please log in to view this image The route of the inaugural Tour de Yorkshire cycle race has been announced. The three-day event starts on Friday 1 May in Bridlington, East Yorkshire. The riders will travel around Yorkshire to Scarborough, Selby, Wakefield and York, before ending the final day in West Yorkshire at Roundhay Park, Leeds. The new event is to be run by Welcome to Yorkshire and Amaury Sport Organisation, which organises the Tour de France. Stage one Stage one is to start in the seaside town of Bridlington and finish further up the coast in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. During the day the riders will take in Flamborough Head and the North York Moors National Park, through Dalby Forest towards Pickering and back to the coast at Whitby. It will then head south to Robin Hood's Bay with the finish line on the seafront at Scarborough. Stage two Stage two on Saturday 2 May sees the race start outside Selby Abbey, North Yorkshire and finish in York. The route takes in much of the Yorkshire Wolds, and takes the peloton towards Market Weighton, through North Newbald and on to Beverley. It will turn north to Malton, then on to Stamford Bridge before a circuit of York. Stage three The final day on Sunday 3 May starts in Wakefield, West Yorkshire and finishes in Leeds. Riders will travel through South Yorkshire to Barnsley before heading to Holmfirth and Ripponden, before riding the Cragg Vale descent - raced in the other direction on the Tour De France. The riders will go through Hebden Bridge, Oxenhope and the cobbled streets of Haworth. After a steep climb at Goose Eye the riders visit Ilkley, with a climb up by the Cow and Calf rocks before Arthington and the finish line in Roundhay Park. Each stage will be a distance of about 110 miles (180km) Build on success The race is also to include a women's race on the second day and a mass-participation "sportive". Here there will be several distances where people can ride the same route as the professionals. This will be held on 3 May. The event is approved by cycling's governing body the UCI. The three-day race was announced in September and hopes to build on the success of the Tour de France when an estimated three million people watched the Grand Départ over two days in Yorkshire, with the economic benefit to the region put at £102m.
I bet they're all totally pissed off that they're so close to the picturesque City of Kingston-Upon-Hull but won't actually get to see it, and will have to make do with ****holes such as the North York Moors National Park, Pickering, Holmfirth, etc
Scarborough, Brid, even ****ing Wakefield and Barnsley, but no Hull. The city gets overlooked once again it seems.
We're not included because we didn't pitch for it. How good would it have been for them to somehow use the Humber Bridge? More backward thinking.
Except it didn't get overlooked. Itbwas the council's decision, lead by that visionary entrepreneur, Trrry Geraghty, not to be involved.
Personally doubt there would have been much to benefit Hull, just a flat slow City route, more useful for a time trial (of which the TDY has none) I regularly cycle around Hull & can say the cyclists won't miss it & Hull won't miss the traffic chaos it would have caused. The City & council will still benefit as we are ideally located for parts of the course for visitors to stay in our hotels & cycling fans from Europe will no doubt come over through the ferry terminal
Why does anyone give two ****s about a manufactured race trying to cash in on the success of last year? You cant just jump on the coattails of something with a steep history and is beloved around the world. What next - the World Cup, of Yorkshire?
We used to have the Tour of Britain which attracted a decent following & I've been to a number of cycle races in Beverley in recent years
You answered your own question really 'cash in' on the success of last year Hull would have been good for a start or finish
Sheffield once thought they'd done really well when they got the World Student Games. What TV coverage will the Tour of Yorkshire get? I can't see it being much in the rest of the country. Would the Tour of Sussex be on northern regional TV? I doubt it.
It looks like plenty of people are getting on board with the Tour, the yellow bikes are appearing all over the place, there's hundreds of them fixed to buildings/railings etc, it's good to see... please log in to view this image Are many going to watch? It goes past my office and the end of my street, so I'll probably go and give Bradley a wave.
Yes, only 57 TV crews from around the world arriving to cover it. I am sure far more will be arriving to broadcast to eager audiences the delights of African drumming and other delights of 2017 in Hull.
Well lets invent the Yorkshire 500 as well then and get tv crews over for that. Or how about The 24 hour Le Yorkshire and World's Strongest Yorkshireman?
