COPENHAGEN: Jonas Vingegaard received a hero’s welcome from thousands of fans as he returned to his village home on Thursday following his Tour de France triumph.
Over 20,000 people packed the village of Glyngore, nestled on the edge of a fjord which normally has a population of just 1,400, to greet the rider who lives there with his wife Trine and daughter Frida.
Tens of thousands had also greeted the rider on Wednesday in Copenhagen three days after he became the second Dane to win the Tour de France after a grueling race which started in his native Denmark. “A thousand thanks for supporting me for four weeks.
It’s very touching that so many people have come,” the 25-year-old said from the podium. For a time wearing a horned helmet in Danish colors, the Jumbo Visma rider was driven through the streets, high-fiving fans.