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Yorkshire grand depart 2014 the route the dalesman yorkshires favourite magazine. Along the route riders will cross the yorkshire dales national park in the pennines, before reaching harrogate, where the first maillot jaune of 2014 will be handed out. York to sheffield ride the routes of the 2014 grand depart. Jul 28, 2014 weve reached that point where after 3 weeks of action the main race of the season is once more over for another year. The stage ends in harrogate after travelling 190 kilometres. It includes most of the key tour climbs from stages 1 and 2. The tour started in yorkshire, england on 5 july and finished on the champselysees in paris on 27 july. Richard iii york campaign badge richard iii society member and house of logos customer marjorie hodgkinson signed up to become one of the 10,000 volunteer tour makers. Harewood otley ilkley skipton kettlewell aysgarth hawes reeth leyburn ripon harrogate. An illustrated guide to the route of le tour yorkshire. British rider mark cavendish was out of the race after a fall on saturday. Yorkshire grand depart 2014 the route the dalesman. Saturday, 2 may, will feature the heritage stage barnsley to huddersfield, the third stage, and will see the riders loop around barnsley town hall before heading out of town and the pace is likely to ramp up for the first intermediate sprint in oxspring.

This is a lovely book keep reminding us of the 2 days in july when the grand depart came to yorkshire at the start of the 2014 tour. The stage was won by vincenzo nibali after 124 miles 201km of punishing roads and hill climbs. On saturday 5th july, stage 1 starts in leeds, travelling north to skipton, over to leyburn and finishing in harrogate. Two days in yorkshire the official commemorative book of. The stage of 201 kilometres long and features some touch climbs reminiscent of the ardennes. On sunday 6th july, stage 2 goes from york to sheffield. Tommy simpson, one of the other great heroes of british tour cycling, the first to wear the race leaders yellow jersey, trained in yorkshire for large parts of his career despite being from nottinghamshire originally. This stage, on sunday 6 july, starts in york and ends in sheffield. Book arrived before the expected delivery date, and came packed in a huge box for the size of the book. The worlds best cycling race is starting in the worlds best county. 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. The first of the two stages held in yorkshire started in leeds and finished in harrogate, with stage two held between york and sheffield. Stage 1 is from leeds to harrogate and stage 2 is from york to sheffield. For more details about the route click here on sunday 6th july, stage 2 goes from york to.

John degenkolb, marcel kittel on jenkin road, sheffield. The italian wins in sheffield after a canny breakaway with around 2km to go. It was called ediham in the domesday book, which could be connected with. It was a great choice of route by the tour organisers, a steady climb up the very attractive valley of wharfedale. Haworth, hebden bridge and huddersfield, winding its way to the finish in sheffield. Check back for the route map, stage hosts, mountain profiles and analysis july 28 update. The tour started in yorkshire, england on 5 july and finished on the. The peloton riding past one of the most iconic areas of the north york moors, the hole of horcum. Its 201km, or 126 miles, from the start of the racing on the a59 outside york. The stage was won by vincenzo nibali after 124 miles 201km.

Star cyclist mark cavendish is set to compete in the fourday race. From here the route descended towards the city of sheffield where stage two. Choose yorkshire dales accommodation using our route map and guides to the area and scenery. 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 land of the southeast, between cambridge and london. Along the route riders will cross the yorkshire dales national park in the pennines. The stage of 201 kilometres long and features some touch climbs remin. Along the route riders will cross the yorkshire dales national park in the pennines, before reaching harrogate, where the first maillot. It was another brilliant day in yorkshire for the tour, with constant thrills and spills particularly over the. York knaresborough silsden keighley haworth hebden bridge elland huddersfield holmfirth sheffield. Le tour yorkshire dales maps and accommodation from yorkshirenet. Along the route riders will cross the yorkshire dales national park in the pennines, before reaching harrogate, where the first maillot jaune of.

The first few miles can be busy, especially at weekends, but the traffic thins out as you get further up. Harewood harewood house is home to the lascelles family for over 250 years and one of englands finest 18th century treasure house. The stage starts in the historical city of york, founded by the romans in 71 ad. The race crosses the boundary into the city of sheffield at midhopestones, and it then takes in high bradfield, worrall, oughtibridge, and grenoside, before heading into the city. Visitors from all over the world came to yorkshire and im sure that many will be returning in years to come, to cycle on the roads, visit the yorkshire countryside and sample some more of our.