York faces an anxious few weeks before it will learn how much of the 2014 Tour de France will be held in the City.

The Council has spent a lot of money on the bid and, although more general publicity for Yorkshire would boost the economy, nothing less than having a stage start in York would justify the hype.

Mr Hexagon, Beesafe and A2Bee were just some of the names school children across York submitted as part of City of York Council’s competition to name the i-Travel mascot.

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