Yorkshire to host 2014 TDF start

[rich p]

I think having the tour anywhere outside France, apart from an unadvoiable section through a bordering country maybe, is a nonsense.

 

[Chris-H]

I was out in my shed when my Mrs came out to break the news to me that we will be going to Leeds in 2014,we have family in Bradford so happy days

 

[johnr]

According to Look North, Day One may be over the moors to Scarborough and day two - York, round the Leeds-Bradford conurbation to Halifax/Huddersfield then down to Sheffield. We'll see.

 

[I like Skol]

I can forsee a great weekend of camping, booze and maybe watching t'Tour with fellow CC'rs. It's also my 40th on 3rd July so what better way to celebrate?

 

[DCLane]

According to Look North, Day One may be over the moors to Scarborough and day two - York, round the Leeds-Bradford conurbation to Halifax/Huddersfield then down to Sheffield. We'll see.

That's up Holme Moss then for day 2

 

[fossyant]

I can forsee a great weekend of camping, booze and maybe watching t'Tour with fellow CC'rs. It's also my 40th on 3rd July so what better way to celebrate?

I'll get the beers in

 

[I like Skol]

I'll get the beers in

I like Skol

 

[simon.r]

It's all down to me...well, I've had a nice email from 'Welcome To Yorkshire' saying thank you (I'm assuming because I signed their petition online a while ago).

THANK YOU!​

​

Yorkshire to host the 2014 Tour de France ​

Yorkshire has beaten worldwide competition to bring the world’s largest annual sporting event - the Tour de France - to the county, and we would like to thank you for your support.
Yorkshire will host the Grand Départ, the huge and prestigious opening few days racing, of the 2014 event, bringing the iconic race to the north of England for the first time.

The county will host the first two days racing on the 5th and 6th July before the Tour moves south for a third stage in southern England, with a finish in London. The host city of the Grand Départ will be Leeds which will host a festival of cycling and the arts to coincide with the arrival of the Tour.

To keep up to date with the latest news, follow @LeTourYorkshire and Facebook.com/LeTourYorkshire or visit our website.

Allez Yorkshire!

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Yorkshire has beaten worldwide competition to bring the world’s largest annual sporting event - the Tour de France - to the county, and we would like to thank you for your support.

Worldwide? They could have said ''international'' but ''worldwide'' is over-egging it, isn't it?

 

[growingvegetables]

Hmmm - looking on the bright side, lots of potholes filled in come spring 2014?

Aye, and b****r-all done before then

 

[johnr]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/dec/14/yorkshire-start-tour-de-france-2014
Bit more on route and sly dig at British Cycling for backing wrong horse and not knowing which way wind was blowing

 

[ColinJ]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/dec/14/yorkshire-start-tour-de-france-2014
Bit more on route and sly dig at British Cycling for backing wrong horse and not knowing which way wind was blowing

Yes, I saw something a few weeks ago that seemed to imply that Yorkshire had lost and Edinburgh was going to get it!

 

[johnr]

Brilliant, have not been to Leeds for many years.
.

SHAME ON YOU!

 

[thom]

Worldwide? They could have said ''international'' but ''worldwide'' is over-egging it, isn't it?

The idea to start the TdF in Japan has been suggested in the past...

 

[rich p]

The idea to start the TdF in Japan has been suggested in the past...

and the Giro in New York FFS!