Race around Yorkshire with free cycling game app

Train up your team and then race on Yorkshire's roads with free-to-download app, Yorkshire's Great Race

Fancy cycling around the Yorkshire roads used in the Tour de France Grand Depart? Well you can – via your phone.

Mobile phone application firm, twentysix, have launched their latest app that allows users to relive the excitement of the Tour with their game Yorkshire’s Great Race.

The game allows riders to take on four international riders for a chance to win the championship for Great Britain and team Leeds Bradford Airport.

Gamers begin the game by selecting the all-important training before choosing from nine tracks around Yorkshire to race on or they can challenge their own records in time trial mode.

The routes include parts of Leeds, Sheffield, York, Harrogate, Holmforth, Buttertubs Pass, Peak District and Langsett.

The touch-based game works by tapping the screen to gain speed and swiping across the screen to turn corners.

There is a coach to provide tips, while riders also have to monitor their stamina levels but can gain energy boosts for perfectly executed corners.

The free app can be downloaded from the iTunes app store.

screen568x568-1

screen568x568

Thank you for reading 20 articles this month* Join now for unlimited access

Enjoy your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1

*Read 5 free articles per month without a subscription

Join now for unlimited access

Try first month for just £1 / $1 / €1

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.