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The Tour de Helsinki is an annual cyclosportive in the metropolitan area of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. It takes place on the first Sunday in September.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.tourdehelsinki.fi/en/frontpage )〕 Start and finish are at the Helsinki Velodrome, originally built for the 1952 Summer Olympics. The distance of the race, leading through the southern parts of the Uusimaa region, is 140 km.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.tourdehelsinki.fi/en/route )〕 Every year, the Tour de Helsinki features some cycling professionals; e.g. Kjell Carlström, Kimmo Kananen and Jussi Veikkanen have been participating in the event.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.tourdehelsinki.fi/en/news )〕 In 2010〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.tourdehelsinki.fi/en/start-lists/2010/men )〕 and 2011,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.tourdehelsinki.fi/en/start-lists/2011/men )〕 also Minister Alexander Stubb was among the participants. ==Number of participants== The event was first organized in 2007, by initiative of five cycling clubs from the capital region (Prologi, CCH, IK-32, Vantaan Pyöräilijät and Helsingin Polkupyöräilijät). The first event started with over 400 participants and one year later, in 2008, it had already grown to over 950 cyclists. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Tour de Helsinki is Finland’s second largest cycle race )〕 In 2011, almost 2200 people participated in the event.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 More than 2,000 cyclists sign up for Tour de Helsinki race )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tour de Helsinki」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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