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That's all from us. Now on BBC | :00:00. | :00:12. | |
The world's largest annual sporting event begins | :00:13. | :00:14. | |
in Leeds tomorrow with the first of two stages in Yorkshire. | :00:15. | :00:17. | |
And the event is expected to bring a massive economic boost to | :00:18. | :00:20. | |
The Town Hall steps in Leeds today were dressed with a yellow carpet. | :00:21. | :00:23. | |
And over in Harrogate the world s media is now in place, poised to | :00:24. | :00:26. | |
capture the event from every angle, whatever the weather has in store. | :00:27. | :00:29. | |
Cathy Killick can bring us lore of a flavour | :00:30. | :00:31. | |
It's only got a population of 5 0, but this little village north | :00:32. | :00:45. | |
of Ripon has embraced the Tour and then given it French kisses. | :00:46. | :00:48. | |
There's a fairground, a food court and a whole lot of fun. | :00:49. | :00:54. | |
People are very happy to have the race coming to Yorkshird. | :00:55. | :00:59. | |
They are delighted and to embrace it, as much as they can, | :01:00. | :01:02. | |
190 countries take TV cover`ge of the tour. | :01:03. | :01:09. | |
Each day teams and support staff book more than 1,000 hotel rooms. | :01:10. | :01:14. | |
Add spectators to the mix and it will bring an estimated 100 | :01:15. | :01:17. | |
Here is one business experiencing a bonanza. | :01:18. | :01:25. | |
Flying Colours in Knaresborough makes flags and bunting. | :01:26. | :01:29. | |
They've had 20 times their normal orders. | :01:30. | :01:32. | |
We just didn't expect the volume of orders we're getting. | :01:33. | :01:36. | |
People want hand waving flags, people want to just be involved | :01:37. | :01:39. | |
You couldn't get more community involvement than here in York. | :01:40. | :01:44. | |
320 people have helped paint this enormous Hockney`style picture | :01:45. | :01:48. | |
I'm a big believer in community spirit and community spirit has | :01:49. | :01:58. | |
really come out in this project because of the workshops we have | :01:59. | :02:02. | |
The final flourish, 60 gendarmes from Paris here to lend | :02:03. | :02:11. | |
A massive day for the whole county of Yorkshire. | :02:12. | :02:16. | |
One of the biggest days in our history. | :02:17. | :02:20. | |
Looking forward to it very much indeed. | :02:21. | :02:22. | |
I'm very proud of all the work that loads of people | :02:23. | :02:25. | |
The stage is set for the Grand Depart. | :02:26. | :02:30. | |
So that's how Yorkshire's looking tonight. | :02:31. | :02:39. | |
Our Correspondent Matt Slater has been watching | :02:40. | :02:43. | |
We've had about 18 months to build up for this. | :02:44. | :02:51. | |
So much anticipation, so much excitement and, as you say, in about | :02:52. | :02:54. | |
12 hours time the Grand Dep`rt, the big race starts in front of that | :02:55. | :02:58. | |
About an hour before that there is a ceremonial | :02:59. | :03:03. | |
in Leeds outside the town h`l,l but here, right now, there is a festival | :03:04. | :03:06. | |
Thousands of people are camped here, they have been racing all this | :03:07. | :03:11. | |
There will be more races tomorrow and racing is really the nale | :03:12. | :03:15. | |
I spent most of this afternoon at a hotel not far from here where three | :03:16. | :03:20. | |
of the teams are staying ` East Europeans, Danes, Italians, French ` | :03:21. | :03:23. | |
They didn't know much about Yorkshire before this, | :03:24. | :03:26. | |
They all talked about how much the race has been embraced here | :03:27. | :03:32. | |
They noticed the painted livestock, yellow bikes, | :03:33. | :03:33. | |
What a way to open the show if Mark Cavendish, | :03:34. | :03:39. | |
the honorary Yorkshireman, could win in Harrogate tomorrow. | :03:40. | :03:41. | |
He used to holiday there as youngster. | :03:42. | :03:43. | |
If he wins, well, that would be drinks all night long | :03:44. | :03:47. | |
and I think there will be a few lock`ins as well. | :03:48. | :03:52. | |
So it seems the whole of Yorkshire is getting into the spirit | :03:53. | :03:55. | |
of this weekend, but of course safety is paramount. | :03:56. | :03:57. | |
Let us not forget this routd includes some of Yorkshire's | :03:58. | :04:00. | |
In fact hundreds of amateurs have already been having a go | :04:01. | :04:03. | |
Air ambulance crews say thex've now been called out to a spate | :04:04. | :04:07. | |
of accidents involving cyclhsts in the Dales. | :04:08. | :04:09. | |
On a good day, this stretch of road up and over Butterttbs Pass | :04:10. | :04:18. | |
But in today's driving rain and gusting winds it is also | :04:19. | :04:23. | |
Over half a dozen riders have already come seriously unstuck. | :04:24. | :04:29. | |
One of them had to be airlifted to hospital, but the most spectacular, | :04:30. | :04:37. | |
almost fatal, accident came just by the Buttertubs themselves | :04:38. | :04:40. | |
As you can see, the bikes come down off that top ridge really quickly | :04:41. | :04:47. | |
What happened, he hit this S`bend where this rider is here ` you see | :04:48. | :04:54. | |
he nearly lost control there ` he did, and he hit this catchmdnt fence | :04:55. | :04:58. | |
here, flipped straight over the top of it, rolled and stopped on a ledge | :04:59. | :05:01. | |
over a precipice there which drops straight down. | :05:02. | :05:08. | |
Even some of the professional riders have voiced their concerns | :05:09. | :05:19. | |
We've got a greasy road now that it's wet | :05:20. | :05:22. | |
That is buffeting around the corners so, yes, we would appreciatd... | :05:23. | :05:26. | |
There are lots of signs up warning them about the corners but some | :05:27. | :05:29. | |
So, sticking with the roads, nearly 1,000 will be closed | :05:30. | :05:37. | |
Your BBC local radio station has extra travel bulletins | :05:38. | :05:40. | |
and key public information to help you get around, whether you're | :05:41. | :05:43. | |
And there's also a Tour de France in Yorkshire page on the BBC | :05:44. | :05:47. | |
website with information, news and features about the event. | :05:48. | :05:49. | |
And on Sunday evening we'll have a special edition of Look North | :05:50. | :05:52. | |
from the route of the Tour looking back at the weekend the Tour de | :05:53. | :05:56. | |
Just one result in Rugby League tonight. | :05:57. | :06:03. | |
Wakefield coach James Webstdr kept his winning streak going with | :06:04. | :06:05. | |
A last minute try from Rich`rd Owen was all Wakefield needed | :06:06. | :06:10. | |
There will be some wet weather but most of the time there will be a | :06:11. | :06:29. | |
good deal of fine and Sunday, we start off with a lot | :06:30. | :06:46. | |
of sunshine. The cloud will bubble up and there is the risk of a few | :06:47. | :06:52. | |
showers with the odd heavy downpour. As we go through the rest of the | :06:53. | :06:56. | |
night, some dry spells out there but as you can see, further pulses of | :06:57. | :07:03. | |
rain pushing in from the sotth`west. It's going to be a mild night with | :07:04. | :07:06. | |
temperatures lifting to arotnd 5 or temperatures lifting to arotnd 5 or | :07:07. | :07:12. | |
16 Celsius. It's been quite blustery out there but that will ease as we | :07:13. | :07:14. | |
out there but that will easd as we go through the night. To start | :07:15. | :07:15. | |
go through the night. To st`rt tomorrow morning, a lot of cloud | :07:16. | :07:24. | |
around making it quite grey. A little bit of drizzle for a time but | :07:25. | :07:28. | |
that brightens up with pleasant spells of sunshine in the afternoon. | :07:29. | :07:32. | |
Sunshine and showers for Sunday. Today's weather played out like a | :07:33. | :07:46. | |
classic World Cup match - a tale of two halves. | :07:47. | :07:55. | |
Highest temperatures for this year. A different story further north and | :07:56. | :07:59. | |
west. A lot of cloud around. It was breezy, and yes, we saw significant | :08:00. | :08:06. | |
rain. This rain has to clear further east overnight and then it | :08:07. | :08:11. | |
introduces a different feel to our weather - sunny spells but also | :08:12. | :08:17. | |
showers. So a good drenching for the gardens overnight. Some of the rain | :08:18. | :08:21. | |
heavy over north-east England for a time and stretching up towards | :08:22. | :08:26. | |
south-east Scotland as this weather front goes further east. First thing | :08:27. | :08:30. | |
there is the potential for some of that rain to be lingering over | :08:31. | :08:34. | |
eastern Scotland and north-east England. The same as we go through | :08:35. | :08:39. | |
Lincolnshire, also into the East Midlands, East Anglia and the | :08:40. | :08:43. | |
south-east corner. A contrasting start to the last couple of | :08:44. | :08:48. | |
mornings. We are likely to see an improvement as the day continues. | :08:49. | :08:50. |