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Jul 2025
Sunday Picture Quiz Answers: July 5
Here are the answers to this week's Sunday Picture Quiz. How well did you do?
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Today, July 5, marks the 12th anniversary of the day the Grand Départ of the Tour de France sped 118 miles (190km) from Leeds to Harrogate, via Harewood, Skipton, Wharfedale, Wensleydale, Swaledale, Leyburn, Masham and Ripon. The second stage, the following day, passed through Knaresborough on a 125-mile route from York to Sheffield.
The huge spectacle attracted 2.5 million roadside spectators over the weekend in the summer of 2014, and TV images showing a sunny Yorkshire at its best were beamed all over the world.
No wonder so many towns and villages felt the urge to commemorate the event in stone, metal – and wood!
1. Tour de France sculptures, Knaresborough
These are two of three cyclist figures created to mark the passage of the Grand Départ of the Tour de France through Knaresborough in 2014.
Harrogate Borough Council paid £13,500 for sculptures, which were created by Yorkshire artist Graham Anderton and first displayed as part of the council parks team's garden at Harrogate Spring Flower Show earlier that year.
The sculptures are now on permanent display at the World's End gardens on Bond End – right on the route taken by Stage 2 of the Grand Départ 12 years ago.
2. Tour de France sculpture, North Stainley
This commemorative sculpture, by welder Keith Lynn of KL Metal Art in South Shields, was made from cycle parts, with a sprung saddle for a head, and handlebars with brake-levers sticking out to form the antlers.
3. Tour de France cairn, Masham
Ripon dry-stone waller Scott Winship created this cairn in Masham free of charge. Not only does it commemorate the Grand Départ, it also doubles as an honesty boxfor the town's Market Place carpark.
4. Eiffel Tower chainsaw carving, Harrogate
This lovely little statuette on Montpellier Hill was carved from the stump of an old elm tree by chainsaw artist Mick Burns. Even though it's well over a decade old, it still stands strong – although it's unlikely to outlast the real thing!
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