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Updates on Friday 29 April 2016
Jill Archbold
BBC Look North
There's been pretty much no-one all morning... but now the crowd's are out in Market Weighton.
Even better, it's stopped raining!
The peloton is due to cycle through in the next 15 minutes.
More on the crash we reported earlier.
Andrew Tennant of Team Wiggins and Great Britain was involved in the incident shortly after the start.
Image source, Getty Images
David Reeves
BBC Radio Humberside
The riders won't arrive in Foggathorpe, a village between Holme-on-Spalding Moor and Bubwith, until about 13:00.
But judging by the decorations, people are pretty excited for their arrival
Mike White
Sports Reporter BBC Radio Humberside
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Laura Foster
BBC Look North
The Tour de Yorkshire 2016 is under way.
Laura Foster
BBC Look North
Laura Foster
BBC Look North
The riders are taking their places ahead of the ceremonial start of the Tour de Yorkshire.
That will begin at 11.50.
The official race starts at 12:00 on the Beverley Westwood.
Victoria Holland
BBC Look North
Chloe Deakin
BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
These children will lead the professional riders out for the ceremonial start of the Tour de Yorkshire.
Something to brag about for years to come...
Victoria Holland
BBC Look North
Unsurprisingly, he's the most popular man there today...
Chris Arundel
Reporter, East Yorkshire
Eight horses will race the riders up the Beverley Westwood, just before the official start line.
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James Piekos
Reporter, BBC Hull and East Yorkshire
It's starting to feel like a carnival in Saturday Market in Beverley.
Each of the teams is being interviewed live on the stage.
BBC Radio Humberside is live from Beverley this morning.
Jonathan Cowap
This is where it all gets going, the market town of Beverley.
I'm broadcasting BBC Radio York's mid-morning show here at the moment.
As you'll see, It's normally a bit quieter than it is today!
Laura Foster
BBC Look North
Hallie from Cherry Burton's bicycle is decorated with Yorkshire Tea, Yorkshire puds and the Yorkshire rose.
Laura Foster
BBC Look North
Crowds are really starting to gather in the centre of Beverley for the ceremonial start...
It's a different story at the official start though at Beverley Racecourse...
Victoria Holland
BBC Look North
A dalek....
The riders don't seem at all put off by the Yorkshire spring weather.
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Laura Foster
BBC Look North
East Riding of Yorkshire Council has paid £100,000 in sponsorship to be involved in this year's Tour de Yorkshire.
But the authority says the event generates £50m for Yorkshire's economy - and they want a slice of that again next year.
The council's leader, Stephen Parnaby, says "there's no question about the fact that we'll be bidding."
Quote MessageI think it is now recognised as the biggest tourist event, probably, in the area. When you think of all the thousands of people and the exposure that it gets - we want to be part of that"
Councillor Stephen Parnaby, Leader, East Riding of Yorkshire Council
James Piekos
Reporter, BBC Hull and East Yorkshire
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Chloe Deakin
BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
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