Tour De Yorkshire Route Announced
The route for the Tour de Yorkshire 2016 has been announced, starting on Friday 29th April in Beverley, East Yorkshire and ending on Sunday 1st May in Scarborough.
Split into three stages, covering 515.5km (320 miles) racers will parade around the starting town of Beverley, before heading to the racecourse for the official start. After leaving Beverley, participants will weave through the Wolds, crossing at Tadcaster, before heading north past Wetherby and into the Yorkshire Dales.
Once leaving Pately Bridge, cyclists will face a climb at Greenhow Hill, before heading downhill from Grassington to Gargrave and along the A65 before a finish in Settle.
The second leg begins in Otly, the home town of Olympic cyclist, Lizzie Armistead, and will see male and female cyclists ride the same route for the first time. Finishing in Doncaster, riders will be able to pick up speed as the route loops east of Leeds, before heading south towards towards Pontefract and into South Yorkshire.
The final stage starts in Middlesbrough, which forms part of the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, before riders take a tour of market towns including Stokesley and Northallerton. From Thirsk, riders will head to Sutton Banka and through the national park before going over the moors to Whitby and finishing along the Marine Drive in Scarborough.
In addition to the professional race there will also be a mass participation ‘sportfive’ for cyclists along the same roads, taking place on the same day and roads as the third stage of the event’s professional ride.
The race is paid for through private and public funding and organised by Welcome to Yorkshire and Amaury Sport Organisation, which organises the Tour de France.
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