Growth:

    "I think Denmark and also Copenhagen has a lot to offer. It's a great city for bicycling, it's a great city for enjoying life and I think we will also be able to give the spectators and also all the viewers from the TV, give them some good pictures."

    SOUNDBITE (English) Troels Lund Poulsen, Minister for Business and Growth:

    "We have a strong support both in the Danish parliament from all the parties almost but also a lot of municipalities, some of the regions, so it is in fact a united Denmark that now are saying we would like to have the possibility to have this Grand Depart in Denmark."

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