Yorkshire named as host of 2019 UCI Road World Championships

Yorkshire will host the UCI road World Championships in 2019, the UCI announced on Wednesday in Doha

The 2015 Tour de Yorkshire

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Yorkshire has been named as the host of the 2019 Road World Championships by cycling’s governing body the UCI.

The county’s bid, which was backed with £24m of funding from the government, saw off competition from several other bidders.

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Vern Pitt

Having trained as a journalist at Cardiff University I spent eight years working as a business journalist covering everything from social care, to construction to the legal profession and riding my bike at the weekends and evenings. When a friend told me Cycling Weekly was looking for a news editor, I didn't give myself much chance of landing the role, but I did and joined the publication in 2016. Since then I've covered Tours de France, World Championships, hour records, spring classics and races in the Middle East. On top of that, since becoming features editor in 2017 I've also been lucky enough to get myself sent to ride my bike for magazine pieces in Portugal and across the UK. They've all been fun but I have an enduring passion for covering the national track championships. It might not be the most glamorous but it's got a real community feeling to it.

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