Yorkshire Festival of Cycling

12/07/2014

Did you join the Participation Events organised by Human Race at the Festival of Cycling? They have done a little write-up of their weekend:

You may have noticed the cycling fever that has gripped the UK in the last few days, and Human Race were delighted to be a part of it! We were right at the heart of the action, organising participation events at the site of the Grand Depart itself, the Dare2b Yorkshire Festival of Cycling at Harewoo…

11/07/2014

We've had over 500 entries since we have started our Photography Competition. From awesome holiday snaps and cute kiddie pics, to epic crash-carnage, your photos amazed us. So many incredible pictures that its hard to choose but here are some of our favourites!
Enter the competition here http://po.st/YFOCPhotography

10/07/2014

WINNER OF THE CANYON BIKE PHOTO COMPETITION:

Film producer David Lascelles and Exhibitions Curator Diane Howse, Earl and Countess of Harewood chose their favourite photo and therefore the winner of a Canyon Road Bike!

CONGRATULATIONS to Steve Rideout (a very apt name!) for this winning photo that the Earl and Countess of Harewood thought was 'witty, original and technically strong.'

Thank you all for more than 500 entries and we're sorry you couldn't all be winners! From awesome holiday snaps and cute kiddie pics, to epic crash-carnage, your photos truly amazed us!!

10/07/2014

We asked film producer David Lascelles and Exhibitions Curator Diane Howse, Earl and Countess of Harewood, to judge the Canyon Photography Competition that we ran in the lead up to the Festival. We are very grateful to them for agreeing to do so and have great pleasure in announcing the runners-up:

2nd Place - Mel Boyle for "Monsoon Cycling in the Punjab"
3rd Place - Nick Sweeting for "Out of Oxenhope"

Congratulations Mel and Nick - we'll be announcing the winning photo later this evening!

08/07/2014

This is a pre order page for the DVD which will be released in mid September 2014.We are allowing people to pre order now at £9.99 instead of at the price of £12.99

06/07/2014

The flypast by the Red Arrows was one of the biggest highlights at the Ceremonial Start of the at the Festival of Cycling! The historic & moving Battle of Britain Memorial Flight was truly impressiv too -only 250 feet above the ground! What's your best moment of the weekend?

06/07/2014

We hope you already had the chance to check out the British Army area at the Festival - they have so much awesome stuff going on! Make sure you drop by!

06/07/2014

Last chance to enjoy the extreme stunt shows from savage skills at 4 pm! Make sure you don't miss it!

05/07/2014

A big "Thank You" to all our visitors who gave riders at start of Le Tour Yorkshire such an amazing welcome! What a great atmosphere with you on site!

05/07/2014

The internet is filling up with articles about the Ceremonial Start of the Tour de France at the Festival of Cycling! Check out these two:
http://bit.ly/1t8Yo85
http://bbc.in/1qX9Z5Y

IT was no exaggeration to say to that the roar of the crowd at Harewood rivalled that of the Red Arrows as they streaked across the sky.

05/07/2014

What an exciting Day for Yorkshire!

The 101st Tour de France is now under way in Yorkshire after the riders received a royal send-off from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry at the Yorkshire Festival of Cycling!

05/07/2014

Come and visit our great shopping expo! Our exhibitors have some fabulous offers waiting for you!