Yorkshire to host 2014 TDF start

[DCLane]

The Yorkshire bid won the TDF Grand Depart: http://roadcyclinguk.com/news/racing-news/yorkshire-to-host-2014-tour-de-france-grand-depart.html

July 5 & 6 2014 - Yorkshire
Then London

 

[davefb]

*brilliant* .. absolutely brilliant..

two days based round leeds, then down south for that there laaahndon?

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Somewhat hilarious and pointless quote from Geoffrey Boycott on 6music news!

"It'll be 'ard work on 'em 'ills"

 

[PpPete]

Cost them £4M
Worth it ?

 

[davefb]

Cost them £4M
Worth it ?

thats like 40million in t'southern money where they just give it away (etc)..

I will now talk about the race as "t'tour" in honour of this..

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Excellent!

Though having now read about it, bad news for the Scottish bid. Hope your chance comes soon - it sounds like the Edinburgh bid is still live but for a later year.

 

[carolonabike]

Fantastic! We'll definitely be there. I wonder if they'll go up Rosedale Chimney

 

[Cubist]

Fantastic. Hope they do Holme Moss. Used to love it when the Milk Race came that way... spend duty time watching cyclists?

 

[thom]

Yorkshire's ambassadorial entourage:

Apparently in a visit after the Olympics, the ASO president asked Yorkshire if they could bring forward their 2016 application to 2014. They are keen to see a repeat of the heady days of road racing support during the Olympics, so in some way this is a reward for all the people who lined the streets in pouring rain last August.

Congratulations everyone !

 

[johnr]

Anyone wants to stay at my house?
etc

 

[johnr]

Cost them £4M
Worth it ?

every penny

 

[ColinJ]

I wonder if they will do a 'Leeds Classic' on the Tour riders? They made that race so hard that only about 20% of the riders finished the race. Robert Millar said afterwards that with the 'heavy' road surfaces and relentless steep Yorkshire hills, the race organisers were "taking the p*ss" and he wasn't exactly a poor climber!

 

[Minotier]

Fantastic. Hope they do Holme Moss. Used to love it when the Milk Race came that way... spend duty time watching cyclists?

That would be good, I remember the long queues at the ice cream sellers, they had sold out by 11 o'clock and of course they couldn't drive down to stock up.
Am chuffed to have t'chance to see this in our own backyard sithee!

 

[phil_hg_uk]

I wonder if they will do a 'Leeds Classic' on the Tour riders? They made that race so hard that only about 20% of the riders finished the race. Robert Millar said afterwards that with the 'heavy' road surfaces and relentless steep Yorkshire hills, the race organisers were "taking the p*ss" and he wasn't exactly a poor climber!

You had better get a ride organized colin

 

[Hilldodger]

I'm trying to think of a famous cyclist from Leeds. Oh, hang on, Jimmy Saville


Seriously though, well done to everyone involved but note that I won't be available to help host the opening ceremony again. Once was enough for me.