Today , Chalon - sur - Saône is the stopover township of the Tour de France , the most renowned cycling race in the world . Syngenta Flowers and Chalon - surSaône celebrate the Tour de France by make emblematic shirts with flowers . The Sunfinity sunflower , the Ipomoea Sidekick Heart Lime , the Begonias Tophat Red and White , the Impatiens Imara White impatiens made this great accomplishment potential .
For the 2019 Tour de France , an original partnership has emerged between the city of Chalon - Tyre - Saône and Syngenta Flowers . The mind first sprouted in the head of a passionate , Bruno Cottier , head of the embellishment unit of the urban center . " We want to stage the Tour de France and the peak , " he explicate . While natter with Cyrille Vassault Ets Degemard , Syngenta Flowers distributor on the sector , the estimate has made its way and the project was pay . " The association of shirt and flowers apace appear to us as an original task , hardy , never seen " . Cyrille adds , " Syngenta Flowers answer right aside and with Arnaud de Mortain , Technical Specialist at Syngenta Flowers , we swap to see which efflorescence would be best fit for this project . " The plants were therefore deliver liberal of charge in the greenhouses of the metropolis to be bring forth .
For the yellowish shirt , Sunfinity helianthus was chosen for a insure luminous effect . The expectant peak but also the routine of heyday , admit a flawless rendering . The Ipomoea Sidekick Heart Lime perfectly illustrated the green shirt of the serious sprinter . For the polka dot island of Jersey of the good climber , Begonias Tophat Red and White were choose . And ultimately Impatiens Imara White has made it possible to shine the shirt of the best young .
At the source of the calendar week , the whole squad get active on the sportswoman soil at the Mathias eminent schooling , at the incoming of the city : sweeping and marking the sites . The ground quick to welcome the flowers very early this morning . " On the architectural plan , it seemed unsubdivided : a fresco of 35 m by 32 m , with shirt of 8 m by 10 m. But once there , it ’s not as easy ” . " It ’s really great what we did , " exclaimed one of the municipal employees . After a start in Belfort and 230 kilometers of fierce racing , the best cyclists in the world contested the victory of the 7th stage . " At the entrance to the city , it was the perfect location for everyone to see , specially from the sky , " state Bruno Cottier .
Tomorrow , all the plants will find the itinerary of the greenhouses hold off to be circularise during the festivities of July 14 . Residents and visitors alike will be able-bodied to profit from a devoid statistical distribution on the Place du Port Villiers . We bet that the gardens and balcony will be ornament with the colour of the Tour de France throughout the summer .
We give thanks all the team of Chalon - Tyre - Saône and Cyrille Vassault without whom this unbelievable project could not have seen the day .
