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TfL turns down TdF
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Posted 9 years ago #
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"Given the upfront costs and the prospect of major cuts to transport spending across the UK later this year, it is understood bosses at TfL and the Greater London Authority, its parent body, decided the city could not afford a third visit from the world's biggest bike race."
A sign of things to come...?
Posted 9 years ago # -
Far be it for me to tell the TdF how to run its business, but going back to London for a Grand Depart seems like a bad idea to me. It's just too big a city for the Tour to take over. Yorkshire and Utrecht had a great carnival atmosphere, which you wouldn't achieve in London.
On a selfish note, having started to make a habit of going to the Grand Depart, I'd far rather it was someone more interesting than London...
Posted 9 years ago # -
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Chris Boardman (@Chris_Boardman) tweeted at 1:49pm - 29 Sep 15:
Just waking up in the US to the London/TfL/TdF story. Don't know the details but if I had to choose, I'd spend it on infrastructure as well (https://twitter.com/Chris_Boardman/status/648842130866180096
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