Release Date: Friday 27th March

Cycling Star to ride in Tour de Cycletta Ride

The daughter of Beryl Burton, one of cycling’s biggest stars, is set to ride in the Tour de Yorkshire Ride Cycletta, a mass participation cycle ride for women along the route of the Tour de Yorkshire.

Denise Burton-Cole, the daughter of famous Yorkshire cyclist Beryl Burton, will take on the 50km sportive on Sunday 3rd May, which is being organised by the UK’s largest mass- participation sports event company, Human Race.

Denise, also a top female cyclist, rode alongside her mother for Great Britain in the 1972 World Championship and won bronze in the 1975 World Championship.

Denise grew up watching how passionate her mother was about cycling and fell in love with the sport. Joining her in riding the Maserati Tour de Yorkshire Ride Cycletta will be her daughter, Anna.

Beryl Burton, who rode mainly for the Morley Cycling Club before moving to the Cycling Club, won around 100 National Championships and set a women’s record in the 12-hour time-trials which beat the men’s record for two years. She features in the British Cycling Hall of Fame and because of her unrivalled achievements in the sport received an MBE and an OBE.

Denise Burton-Cole said: “I am absolutely delighted to be taking part in this event. It is fantastic for Yorkshire to have an international cycle race and for a mass participation women’s event to run alongside it on the last day is terrific. I can’t wait to be part of it.”

Gary Verity, Chief Executive of Welcome to Yorkshire, said: “It is great to have Denise in the Tour de Yorkshire Cycletta Ride. Denise was inspired by her mother to take up cycling and went on to become a medal winner and now Denise is inspiring other women to take up the sport.”

It is hoped that the Tour de Yorkshire will continue the legacy set by the Grandest ever Grand Départ of the Tour de France in July 2014 and continue to inspire more people to get into cycling and attract more visitors to the county.

Nearly 300 women have already signed up for to ride in the Maserati Tour de Yorkshire Cycletta Ride on Sunday 3rd May. More information about the event and how to enter can be found here: letour.yorkshire.com/tour-de-yorkshire/sportive

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Image caption: Beryl Burton with her daughter, Denise

For more information on the Tour de Yorkshire please visit; www.letouryorkshire.com

Notes to Editors’:  Tour de Yorkshire is a Welcome to Yorkshire (WTY) / Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) race in association with British Cycling, which holds a 2.1 European Tour UCI Classification  The Tour de Yorkshire is an annual international race with a new route through Yorkshire each year  The Tour de Yorkshire forms part of the legacy of the historic Yorkshire Grand Départ of the Tour de France 2014  Human Race is the UK’s largest and most diverse mass participation events company; owning and delivering over 50 events in triathlon, cycling, running, duathlon and open water swimming for over 70,000 participants of all abilities and ages each year. The highly prestigious portfolio of events includes 11 triathlons, nine cycling events, 10 running events, 7 open water swims, 6 kid’s events.  These events bring together an active community of people taking part in sporting events for reasons ranging from fitness, competition, charity, health, fun or to simply finish. The participants vary from nervous first timers from 4 to 80 through to World Champions. Collectively, the events raise millions of pounds for hundreds of charities.  http://www.humanrace.co.uk

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