Gough&Kelly The customer Following the successful Tour de France stage start in York in 2014, City of York Council was selected as ocial host city for the Tour de Yorkshire stage two finish on Saturday 2nd May 2015 (during the Bank Holiday weekend). The challenge To provide a security, response and stewarding team of over 300 personnel to eect over 50 road closures, to look after the safety of spectators, cycle teams and VIPS throughout the event, which left many residents land-locked for over eight hours over a Bank Holiday weekend. York hosted a 20km circuit around the city centre, which cyclists completed 21/2 times, ending at a picturesque finish line near York Racecourse. Over 400,000 spectators were expected along the route in York, with the entire event televised live

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