The stage starts in the historical city of york, founded by the romans in 71 ad. Yorkshire offers historic and vibrant cities and towns such as york, harrogate, leeds and sheffield and an amazing variety of countryside, from the stunning yorkshire dales to the breathtaking north york moors, the impressive yorkshire coastline and the growing popularity of david hockneys yorkshire wolds. Split into three stages, the cycle race covers 515. Winding through the beautiful yorkshire countryside and traditional cobbled streets of the district, riders and spectators are sure to have a memorable experience. On gently rolling roads the peloton traverses the provence for a possible sprint finish. It is over roads which i have been cycling on for many years.
The first of the two stages held in yorkshire started in leeds and finished in harrogate, with stage two held between york and sheffield. A total of 6 regions and 32 departments will be travelled through. The 2018 tdy differed from its predecessor in that the event was extended to four days from three, with the womens event being extended to two days over the 3 and 4 may 2018. Here we outline the route and highlight the best places to catch a glimpse of the peloton. The journey will see them pass wakefield and leeds as they move from west yorkshire and into north yorkshire at beckwithshaw and harrogate. Pro major international cycle race held in yorkshire, uk annually. Vincenzo nibali wins as it happened vincenzo nibali took the yellow jersey after racing away in the final 2km, on an eventful day that many of the tour favourites. Along the route riders will cross the yorkshire dales national park in the pennines, before reaching. From 2015 to 2017 it was a threeday race but in 2018 it expanded to four days, starting on thursday 3 may and finishing on sunday 6 may.
Stage 3 on the final day started in middlesborough and included six gruelling king of the mountain climbs taking riders on a challenging 196km route to a sprint finish on scarborough seafront. I was lucky to be able to come up north and today i rode the last part of stage three. The grand depart will see two stages based around nice, capital of the. They are also incredibly hilly, so hopefully it will be good training if nothing. Riders will begin in barnsley for the second stage of the tour and they will travel north to bedale. It is promoted by the amaury sport organisation aso and is rated as a 2. The men will face six climbs and 2,863 m of climbing. To celebrate the grand depart we have made some special bikes which each represent the colours the leaders jerseys. Includes route, riders, teams, and coverage of past tours.
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