Tour de Yorkshire 2019 - Preview

The European peloton returns to British shores later this week with the fifth edition of the Tour de Yorkshire. Defending champion Greg Van Avermaet (CCC Team) is set to return, while Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) and Marcel Kittel (Katusha-Alpecin) both arrive looking to kick-start their seasons after a difficult spring.

Daniel Benson

Daniel Benson was the Editor in Chief at Cyclingnews.com between 2008 and 2022. Based in the UK, he joined the Cyclingnews team in 2008 as the site's first UK-based Managing Editor. In that time, he reported on over a dozen editions of the Tour de France, several World Championships, the Tour Down Under, Spring Classics, and the London 2012 Olympic Games. With the help of the excellent editorial team, he ran the coverage on Cyclingnews and has interviewed leading figures in the sport including UCI Presidents and Tour de France winners.

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