Bicycle has, with Thor Husholds in-ternational success during the twenty-first century, contributed to the cycling become Norway's second largest sport after football. When Norwegian TV2 began live broadcasts of the Tour de France and the common man could follow Hushovd, exploded in the country's interest in the sport of cycling. Even the sports editors of state-owned NRK, were monitors cycling diligently. In just five or six years be-came a sport bike that is mentioned daily in the news, and both the elite and exercise cycling has grown dra-matically.
- In the cup competitions in Norway, we have 100 participants so we have a greater choice to work with, says Falk.
But Falk has no other recipe to come by than the media-coverage must be larger. Television broadcasts of the great channels for all to see makes all the difference. In Norway referenced race like the Tour de France of the former pro-riders Dag-Otto Lauritzen, for TV2 Norway and Dag Erik Pedersen to NRK Sport. - Then they sit and not look at a television screen in a studio in Norway, but they are in place, says Falk. Transmitting the channels that all have access to a great advantage, it makes a big difference. Our commentators are in place, they are in the motorcade were reports directly from the races. They interview the riders and …show more content…
There are two differnt types of races, the trimritt and turritt, the latter is the races with time tracking. Since a few years, you have to solve a license to run turritt and the money goes to the NCF. - We expected protests but there has been almost completely absent. There is a broad understanding that the money coming in to the union's valuable to their business. The increasing interest in cycling is also noticeable in the Norwegian bicycle sales. All interest around the cycling is positive, says Falk. A bicycles parent is a greater chance that their children will also do