This will be more than racing this time too …
No doubt Sheffield’s hills will create an epic race - but the Social Impact work around the TDF - connecting to the incredible local projects already happening will be especially welcome 🏆 🥇 🥂
Exciting times 🚴♀️
Big moment for @SouthYorksMCA and @BritishCycling
Tour de France stages announced with Sheffield in the heart of the action🏆
Biggest free to watch sporting event this country has hosted
First-ever UK start for the TDF Femmes
Hills that won’t flatter anyone
Epic race inbound!
South Yorkshire has just been rated a 3-star region for active travel - one of the highest ratings in the country.
News I’m most proud of since finishing with sport.
Thanks to our incredible team; 4 brilliant councils, and communities who refused to give up on this mission.
Councils across England have received more than £626 million in government funding to deliver high-quality active travel schemes – enough for 500 miles of new walking and cycling routes and 170,000 more active trips👩🦽🚶🚲
Read more here: https://t.co/2Z4nrfovzu
So much energy from the pupils during our cycling workshop as part of the Mayor’s Walk and Wheel Challenge prize draw.
Great to see young people getting active, growing in confidence, and having fun on two wheels. 🙌
We’re starting where challenges are greatest – linking up neighbourhoods with buses, trams & trains so no one’s left behind.
Moving towards a region where every journey starts with confidence & ends in opportunity. A place we’re proud to call home. 🌍
South Yorkshire doesn’t copy & paste solutions – we build our own.
People want what many of us remember: safer streets, better connections & choice to walk, wheel & cycle.
🎥 See more 👉 https://t.co/fkMgSSYLZk
I’ve seen it first-hand: belonging changes lives. Celebrating active lives and the great outdoors at community events brings people together.
Well done @RightUpRStreet@MyDoncaster 🏆
https://t.co/yTMzCEhsll
Always special to see my @BritishCycling family in action.
Amazing racing and a strong crowd at Wentworth House yesterday!
Loved catching up with loads of my old pals - congrats to everyone involved in such a successful event 👏 🚴♀️
@RMBCPress@SouthYorksMCA
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Proud to now be South Yorkshire’s Active Lives commissioner.
Already started work with our amazing partners @Sport_England@YorkshireSport@WestfieldHealth@NHSuk & Local Authority partners in Doncaster, Rotherham, Barnsely & Sheffield. 🏆 🤝
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South Yorkshire’s new Walking, Wheeling & Cycling strategy is about to launch 🚀 🚶♀️➡️👨🦽➡️🚲
Huge thanks to @olivercoppard for his ambition, for backing me every inch of the way and helped me build an incredible team at @SouthYorksMCA 🙏
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For me personally, it hasn’t always been easy.
There have been ups and downs, struggles along the way - but this has been the right path for me - and we have built this strategy the right way.
As long as I’m able, I’ll be riding bikes. And for as long as I can speak, continue to champion the joy and freedom of the humble bicycle!
Very happy to still be in roles that promote and support cycling.
Happy #RideToWorkDay x 🚲💨
#choice#walkwheelcycle
To all my pals turning 40 this year… here’s a sneak peek at your birthday present 🤠
Full Gas Forever - the guide for the “mature cyclist” who still wants to push watts without pulling hamstrings!
Out Aug 28
🚨 25% off ends today!
🔗 https://t.co/0ApLKvrvZs
#Cycling
And with the launch of the Sport Legacy Institute - in partnership with @WestfieldHealth - we’re stepping things up.
We’re tackling health inequalities head-on and putting prevention at the heart of where we live, work, and learn.
👉 https://t.co/HVseeVSAUA
🚴♂️ Sport played a huge part in my life - but this is about more than that.
This new agreement between @Sport_England, the NHS, and @SouthYorksMCA builds on the brilliant work already happening in our communities…
Great to see @olivercoppard & England's Mayors signing up to giving communities healthier, happier and better-connected travel choices 👏
Here in South Yorkshire we’re proud to back safer streets, and routes that give everyone the freedom & choice to walk, wheel and cycle.