article_snippet: It brought thousands of cycling fans and a healthy dose of joie de vivre to the Yorkshire countryside.
article_snippet: Before last summer's race, potholes and cracks in A Yorkshire village Brockholes were smoothed over to provide the elite cyclists with the best surface.
article_snippet: Before the race potholes in Brockholes were filled and smoothed to provide cyclists with the best surface.
article_snippet: last year's Tour de France leaves Hebden Bridge to climb Cragg Vale the longest continuous gradient in England .
highlights_snippet: A Yorkshire village had a road smoothed over for the Tour de France .
  