{"id":35467,"date":"2025-12-13T14:24:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T13:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cyclenorway.com\/?p=35467"},"modified":"2025-12-13T14:24:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T13:24:36","slug":"helicopters-vs-frame-bags-norways-cycling-crossroads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyclenorway.com\/no\/helikoptre-vs-rammevesker-norge-sykkelkrysset\/","title":{"rendered":"Helikopter kontra rammevesker: Norges sykkelkrysning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I would imagine most people outside of this small but weathy nation have never heard of the Tour of Norway. It doesn\u2019t have the history of the Tour de France or the spectacle of the Giro. It\u2019s four days of racing around a corner of southern Norway that, for most international fans, is not a big highlight on their calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And yet, for Norwegian cycling and for anyone who cares about what kind of cycling future this country builds, the news that the 2026 edition is cancelled matters more than it looks on paper. A quiet line in the state budget has been erased. The consequences will be anything but quiet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The race that stitched together a region<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2013, the Tour of Norway has done something simple but important: it has turned ordinary roads in the Stavanger, Bergen and other southern regions into a short, concentrated festival of cycling. It\u2019s not just \u201ca race in Norway\u201d; in recent years, it\u2019s passed through unknown towns like Egersund, J\u00f8rpeland, and Sandnes, bringing WorldTour teams such as Visma, UAE and Alpecin-Deceuninck, and putting local Norwegian riders like Alexander Kristoff on home roads in front of home crowds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/cyclenorway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Untitled-design.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Watching at a stage finish line in 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The format is modest by Grand Tour standards \u2013 four days, men and women, coastal roads, inland climbs, rain more often than not, but its role is bigger than the number of race days suggests. It has done a few things well:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Given Norwegian teams and riders a home stage with proper international opposition.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Turned medium-sized towns into temporary cycling capitals, with barriers, kids\u2019 races and full caf\u00e9s instead of empty high streets.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provided TV images of fjords, bridges and pretty wooden towns that quietly sell this part of Norway to the world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Economically, it\u2019s not a gold mine; the organisers openly say the race breaks even at best. The budget sits around 20 million NOK per year, according to coverage in the Norwegian press, and roughly half of that, 10 million NOK, has come from a state grant.&nbsp;The rest is a patchwork of team fees, local contributions and commercial partners. But sadly. that balance has now been broken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What exactly has the government cut?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is where the nuance matters. It\u2019s not that \u201cthe Norwegian government no longer supports cycling\u201d. What\u2019s being removed is a\u00a0special grant scheme\u00a0for international road races \u2013 money that, in practice, has mainly gone to the Tour of Norway and the Arctic Race of Norway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For 2024 the Tour of Norway received 10 million NOK from this pot, about half its total budget. In the proposed budget for 2026, that specific support disappears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Culture and Equality\u2019s line is blunt: keeping a dedicated scheme just for cycling events is \u201cunfortunate\u201d and large sports events in Norway \u201cshould be treated as equally as possible\u201d.&nbsp;In their view, cycling already gets money via lottery funds, general sports support and investments in infrastructure like velodromes at Sola and Asker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On paper, that sounds reasonable. Why should one type of event enjoy a protected funding stream when others don\u2019t? On the ground, it looks different. Tour of Norway\u2019s director, Roy Hegreberg, calls the cut \u201cextremely dramatic\u201d and says that losing millions makes arranging the race in 2026 \u201cimpossible\u201d. The race doesn\u2019t sell tickets, doesn\u2019t have lottery money, and has to pay for police and security on public roads \u2013 costs that are lower or handled differently in southern Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So yes, cycling as a sport is still supported. But&nbsp;this specific race loses its lifeline. The organisers say the remaining income simply doesn\u2019t match the cost of running a modern, safe, UCI-level event. You don\u2019t have to agree with them, but it\u2019s important not to pretend the funding \u201csort of continues\u201d. For Tour of Norway as we know it, the tap is effectively off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><div class=\"theme-image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cyclenorway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2935.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cyclenorway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2935.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cyclenorway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2935-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cyclenorway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2935-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Riding the Tour of Norway stage up Zombie Hill in 2022.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Arctic Race: the chosen flagship<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of this would feel different if&nbsp;every&nbsp;big Norwegian road race were treated the same way. They\u2019re not. Up north, the Arctic Race of Norway, the \u201cworld\u2019s northernmost stage race\u201d,  is still very much a flagship project. Over the last decade, the state has poured a total of 143 million NOK into building it up, 75 million of that under the current government.&nbsp;Its own impact report claims 270 million NOK worth of TV exposure, with images broadcast in 190 countries, plus 40 million NOK in extra turnover for businesses in Finnmark alone during the 2018 edition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other words: Arctic Race has become a&nbsp;regional development tool&nbsp;for the three northernmost counties. Municipalities invest, local businesses gear up, and volunteers treat it as a point of pride. Surveys commissioned by the race report that 96% of respondents believe it benefits local business, 97% say it improves cooperation between municipalities, and 70% think it motivates people to cycle more.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Politically, that narrative is powerful. When the Prime Minister shows up to open the 2025 Arctic Race, it\u2019s not just about cycling; it\u2019s about saying \u201cthe North matters\u201d on national TV. The irony is that Arctic Race also faces cuts. Dagbladet reports it stands to lose around 5 million NOK in state support if the budget proposal holds, and its director says they are \u201ctotally dependent\u201d on those funds to run the event.&nbsp;But unlike Tour of Norway, Arctic Race has already been used for years as a brand vehicle for Northern Norway, with a much longer trail of state investment behind it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><div class=\"theme-image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cyclenorway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ChatGPT-Image-Dec-9-2025-at-09_37_40-PM-2-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cyclenorway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ChatGPT-Image-Dec-9-2025-at-09_37_40-PM-2-2.png 1024w, https:\/\/cyclenorway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ChatGPT-Image-Dec-9-2025-at-09_37_40-PM-2-2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/cyclenorway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ChatGPT-Image-Dec-9-2025-at-09_37_40-PM-2-2-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Prime Minister Jonas Gahr St\u00f8re&nbsp;turned up this year to support the Arctic Race (Photo a replica of the orginal one due to copyright rules).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>So why does one race disappear in 2026 while the other clings on?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can come up with a few unromantic answers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Geography and politics<\/strong>: The southern region is wealthy, with oil money and robust local economies. The political case for spending national tourism money there is weaker than in the north, where depopulation and regional balance are constant issues.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Narrative<\/strong>: Arctic Race has been sold successfully as a northern showcase, with professional impact studies, regional alliances and a clear \u201cnation branding\u201d story. Tour of Norway has done plenty for local tourism and participation, but the story hasn\u2019t been as clear or as loud.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Institutional backing<\/strong>: Arctic Race is co-organised with ASO (the company behind the Tour de France) and has built professional structures that governments like to see when they justify money.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can argue that Tour of Norway has been doing much of the same work on a smaller scale. Linking municipalities, filling hotels, inspiring kids along the roadside, but it hasn\u2019t become the political pet project that Arctic Race is. The result is visible now: one race fights to survive on commercial legs, the other is simply dropped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Is the government right to cut?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s be blunt. From the state\u2019s point of view, there&nbsp;<strong>er<\/strong>&nbsp;a fair question here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Should the government permanently pay for an event that&nbsp;<em>by its own admission<\/em>&nbsp;barely breaks even and depends on a guaranteed grant every year?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Or should such races be pushed to stand more on their own feet, with more private sponsors, more local co-funding and smarter cost control?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can\u2019t run everything on symbolism. Norway already spends billions every year on sports facilities, culture and health. Officials look at a 10-million-kroner line item and ask: why this, and not a swimming pool, a school roof or a local handball arena?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry\u2019s fairness argument isn\u2019t invented out of thin air. If you\u2019re a triathlon organiser or a running festival director, you can reasonably ask why cycling should enjoy a unique national grant while you chase municipal crumbs and commercial partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><div class=\"theme-image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cyclenorway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2954.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cyclenorway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2954.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cyclenorway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2954-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cyclenorway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_2954-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>It&#8217;s not every day you get to watch a world-class road race in Norway<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>On the other hand, the&nbsp;organisers\u2019 frustration&nbsp;is also justified.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Road cycling isn\u2019t like indoor handball. There is no stadium that was funded once and now just needs maintenance. The \u201carena\u201d is public roads, and every year you start from scratch: police, barriers, safety marshals, TV production, helicopter time. You don\u2019t have ticket income, and you can\u2019t put a turnstile on the E39!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other major sports events in Norway,  from ski championships to rally, have enjoyed either one-off state guarantees or large subsidies to build facilities. Road cycling, by design, uses infrastructure that already exists but still has to pay heavily every year to use it safely at racing speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So you end up with an ugly middle ground. The race is too big and too tightly regulated to be a cheap, volunteer-driven folkefest, but too small and sponsor-poor to carry its own cost structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Has Tour of Norway become lazy?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s the harsh version of the criticism: that it leaned on the state grant instead of building a truly robust commercial base. There\u2019s probably some truth in that. When you know 10 million NOK will arrive from Oslo every year, the pressure to reinvent the business model is softer. You can put more energy into the sporting product and the community work, and less into aggressive sponsorship hunting or new revenue streams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But we should be careful with the \u201clazy\u201d label. The race\u00a0has:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Expanded to include both men\u2019s and women\u2019s events, making it one of the most balanced races in Scandinavia in terms of gender equality.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Built strong ties with local clubs and volunteers in the region.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brought in major teams and kept Norway visible on the UCI calendar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The real issue may be structural rather than moral. This is a mid-sized, regional race in a high-cost country, competing for sponsorship in a cycling market where even the biggest events are struggling to keep TV numbers up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><div class=\"theme-image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cyclenorway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Arctic-Triple-Lofoten-_Kristin-Folsland-Olsen-%E2%80%93-The-Arctic-Triple-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35500\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Photo: Kristin Folsland Olsen \u2013 The Arctic Triple Race Lofoten<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Which brings us to the bigger picture &#8211; Road racing\u2019s slow bleed<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tour of Norway is making headlines now because it\u2019s cancelled, but it\u2019s not the only part of the road-racing ecosystem under pressure. Even the Tour de France, the crown jewel, is feeling the strain. Recent TV data show a general decline in live audiences across core cycling countries: France, Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium have seen viewership drop by 5\u20137% compared to the five-year average, while Spain\u2019s numbers have fallen by almost 30%.&nbsp;Outside Europe, it\u2019s even worse; in the US, total Tour audience is now in the \u201ctens of thousands\u201d, down from million-plus levels during the Armstrong era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the global flagship is struggling to hold eyeballs, what chance does a four-day race on the Norwegian west coast have? Sponsors are not sentimental. When viewership falls and rights become fragmented across pay-TV and streaming, the return on a logo on a jersey becomes harder to justify. Mid-tier races are squeezed from both sides: rising logistics and safety costs on the one hand, softer media and sponsor income on the other. From that angle, the government cut is not the cause of the problem; it\u2019s a symptom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The model \u2013 TV, helicopters, WorldTour buses, rolling road closures, is expensive, and the audience is drifting. They\u2019re not drifting away from cycling. They\u2019re drifting somewhere else&nbsp;within&nbsp;cycling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From helicopters to frame bags<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Look at where the heat is now: long-distance, self-supported ultra and bikepacking races. In Norway alone, events like&nbsp;<strong>Bright Midnight<\/strong>&nbsp;og&nbsp;<strong>Mor Noreg<\/strong>&nbsp;have gone from niche experiments to fixtures on the international ultra calendar. Bright Midnight sends riders on roughly 1,100 km of high-country gravel, linking summer farms, fjords and mountain passes in a loop from Tolga, with around 20,000 metres of climbing.&nbsp;Places at these events are snapped up quickly; Bright Midnight\u2019s 2026 edition reached capacity within weeks, and riders had to join waiting lists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mother North offers a similar scale of challenge: a 1,099 km loop from Lillehammer with around 16,000 metres of elevation, threading remote valleys, forests and fjords.&nbsp;It\u2019s marketed not as a TV product but as \u201ca true Norwegian bikepacking adventure\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><div class=\"theme-image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cyclenorway.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Fallback-1-1024x683.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27237\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Copyright: Bright Midnight<\/em> Race<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then you have&nbsp;<strong>Nordisk:\");<\/strong>&nbsp;and its Copenhagen\u2013Oslo Gravel edition \u2013 around 800 km of mostly unpaved roads across Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Both the road and gravel editions of the Copenhagen\u2013Oslo route are already fully booked with 100 riders each, forcing the organisers to launch an extra Berlin\u2013Copenhagen chapter for those who missed out.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>No helicopters. No police escort. No finish-line VIP tent.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just people, bikes, bags, GPS dots \u2013 and municipal support that is often simpler and more positive than what road races face. Local councils see these events as slow-tourism magnets: riders stay in cabins, camp in official areas, buy food in shops, and post endless photos of unnamed gravel roads. They don\u2019t close main arteries at rush hour. They don\u2019t need hundreds of police hours. For the same or lower public cost, a region can get more riders for more days, spread across more businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, global ultra events are discovering Norway in a big way. The&nbsp;<strong>Transcontinental Race No. 12<\/strong>, one of the world\u2019s most prestigious self-supported races, will start in Trondheim in 2026, sending riders thousands of kilometres across Europe towards the Balkans and beyond. That start alone will bring a small army of riders, families, dotwatchers and content creators into the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you step back, you see a pattern emerging:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Classic road races: shorter in days, high in cost, dependent on TV and state subsidies, audience slowly eroding.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bikepacking \/ ultra races: longer in days, cheaper to host, highly photogenic for social media, entries selling out, and deeply aligned with the \u201cexperience economy\u201d and modern adventure tourism.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Norwegian municipalities are not blind. They can count hotel nights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What does this mean for Norway \u2013 and for Cycle Norway?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taken together, the picture is messy but not hopeless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On one side, Norway loses a mid-sized professional stage race in the southern region, at least for 2026. There\u2019s talk of bringing the Tour of Norway back in 2027 if funding and partners can be found, but there are no guarantees.&nbsp;If it does return, it will need to lean harder on regional alliances, commercial partners and a clearer tourism narrative to justify any increased public support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On another side, the Arctic Race of Norway is still treated as a key branding tool for the North, albeit under pressure to \u201cstand on its own feet\u201d in the longer term. The state has already invested heavily to build it up; politically, it\u2019s unlikely they\u2019ll let it collapse overnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And in the background, more quietly but more steadily, the\u00a0bikepacking and ultra scene is exploding\u00a0\u2013 with events already sold out, new routes announced, and international riders treating Norway as a bucket-list destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From where I sit with Cycle Norway, the lesson is fairly clear:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Big, TV-driven events will come and go. Their survival depends on politics, broadcasters and a sponsorship economy that is getting more volatile.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grassroots touring, ultra and bikepacking are less glamorous on TV but far closer to what most people actually do: they ride a few days with bags, explore, get tired, get wet, get sunburned and go home with stories.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Cycle Norway has always been about that second category. Mapping routes, connecting small businesses, helping people navigate ferries, weather windows and gravel sections, it\u2019s slow, unsexy work compared with a helicopter shot, but it\u2019s also the part that keeps delivering year after year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cancellation of the Tour of Norway doesn\u2019t change our mission; it underlines it. If the state wants value for money, there\u2019s a strong argument that modest investments in\u00a0infrastructure, signage, services and promotion for everyday riders\u00a0will produce more lasting economic and social returns than a handful of high-risk, subsidy-dependent road races.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That doesn\u2019t mean the Tour of Norway doesn\u2019t matter. It does. It gave kids in Rogaland heroes they could see on their doorstep. It showed that you can line a Norwegian road with barriers and bunting and create a folk festival. Losing it is a blow, especially for western Norway. But the story of cycling in this country is not decided by one line in a state budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If anything, the shift we\u2019re seeing away from relying on a helicopter and a TV truck, towards frame bags and GPX files, might actually fit Norway better. A long, thin country with ferries, mountain passes, unstable weather and endless quiet roads was always more suited to&nbsp;riding through&nbsp;than watching from the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So yes, we should be angry that millions of NOK disappear from a race that has done good things for participation and tourism. And yes, we should challenge the government\u2019s simplistic \u201cfairness\u201d logic when road cycling faces unique costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But we should also be honest: the future here will be built by riders who pin on a number in Tolga, Lillehammer, Copenhagen or Trondheim, load their bikes, and go and actually ride Norway, not just watch it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"izOxwRKmsTjXB28N4bcgVoH07Af\"><iframe title=\"The Unbelievable Story of Europe&#039;s TOUGHEST BIKEPACKING RACE\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zwJGca__LbQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For Cycle Norway, that\u2019s where we\u2019ll keep putting our energy. Connecting those dots. Giving context and information. Making it easier for a rider heading to Bright Midnight, Mother North, Nordic Chase or the Transcontinental start line in Trondheim to stay longer, explore more, and spend their money in small Norwegian communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tour of Norway may be gone in 2026. The question now is whether Norway is willing to back the kind of cycling that\u2019s clearly on the rise or whether we\u2019ll still be arguing over helicopter airtime while the real action quietly rolls past on gravel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I would imagine most people outside of this small but weathy nation have never heard of the Tour of Norway. It doesn\u2019t have the history of the Tour de France or the spectacle of the Giro. 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