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TOUR TO RETURN TO PENISTONE BARNSLEY’S full involvement in the 2018 Tour de Yorkshire has been announced and will see the second day of racing start from the town centre on Friday May 4 before winding through Penistone, Oxspring and Thurgoland.
A press conference held by Welcome to Yorkshire in Halifax revealed that the cyclists will ride through the borough for the second stage of the race known as ‘Yorkshire Heritage’. The event, which will be held from Thursday May 3 to Sunday May 6, is a flagship cycling event in the UK and international calendar and will see top teams and cycling stars riding through Barnsley’s roads and rolling countryside. The fourth edition of the race has been extended to four stages over the Bank Holiday weekend with an extra day of men’s racing and the women’s race doubled to two days. The peloton will start outside Barnsley’s impressive town hall and head towards Penistone. The route ventures into Worsbrough and the first mountains classification points are up for grabs at Blacker Hill. With those in the bag, the race will pass through Elsecar and out towards Wentworth Woodhouse. Barnsley’s race date on ‘Star Wars day’, May 4, and is an easy one to remember, and there will be plenty of
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things to do and see for cycling fans and Star Wars fans alike, with a special exhibition at Experience Barnsley Museum and Discovery Centre and activities on the day. A new webpage has been created as a hub for all the latest news and information and the council will be sharing updates on social media between now and the big event. Local businesses on the route are invited to attend one of four workshops delivered in partnership with race organisers Welcome to Yorkshire to find out how they can get involved. The first one will be at the Metrodome Leisure Complex on Thursday January 18 at 5pm. Cllr Sir Steve Houghton, CBE, Leader of the Council said: “It’s a great honour to be selected as a start location for the Tour de Yorkshire and we’re sure that once again the people of Barnsley will get behind the riders and give them a great welcome. “There will be plenty of ways for residents, schools and businesses to get involved and this is a wonderful opportunity to showcase all that Barnsley has to offer.” For more information about the event visit www.barnsley.gov.uk/ TDY or the council’s Tour de Yorkshire event page on Facebook. A video to celebrate the arrival of the race in Barnsley can be viewed here.