29 Brilliantly Yorkshire Ways To Welcome The Tour De France

    The world's best cycling race is starting in the world's best county. And Yorkshire knows how to put on a show.

    1. This encouraging message scrawled on a steep hill climb.

    I love this Yorkshire welcome for the #TourDeFrance!

    2. This bicycle made out of sausage meat.

    Appleton’s Pork Butchers in Ripon has cooked-up an edible ‘pie-cycle’ in honour of the #letouryorkshire

    3. This special bottle of Sheffield's Henderson's Relish.

    Delighted with my gift from the lovely people @hendorelish one of the first special edition bottles #yorkshire

    4. This yellow jersey on a Leeds statue.

    The Black Prince with a yellow jersey! #Leeds #TdF #tdfYorkshire #Tdf2014

    5. This Tour de Jarvis graffiti in Sheffield.

    Jarvis Cocker Tour de France artwork/graffiti in #Sheffield by @stewysstencils on Grinders Hill off Shoreham&Brown St

    6. This church that's replaced god with a yellow jersey.

    7. This bloke who built a replica Eiffel Tower in his garden.

    Burley in Wharfdale's own 8.5m Eiffel Tower

    8. This edible bicycle made out of vegetables.

    To mark @LeTourYorkshire we're unveiling our specially-made Grand Depart Edible Cycle at our Ikley Store today! #TdF

    9. This bicycle-shaped crop circle.

    Have you seen @RHSHarlowCarr 'crop circle' for @letouryorkshire look closely and you'll see visitors walking around

    10. This special beer made by a Yorkshire brewery.

    Cheers for @btsport intw today @MarkCavendish. Will get one of these racked up @letouryorkshire @TimothyTaylors

    11. This dog that's dressed up in a flat cap for the occasion.

    Tilley's ready for the King of the Mountains up Holme Moss for @letouryorkshire @letour @LeTourHolmfirth !

    12. This special floral display.

    13. This traditional dry stone wall in the shape of a bicycle.

    Dry stone walling exhibition @YFest2014 at Don Valley #Sheffield @letouryorkshire http://t.co/KXvxdUjxtd @BBCtdf

    14. This person in York who dressed a toy monkey in a yellow jersey and then stuck it on a miniature bike.

    15. This handy translation.

    16. This French farm outside Huddersfield railway station.

    17. And this baguette under the arm of the Harold Wilson statue.

    Like the baguette-wielding Harold Wilson. @YFest2014 #hypervelocity

    18. This scarecrow providing extra support in Ilkley.

    19. This flag painted on the road in the Yorkshire Dales.

    20. This cricket club that wants to be King of the Mountains.

    21. And this café that also wants to be King of the Mountains.

    22. And this baby alpaca on a Yorkshire farm that really, really wants to be King of the Mountains.

    King of the Mountain or just TdFitis? Exclusive house still available on route of #tdf2014 3miles from #reeth

    23. All the yellow bicycles that have started to appear everywhere in Yorkshire.

    Love all the little yellow bikes that have been put up around Tour de France route in Yorkshire

    24. This bicycle that somehow got up there.

    25. And this person who just took it too far.

    Getting excited for @letouryorkshire at Coldstone Cut. #Yorkshire #letour

    26. This farmer has who repainted his sheep in Tour de France colours.

    27. This understated sign about a forthcoming "local sporting event".

    .@waitrose - not sure I'd describe #TdF as "a local sporting event"!

    28. This Yorkshire Tea rebrand.

    Thanks for the free tea @YorkshireTea :D It's a good start to the day! #tea #thankyou

    29. And this typically Yorkshire warning to Tour de France riders.

    #LoveIt Silsden British Legion #tourdeyorkshire #GrandDepart

    Who needs France when you've got Yorkshire?