Emmanuel Langellier, media365: published on Wednesday August 13, 2025 at 2:20 p.m.
What if the Tour de France was starting from Norway soon? An old runner decorated on the big loop believes it …
Leaving Lille this year, the Tour de France had just launched abroad three years in a row: in Denmark in 2022, in Spain in 2023 and in Italy in 2024. What if he started in … Norway in the future? Thor Hushovd, the old green jersey of the Grande Boucle in 2005 and 2009 in a dream and even believed in it. “I dream of seeing the Tour de France from Norway in the years to come. I think it is possible, said the Norwegian, general manager of the UNO-X team for a year and a half, on the sidelines of the Arctic Race of Norway with the last hour. You have to succeed in convincing ASO (Amaury Sport Organization, the organizer of the Tour who also manages the Arctic Race), it will not be easy but it is feasible. If we manage to organize a big start in Oslo or elsewhere, the bicycle will literally explode. We saw it in Denmark in 2022. I sincerely think that the big start will be even more popular here. Especially since ao-X will still be there in 2030, 2040 and even 2050. Everyone has this will. »»
Hushovd: “It will not be easy but it is achievable”
Sacred world champion in 2010, Hushovd is now 47 years old and directed a month ago UNO-X that took part in his 3rd Tour de France. A participation marked by a stage victory, that of Jonas Abrahamsen in Toulouse, on July 16. “It was an incredible feeling. Normally, I am a calm. Not that day, believe me, he joked. I really let my joy burst. For the whole team, winning on the Tour is a release. I had announced a victory for 2024, when I took the head of UNO-X. We went nearly with 2nd place by Jonas Abrahmsen (already) in Bologna. This year was our hour. »»
Thor Hushovd has great ambitions for his training. “It’s a still young team, she will complete her 8th year of existence. But it has never performed as well as this year with a stage victory and a 6th place as general of the Tour. Never has a Norwegian went up so high in the ranking. I remember that we managed to race every day, to be an actor for 3 weeks, ”says the old sprinter.