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| Tour de Yorkshire host towns unveiled | Tour de Yorkshire host towns unveiled |
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| The six towns which will host start and finish events during the 2017 Tour de Yorkshire cycle race have been named. | The six towns which will host start and finish events during the 2017 Tour de Yorkshire cycle race have been named. |
| Racing will begin or end in Bradford, Bridlington, Harrogate, Scarborough, Sheffield and Tadcaster in the three-day event from 28-30 April next year. | Racing will begin or end in Bradford, Bridlington, Harrogate, Scarborough, Sheffield and Tadcaster in the three-day event from 28-30 April next year. |
| Sir Gary Verity, chief executive of race organisers Welcome to Yorkshire, said: "I'm delighted the race will visit all four corners of the county." | Sir Gary Verity, chief executive of race organisers Welcome to Yorkshire, said: "I'm delighted the race will visit all four corners of the county." |
| This year's Tour de Yorkshire attracted about two million spectators. | This year's Tour de Yorkshire attracted about two million spectators. |
| That was an increase on the estimated 1.5 million who lined the roads for the inaugural Tour de Yorkshire in 2015 which followed in the slipstream of the county's successful Tour de France Grand Depart event in 2014. | That was an increase on the estimated 1.5 million who lined the roads for the inaugural Tour de Yorkshire in 2015 which followed in the slipstream of the county's successful Tour de France Grand Depart event in 2014. |
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| Frenchman Thomas Voeckler won this year's event, snatching victory in a sprint finish on the final stage in Scarborough. | Frenchman Thomas Voeckler won this year's event, snatching victory in a sprint finish on the final stage in Scarborough. |
| The county's reputation as a top global cycling venue was cemented earlier this month with the news that it will host the 2019 Road World Championships - the first time the race will have come to Britain in 37 years. | The county's reputation as a top global cycling venue was cemented earlier this month with the news that it will host the 2019 Road World Championships - the first time the race will have come to Britain in 37 years. |
| "The world's best cyclists will be using the 2017 Tour de Yorkshire as a first dress rehearsal for that and we're planning a course that will challenge and impress them in equal measure," said Sir Gary. | "The world's best cyclists will be using the 2017 Tour de Yorkshire as a first dress rehearsal for that and we're planning a course that will challenge and impress them in equal measure," said Sir Gary. |
| The full 2017 race route - including exact start and finish locations and the distance and profile of the race - will be unveiled in December. | The full 2017 race route - including exact start and finish locations and the distance and profile of the race - will be unveiled in December. |