Tour de Yorkshire and Verity determined to make race four days

Gary Verity is refusing to give up hope that the Tour de Yorkshire will expand to four days in 2016 – despite a three-day route being announced on Friday – and is ready to rely on "bloody mindedness" to make it so.

Patrick Fletcher

Patrick is a freelance sports writer and editor. He’s an NCTJ-accredited journalist with a bachelor’s degree in modern languages (French and Spanish). Patrick worked full-time at Cyclingnews for eight years between 2015 and 2023, latterly as Deputy Editor.