Bonjour! – or should that be ‘Hello’?  The Tour de France’s Grand Depart took place in the in the beautiful county of Yorkshire. Pretty villages, grand towns and dramatic hills and fields. Yorkshire embraced the Tour as its own, turning the county yellow with bunting, painted bikes, sculptures and scarecrows. Riders were greeted by Royalty, Red Arrows, brass bands, a million or so people and the sun shone. The stage was won in a dash by Marcel Kittel after a dramatic accident involving Mark Cavendish. A ripping start to the Tour!  Here are my first drawings:

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Strike up the band!

Riding through the arch

Arrows in the air

So many bikes and a very big flag!

Heading for Harewood House

Cav adjusts his shoe, Leeds 2014

Yellow bikes of Yorkshire

Welcome to Leeds

Beautiful Yorkshire

Turning left, Otley

Yellow bike of Yorkshire

SOLD – Sagan and Kittel sprint for the line