No thanks to city hall pastries, yes thanks to kebab: Vingegaard is celebrated in Skive

Jonas Vingegaard to be honored in Skive

===========================================

At 2:30 PM today in front of The Old Town Hall in Skive, cycling star Jonas Vingegaard will be honored for his Vuelta a España victory after a cancelled celebration in Madrid.

Jonas Vingegaard was also honored in Skive after he returned from the Tour de France in 2021 for a public celebration in Skive on Saturday, July 24, 2021. (Photo: © Henning Bagger, Ritzau Scanpix)

By

Kamilla Groth ( [email protected] ) Stine Ning ( [email protected] ) 51 min. ago

The newly crowned winner of the cycling race Vuelta a España, Jonas Vingegaard, did not ask to be honored on Town Hall Square in Copenhagen. But when his hometown, Skive, called and offered the same, he said yes.

Therefore, he will be here this afternoon honored in front of The Old Town Hall in Skive.

Also read: Vingegaard to be honored anyway - just on a different town hall ( https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/vingegaard-bliver-fejret-alligevel-bare-paa-et-andet-raadhus )

And it is important to have a local tribute to the community's biggest star.

This is also the opinion of Gitte Skov, who is part of the Glyngøre organizing group 'Helpers', who are responsible for the big screen during the Tour de France and the celebrations of Jonas Vingegaard in connection with this in his hometown.

The red bike that Gitte Skov and her husband have placed at the entrance to Jonas Vingegaard's home in Glyngøre. (Photo: © Gitte Skov)

- It means a lot to the local population, and he deserves it to that extent, for I think that we were many who thought it was a shame for him and Mads Pedersen that they were cheated out of a celebration, sounds it from Gitte Skov.

In addition to having to stand in the crowd and honor the Vuelta winner, she has also arranged a small celebration of Jonas Vingegaard at his private home in Glyngøre.

- We thought that it should be decorated a little, so we have obtained among other things a red bike, which we have placed at their entrance and flags at the house with permission from the family, tells Gitte Skov.

--------------------

Menu is Kebab

--------------------

The celebration of Jonas Vingegaard today starts with a private event. However, there will not be city hall pastries, as is known from celebrations on Copenhagen's Town Hall.

- We do not offer city hall pastries, but I think we can offer something that he puts an even higher price on, sounds it from Skive Municipality's mayor, Peder Christian Kirkegaard.

The "something" will be kebab from Limfjord's Pizza and Grill in Glyngøre, and it does not surprise Gitte Skov from Glyngøre.

- He loves the kebab from our local pizza man, and I'm sure that the pizza man is also proud of that, she tells.

The celebration of Jonas Vingegaard starts at 2:30 PM at The Old Town Hall where a new honorary plaque will also be unveiled, similar to the ones he has received after both his Tour de France victories. Afterwards, Jonas Vingegaard has chosen to spend an hour hanging out to sign autographs for the attendees.

Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=undefined )

Warning: This article was translated by a Large Language Model, in case of doubt, you can always visit the original source.