Jonas Vingegaard made a triumphant return to Denmark on Wednesday following his second successive Tour de France victory, as 1000’s lined the streets to welcome him residence.
“Vingegaard!, Vingegaard!, Vingegaard!,” echoed from the crowd of tens of 1000’s gathered in the sq. outdoors Copenhagen’s metropolis corridor, simply as that they had a yr earlier, when Vingegaard received his first Tour de France title.
“It’s still hard to understand, that I have won the Tour de France two years in a row,” he mentioned throughout a speech at metropolis corridor.
“If someone had told me five years ago, I don’t think I would have believed it, or I know I wouldn’t have,” he added.
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Many wore the Danish crimson and white, whereas others donned yellow shirts mirroring the jersey worn by the chief of the Tour de France.
Crowds additionally lined the streets to wave at Vingegaard as he loved his second open-top parade sporting the well-known jersey into Copenhagen after touchdown in a non-public jet.
The 26-year-old was the primary Dane to win the long-lasting race since Bjarne Riis – who later admitted to doping – in 1996.
“I’m a big fan of yours, and I’m not the only one. More than anything you have won the hearts of all Danes, and we are so proud of you,” Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen mentioned throughout a speech.
Vingegaard, who hails from the small village of Hillerslev and labored in a fish market as a youngster, then stepped out on the balcony of town corridor to wave on the roaring crowd.
On Sunday, Vingegaard crossed the end line 7min 29sec forward of Tadej Pogacar, the champion in 2020 and 2021. His profitable margin was the biggest since 2014 when Vincenzo Nibali received by 7min 39sec.
More than 1,000,000 folks, in the nation of some 5.8 million, tuned in to observe the ultimate stage of the race, in line with broadcaster TV2, which recorded a peak of over 1.2 million viewers throughout its digital and tv broadcast for the ultimate stretch on the Champs-Elysees in Paris.
