Vuelta a España bosses told Cycling News that plans to bring the race to Yorkshire have not progressed in recent months.

With the Spanish Grand Tour set to start in the Netherlands next year, Javier Guigen said that brief talks with Welcome to Yorkshire have been ice-breaking. However, the Vuelta boss is eager to host the race in Yorkshire one day.

"I can only confirm that we have a very good relationship with Welcome to Yorkshire. I have been there many times. I don't know when we can go; it could be in five or ten years, but that's just a guess. There are contacts, but nothing else," Guillen said Thursday night at the Loulou Classic.

"We'll leave Holland in 2020 and use Friday; we can only do that once every four years, so it's unlikely the Vuelta will be in Yorkshire for the next four years."

Asked if discussions have progressed since Peter Dodd of Welcome to Yorkshire told the press earlier this year that he wanted to host both the Tour de France and the Tour de Yorkshire in Yorkshire within the next five or six years, Guillen replied: "Not really. To be honest, they are very involved with the Yorkshire World Championships. So far, we haven't had any strong talks. There are hints and possibilities, but nothing on paper."

Welcome to Yorkshire has been under fire this year for the controversial resignation of Gary Verity, Peter Dodd's successor. Asked if the chances of attracting the Vuelta to Yorkshire have been hampered by Verity's resignation, Gillen replied: "Gary is a very charismatic person, but he was replaced by Peter Dodd. I have a good relationship with him."

"I had a good relationship with Gary Verity and it's an area where I'm very interested in cycling. They want to host the Tour de France and the Vuelta again.

The route for the 2020 Vuelta a España will be announced next month in Madrid, and Guillén is expected to pull out all the stops as the race celebrates its 75th anniversary.

"We can expect a pure Vuelta. The identity of the Vuelta is so easy now. We can expect intense racing from the start. It will be short stages, not long ones, but from the first week we will see the real difficulties on the route. We have a very good mountain stage on the weekend and a very big mountain stage the day before Madrid."

While the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia have announced routes that do not include team time trials, the Vuelta will maintain a team discipline.

"In the beginning there will be team time trials," Guillén said, saying little else.

Cycling News will have complete details on the Vuelta a España route next month.