Tour de Yorkshire
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| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | April/May |
| Region | Yorkshire, England |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | UCI Europe Tour |
| Type | Stage race |
| Organiser | Amaury Sport Organisation |
| History | |
| First edition | 2015 |
| Editions | 2 (as of 2016) |
| First winner |
 Lars Petter Nordhaug (NOR) |
| Most recent |
 Thomas Voeckler (FRA) |
The Tour de Yorkshire is a three-day road cycling race in Yorkshire, England which started in May 2015. It is promoted by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) and is rated as a 2.1 event as part of the UCI Europe Tour.
The idea for the race arose as a legacy event following the significant success of the visit of the 2014 Tour de France to the county. The first two stages of the 2014 Tour, also organised by ASO, from Leeds to Harrogate, and York to Sheffield, were nicknamed Le Tour de Yorkshire.[1]
To date, the race has always taken place over the three days before the May Day bank holiday (which in Britain is on the first Monday in May).
2015 Tour
Taking place from 1–3 May, the route was Bridlington–Scarborough, Selby–York, and Wakefield–Leeds.
The overall winner was Lars Petter Nordhaug of Team Sky. Samuel Sánchez (BMC Racing Team) was second and Thomas Voeckler (Team Europcar) was third. Nordhaug also won the points classification and Team Sky won the teams classification. The mountains classification was won by Nicolas Edet (Cofidis).
2016 Tour
This took place from 29 April–1 May (British Cycling had rejected an application by the organisers Welcome to Yorkshire and ASO to increase the race to four days for 2016[2]), and the route was Beverley–Settle, Otley–Doncaster, and Middlesbrough–Scarborough.
There was also a women's race on 30 April.
2017 Tour
The 2017 Tour will take place from 28 to 30 April, with starting or finishing places of Bradford, Bridlington, Harrogate, Scarborough, Sheffield and Tadcaster.[3] It was later announced the route would be Bridlington–Scarborough, Tadcaster–Harrogate and Bradford–Sheffield with the women's race on the Tadcaster–Harrogate section.[4]
List of winners
- Men's race
| Rider | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | |
Nordhaug, Lars PetterLars Petter Nordhaug (NOR) | Team Sky |
| 2016 | |
Voeckler, ThomasThomas Voeckler (FRA) | Direct Énergie |
- Women's race
| Rider | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 |  |
Mahe, LouiseLouise Mahe (GBR) | Ikon-Mazda |
| 2016 |  |
Wild, KirstenKirsten Wild (NED) | Team Hitec Products |
See also
References
- ↑ "Le Tour de Yorkshire". BBC News. 5 July 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
- ↑ "Tour de Yorkshire: British Cycling rejects plans for fourth day". BBC Sport. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ↑ "Tour de Yorkshire host towns unveiled". BBC News. BBC. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- ↑ "Tour de Yorkshire 2017: Race will start in Bridlington and finish in Sheffield". BBC Sport. BBC. 2 December 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
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