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Stena Line Reports Tour de France Boosts Cyclists Sailing To Holland By 46%
Stena Line has reported that the first five months of 2010 saw almost 50 per cent more cyclists taking their bikes to Holland across the North Sea than during the equivalent period the previous year, according to Stena Line. The ferry operator has attributed the 46 per cent year-on-year increase in bicycles carried on its twice-daily route between Harwich and the Hook of Holland to the excitement surrounding the British participation in next month’s Tour de France.
Starting on 3rd July in Rotterdam, 18 miles from the Hook of Holland port, the three-week annual bicycle race will include a UK team for the first time. Interest in Rotterdam and the participation of “Team Sky”, the British squad, has been high since team manager Dave Brailsford expressed his intention to enter a team for the race in 2008. Reflecting this, numbers of bicycles transported from Britain to Holland by Stena Line over the past quarter have been particularly high with sailings over the 2 July weekend at 80 per cent capacity. On the overnight crossing on 2 July Stena Line has 55 bicycles booked, compared to just 14 on the same day last year.
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