Coronavirus pandemic puts Tour de Yorkshire in doubtThe Tour de Yorkshire cycling race looks likely to become the latest sporting event to be called off due to the coronavirus pandemic. 2019 Tour de Yorkshire Stage 4, Halifax to Leeds. The Tour de Yorkshire passes through Masham in 2019. The Tour de Yorkshire was launched in 2015 following the huge success of Yorkshire hosting the Tour de France Grand Depart in 2014. According to statistics from Welcome to Yorkshire, the 2019 race was watched by almost two million spectators and viewed on television by 28 million people in 190 countries.

Source: The Local March 16, 2020 10:30 UTC