Book tour de france yorkshire route 2014 sheffield

Choose yorkshire dales accommodation using our route map and guides to the area and scenery. Haworth, hebden bridge and huddersfield, winding its way to the finish in sheffield. Two days in yorkshire the official commemorative book of. The tour started in yorkshire, england on 5 july and finished on the. The stage was won by vincenzo nibali after 124 miles 201km. York to sheffield ride the routes of the 2014 grand depart. Yorkshire grand depart 2014 the route the dalesman yorkshires favourite magazine. The stage ends in harrogate after travelling 190 kilometres. The stage of 201 kilometres long and features some touch climbs remin. 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. The tour started in yorkshire, england on 5 july and finished on the champselysees in paris on 27 july. The worlds best cycling race is starting in the worlds best county. 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. 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. Harewood otley ilkley skipton kettlewell aysgarth hawes reeth leyburn ripon harrogate. British rider mark cavendish was out of the race after a fall on saturday. Harewood harewood house is home to the lascelles family for over 250 years and one of englands finest 18th century treasure house. Le tour yorkshire dales maps and accommodation from yorkshirenet.

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. Book arrived before the expected delivery date, and came packed in a huge box for the size of the book. On saturday 5th july, stage 1 starts in leeds, travelling north to skipton, over to leyburn and finishing in harrogate. 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. This stage, on sunday 6 july, starts in york and ends in sheffield. 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. 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. It was a great choice of route by the tour organisers, a steady climb up the very attractive valley of wharfedale. On sunday 6th july, stage 2 goes from york to sheffield. 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.

Along the route riders will cross the yorkshire dales national park in the pennines, before reaching harrogate, where the first maillot jaune of. 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. The stage of 201 kilometres long and features some touch climbs reminiscent of the ardennes. For more details about the route click here on sunday 6th july, stage 2 goes from york to. It was another brilliant day in yorkshire for the tour, with constant thrills and spills particularly over the.

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. York knaresborough silsden keighley haworth hebden bridge elland huddersfield holmfirth sheffield. Along the route riders will cross the yorkshire dales national park in the pennines. Yorkshire grand depart 2014 the route the dalesman. 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. Vincenzo nibali of the astana team won the overall general classification by more than seven minutes, the biggest winning margin since 1997.

Stage 1 is from leeds to harrogate and stage 2 is from york to sheffield. From here the route descended towards the city of sheffield where stage two. Its 201km, or 126 miles, from the start of the racing on the a59 outside york. The stage starts in the historical city of york, founded by the romans in 71 ad. The first few miles can be busy, especially at weekends, but the traffic thins out as you get further up. The stage was won by vincenzo nibali after 124 miles 201km of punishing roads and hill climbs.

An illustrated guide to the route of le tour yorkshire. The peloton riding past one of the most iconic areas of the north york moors, the hole of horcum. Want to get all the latest updates on the tdy and the routes straight to your inbox. Star cyclist mark cavendish is set to compete in the fourday race. Check back for the route map, stage hosts, mountain profiles and analysis july 28 update. 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. John degenkolb, marcel kittel on jenkin road, sheffield. Along the route riders will cross the yorkshire dales national park in the pennines, before reaching harrogate, where the first maillot.