Wacky ideas in demand along race route
TOUR DE FORCE: COMMUNITIES ARE being challenged to create the most dazzling visual spectacular yet for the 2019 Tour de Yorkshire.
This year’s cycle race route will pass through 151 villages, towns and cities between May 2 and May 5, with images of Yorkshire beamed to 190 countries worldwide.
To make the most of the occasion, new creative ways to create an eye-catching spectacle are being encouraged.
Welcome to Yorkshire’s 2019 Tour de Yorkshire Best Dressed Competition, held in partnership with The Yorkshire Post, will honour communities and individuals that go the extra mile to celebrate the race and it is now open for entries.
The competition categories
I can’t wait to see all the ideas people will come up with this year. Peter Dodd, commercial director at Welcome to Yorkshire.
are Best Dressed Village, Best Dressed Town, Best Dressed Host Location and Spirit of Le Tour.
The Best Dressed awards will be given to locations with the most impressive decor and the Spirit of Le Tour award will to an individual, community or business which goes above and beyond to embrace the race in a unique way.
Past race routes have been bedecked with the likes of spotty houses, dyed sheep, miles of handmade bunting, floral displays and yarn bombing.
Peter Dodd, commercial director at Welcome to Yorkshire, said: “I can’t wait to see all the wacky and wonderful ideas people will come up with this year.”
For full details on how to enter, see letouryorkshire.com/ bestdressed.