Vuelta a Espana stage 7: Norwegian duo seal emotional 1-2 finish on day King Harald V dies

Andreas Leknessund won his first-ever Grand Tour stage, and was followed across line 34 seconds later by teammate Tobias Halland Johannessen

Laying flowers and embracing, thousands of people gathered in Oslo on Friday to pay their respects to Norway’s King Harald, who died on Friday aged 89 after a reign of three and a half decades. Harald’s 53-year-old son immediately succeeded him on the throne, announcing he would reign under the name King Haakon VIII. H

‘He was a king for all’: Oslo mourns its reformer King Harald  The Times

King Harald V of Norway, who died on Friday, August 28th, aged 89, remained a unifying figure in his country until the very end, a pillar of stability amid a string of family scandals that tarnished the final years of his reign.