SHIRE LEGACY

Great news to hear that international cycling’s brush with Yorkshire won’t begin and end with this summer’s Tour de France Grand Départ. Too often toplevel competition – I’m looking at you, Olympic Games – sweeps in and out of town, leaving nothing behind but empty stadiums, a costly tab and fading memories. Stadiums obviously aren’t an issue but, if you believe everything you read in the newspapers, there’s a finance hole to plug. The news of an annual pro race from 2015 sounds like just the legacy we needed. Roger Brown, email There have been rumours that this race could turn out to be the ASOowned Critérium International, which was held in Corsica for the final time in late March.