WAKEFIELD looks set to agree to being a host for the Tour de Yorkshire cycle race next year despite questions being raised over the benefits to the local economy.
THERE WILL be little chance of Sir Gary Verity standing on ceremony – or taking a back seat – after he was knighted in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for his role in bringing the Tour de France to Yorkshire.
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