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Tour de France 2014 in Pool in Wharfedale
Pool in Wharfedale had a small part to play in a great sporting event, the Tour de France Grand Départ 2014. The race started in Leeds (well, that's where they started a procession to ...), Harewood House (which was the ceremonial start where the Duchess of Cambridge cut the tape), and somewhere around Weardley on the A659 (SE2945 : Milestone, A659) which is where the Race Director started the racing after they had left the narrow roads of the Harewood Estate.
Pool is about 5km from Weardley, and only the second village that the race would pass through. The crowds here were a precursor to the massive crowds all along the route in Yorkshire, where the BBC reported that over 2.5 million spectators watched and cheered over the 2 days and 2 stages. The words of the Race Director Christian Prudhomme sum it up "I can see the Tour in their hearts, and in their eyes. For that, I say thank you to everyone in Yorkshire who has made this Grand Depart so very, very special."
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Pool is about 5km from Weardley, and only the second village that the race would pass through. The crowds here were a precursor to the massive crowds all along the route in Yorkshire, where the BBC reported that over 2.5 million spectators watched and cheered over the 2 days and 2 stages. The words of the Race Director Christian Prudhomme sum it up "I can see the Tour in their hearts, and in their eyes. For that, I say thank you to everyone in Yorkshire who has made this Grand Depart so very, very special."
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by Rich Tea
Created: Mon, 7 Jul 2014, Updated: Mon, 7 Jul 2014
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