Denmark has been painted in yellow as people prepare for hosting the Tour de France Grand Depart, which starts on July 1st to July 3rd.
Europe's longest bridge, the Great Belt Bridge, can now be seen in yellow and the city Aabenra hosting the last of the three stages in Le Grand Depart has painted a bridge there in yellow.
Danes cycle a combined total of eight million kilometers (5 million miles) per day and are one of the world's most bike-loving people.
The first stage will start from Copenhagen, where nine out of 10 people own a bicycle from the age of six.
The city's 22-kilometer of cycling-lanes include new innovative bike-bridges making it one of the world's best cities for cyclists with close to 200 million euros invested in it's in cycling infrastructure in the last 10 years.
Copenhagen boasts the world's most cycled across bridge with 40,000 registered cyclists daily.
The first stage of the Grand Depart starts in Copenhagen along the yellow wrapped trees, a time trial that is 13-kilometers long.
The second stage starts in the old Viking capital Roskilde, a 199-kilometers route that includes crossing the Great Belt Bridge before reaching Nyborg, were former world champion Mads Pedersen grew up.
The third and final stage of the Grand Depart is 182-kilometers long, starting in Vejle and ending in Sonderborg.
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