Tour de Yorkshire 2017 locations revealed

THE six start and finish locations for the Tour de Yorkshire 2017 have been announced.

In the third year of the event, the race will begin or end in Bradford, Bridlington, Fox Valley in Sheffield, Harrogate, Scarborough and Tadcaster.

Organisers Welcome to Yorkshire and the Amaury Sport Organisation have launched the sporting event which will see the three-day men’s race held from Friday 28 April to Sunday 30 April. The women’s race will be held on Saturday 29 April.

After its debut in 2015, the Tour de Yorkshire race – a legacy of the 2014 Grand Départ – brought in 2m spectators according to Welcome to Yorkshire, and attracted 11.4m global TV viewers, up from 6m in 2015.

Yorkshire has also secured the UCI Road World Championships in 2019.

Sir Gary Verity, chief executive of Welcome to Yorkshire, said: “In just two years the Tour de Yorkshire has become one of the biggest and best races on the professional cycling calendar.

“The third edition will continue that progression and the attention it receives will be greater than ever given that we have just succeeded in bringing the UCI Road World Championships to the county in 2019.

“The world’s best cyclists will be using the 2017 Tour de Yorkshire as a first dress rehearsal for that and we’re planning a course that will challenge and impress them in equal measure.”

Christian Prudhomme, director of the Tour de France at the A.S.O, said: “The Tour de Yorkshire has done itself proud in building a lasting and hugely-successful legacy on the back of the 2014 Grand Départ.

“The race is a true success story and we are thrilled to be working in partnership with such a great team at Welcome to Yorkshire. We’re looking forward to another fantastic edition in 2017.”

The full 2017 race route will be unveiled in December 2016 – this announcement will include exact start and finish locations and the distance and profile of the race.

 

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