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Wawickshire residents urged to support national cycle race
Warwickshire residents are being urged to take to the streets to support a national cycling race returning to the county after a five-year four of the Lloyds Tour of Britain Men will visit the area for a third time on 5 will set off from Atherstone in north Warwickshire and wind their way south, finishing with a 700m (2,296ft) climb to the top of Burton Dassett Hills Country race begins in East Suffolk on Tuesday 2 September. A detailed route map will be published later this month. The race last came to Warwickshire in 2019, with Dutch cyclist Mathieu van der Poel crowned the local stage county council is running a competition for primary school children to design a flag that will start the local leg, and a trophy to be presented to the stage leader George Finch said the race's return was a "fantastic boost" for the county, taking in North Warwickshire, Nuneaton and Bedworth, Rugby, Warwick and Stratford-on-Avon districts."I hope the people of Warwickshire will take to the streets and the hills, as they always have, to give the Tour the support it deserves," he added. Jonathan Day, managing director of British Cycling Events, said Warwickshire had a "long and proud history" of hosting the Tour of has also welcomed the women's race five times in the last decade, and the men's and women's Commonwealth Games road races in August 2022."We are delighted to be returning, especially with such a challenging finale at Burton Dassett Hills Country Park, that will draw spectators from right across the heart of England," Mr Day opening leg of the Tour runs between Woodbridge and Southwold, followed by a second stage at Keynes and Central Bedfordshire will host the third stage on 4 announcements about the host venues of remaining stages between 5-7 will be made in the coming weeks. Follow BBC Coventry & Warwickshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.


BBC News
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McInnes praises Kyziridis for goalscoring debut
Head coach Derek McInnes was encouraged by the goalscoring debut of winger Alexandros Kyziridis in Hearts' four-goal Premier Sports Cup win at 24-year-old Greek player set up Craig Halkett's headed opener and scored himself following Alan Forrest's cross."You see what he is, I think he's capable of moments when he holds his width and he's really incisive and makes his mind up early," McInnes told Premier Sports."Like a lot of wide players, decision-making is where they are judged. I thought he did a lot of good, considering it was his first game."He was in the right area to score a goal. He should have been in the right area before that to score another goal. But he did some good things."Fellow summer signing Claudio Braga scored a diving header before Kyziridis put Hearts three up by the break, but McInnes was expecting more in the second half before Halkett headed in his second goal late on."We played some good stuff in the first half, but I'd like us to be better than that for long spells," added McInnes, whose side all but sealed their place in the second round.


Daily Mail
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- Daily Mail
Leeds star insists Daniel Farke's side must aim to be 'the fittest team in the Premier League' in order to avoid immediate Championship return
Sam Byram has stressed that Leeds United must aim to be 'the fittest team in the Premier League ' if they are to have a chance of staying in the top-flight this season. Leeds have spent most of the first fortnight of pre-season at their Thorp Arch training base, before drawing 0-0 against Man Utd in a friendly in Stockholm on Saturday. Daniel Farke 's side now travel to Germany for a week, where they will play two friendlies behind closed doors as part of a warm-weather training camp. 'The intensity (in pre-season) has been a lot harder this year, which you'd expect coming back to prepare for the Premier League,' said Byram. 'There's obviously not as many games as there is in the Championship but for us, fitness is going to be huge. If we can be the fittest team in the league, then it can only help us. So it's something that everyone's been working really hard on - there's a lot of tired legs and tired bodies but we're through the second week and looking forward to the camp,' the Leeds defender added. Tactically, Byram insists that Farke's style will be similar to the possession-based football that saw Leeds win the Championship last season, with a record-breaking 100 points. 'It (the football) will be very similar to last season,' he said. 'The style of football we want to play - possession based, that's in our DNA and that's how we want to play. It's a huge step up and it's obviously a much more competitive league so there's obviously areas that you can't play the same as in the Championship but it's something we've been working on since day one,' added Byram. And with the last six promoted teams all going straight back down to the Championship, Byram stressed that he and his teammates are already aware of the challenge that lies ahead. The 31-year-old signed a new one-year deal with his boyhood club earlier this month. 'We're not under any illusion. We know how hard it is to stay in the Premier League,' said Byram. 'This season, we've got a lot more time to prepare for each game so to have for the most part, a full week to prepare will be very beneficial. Every single point matters and we'll do everything to get as many points as we can.' Leeds begin their return to the Premier League with Everton travelling to Elland Road on Monday August 18.