http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-17540234

Nice idea, but they’ll have to resurface a lot of roads or it’ll be more like roubaix!

I’m not sure how it’s supposed to help exactly, but you can sign up to show support here.

It’d be amazing if it happened. And as you say we might even get a few better roads out of it…

In York we have The Fat Controller trying to grasp onto this with both his sweaty paws and a lot of the locals asking why? WHY?

Nice idea for tourism pound though.

Would the roads need to be upgraded? Looking at other TdF stages a lot get held on pretty ropey surfaces so as long as there’s no potholes and they give them a good sweep to clear any gravel then what’s the problem.

Uless they want to advertise yorksire to to the world as having billiard table smooth roads.

so as long as there’s no potholes

Have you been on any Yorkshire roads recently?

Have you been on any Yorkshire roads recently?

A1 is fine at the mo, they could go up and down it.