Thousands volunteer for Tour de France Grand Depart in Yorkshire

16 January 2013 Last updated at 10:16 ET Help

Nearly 8,000 people have now signed up to help out on the Yorkshire leg of the Tour de France in 2014.

Tourism authority Welcome to Yorkshire said the volunteers, called Le Tour Makers, would line the route of the Grand Départ, which will be announced on Thursday.

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