Tour de Yorkshire Archives

Tour de Yorkshire

“Nobody is planning to impede the course – the hard work and professionalism of the riders is respected too much”

Somehow emerges with only cuts and bruises

Starting and finishing in Leeds on 6 May, three route options give 6,000 amateurs chance to ride same route as the pros

Race expands from three days to four, giving more places a chance to host starts and finishes

Sir Gary Verity plays on county's successes to bring a new event to the UK

April's race opens in Bridlington and finishes with "toughest ever" final stage in Sheffield

Bradford, Bridlington, Harrogate, Sheffield and Tadcaster will also see stage start or finish

2016 edition provided £60m boost to economy

Welcome to Yorkshire chief says everyone would stand to benefit

Incident happened just a few hundred metres after the start of stage one