Categories: Football

The Tour de France, in the footsteps of Allan Simonsen in his farewell to Denmark

On his third day the Tour goodbye to denmark cWith a stage similar to the previous one, with a proposal of 182 kilometers between the cities of Vejle and Sonderborg. A day in which the platoon will tour the Danish mainland, made up of the peninsula of Jutland. The city of Vejle receives the name of the fjord that dominates it and is well known since long ago for its textile industry, which has led it to be known by the nickname of ‘Danish Manchester’.

But this second stage has a nostalgic component for football fans. And it is that the main soccer club of Vejle is he Vejle BKfive-time champion of the Danish league and the team in which he was formed Allan SimonsenBallon d’Or in 1977 and chosen as Europe’s best footballer of the year.


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‘Simonet’ he arrived at Barça in 1979 from Borussia Monchengladbach and was at the club until 1982, sharing a dressing room with players like Krankl, Quini, Rexach, Carrasco, Schuster or Urruti, always with the 7 on the back. Then he went to Charlton Athletic and ended his career at Vejle BKwhere he was from 1983 to 1989. He turns 70 on December 15.


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Gabby Barker

Gabby is someone who is interested in all types of sports, she loves to attend watching matches live. Whenever there is a match being played in her city, she makes sure to get the tickets in advance. Due to the love for sports, she joined Sportsfinding, and started writing general sports news. Apart from writing the news, she is also the editor for the website who checks and edits every news content before they go live.

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