THE cheering has only just died down – but already talks are taking place about next year’s Tour de Yorkshire international cycling event.

The debut event, earlier this month, was a major success, riding the crest of the wave following the Grand Depart of the Tour de France last year.

And the team behind it are now looking for a new route for next year’s race.

Race organisers ASO and Welcome to Yorkshire are holding meetings with local authorities who have expressed an interest in holding a start or finish of the race.

They are also talking to companies in Yorkshire, nationally and internationally about sponsorship opportunities around the event.

Welcome to Yorkshire chief executive Gary Verity said: “Yorkshire’s ability to host a world class sporting event is now proven; with our partners ASO and the local authorities we have created a fantastic event which we are confident will grow year on year to become one of the biggest sporting events in the world.

“We are now seeking expressions of interest for new start and finish towns and sponsors to help deliver the Tour de Yorkshire 2016”.

The Tour de Yorkshire was given live coverage on ITV4, British Eurosport and 177 countries around the world.

The website had over four million page views in the month running up to the first stage, and nearly two million on race days, with a Twitter reach of 55million.

In addition, nearly three hundred journalists from regional, national and international media attended the race to report on the event and PR coverage was in excess of £100m in advertising equivalent.