Team Sky Cyclist Ben Swift talks to Radio Yorkshire ahead of the Tour de Yorkshire

One of the favourite's to win the blue and yellow jersey is Rotherham's Ben Swift. The local lad will go head to head with the worlds top sprinter Marcel Kittel and Sir Bradley Wiggins to name just a few.

The team sky rider has been chatting to Joe Rawson about how excited he is to be racing in his home county and how his preparations have been going ahead of the depart Friday morining...