Its a place i used to spend a lot of time as a kid, and ive always had such an incredible welcome here. So make sure youre au fait with it all avec our guide to frenchyorkshire translations. Hc event as part of the uci europe tour the race started in doncaster on 2 may and finished in leeds on the 5 may. The yorkshire grand depart stage 1 goes from leeds to harrogate, the long way round. But we wouldnt recommend you follow its route unquestioningly. The five mountain ranges of france will be on the menu of the. Test your legs on the opening stage of the 2014 tour. Happily, zwifters dont need to worry about such dangers, but you can certainly appreciate the massive effort put forth in this final drag to the finish.
Riders will start at bradford city park before heading into saltaire. The route served three weeks of compelling racing on a wellbalanced parcours. It was a day of extraordinary colour, fervour and intensity, marred by a disastrous finale. It was a great choice of route by the tour organisers, a steady climb up the very attractive valley of wharfedale. The roads of yorkshire will host the first stage of the 101st tour, which starts in leeds and finishes in.
Theres a video and description of the route, photos, distances and timings, ideas for where to watch the race, the climbs on stage 1, and a guide to the towns and villages along the way. Taking place from may, the route was bridlingtonscarborough. The tour covers the route in 3 days, an average of 83km miles cycling each day, a feast of cycling for keen road cyclists. The four stages of the mens race and two stages of the womens race have been unveiled at the civil hall in leeds, with a. Le tour is french, but le grand depart belonged to yorkshire. Ride the same roads and climbs as the pros, experience vip viewings of the race and get exclusive behindthescenes access. In 2014, the tour famously visited yorkshire for two days. A total of 6 regions and 32 departments will be travelled through. Along the route riders will cross the yorkshire dales national park in the pennines. Have your say tourthemed window display catching the eye. Guide made for huffpost uk comedy by robin flavell. The recent bank holiday weekend meant only one thing. At the event, stephen roche, winner of the 1987 tour, described the route as. Pro major international cycle race held in yorkshire, uk annually.
Includes route, riders, teams, and coverage of past tours. The annual etape du dales and tour of yorkshire, and of course this years uci world road race championships 2019, are some of the most eagerly anticipated events on the uk cycling calendar. Once again, the team at welcome to yorkshire have done a tremendous job in designing such a beautiful, challenging and varied route. The most likely outcome after 188 kilometres of racing through normandy is a bunch sprint. The first few miles can be busy, especially at weekends, but the traffic thins out as you get further up. Yorkshire dales cycleway road tour yorkshire velo tours. The yorkshire dales a tour of wensleydale and swaledale visit the world heritage site of fountains abbey with beautiful gardens, abbey and picturesque deer park. Special thanks to simon schofield from the zwiftcast for helping us put together these route notes. Yorkshire cycling route following the peloton through. Nice to sisteron upper provence sisteron to orcieresmerlette.
We thought we would share with you our favourite highlights of the tour and other hot spots in and around the stunning. Tv film music arts books gaming radio sport football cricket. 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. Only the finish as mark cavendish crashed was a cruel ending. Though it started on thursday 2 nd may, theres nothing stopping you following in the footsteps of the likes of froome and cavendish by rail or car whatever your preferred route. Simon is a yorkshireman who has ridden these roads hundreds of times, so his local knowledge proved invaluable to us and to zwift, who used his input. After wheezing up this pass, it is easy to see why yorkshire has spawned so many famous cyclists, from beryl burton to ben swift. 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. 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. The route is 119 miles in all, so pack snacks, a puncture repair kit, and plenty of determination. You will experience challenging climbs, many included in the uks 100 climbs book by simon warren, as well as iconic and breathtaking roads, many used in.
Due to the high profile of the last day, the final stage of le tour is very prestigious, usually culminating in an exhilarating race for the. Here we take a brief look at each major climb over the. The vosges mountains were included in the first week, the pyrenees in the second and the alps in the last week. It is promoted by the amaury sport organisation aso and is rated as a 2.