Tour de Yorkshire timings announced
THE start and finish times for the Tour de Yorkshire have been announced.
The international cycling race will be held on May 1-3 with the routes for the three days taking the event through some of the county’s most spectacular scenery.
The routes were announced in Bridlington earlier this year and now the race organisers, Welcome to Yorkshire and the Amaury Sport Organisation have announced that Stage one from Bridlington to Scarborough will have a ceremonial start at 11.45am on South Marine Drive outside the Bridlington Spa.
Riders will have a 5km neutralised section before the official race start at Sewerby at noon. The race will finish between 4pm and 4.30pm on Royal Albert Drive in Scarborough.
Stage two, from Selby to York, will start at 11.20am outside Selby Abbey. Riders will have an 8km neutralised section before the official race start just outside Selby on the A163 at 11.45am. The race will finish between 3.30pm and 4pm on Knavesmire Road in York.
Stage three, from Wakefield to Leeds, will start at 12.15pm outside Wakefield Cathedral. Riders will have a 4km neutralised section before the official race start at Agbrigg Road on the A61 at 12.30pm.
Riders will finish up at Roundhay Park in Leeds at around 4.30pm.
Gary Verity, chief executive of Welcome to Yorkshire, said: “Today’s confirmation of the timings and precise routes in and out of the start and finish towns and cities will help fans, spectators and businesses who can now begin to plan their weekend, where to watch and how to get the best out of the event. This is going to be an extremely exciting three days for Yorkshire”.
Thierry Gouvenou, Tour de France sports director, added: “Our technical team had a good final visit to Yorkshire and we are very happy with the route the riders will take. With 515km in total there are some excellent opportunities throughout the three days for spectators to see riders take Sprint and King of the Mountain climb points, ahead of finish lines designed to generate the kind of welcome that Yorkshire spectators gave the peloton in the Tour de France.”
The race will be broadcast in the UK, and on Eurosport, to 70 countries around the world.
