Tour de France Jul 1, 2022

Tour de France

Presiding over City Hall Square on the Richshuset building in Copenhagen, "The Weather Girls" sculpture will help launch this year"s Tour de France. The race will see riders in Stage 1 today cycling past iconic landmarks of the Danish capital like Tivoli Gardens and the Little Mermaid statue. From here, the racers will ride through other parts of Denmark, Belgium, Switzerland, and of course France before ending with the final stage on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on July 24.

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