The 25-year-old, who five years ago was working as a fish packer in a factory in the morning before training in the afternoon, followed up on his surprise second place last year. “I bike myself and just recently managed to persuade my brother to buy a racing bike. “We both took the day off just to come here and celebrate Vingegaard,” said Rene Max Hansen, 29, waiting with his brother near the Copenhagen city hall square. When the plane entered Danish air space, it was escorted by two F-16 fighter jets from the Danish Defence, a tradition held to honour gold-winning Danish athletes upon their return. Vingegaard and his family was flown by private plane to Denmark on Wednesday following celebrations in the Netherlands, home to his team Jumbo-Visma.
