Josh Edmondson: Standing on start line in home city will crown my career
Team Sky rider Josh Edmondson of Leeds today joins the Yorkshire Post as our guest columnist building up to the Tour de France coming to Yorkshire in July. Every month he will write here about his...
View ArticleSwift looking to shoulder the work to prove fitness ahead of summer
Yorkshire’s Ben Swift is confident his bid to ride in the Tour de France in his home county will not be thwarted by his troublesome shoulder.The 26-year-old from Rotherham returns to road competition...
View ArticleBikes framed as art to celebrate Le Tour
A TOWN will be decorated with artistically ‘dressed’ old bicycles in celebration of the Tour de France visiting the area.Barnsley residents are being asked to check sheds and garages for unloved or...
View Article‘Plan ahead’ warning as Leeds Tour de France road closures unveiled
Transport plans aimed at keeping Leeds moving when the Tour de France departs from The Headrow on July 5 have been released today.Leeds City Council is calling on residents to plan ahead after it...
View ArticleYorkshire to spread Tour word to European cycling fans
A procession of Yorkshire-branded vehicles is set to roll into spring cycle races all over Europe to promote the county’s role in the Tour de France 2014.The Welcome to Yorkshire cars and vans, which...
View ArticleGrand Yorkshire fundraisers to go 500 miles from Paris to Leeds for Jane
Half a dozen Leeds bar regulars are getting on their bikes in memory of a Yorkshire icon as the Tour de France comes to the city.Friends Chris Clyburn, Ai Lyn Tan, Chris Dunne, Ives Solo, Dave Walton...
View ArticleLe Tour already bringing more tourists to Yorkshire
TOURISM bosses in Yorkshire believe hosting the Tour de France this summer has already helped to boost visitor numbers to the region.Welcome to Yorkshire saw an increase in tourists, the length of time...
View ArticleGrand banners mark the way for cycling depart from Leeds
The start line for the Tour de France Grand Depart has been lined with official banners as the July 5 send off approaches.The roadside branding along The Headrow outside Leeds Art Gallery and the...
View ArticleWoollen creations to weave the county together ahead of Tour
Knitting enthusiasts are being tasked with stitching together a trail of Tour de France cycles that will stretch across Yorkshire. A ‘Yarn storm’ artist from Yorkshire, is calling on residents to join...
View ArticleWoolly bikes to stitch together Yorkshire as Tour de France arrives
Knitting enthusiasts are being tasked with stitching together a trail of Tour de France cycles that will stretch across Yorkshire.Yarn storm artist Cassandra Kilbride, from Ossett, is calling on...
View Article£5m plea to head off roads ‘crisis’ as race looms
EMERGENCY funding running into millions of pounds is being sought to tackle a roads crisis in Yorkshire before the global spotlight falls on the region with the staging of the Tour de France’s Grand...
View ArticleRegion prepares to be focus of the world’s media amid Le Tour
As the eyes of the world prepare to gaze upon Yorkshire this summer, preparations are being made for 2,000 global journalists to descend on the county.Leeds’ status as the host for the start of the...
View ArticleLeeds getting ready for global gaze of Le Tour
As the eyes of the world prepare to gaze upon Leeds this summer, preparations are being made for 2,000 journalists from all over the world to descend on the city.Leeds’ status as the host for the start...
View ArticleTour de France arts festival chief ‘offered to quit’ role
The £2m Grand Depart cultural festival’s director has left her role leading the event less than half way through a 12-month contract.It has emerged that Maria Bota, who was installed as festival...
View ArticleTour de France arts festival chief ‘offered to quit’
The £2m Grand Depart cultural festival’s director has left her role leading the event less than half-way through a 12-month contract.It has emerged that Maria Bota, who was installed as festival...
View ArticleAmbitious Tour festival deadlines ‘will be met’
The woman tasked with delivering the £2m Tour de France arts festival is confident its “extraordinary deadlines” will be met.Henrietta Duckworth, who was drafted in to the Yorkshire Festival 2014 as...
View ArticleAmbitious Tour event ‘will meet deadlines’
The woman tasked with delivering the £2m Tour de France cultural festival is confident the event’s “extraordinary deadlines” will be met.Henrietta Duckworth, who was drafted in to the Yorkshire...
View ArticleGrand day out as 1,000 pack city museum for race fun day
Tour de France fever is seeing Yorkshire residents old and new embrace the famous road race in all new ways.More than 1,000 children, parents and grandparents went cycling mad for the We Love Le Tour...
View ArticleGenerations wire into Le Tour during Leeds family event
More than 1,000 children, parents and grandparents have gone cycling-mad at Leeds City Museum.The We Love Tour de France family fun day, organised by the Millennium Square attraction in conjunction...
View ArticleEmbracing the Yorkshire Festival by getting on your bike for Le Tour art
Cycling while wearing a remote-controlled light suit in the middle of the night might not be your every day commute.But organisers of the Yorkshire Festival 2014, the first pre-Tour de France arts...
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