“There will be lots of spectators, you can see that even when there’s a three-lane road, sometimes they turn it into a tunnel.
“Where can they [the spectators] go if there are stone walls? I’m curious as to what is going to happen.”
The cyclist argued organisers could use bigger roads and if an accident were to happen, it would be the riders’ fault. He said riders were not consulted enough on the issues of safety.
“At the moment, the hierarchy is the race organisers and the UCI [on top], then it’s the teams, and finally the riders. We are always the last to be asked to join any discussion, even though most times they don’t even ask us.”
But the organisers hope to continue to have the race in Yorkshire and have made an application to cycling’s international governing body, International Cycling Union.
Part of the race which could prove more dangerous than others is Buttertubs Pass where cyclists could get up to speeds of 60mph before a sharp turn into a narrow stretch enclosed by walls.
But a spokesman for Yorkshire’s grand départ told The Times defended the first two stages, saying it would “undoubtedly test the world’s best cyclists”.
The spokesman added: “They have been designed by the race organisers to provide a technical challenge as befits the best cycle race in the world.”
Mark Cavendish (back-centre) training with team-mates near Sheffield (PA)
Mark Cavendish hopes to win the opening stage in Harrogate, the home town of his mother.
The other British entrants this year are Chris Froome, defending champion, Wales’s Geraint Thomas and Simon Yates, 21, who is taking part for the first time.
On Sunday the riders will go from York to Sheffield before the third stage from Cambridge to London on Monday.
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