The daughter of Beryl Burton, one of British cycling's biggest stars, is set to ride in the Tour de Yorkshire Ride Cycletta, a mass participation cycle ride for women along the route of the Tour de Yorkshire.
Denise Burton-Cole, the daughter of famous Yorkshire cyclist Beryl Burton, will take on the 50km sportive on Sunday 3rd May, which is being organised by Human Race.
Denise, also a top female cyclist, rode alongside her mother for Great Britain in the 1972 World Championships and won bronze in the 1975 World Individual Pursuit.
Denise grew up watching how passionate her mother was about cycling and fell in love with the sport. Joining Denise in riding the Maserati Tour de Yorkshire Ride Cycletta will be her daughter, Anna.
Beryl Burton, who rode mainly for the Morley Cycling Club before moving to the Knaresborough Cycling Club, won around 100 National Championships and set a women's record in the 12-hour time-trials which beat the men's record for two years. She features in the British Cycling Hall of Fame and because of her unrivalled achievements in the sport received an MBE and an OBE.
Denise Burton-Cole said: "I am absolutely delighted to be taking part in this event. It is fantastic for Yorkshire to have an international cycle race, and for a mass participation women's event to run alongside it on the last day is terrific. I can't wait to be part of it."
Gary Verity, Chief Executive of Welcome to Yorkshire, said: "It is great to have Denise in the Tour de Yorkshire Cycletta Ride. Denise was inspired by her mother to take up cycling and went on to become a medal winner and now Denise is inspiring other women to take up the sport."
The Tour de Yorkshire is a new three-day stage race established following last year's hosting of the Grand Depart. The race is part of a wider festival of cycling that Welcome to Yorkshire hope will continue the Tour de France legacy by inspiring more people to get into cycling, as well as attracting more visitors to the county.
Nearly 300 women have already signed up for to ride in the Maserati Tour de Yorkshire Cycletta Ride on Sunday 3rd May. For more information about the event and how to enter, visit letour.yorkshire.com/tour-de-yorkshire/sportive.
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