The Team Presentation in Copenhagen and Tivoli will be a unique opening event for the Danish Tour start
On June29 the Tour de France Team Presentation will take place in Copenhagen, where the whole city will take part in celebrating the race and the teams. Tour fans will be able to experience their cycling heroes up close, when the teams ride a 1.5 km route through the heart of Copenhagen finishing in the world-famous amusement park, Tivoli where a TV broadcasted show with world-class entertainment will unfold. Free entrance tickets to Tivoli are available at www.letourcph.dk.
Tour fans can start to get excited. The details of the team presentation are now entirely in place. Two days before the first stage begins in the heart of Copenhagen, the Danish Tour de France celebration kicks off throughout the city. 176 riders from the 22 teams will start in the streets of the World’s best cycling city Copenhagen and end up in the historical Tivoli Gardens - TV viewers from all over the world will follow the festivities.
"Today there is only one month until the Tour de France comes to Denmark – and I cannot wait! We will welcome the riders and the race with an epic team presentation here in Copenhagen and Tivoli. I also looking forward to showing the entire world how Danes and Copenhageners love cycling," says Sophie Hæstorp Andersen, Lord Mayor of Copenhagen and Chairman of the Board of Grand Départ Copenhagen Denmark.
The team presentation starts at 5.45 pm in the streets of Copenhagen. Along the 1.5kilometer route, the public can see the riders up close. At the same time, there will be lots of activities along the route such as big screen events, which shows the live show from Tivoli. There will be activities throughout the city from 3 pm.
"We are very much looking forward to celebrate the Team Presentation here in the Tivoli Gardens. We will be welcoming both riders, international and Danish guests, when we open the gates to this great summer event on our Open Air Stage – Plænen," says Tivoli's CEO, Susanne Mørch Koch.
See all details for the team presentation, incl. overview map with all activities for the day at www.letourcph.dk/en/holdpraesentation. Here you can also sign up for free entrance tickets to the live show in Tivoli.
From 6.30 pm, the teams will cycle from Axeltorv into Tivoli, where they are presented on stage one at a time on the Lawn in front of Tour fans. There will also be entertainment from one of Denmark's most prominent international music names. The name will be announced later.
