Beadle has received its prize for winning the best dressed location competition during the 2019 Tour de Yorkshire.
Welcome to Yorkshire’s commercial director Peter Dodd presented dignitaries from the town, and the three other winners of the best dressed competitions, with a commemorative plaque at the tourism agency’s offices in Leeds this week.
The judges said that Bedale was “awash with colour as the men’s and women’s pelotons reached their exciting conclusions on May 3”.
They added: “Like every host location, the town pulled out all the stops to provide a brilliant backdrop to the action. Yellow and blue cardboard cyclists were displayed on every street with large Yorkshire flags and miles and miles of bunting.
“Numerous shopkeepers also produced striking window displays and all the schools in town worked hard to create some spectacular land art pieces.
“Even the church bells rang out to welcome the riders home as Bedale made a more-than memorable impression.”
Welcome to Yorkshire commercial director Peter Dodd said: “It’s a great pleasure to honour all the brilliant people and locations who went above and beyond to make this year’s Tour de Yorkshire another resounding success.
“Despite some challenging weather, we were still wowed by the crowds as communities came together to sing, dance and cheer on the riders.
“With spectacular decorations and miles of flags and bunting they did the county proud and put on a brilliant show for the record TV audience of 28 million watching in 190 countries around the world.”
The 2019 edition took place between 2-5 May and saw Chris Lawless become the first British winner of the men’s race while legendary cyclist Marianne Vos took the Asda Tour de Yorkshire Women’s Race title.
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