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Nov 2020
2021 Tour de Yorkshire cancelled
The 2021 Tour de Yorkshire has been cancelled, it was announced today.
The sixth edition of the event was due to take place from April 30 to May 3.
The 2020 race which was due to pass through Pateley Bridge, Kirkby Malzeard, Masham, Summerbridge and Beckwithshaw was also cancelled.
It means for the first time in years there will be no major cycling event in the Harrogate district.
James Mason, chief executive of Welcome to Yorkshire, said the organisation could not financially commit to it. He said:
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The Tour de Yorkshire has provided significant economic benefits to the county since it was created in the wake of the success of the 2014 Tour de France’s Grand Départ in Yorkshire.
It attracted four million roadside spectators.
Mason said the decision had been made after discussions with race organisers, French company the Amaury Sport Organisation.
Yann Le Moenner, director general of the ASO, said:
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