Nicky Roche, Chief Executive of the Tour de France Hub 2014 discusses the upcoming Tour de Yorkshire.
Presented at the Sport and Recreation Alliance's Sports Summit 2014.
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Hosting successful major events – The Tour de Yorkshire
1. Sport & Recreation Alliance Sport Summit
Nicky Roche (CEO, TdFHUB2014)
5 June 2014
2. Scale of the Event
Tour de France ‘Machine’
4,500 people including: 198 riders (22 teams x 9)
1450 hotel beds reserved every day
10 emergency doctors and 6 ambulances
47 police motor cyclists
2,000 journalists
190 countries broadcasts
3.5 billion viewers
133 million internet pages viewed for 2012 race
Over 40 partners, mostly commercial
180 vehicles in the Caravan
15 million gifts handed out
12 million spectators on route
3. Economic & Social Benefits
2007
• Over 3 million people turned out
• 2 stages brought £90 million benefit to the economy
• Publicity value worth a further £35 million
2010
• In 2010 in Rotterdam, over £2million was spent by the
teams, organisations and press alone
2014
• Over 2 million spectators in Yorkshire, worldwide TV
audience
• Raises profile of the health and environmental benefits
of cycling
4. Grand Depart 2014
Stage 1: Saturday 5 July 2014
Leeds Headrow to Harrogate Montpellier
» 125 miles/201.1 kilometres
Stage 2: Sunday 6 July 2014
York Racecourse to Sheffield Don Valley
» 124 miles/200.5 kilometres
Stage 3: Monday 7 July 2014
Cambridge City Centre to London The Mall
» 98.33 miles/159 kilometres
5. Funding
• Local authorities together are making a combined
contribution of £11m
– each local authority has made provision in its own budget which,
combined, adds up to £11 million.
• Government has made up to £10 million available
– managed through the not-for-profit company TdFHUB2014 Ltd to co-
ordinate planning for stages 1 and 2 and stage 3 up to the M25 The
company will be dissolved once the Tour is over. The company will
account for its budget and report progress publicly.
• Transport for London is contributing £6m
– to meet the costs associated with Stage 3.
• We are committed to transparency
– Information about these costs is in the public domain.
6. Our Organisation: 6 domains
• Venue and route operations
• Safety and scrutiny
• Transport and highways
• Communications
• Finance and procurement
• Local Authority delivery
7. Why do it?
• National and local prestige
• A world stage and repositioning the country and the
city-potential TV audience of billions
• Legacy – physical, reputation and skills
• Because all major countries should
• The country will have a fantastic few weeks that
they will never forget.
8. The Bid
• Your unique selling point as a city, country
• Coalition of the willing: NGB, Government, Local
Government and private sector
• Funding
• Bid team – the figure ahead
• Fast start up skills for the bid company
• What are you giving back to the sport and country.
9. Delivering
• Get governance right from the start – no one is in
charge, you are a team
• Recruit the best and keep them for the long haul
• Get a good grasp of the budget across the piece,
allow enough contingency and manage it tightly
• Use world-class programme delivery skills with
effective management of issues and risks
10. Delivering
• Let the programme evolve and keep teams evolving
with it. You cannot communicate enough with the
public or your staff about how you are doing
• It’s a World wide event not just domestic and factor
in that interest
• It’s all about the sport.