Cycling: The Tour de France is the cycling spectacle par excellence every year. The 101st edition started last night with the presentation of the teams in Leeds. You can find out what else there was to see in the Yorkshire region in this photo report.
# Cheers, or how to greet the tour on the island.
# Bernard Hinault, tour director Christian Prudhomme, who owns a Yorkshire terrier, and local politician Gary Verity.
# Miffy on the roofs of the tour caravan.
# Far from being slow, Team Sky take a look at the streets of Yorkshire ahead of the team presentation.
# Tinkoff-Saxo and captain Alberto Contador in the neon yellow tour outfit are in no way inferior to that.
# Mark Cavendish was in demand at the Omega Pharma-QuickStep team PK.
# Team Sky around last year's winner Chris Froome is presented.
# Wants to put up a hot fight with Froome: Alberto Contador.
# Tony Martin is one of the stars of the Omega Pharma-QuickStep line-up.
# Tejay Van Garderen is the captain at BMC. To his right is Marcus Burghardt, who plays a key role among the team of helpers.
# Europcar is led by crowd favorite Thomas Voeckler and Kevin Reza, who is also active.
# World champion Rui Costa also wants to have a say in winning with his team Lampre-Merida. With Chris Horner he has a strong helper at his side.
# The Garmin Sharp team starts without any Germans, even though New Zealander Jack Bauer, 3rd from left, has a German passport.
# The old master is still in demand. Jens Voigt is going on his 17th tour.
# Jürgen van den Broeck is the captain of Lotto Belisol. However, André Greipel should take the pressure off the team with an early sprint win.
# Roger Kluge and Heinrich Haussler are part of the Sky squad, along with Sylvain Chavanel, Mathias Frank and Martin Elmiger.
# Cheng Ji is the first Chinese to start a tour so far.
# Marcel Kittel is looking forward to the start. Will it turn yellow again?
# Tour debut for team and rider. NetApp-Endura will be active and present a new sponsor on the way to Paris.
# In a decent championship shirt: Vincenzo Nibali wants to cut a good figure in the shark tank tour victory.
# Alejandro Valverde also wants to be on the podium. Perhaps his last chance as captain - with Nairo Quintana in his own ranks. However, the Colombian will not start a tour after the Giro.