Next year’s race will begin in Holland, but plans are already afoot for another British Grand Depart as soon as possible. Andrew Denton, spokesman for the Yorkshire section of the race, said: “There is a clamour for it to return. The Tour is in the hearts of the people now and the people of Britain are in the heart of the Tour. Why not have it here again?” The final 96 miles of the British part of the Tour began in Cambridge, where spectators took to medieval college roofs to watch the peloton process through streets which are usually packed with students pedalling at a rather more leisurely pace.