The more you have the more you want. After the first edition of the Tour de Yorkshire which was a great success, Gary Verity wants to organise the UCI Road World Championships, with the British Cycling.

“We’ve started those discussions but from our point of view we would love to have the World Championships in Yorkshire", he explained according to Cyclingnews. "It’s an obvious thing and I think the World Championships would love to come to Yorkshire. We have all the ingredients for it.”

“The process for a World Championships are that we would have to have the backing of British Cycling in a combined bid. So British Cycling need to decide if they want to back a bid for the World Championships in the United Kingdom, firstly and then whether Yorkshire would be the partner for them or if they would want to put it in another part of the country,” Verity added.

Chris Prudhomme, the Tour de France director, understands the Verity desire to receive the WC. “Yorkshire is made for cycling. You can imagine anything and everything for cycling here but not only for champions, but cycling for everybody."