9,000 Volunteers Needed for Tour De France Grand Départ in Leeds

9,000 volunteers needed for Tour de France Grand Départ in Leeds

Organisers have launched a recruitment drive for thousands of "JOY Makers" to support the historic visit of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift next summer

Volunteers needed for Yorkshire stages of Tour de France Femmes

The volunteers, called JOY Makers, will help run the events, from flag waving to visitor experience.

West Leeds volunteers sought to bring JOY to Grand Depart women’s race

By George Jenkins West Leeds residents are being urged become a volunteer for the world’s leading women’s cycling race. The Grand Départ of the Tour De France Femmes avec Zwift is set to start on 30 July 2027 on the Headrow in Leeds.  Competitors will cycle through will cut through parts of West Leeds to Manchester, and on 31 July, they will head from Manchester to Sheffield, before finishing in London on 1 August. A total of 9,000 volunteers ar…