the Tour de France does not stop in Odense, when the world’s greatest cycling race is coming to Denmark in 2021.
Thus misses the Odense Municipality the opportunity to get the riders to their town, to which the Danish prime minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, previously has announced.
It irks mayor in the Municipality of Odense, Peter Rahbæk Juel (S).
– first, I am deep down glad that the Tour de France is coming to Denmark, and it comes to the island of Fyn.
– However, when it is said, then, of course, I also regret the lack of that Odense was not målby, as it was the ambition, we entered in negotiations with the state, says Peter Rahbæk Juel.
the Mayor has known the outcome since the end of november.
– A. S. O. (the organizer of the Tour de France, red.) had the requirements, that they of sporting reasons, would like to have, that the race ended immediately after the Bridge, so there is a good chance for sidevindskørsel and thus the drama on the second stage, says Peter Rahbæk Juel.
It was, according to the mayor of the municipality himself who chose to withdraw, since they are known to the requirement.
– The money we have reserved, we have of course not used.
– We have posted a portion of man-hours in to do the spadework. The hours will come back, but I am pleased with the race comes to the island of Fyn, and it takes no more than 15 minutes in the train to go to Nyborg, says Peter Rahbæk Juel.
He expects to Odense nevertheless come to feel the tour in force to hotel bookings in the city.