Tour de France 2014

• Welcome to Yorkshire estimate the economic impact on the region to be £100m

• More than 100,000 visitors watched the Tour in York alone

• 25,000 were at York's Racecourse to see the start of Stage Two.

• There were visitors from across the UK as well as Europe, China, Australia and the USA

The Chief Executive of Welcome To Yorkshire, Gary Verity, has tweeted his thanks and appreciation following Tour de France success.

The Tour de France has left the region after a weekend when the world's biggest annual sporting event brought two and a half million spectators to Yorkshire.

There was disappointment this morning when British star Mark Cavendish confirmed he would not be racing and today's stage was won by Italian cyclist Vincenzo Nibali.

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But organisers say the overall winner was Yorkshire.

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Yorkshire is bidding au revoir to what has been called the greatest ever Grand Départ of the Tour de France.

Millions lined the routes of the two Yorkshire stages, creating unprecedented scenes.