{"id":1116,"date":"2011-07-20T04:22:06","date_gmt":"2011-07-20T04:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=1116"},"modified":"2014-08-22T17:36:20","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T17:36:20","slug":"norwegian-glory-in-the-tour-de-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/norwegian-glory-in-the-tour-de-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwegian glory in the Tour de France"},"content":{"rendered":"

The God of Thunder, also known as The Bull from Grimstad (a city in the Aust-Agder county) made Norway proud today. \u00a033 year old Norwegian cyclist Thor Hushovd took first place in Stage 16 of the Tour de France. \u00a0Hushovd has been riding professionally since 1998 and has won many awards along the way. \u00a0In 1998, the first year of his professional career, Hushovd placed first in the Under 23 year old World Time Trial competition. \u00a0Between 2000 and today he has won many different stages in the Tour de France, but this was the first time he placed first in the 16th stage. In 2010 he became the first Norwegian to ever have won the road world championship. \u00a0He also became the first reigning champion of the world championship to finish in first for one of the Tour de France stages, as well as the first to wear the yellow jersey for over one week in a row (the yellow jersey is worn by the fastest overall rider for a week).<\/p>\n

Cycling is a sport that in a historical sense has only recently become popular in Norway. \u00a0Hushovd rides for the Garmin-Cervelo team, which is coached by Atle Kv\u00e5lsvoll, who is said to be one of the major reasons the sport of cycling has picked up so much. \u00a0In 1988, Kv\u00e5lsvoll rode for the French Z team and won the Tour de France that year.<\/p>\n

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Sports channel viewings, as well as bike sales have been very high in Norway due to the success of \u00b4Sthor Hushovd\u00b4and \u00b4Uthrolig Hushov,\u00b4the first putting the word stor<\/strong> (large, great) and Thor together, the second using the word \u00b4utrolig<\/strong>\u00b4which means unbelievable. \u00a0The media has really enjoyed using his name creatively.<\/p>\n

Go Thor! \u00a0I\u00b4m rooting for you!!<\/p>\n

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The God of Thunder, also known as The Bull from Grimstad (a city in the Aust-Agder county) made Norway proud today. \u00a033 year old Norwegian cyclist Thor Hushovd took first place in Stage 16 of the Tour de France. \u00a0Hushovd has been riding professionally since 1998 and has won many awards along the way. \u00a0In…<\/p>\n

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