The history of cycling and the Tour de France has gone on show near York.
A free display is being opened at the British Library at Boston Spa to celebrate the imminent arrival of le Tour in Yorkshire, featuring materials, books and manuscripts relating to the sport and the cycling event.
The display includes accounts of the early days of cycling as a mass pastime and sport, including an 1897 description of a ‘bicycle gymkhana’ and more recent journalistic accounts of the legendary cycling extravaganza.
The display is on show alongside the library's newly refurbished Boston Spa Reading Room.
The library is also marking the Tour de France by including archiving websites related to the Tour, and launching a new cycling industry guide.
The Tour de France display at the British Library at Boston Spa is free to visit until the end of August during Reading Room opening hours (9am to 4.30pm Mon-Fri).
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