Will Tour de France stars come to town?
THE Tour de France starts its three-week marathon tomorrow - and with it, the best chance to get to know the world's best riders before they descend on Scunthorpe.
The Tour of Britain organisers have invited all the big teams to take part and the field for Scunthorpe should become clearer after the continental event.
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GOING GALLIC: Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong (centre) pedals during the sixth and final stage of the Tour Down Under cycling race in Adelaide, Australia, earlier this year. He is about to embark on this year's Tour de France.
Coun Mick Grant, who has played a leading role in bringing the Tour of Britain to Scunthorpe, said he would be watching the French race closely.
He said: "The Tour de France will give people the great opportunity to see some of the top cyclists who may well be coming to North Lincolnshire in September for the Tour of Britain.
"Cycling is a popular sport that's enjoyed some massive sporting successes – just look at what team GB achieved at the Beijing Olympics.
"And because of this more and more people are getting involved in cycling and are following the nation's new sporting heroes.
"With the Tour de France about to kick off, people can get a taste of the atmosphere, crowds and athletic endurance that will come with the Tour of Britain."
The big interest this year is the return of Lance Armstrong, challenging for an unprecedented eighth Tour de France title.
For the latest Tour of Britain stories, visit www.thisisscunthorpe.co.uk/tourofbritain.
3 Comments
by Mac Clifford, PR Guru to the Tsars
Sunday, July 05 2009, 8:18AM
“You have to give the Maillot Jaune to NLC's self appointed and deluded cycling tsar, councillor Grant, , for his persistence in hyping up and ratchetting up the evident lack of local interest and enthisiasm for this initiative to promote sunny Scunny.
How could one stage of a low ranked domestic cycle race possibly put Scunny on the globalised economic map to achieve the much needed inward investment and regeneration!!?
I trust the ST will eventually report the final cost to council tax payers of this futile PR intitative?”
by IH, Scunny
Saturday, July 04 2009, 1:11PM
“Oh dear, a self interested local councillor. You should be trying to save us money and make Scunny a better and safer place to live, you scruf .”
by Beardy, C.A.M.R.A.
Friday, July 03 2009, 6:35PM
“The even means jack unless Bernard ( youtube: the mad cyclist ) is given the honorary yellow jersey!! what say you Kev?”