Tour De France

1,084 words by 1 writer in Ilkley & Keighley

Stories filed under Tour de france

Tour de France, Cycling, festivals

Which way now?

by Steve Dearden

Keighley — Ever since the Tour de France rode over this bit of Yorkshire last year, I’ve been holding onto that picture for a Which Way Now/What Next? piece on how the people who sort the sports and the arts in ...

Tour de France, race, Cycling

The Cycling Republic of Yorkshire

by Steve Dearden

Keighley — I keep trying to write other things about this picture… About the Cycling Republic of Yorkshire. About how shortly after I took this picture and Le Tour had ridden through we, on bike or on foot, ...

Cycling, Tour de France, Yorkshire

It has felt absurd every time I've said it, The Tour de France is coming through my village.

by Steve Dearden

Ilkley — My village is in Yorkshire, England. Unbelievable. It seemed unbelievable when back in 2012 they announced the Grand Depart would be from Leeds. Unbelievable when Leeds Town Hall was draped in yell...

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