Sentence examples for host the tour from inspiring English sources

It is an endeavor that makes what that the town is spending to host the Tour look like pocket change.

More than 250 French towns had applied to host the Tour; neither Petit, nor anyone else in Bellegarde, had sent in an application.

The process of seeking to host the Tour start is not a formal bidding process, as with something like the Olympics.

"London seven years ago seemed more normal because you expect a capital city to host the Tour but Leeds, you know, it's quite random for the Tour de France.

The move — implemented on Yorkshire Day is viewed by some as the further erosion of Lancashire by its insufferably bumptious neighbour, which is getting far too big for its boots after wooing the French over to host the Tour de France in 2014 and effectively coming 12th in the Olympic medal table in 2012.

(The payment structure ranges from €60,000 for a stage start to the nearly €4 million paid by Liège this year to host the Tour's Grand Départ, or first three stages).

"It costs a lot," one man said of hosting the Tour.

In 2004, Joe Hardy, the eccentric lumber magnate who hosted the tour's 84 Lumber Classic, flew participating players to their next event on a pair of private planes.

When Britain hosts the Tour for the fourth time, it will boast the defending champion and his predecessor, not to mention the world's top sprinter in Cavendish.

Thanks to a three-year deal with the supermarket chain Asda – who sponsored the "Tourmakers" volunteers when Yorkshire hosted the Tour de France start in 2014 – the first prize for the women's Tour de Yorkshire will be €20,000 (£15,628).

Tierney said the venues hosting the tour should be made aware of the speakers and said he would "not lose sleep" if Tenpenny was denied entry into Australia on character grounds.