On Friday, Tadey Pogachar (UAE Team Emirates) will attempt a 13.2km individual time trial in Copenhagen, Denmark, in his bid for a third consecutive Tour de France title.

Before the champion is crowned at the 109th Tour de France in Paris on July 24, 176 riders will run down the starting ramp against the clock in the heart of Denmark's capital, Copenhagen.

Time trial world champion Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) is the favourite to win on Friday and take the first yellow jersey. His start time is 17:03 local time and he is 64th overall. Top challenger Wout Van Aert (Jumbo Visma) will start 65th, one minute behind. With wind and rain expected in the afternoon, many of the leading competitors will be on the course early.

Others such as Stefan Bissegger (EF Education-Easy Post), Stefan Kühn (Groupama-FDJ), Alexandre Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe), and Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Desseuninck) will be on course early, corner for a chance to take a risk.

Danish riders such as Jakob Fuglsang (Israel Premier Tech), Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo Visma), Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) and Mikkel Bjerg (UAE Team Emirates) will be looking to impress the home crowd. They will be looking to impress the crowds back home. The overall battle will also be about one second, and Primoš Roglic (Jumbo Visma) will be looking to gain a psychological advantage over Pogachar.

The first 1km of the race is a long straight that favors time trials, and intermediate times will be measured at the St. Jakob Church at 6.6km. The intermediate time will be measured at the St. Jakob church at the 6.6km mark. The riders will start riding alongside the Ørstedsparken. The course then becomes more technical, with a total of 18 corners.

The course has 18 corners and passes the world-famous Little Mermaid from Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale. At the end of the course, the runners will pass the Royal Palace of Amalienborg and the Black Diamond, home to the Royal Library, Denmark's public library. In the last kilometer, three 90-degree curves lead to H.C. Andersen Boulevard, where the finish line is located on Rådhuspladsen next to Copenhagen City Hall.