Tour de Yorkshire extended from 2018

Woldsman · 2017-09-21T13:25:34+01:00

I'm sure it's a Good Thing that both the men's race and the women's are be be given an extra date, but I had thought the fourth day of the men's would have been the Monday, given that it takes place on a Bank Holiday weekend. It seems the extra day for the blokes will be a on a Thursday. The Friday always felt to me to be the Cinderella day when a lot of people who might have lined the route would be at work. The crowds were, naturally, bigger at the weekend. I wonder if enough towns/cities in Yorkshire will want to lay out £100,000 or so for a few seconds of relatively poorly-attended scenes in a highlights programme on the night. Just saying... https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/sep/21/tour-de-yorkshire-cycling-race-expand-2018-uci

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September 21, 2017 at 1:25 pm #27660

Woldsman

I’m sure it’s a Good Thing that both the men’s race and the women’s are be be given an extra date, but I had thought the fourth day of the men’s would have been the Monday, given that it takes place on a Bank Holiday weekend. It seems the extra day for the blokes will be a on a Thursday.

The Friday always felt to me to be the Cinderella day when a lot of people who might have lined the route would be at work. The crowds were, naturally, bigger at the weekend. I wonder if enough towns/cities in Yorkshire will want to lay out £100,000 or so for a few seconds of relatively poorly-attended scenes in a highlights programme on the night. Just saying…

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/sep/21/tour-de-yorkshire-cycling-race-expand-2018-uci
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September 22, 2017 at 8:38 pm #902789
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I imagine that they wanted

I imagine that they wanted Monday but couldn’t get it for some reason. Road closure issues, UCI calendar, other events etc. Or just that the cost of police overtime on a Bank Holiday would make it prohibitively expensive. Not on the same level, but apparently that’s why they don’t have bonfire night etc on a Sunday here any more because of wage bills on a weekend.
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