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The Tour de France is one of the definitive great sporting events on the calendar each year.<\/p>\n
You don\u2019t need to be an avid cycling fan to appreciate the sheer physical and mental anguish that riders must put themselves through to win the Tour.<\/p>\n
The gruelling trek covers the north eastern border of France before heading down through the Alps and into more central southern regions.<\/p>\n
However, 2022 is different in the sense that it doesn\u2019t actually begin in France at all. This year\u2019s race begins in Copenhagen, Denmark.<\/p>\n
Fans around the world will be excited to soak up the very first trip to Scandinavia for the Tour de France start.<\/p>\n
RadioTimes.com<\/a> brings you all the details about why this year\u2019s Tour de France will take place in Denmark in 2022.<\/p> Denmark boasts a rich culture of cycling and is widely recognised as one of the finest nations in the world to hop on a bike and ride.<\/p>\n Copenhagen is awash with tides of cyclists commuting to and from work. Reports suggest almost half of the workforce in the Danish capital commutes via cycling.<\/p>\n Simply, Tour de France officials have always enjoyed sending the Tour abroad for the opening stages of races.<\/p>\n The first multi-national Tour took place in 1954 when riders began their exploits in Amsterdam, Netherlands, while a range of European cities varying from Monte Carlo to Leeds have hosted the start of the event.<\/p>\n Check out the full list of international starts in the history of the Tour de France, including the planned starting point in 2023:<\/p>\n 1954: Amsterdam, Netherlands If you\u2019re looking for something else to watch, check out our\u00a0<\/b>TV Guid<\/b>e<\/strong><\/span><\/a> or visit our Sport<\/a> hub.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The latest issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now \u2013\u00a0subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0and get the next 12 issues for only \u00a31. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0Radio Times podcast<\/a>\u00a0with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Michael Potts Published: Wednesday, 29 June 2022 at 12:00 am The Tour de France is one of the definitive great sporting events on the calendar each year. You don\u2019t need to be an avid cycling fan to appreciate the sheer physical and mental anguish that riders must put themselves through to win the Tour. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":17694,"template":"","categories":[7,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/06\/why-is-the-tour-de-france-in-denmark-in-2022-scaled.jpg",2560,1706,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/06\/why-is-the-tour-de-france-in-denmark-in-2022-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/06\/why-is-the-tour-de-france-in-denmark-in-2022-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/06\/why-is-the-tour-de-france-in-denmark-in-2022-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/06\/why-is-the-tour-de-france-in-denmark-in-2022-1024x682.jpg",800,533,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/06\/why-is-the-tour-de-france-in-denmark-in-2022-1536x1023.jpg",1536,1023,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2022\/06\/why-is-the-tour-de-france-in-denmark-in-2022-2048x1364.jpg",2048,1364,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Michael Potts Published: Wednesday, 29 June 2022 at 12:00 am The Tour de France is one of the definitive great sporting events on the calendar each year. You don\u2019t need to be an avid cycling fan to appreciate the sheer physical and mental anguish that riders must put themselves through to win the Tour.…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/17693"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Why does the Tour de France start in Denmark?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Tour de France location history<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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