Tour de Yorkshire 2016 host locations announced... please log in to view this image The start and finish locations for the 2016 Tour de Yorkshire have been announced: Otley Settle Doncaster Beverley Scarborough Middlesborough The three day men’s race will be held between Friday 29 April and Sunday 1 May. The women’s race will be held on Saturday 30 April. The announcement was made on Friday morning by Welcome to Yorkshire's Chief Executive, Sir Gary Verity. No announcement was made however over which part of the event the towns and cities would host - or any details of the route. The 2015 Tour de Yorkshire was watched by millions around the world in 177 different countries, while almost one million people came to the region to witness the race first hand. The Tour de Yorkshire was launched to continue the legacy of the 2014 Tour de France Grand Depart. As part of the event it featured an amateur sportive race, and women's race which are expected to return in 2016. The full 2016 race route will be announced in December 2015 – this announcement will include exact start and finish locations and the distance and profile of the race. http://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2015-10-09/tour-de-yorkshire-2016-host-locations-announced/
Another missed opportunity. Nevertheless I'll look forward to the Beverley leg - an opportunity for your mate to shout about his Titanium frames!!
Beverley to Settle will be the opening stage of 2016's Tour de Yorkshire... please log in to view this image
STAGE 1: FRIDAY 29 APRIL 2016: BEVERLEY TO SETTLE Total stage length: 184km 2 x sprint points (Bubwith, Giggleswick) 1 x King of the Mountain (Greenhow Hill) Total ascent: 1,832m The first stage will set off from Saturday Market in Beverley. The riders will parade around the town – which also played host to the race in 2015, then through North Bar before heading north west to the Official Start at Beverley Racecourse; Holme on the Wolds, Market Weighton (which also saw the race pass through in May 2015), and on westwards to a sprint point at Bubwith. From there, the peloton will race through North Duffield and west to Cawood – scene of Dick Turpin’s famous escape from York – and on to Tadcaster, famous for its breweries. After that, riders will visit Boston Spa, Wetherby, North Deighton and Knaresborough, home of the famous ‘spotty house’ from the Tour de France, decorated with the red spots of the King of the Mountains’ jersey. From there riders will travel to Ripley, home of the UK’s only Hotel du Ville rather than Town Hall, and on to Pateley Bridge where the first King of the Mountain will be won at Greenhow Hill. After that, it’s on to Grassington, then Threshfield and a return to some of the Tour de France roads, through Cracoe then Gargrave, the riders will then cross the finish line in Settle for the first time before a sprint at Giggleswick. They will complete a 12km loop back to the A65 and round to Settle town centre for an expected bunch finish in the town.
Even in the UK I think it was banished to ITV 4 so I think there's some serious exaggerating being done by the organisers.
I have done the Cawood to Knaresborough on my bike this last summer, nice ride, will be interesting to see them on that stretch.
I've tried sprinting on my bike through Bubwith, there must be something wrong with the road surface, or the set up of my bike. It never happens..
