Future of the Tour de Yorkshire in serious doubt

Riders in action at the 2019 Tour de Yorkshire (Image credit: Getty Images)

The long-term futures of the Tour de Yorkshire and the Women's Tour de Yorkshire have once again been thrown into doubt after the Yorkshire Post reported that the Welcome to Yorkshire (WTY) tourism agency  was seeking agreement to a £1.4 million emergency fund from local councils on Thursday. 

Peter Box, the chair of Welcome to Yorkshire, is understood to have written to "all" local councils requesting the emergency bail out. However, one local council, Ryedale, was quoted as saying "it feels like a gun to our heads." 

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