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Viking Chat => Off Topic => Topic started by: River Don on September 12, 2021, 10:02:59 am

Title: Tour de Yorkshire - The End
Post by: River Don on September 12, 2021, 10:02:59 am

It look alike the pandemic has killed off the Tour de Yorkshire, just as it was cementing itself in the cycling fixture list.

I can help but feel this is a terrible own goal. This is the one event that truly put Yorkshire on the world stage and showcased the whole county. In fact is there a bigger sporting event outside of London? Perhaps the occasional Open Golf in Scotland? Debatable.

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2021/sep/12/its-sad-but-we-didnt-benefit-much-otley-reacts-to-tour-de-yorkshires-end

Title: Re: Tour de Yorkshire - The End
Post by: Glyn_Wigley on September 12, 2021, 10:28:25 am

It shouldn't have been called Tour De Yorkshire anyway, that's French. It should have been called Tour O' Yorkshire!