Grand Départ 2014
The official website http://letour.yorkshire.com
Stage one Sat 5th July – map http://letour.yorkshire.com/stage-1
Grand Départ 2014 – STAGE 1
LOCATIONS ON ROUTE:
Leeds – Harewood – Otley – Ilkley – Addingham – Skipton – Kettlewell – Buckden – Kidstones – Aysgarth – Hawes – Reeth – Leyburn – Middleham – Masham – West Tanfield – Ripon – Harrogate
Stage two Sun 6th July – map http://letour.yorkshire.com/stage-2
Grand Départ 2014 – STAGE 2
LOCATIONS ON ROUTE:
York – Knaresborough – Addingham – Silsden – Keighley – Haworth – Hebden Bridge – Cragg Vale – Ripponden – Huddersfield – Holmfirth – Holme Moss – Peak District National Park – Langsett – High Bradfield – Sheffield
Facts about the tour.
Posted on by Anne
This is a “Once in a lifetime event”
- The Tour de France covers approximately 3600km
- The Olympics and World Cup (football) are the only two sports events bigger than the tour.
- A television audience of over 3 billion watch the Tour de France ever year.
- Over 188 countries round the world broadcast the tour.
- 121 television channels relay the race.
- There will be nine helicopters in the air at any one time.
- 12 million spectators will watch along the route.
- The (carnival) sponsors’ cavalcade will take 3 to 3.5 hours to process before the race.
- People will be at the roadside for up to 6 hours before the race comes through.
- 15-20% of visitors will be from abroad.
- 94% of watchers are in family groups.
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