Why not follow the stage routes, shown on the map below, and experience the superb yorkshire scenery. 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. Theres no traditional short prologue to give the riders an opportunity to ease. The riders will begin in city park, bradford, joining the. Featuring over 200 stunning pictures taken by the worlds best cycling and sports photographers, two days in yorkshire tells for the first time the inside story of how the grand depart was won. Leeds to harrogate marcel kittel won the opening stage, while a crash on the runin may have ended mark cavendishs tour. The peloton passes through the village of reeth in yorkshire. Blog from day 1 blog from day 2 buttertubs pass packed to the rafters. From here the route descended towards the city of sheffield where stage two. Yorkshire welcomed le tour 2014 stages one and two with a great party in stunning landscapes.
Ride the same roads and climbs as the pros, experience vip viewings of the race and get exclusive behindthescenes access. It will be the first time le tour has visited the north of. The route will take the 18 teams of eight riders to all four corners of yorkshire, linking together the countys sporting, historic, industrial and literary greats. The tour started in yorkshire, england on 5 july and finished on the champselysees in paris on 27 july. The grand depart in yorkshire marriott bonvoy insiders. The yorkshire grand depart 2014 ks2ks3 resource pack. This collates all stage maps and race times into one booklet. The riders set off from bridlington and an attack over the moors saw a strong, elite group gain time on the rest of the bunch. The routes of the grand depart will showcase some of. The route crosses the ure, and climbs through simonstone towards the high point of the day, 526m, near butter tubs. It is promoted by the amaury sport organisation aso and is rated as a 2.
The tour started in yorkshire, england on 5 july and finished on the. The roads of yorkshire will host the first stage of the 101st tour, which starts in leeds and finishes in. Yorkshire awaits the start of the tour getty images. Here we outline the route and highlight the best places to catch a glimpse.
In the domesday book, it is referred to as echescard. Speaking about the specifics of yorkshires preparations, verity revealed that most of the roads set to be used for the opening stage of the 2014 tour have been made good. It always sells out and it can be very hard to find quality carbon road bikes closer to the time. Check back for the route map, stage hosts, mountain profiles and analysis july 28 update. Yorkshire accommodation near the route of le tour yorkshire 2014. It is a collection of river valleys and hills, which is part of the pennines, but with almost all the rivers draining east towards the vale of york. The grand depart for the 101st race will be in leeds and will come seven years after the tour last came to britain. Test your legs on the opening stage of the 2014 tour.
The stage of 201 kilometres long and features some touch climbs reminiscent of the ardennes. This time there will be a climb out of silsden average 7% up to addingham moor. I dont think the crowds will be quite as big as 2014. Anna gowthorpepa it was a day of extraordinary colour, fervour and. But we wouldnt recommend you follow its route unquestioningly. Stage 1 bridlington to scarborough 30th march 2015 in 2014 a host of places missed out on the incredible experience of being a part of le grand depart, which started in yorkshire, including this part of the north yorkshire moors. The yorkshire grand depart stage 1 goes from leeds to harrogate, the long way round. The third and final day begins at bradford and ends at fox valley in sheffield.
Starting from the city of leeds, riders enjoyed two days of cycling through the spectacular scenery of yorkshire before a third days riding on the flatter. The stage ends in harrogate after travelling 190 kilometres. On saturday 5th july, stage 1 starts in leeds, travelling north to skipton, over to leyburn and finishing in harrogate. This stage from barnsley to bedale saw an early break almost hold out to the end before they were reeled in with 5km to go and rick zabel won the sprint. 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. Vincenzo nibali of the astana team won the overall general. Great and small, one of several excellent books written by james herriott. In 2014, the tour famously visited yorkshire for two days. It is certain that the route will be one huge festival as yorkshire pulls out the stops with celebrations. The stage, from leeds to harrogate, features three categorised climbs and exposed sections on the. 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.
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