Scotland are pushing on with their plans to stage the start of the 2017 Tour De France.
Organisers behind the bid which includes EventScotland and now UK Sport and British Cycling, want the Grand Depart in Edinburgh with stages in England and Wales before the race heads back to France.
Simon Morton, Director of Major Events and International Relations at UK Sport, is quoted by cyclingnews.com as saying: “Our ambition after the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is to attract some of the world’s most prestigious sporting events to the UK and cement our position as one of the world’s leading host nations.”
“The Tour de France is a spectacular competition, and would provide a fantastic opportunity to engage the British public in the sport, so we welcome the opportunity to work with EventScotland and British Cycling to look at bringing the opening stages to the UK in 2017.”
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