Tour de Yorkshire
 2016 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 wins | No repeat winners |
| 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.
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
External links
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