Back for its sixth year and taking place from 30th April to 3rd May 2020 – this year’s race will pass through 160 towns villages, 49 of which are new and the race itself is being dubbed their “hardest ever”. It was announced just this morning that this years Tour De Yorkshire routes will be as follows:
Men’s Race
Stage 1 Start Location: Beverley
Hornsea
Bridlington
Sowerby
Flamborough
Bempton
Filey
Scarborough
York Moors National Park
Cloughton
Robin Hood’s Bay
Whitby
Sandsend
Runswick
Saltburn
Stage 1 Finish Location: Redcar
Stage 2 Start Location: Skipton
Broughton Hall
Settle
Horton In Ribblesdale
Yorkshire Dales National Park
Houghton, Riversdale
Wensleydale
Swaledale
Hawes
Gunnerside
Grinton Moor
Patrick Brompton
Stage 2 Finish Location: Leyburn
Stage 3 Start Location: Barnsley
Oxspring
Penistone
Holmfirth
Marsden
Slaithwaite
Ripponden
Sowerby Bridge
Hebden Bridge
Todmorden
Queensbury
Halifax
Brighouse
Stage 3 Finish Location: Huddersfield
Stage 4 Start Location: Halifax
Haworth
Oakworth
Cross Hills
Skipton
Eastby
Yorkshire Dales
Burnsall
Appletreewick
Heathfield
Ramsgill
Leighton
Masham
Laverton
Pateley Bridge
Thruscross
Ilkley
Menston
Otley
Ireland Wood
Stage 4 Finish Location: Leeds
Women’s Race (1st-2nd May)
The women’s race will follow the same route as the men’s.
The event features some new Yorkshire locations, will be a nice surprise for local residents of places such as Huddersfield, Redcar and Skipton – which will make their debuts this year.
Speaking of the event, Christian Prudhomme, Director of the Tour de France at the A.S.O, has said:
“The Tour de Yorkshire is a true success story and it is now one of the best attended and most dramatic races on the cycling calendar.
“We are delighted to be working in partnership with such a great team at Welcome to Yorkshire and I know our eight start and finish locations will put on a real show in 2020.”
Last year’s race generated £60M for Yorkshire’s economy, with 28M people tuning in to watch the race – attracting “Tour De France style” crowds across the region.
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