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The general director of the Tour de France, Christian Prudhomme, assures cyclists and organisers are taking coronavirus measures seriously, amid a surge in new cases across Europe. The race is set to kick off in Copenhagen on Friday. With just days to go until the launch, a 13-metre-high yellow Eiffel Tower replica was unveiled in the Copenhagen's famed Tivoli Gardens. "We are very happy to celebrate a wonderful race, and we're very happy to celebrate a close relationship with Denmark and France," Tivoli CEO Susanne Mørch Koch says. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES