Yorkshire to host cycling's road world championships in 2019

By foxsports
Updated Mar. 4, 2020 10:30 p.m. ET

DOHA, Qatar (AP) The northern English county of Yorkshire will host cycling's road world championships in 2019.

The International Cycling Union made the announcement on Wednesday, during the 2016 road worlds in Doha.

Yorkshire hosted the opening stage of the Tour de France in 2014 and has also staged the three-day Tour de Yorkshire since 2015.

The next two road world championships will be held in Bergen, Norway, and Innsbruck, Austria.