LEADING FASHION DESIGNER GETS MEASURE OF GRAND DÉPART

The team responsible for the successful bid to bring the Tour de France to Yorkshire have been kitted out with an official uniform thanks to one of the country's leading designers.

Jeff Banks, who was the official tailor of the London 2012 Olympic Games Bid Committee, has now been made official tailor of Yorkshire’s Grand Départ.

The designer measured up the Leeds-based team at the Welcome to Yorkshire offices for a uniform that draws on aspects of his current collections, with a unique twist to commemorate the Tour.