The UCI are expected to announce tomorrow (Wednesday) where the 2019 Road World Championships will be hosted, with the prospect of Yorkshire being the winning bid.
If the Yorkshire bid is successful, it would be the first time that the UCI’s flagship event has been hosted in Great Britain since 1982. Standing in the northern England county’s favour is its incredibly successful hosting of the Tour de France’s Grand Depart in 2014.
The bid is a collaboration between tourism promoter Welcome to Yorkshire, funding agency UK Sport and British Cycling, and the 2019 bid has received government backing of £24m.
“It would be an absolute honour to host the 2019 UCI Road World Championships,” Gary Verity said when the bid was presented earlier this year.
“Yorkshire has everything a bike race could wish for. We can promise a gruelling but spectacular range of routes, huge crowds and the very warmest of welcomes. We are sure the world’s best riders will find our beautiful roads both challenging and exhilarating in equal measure.
“The Tour de France Grand Départ in 2014 cemented the county’s place as a world-class cycling destination and since then I have been proud to oversee the launch and growth of the Tour de Yorkshire – a race which is now regarded as one of the most dramatic and well-supported events in the sport.
“Make no mistake, cycling is in Yorkshire’s DNA and hosting the 2019 UCI Road World Championships will only reaffirm that.
“Yorkshire is ready to embrace the Championships. We’ve turned the county yellow once before, and now we want to see it swathed with those coveted rainbow bands.”
Bergen, Norway, will host the 2017 Worlds, with Innsbruck-Tirol, Austria, hosting the 2018 Worlds.
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