On saturday 5th july, stage 1 starts in leeds, travelling north to skipton, over to leyburn and finishing in harrogate. All the videos of the biggest cycling race in the world. Featuring over 200 stunning pictures taken by the worlds best cycling and sports photographers, two days in yorkshire tells for the first time the inside story of how the grand depart was won. Two days in yorkshire the official commemorative book of. Four days of action will run from 30 april until 2 may with the womens race taking place on the 1 and 2 may. Enormous crowds turned out to see stage one, which ran from leeds to harrogate in yorkshire. Thanks to photographers who offered creative commons photos. Jul 28, 2014 weve reached that point where after 3 weeks of action the main race of the season is once more over for another year. The people of yorkshire embraced the event just a touch. Two days in yorkshire the official commemorative book of the. The music is the road, the official song of the grand depart, by alistair griffin. The tour itself books 1,200 rooms each night for riders and crew. Along the route riders will cross the yorkshire dales national park in the pennines, before reaching harrogate, where the first maillot jaune of. This book offers stunning photography and great factual information about the grand depart in yorkshire 2014.
Includes route, riders, teams, and coverage of past tours. Id be lying if i said the reception here in yorkshire for the grand depart wasnt impressive. For cambridge and london, but most of all for yorkshire, the glow of hosting. This will be the first time that le tour has visited the north of england. The event included performances from embrace and opera north, in front of. A cyclists guide to riding the mountains of the tour. Check back for the route map, stage hosts, mountain profiles and analysis july 28 update. Anna gowthorpepa it was a day of extraordinary colour, fervour and. For most of those who had waited patiently along the avenue of trees outside the north yorkshire town of masham, it was worth the wait. Youll savor a celebratory glass of champagne and a buffet of elegant french hors doeuvres. From stunning landscapes and amazing seascapes to the charm of yorkshire s town and cities, the tour takes it all in.
The tour kicked off in yorkshire on saturday, and continues from cambridge to london on monday. Vincenzo nibali of the astana team won the overall general classification by more than seven minutes, the biggest winning margin since 1997. Yorkshire offers historic and vibrant cities and towns such as york, harrogate, leeds and sheffield and an amazing variety of countryside, from the stunning yorkshire dales to the breathtaking north york moors, the impressive yorkshire coastline and the growing popularity of david hockneys yorkshire wolds. Until 6 july, a vast programme of worldclass cultural events is taking place in the lead up the first two race days of the tour, the grand depart, this year hosted by yorkshire. It finished in harrogate, 15 miles to the north of leeds after 190km118 miles looping clockwise through the yorkshire dales. Blog from day 1 blog from day 2 buttertubs pass packed to the rafters. York is a stunning walled city brimming with history and numerous attractions, including the minster, the fascinating shambles and surrounding shopping streets, the ancient york city walls, the. This year, the tour starts in leeds on july 5 before heading south through england and then across to france. Look north yorkshire presenters harry gration and amy garcia are pedalling hundreds of miles along the route of. More information on the climbs of this stage see here. And the place, known as the texas of england, couldnt be happier about it.
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