Gary Verity is refusing to give up hope that the Tour de Yorkshire will expand to four days in 2016 – despite a three-day route being announced on Friday – and is ready to rely on "bloody mindedness" to make it so.
In light of the roaring success of the inaugural of the edition of the race back in May – watched on the roadside by 1.5 million people – the Welcome to Yorkshire chief executive put in a request for an extra stage, which was denied by British Cycling last month.
On Friday the start and finish towns for the 2016 edition were unveiled; Doncaster, Scarborough, Middlesbrough, Beverley, Otley and Settle were on list of six that would form a three-day race from Friday April 29 to Sunday May 1, though it is not yet clear how exactly these pieces of the jigsaw would fit together.
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However, Verity has a fourth stage planned and in the pipeline, ready and waiting to go if he can force those at British Cycling to bend to his will. He has until the end of November to do so, with the full route needing to be finalised and announced in early December.
“We’ve got a route for three days and we’ve got a route for four days. Whichever it is we end up with we’re ready and waiting to go with that,” Verity told Cyclingnews.
“We’re still lobbying for four days. We’ve been dealing with the top brass at British Cycling. We still think that four days is eminently doable and we hope that British Cycling could find a way to make that possible. The UCI are in favour of it, a lot of the riders are in favour if it, the Prime Minister is in favour of it, the Culture Secretary is in favour of it, so why not?”
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