{"id":641913,"date":"2026-06-16T16:23:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T16:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/641913\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T16:23:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T16:23:12","slug":"east-yorkshire-and-lincolnshire-proud-to-host-tour-of-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/641913\/","title":{"rendered":"East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire &#8216;proud&#8217; to host Tour of Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It will be the first time in more than 30 years that a national Tour will visit Lincoln, though the city regularly hosts the Lincoln Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Councillor Joshua Wells, of City of Lincoln Council, said: &#8220;It&#8217;s fantastic news that the opening stage of the Lloyds Tour of Britain will begin in Lincoln, with the magnificent backdrop of our wonderful historic city.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Neither Boston nor Skegness has hosted a modern-day Tour of Britain race, though in 1991 Skegness last hosted the Milk Race, which was one of the most prestigious cycling events in Britain at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Leader of Boston Borough Council Dale Broughton said: &#8220;This is a great opportunity for our communities to showcase what they have to offer and a much-needed boost for local businesses. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We can&#8217;t wait to see the pelotons of cyclists and their supporters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Craig Leyland, leader of East Lindsey District Council, said: &#8220;Having such a prestigious event will demonstrate everything we have to offer from our world-class coastline and beaches to the picturesque Lincolnshire Wolds, and our historic market towns.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It will be the first time in more than 30 years that a national Tour will visit Lincoln,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":641914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-641913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=641913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/641913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=641913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=641913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=641913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}