2015 Tour de Yorkshire

The 2015 Tour de Yorkshire will be the first edition of the Tour de Yorkshire cycling stage race. It will take place in Yorkshire, starting in Bridlington on 1 May and ending in Leeds on 3 May. The race will include three stages and is rated as a 2.1 event as part of the 2015 UCI Europe Tour.^[1] The race is organised by Welcome to Yorkshire and the Amaury Sport Organisation, who also organised the Yorkshire stages of the 2014 Tour de France.^[2]

Teams

18 teams were selected to take part in the inaugural Tour de Yorkshire. Five of these were UCI WorldTeams; six were UCI Professional Continental teams; six were UCI Continental teams; one was the Great Britain national team.^[3]

Race route

On 22 December 2014, the start and finish locations for the event were released, these were Bridlington, Leeds, Scarborough, Selby, Wakefield and York.^[4] On 21 January 2015, details of the three stages of the route were unveiled at the Bridlington Spa.^[5][6]

Stage	Date	Start	Finish	Length	Type		Winner	Ref
1	1 May	Bridlington	Scarborough	174 km (108.1 mi)		Hilly stage	Lars Petter Nordhaug (NOR)	[7][8]
2	2 May	Selby	York	174 km (108.1 mi)		Flat stage		[9]
3	3 May	Wakefield	Leeds	167 km (103.8 mi)		Intermediate stage		[10]

A women's race is to take place on the second day with 4-laps of a 20 km circuit around York.^[11]

Stages

The Tour de Yorkshire is made up of three stages over consecutive days.

Stage 1

1st May — Bridlington to Scarborough, 174km (108.1mi)

The opening stage tours the East Coast of Yorkshire, starting on the Bridlington coast going through Pickering, Whitby and ending in Scarborough.

This route contains the following climbs: ^[12]

• Côte de Dalby Forest 219m (0.6km at 8.9%)
• Côte de Rosedale Abbey 340m (2.8km at 7%)
• Côte de Grosmont 107m (0.4km at 16.9%)
• Côte de Briggswath 94m (1.3km at 6.2%)
• Côte de Robin Hood's Bay 219m (1.5km at 10.3%)

Stage 1 Result Rider Team Time 1  Lars Petter Nordhaug (NOR) Team Sky 4h 22' 38" 2  Thomas Voeckler (FRA) Team Europcar s.t. 3  Stéphane Rossetto (FRA) Cofidis s.t. 4  Samuel Sánchez (ESP) BMC Racing Team s.t. 5  Philip Deignan (IRL) Team Sky s.t. 6  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) BMC Racing Team + 1'10" 7  Anthony Turgis (FRA) Cofidis + 1'10" 8  Erick Rowsell (GBR) Madison-Genesis + 1'10" 9  Richard Handley (GBR) JLT-Condor + 1'10" 10  Huub Duyn (NED) Team Roompot + 1'10"

General Classification after Stage 1 Rider Team Time 1  Lars Petter Nordhaug (NOR) Team Sky 4h 22' 28" 2  Thomas Voeckler (FRA) Team Europcar + 4" 3  Stéphane Rossetto (FRA) Cofidis + 6" 4  Samuel Sánchez (ESP) BMC Racing Team + 10" 5  Philip Deignan (IRL) Team Sky + 10" 6  Anthony Turgis (FRA) Cofidis + 1'18" 7  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) BMC Racing Team + 1'20" 8  Erick Rowsell (GBR) Madison-Genesis + 1'20" 9  Richard Handley (GBR) JLT-Condor + 1'20" 10  Huub Duyn (NED) Team Roompot + 1'20"

Stage 2

2nd May — Selby to York, 174km (108.1mi)

The second days racing sees the teams leave from the Town of Selby and tour the Yorkshire Wolds passing through Market Weighton, Beverly, Malton and Standford Bridge bridge before coming into the city of York where the race ends with three laps of a circuit linking the City Centre, Tang Hall, Murton and Heworth.

This stage contains the following climbs: ^[13]

• Côte de North Newbald 110m (1.2km at 5.3%)
• Côte de Fimber 141m (1.1km at 6.2%)

Stage 3

3rd May — Wakefield to Leeds, 167km (103.8mi)

This route contains the following climbs: ^[14]

• Côte de The Chevin 232m (1.4 km at 10.3%)
• Côte de Cow and Calf (Ilkley Moor) 249m (1.8km at 8%)
• Côte de Goose Eye 318m (1.3km at 10%)
• Côte de Hebden Bridge 369m (4.1km at 5.5%)
• Côte de Scapegoat Hill 336m (2.2km at 8.3%)
• Côte de Holmfirth 322m (2.9km at 5.5%)

Classifications

In the 2015 Tour de Yorkshire, four jerseys were awarded. The general classification was calculated by adding up each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses were awarded to the first three finishers on all three stages: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively. There were also bonus seconds were awarded at intermediate sprints, with 3 seconds for first place, 2 for second and 1 for third. The leader of the general classification received a light blue jersey with small yellow strips, colours traditionally associated with Yorkshire. This classification was considered the most important of the Tour, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.

There was a mountains classification; the leader of this competition wore a pink jersey. Over the three stages, there were 13 classified climbs. The first riders to cross the summit of the climbs won points towards the mountain classification. There was also a sprints classification. On each of the road stages, there were two intermediate sprints. The winner of the classification won a green jersey. The final individual classification was a combativity prize. After each road stage, followers of the Tour's account on Twitter were able to vote for the most aggressive rider. The rider was awarded a grey jersey.

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Combativity prize
1	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Lars Petter Nordhaug	Perrig Quéméneur	Perrig Quéméneur
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Final

References

External links

• Official website