Tour de France Stage Results

Tour de France Stage Results

Tourism bosses hope the Tour de France will showcase England's beautiful scenery to the world. The Tour de France is two races in one. Councils and tourism bodies hosting (however fleetingly) the wheels of the Tour de France riders are lining up to show off their wares. The cyclists will fly past hundreds of bikes painted yellow throughout Yorkshire, and in Silsden there is a warning to those speeding ahead of the crowd One of the hundreds of bikes painted yellow throughout Yorkshire Gary Verity, chief executive of Welcome to Yorkshire said the county had been seeking to "invigorate and galvanise the Yorkshire tourism industry" since 2009. To mark the Tour de France, the cafe has been decorated with the Tour's 'King of the Mountains' polka dots. 

The tour will also pass through the Pennine village of Haworth which was home to the Brontës, arguably the world's most famous literary family. After reaching Sheffield on Sunday, the Tour ups sticks and moves down south to the university city of Cambridge. Before they depart, some riders might just notice some of the 2,000 mini yellow, green and polka dot jerseys which have been knitted to form bunting in the city. Artist Nicola Burrell, who came up with the design, said: "I've taken inspiration from the shapes of the bicycles, riders and slip streams, and I think the design represents the dynamism and excitement which is the Tour de France." The boundary wall, railings and gates of the castle have recently been restored - just in time, says Uttlesford District Council's leader Jim Ketteridge, for the Tour de France. As is a polka dot paint job.