Yorkshire confirms bid to host 2019 Road World Championships

Yorkshire have put forward a bid with Government funding that will be held across the county.

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Yorkshire has confirmed that it has put forward a £24m bid to host the 2019 Road World Championships.

A decision on whether or not the county has been successful will be made at the UCI’s annual congress in Doha this October, during the Qatar World Championships.

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Chris Marshall-Bell

A freelance sports journalist and podcaster, you'll mostly find Chris's byline attached to news scoops, profile interviews and feature writing across a variety of different publications. He has been writing regularly for Cycling Weekly since 2013.


Previously a ski, hiking and cycling guide in a number of places, but mostly in the Canadian Rockies and Spanish Pyrenees, he almost certainly holds the record for the most number of interviews conducted from snowy mountains.


He lives in Valencia, Spain.