Live! Tour de Yorkshire Stage 1

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On stage 1 of the Tour de Yorkshire, Dylan Groenewegen got the better of up and coming Aussie Caleb Ewan with Britain’s Chris Lawless finishing 7th in a bunch kick.

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Live! Tour de Yorkshire Stage 1

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Tour de Yorkshire Wows Crowds Again

The first stage of this year’s Tour de Yorkshire saw four season’s worth of weather before a thrilling sprint finish in brilliant sunshine in Settle.

Thousands of people lined the route to cheer on the riders as Olympian Rebecca Romero started the race in Beverley. The route took riders through the Wolds, snaking through a sea of yellow and blue decorations to Tadcaster and into the Yorkshire Dales for an exciting finish in Settle. Dylan Groenewegen of the Netherlands, riding with Lotto NL Jumbo, took the win.

Just like for the Tour de France in 2014 and the inaugural Tour de Yorkshire in 2015, Yorkshire truly embraced the spirit of cycling, with towns and villages decked out in banners, bunting and bikes with crowds roaring as the peloton whizzed past. … (… continued after advert)

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On their way the riders passed many of the huge land art installations created by local communities with designs at Nidderdale (at the top of Greenhow Hill) and Kelfield particularly capturing the imagination of tv viewers.

Sir Gary Verity congratulated winner Dylan Groenewegen and praised the people of Yorkshire for their support for the race. He said: “Wow what a day for Yorkshire! The way that thousands of people came out to support the Tour de Yorkshire was just incredible. It is testament to true Yorkshire grit that the weather failed to dampen the spirits of the crowds with people of all ages – from school children to the elderly – cheering on the riders throughout the entire race. It was moving to see.

“The atmosphere at the start in Beverley was just electric and the excitement and energy continued throughout the communities lining the route all the way to the magnificent crowd at the finish in Settle. Yorkshire you should be proud! We promised to deliver a terrific event and the people of the county have helped us do just that. We can’t wait for another two days of exhilarating racing ahead”

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The early break …

Action started to hot up at 15km to go, as One Pro Cycling, Orica GreenEdge and Team Sky began to mobilise their sprint trains but not long after, two French riders made an attack; Turgis and Voeckler made a perfectly timed break to escape from the bunch. Aided by a tailwind, the French held their gap before British rider Steve Cummings caught the pair, before breaking away on his own at 3km to go. Cummings extended his gap on the final run into Settle before sitting up and being swallowed by the pack.

From there the technical finish created a fast paced sprint, with Lotto NL Jumbo placing Groenewegen well for the win with Orica GreenEdge’s Caleb Ewan narrowly missing first.

In addition to the crowds and roadside spectators, the race was shown live on ITV4 and Eurosport, and trended on Twitter for over six hours and was also seen live on tv in over 170 countries.

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Joshua Edmondson of NFTO and Bradley Wiggins having a chat at the back of the peloton early in the stage. Wiggins went on to abandon the race.

Tomorrow’s stage marks an important landmark for women’s racing as world champion Lizzie Armitstead will line up on the start line in her home town for the Asda Women’s Tour de Yorkshire, alongside Great Britain teammate Emma Pooley, as well as Rio hopeful Dani King. One of the world’s top sprinters Kirsten Wild will also join a host of top flight international and domestic riders for the race which takes place over the exact same course as the men’s, is fully televised and at the time of racing has the largest prize pot in the world of any women’s race.

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The riders go through a tunnel of people who have come out despite the weather to see a major bike race in their town. Yorkshire loves its cycling!

Video Interview – Seb Mora (Raleigh GAC) – part of the day’s break

Video Interview – Adria Moreno (Raleigh GAC, also in a break on stage 1)

Crash!

RESULT

1 GROENEWEGEN Dylan TLJ NED B:10″ 00″
2 EWAN Caleb OGE AUS B:06″
3 ARNDT Nikias TGA GER B:04″
4 BOUDAT Thomas DEN FRA
5 VAN POPPEL Danny SKY NED
6 GERTS Floris BMC NED
7 LAWLESS Christopher JLT GBR
8 DOMAGALSKI Karol ONE POL
9 SMITH Dion ONE NZL
10 VAN LERBERGHE Bert TSV BEL
11 VAN HOECKE Gijs TSV BEL
12 NIELSEN Magnus Cort OGE DEN
13 YATES Adam OGE GBR
14 STEWART Tom MGT GBR
15 TORRES BARCELO Albert RAL ESP
16 ROCHE Nicolas SKY IRL
17 DUIJN Huub ROP NED
18 DOWNING Russell JLT GBR
19 PICHOT Alexandre DEN FRA
20 CHETOUT Loïc COF FRA
21 PAUWELS Serge DDD BEL B:01″
22 ROSSKOPF Joseph BMC USA
23 KRUIJSWIJK Steven TLJ NED
24 SCHÄR Michael BMC SUI
25 MACHADO Tiago KAT POR
26 DENNIS Rohan BMC AUS
27 RENSHAW Mark DDD AUS
28 CALMEJANE Lilian DEN FRA
29 TURGIS Anthony COF FRA B:03″
30 NORDHAUG Lars-Petter SKY NOR
31 HERMANS Ben BMC BEL
32 KREDER Wesley ROP NED
33 CHRISTIAN Mark WGN GBR
34 ZABEL Rick BMC GER
35 ROGLIC Primoz TLJ SLO
36 BIBBY Ian NPC GBR
37 HAAS Nathan DDD AUS
38 VAN DER HAAR Lars TGA NED
39 LOSADA Alberto KAT ESP
40 LAMPIER Steve JLT GBR
41 LOWSLEY-WILLIAMS JamesNPC GBR
42 EDET Nicolas COF FRA
43 VOECKLER Thomas DEN FRA B:02″
44 ROWSELL Erick MGT GBR
45 BAGOT Yoann COF FRA
46 SLATER Alistair JLT GBR
47 CULLAIGH Gabriel GBR GBR
48 VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen KAT BEL
49 BOULO Matthieu RAL FRA
50 KNEISKY Morgan RAL FRA
51 JUUL JENSEN Christopher OGE DEN
52 VICIOSO Angel KAT ESP
53 ROSSETTO Stéphane COF FRA
54 VAN DER LIJKE Nick ROP NED
55 MOSES Thomas JLT GBR
56 DE KORT Koen TGA NED
57 LEWIS Gruffudd MGT GBR
58 HOLMES Matt MGT GBR
59 VAN ZYL Johann DDD RSA
60 TANKINK Bram TLJ NED
61 BRADBURY Edmund NPC GBR
62 HANDLEY Richard ONE GBR
63 HOLOHAN Liam WGN GBR
64 STEELS Stijn TSV BEL
65 APPLEBY Dale NPC GBR
66 FARAZIJN Maxime TSV BEL
67 BLAIN Alexandre MGT FRA
68 DEGENDT Aimé TSV BEL
69 SENNI Manuel BMC ITA
70 DUNNE Conor JLT IRL
71 MOSCON Gianni SKY ITA
72 BIALOBLOCKI Marcin ONE POL
73 HARDY Romain COF FRA
74 CORNU Jeremy DEN FRA
75 MORTENSEN Martin ONE DEN
76 ORAM James ONE NZL
77 LEEZER Thomas TLJ NED
78 TENNANT Andrew WGN GBR
79 WAGNER Robert TLJ GER
80 WILLIAMS Stephen JLT GBR
81 CUMMINGS Stephen DDD GBR
82 LLOYD Rhys NPC GBR
83 HALLER Marco KAT AUT 26″
84 ROOSEN Timo TLJ NED 32″
85 HAYMAN Mathew OGE AUS 36″
86 ROWE Luke SKY GBR 38″
87 MORKOV Michael KAT DEN 46″
88 MEZGEC Luka OGE SLO 01’11”
89 EDMONDSON Joshua NPC GBR 01’12”
90 MORENO SALA Adria RAL ESP
91 QUEMENEUR Perrig DEN FRA
92 DEBESAY Mekseb DDD ERI 01’20”
93 WYNANTS Maarten TLJ BEL 01’23”
94 VAN MEIRHAEGHE Jef TSV BEL
95 OLIPHANT Evan RAL GBR 01’38”
96 ROBBINS Tristan MGT GBR
97 DE BACKER Bert TGA BEL 02’55”
98 EISEL Bernhard DDD AUT
99 JONES Carter TGA USA
100 POLITT Nils KAT GER B:01″
101 MC EVOY Jonathan NPC GBR
102 PARTRIDGE Robert NPC GBR
103 LOWE Sam WGN GBR
104 KENNAUGH Peter SKY GBR
105 SLIK Ivar ROP NED 03’12”
106 MORA Sebastian RAL ESP B:03″
107 WILKINSON Ian GBR GBR
108 WILLIAMS Peter ONE GBR 04’24”
109 ZANDIO Xabier SKY ESP 05’43”
110 FENN Andrew SKY GBR
111 CHEUNG King Lok OGE HKG
112 EDMONDSON Alexander OGE AUS
113 WALLAYS Jens TSV BEL
114 OPIE Chris ONE GBR
115 GUNMAN Taylor Karl MGT NZL 06’34”
116 FERGUSON Grant GBR GBR 08’26”
117 LUDVIGSSON Fredrik TGA SWE 10’44”
118 O’LOUGHLIN Michael WGN IRL
119 DE MAAR Marc ROP NED
120 LOOIJ André ROP NED
121 NAULEAU Brian DEN FRA
122 PYM George RAL GBR
123 WOOD Oliver GBR GBR
124 CRONSHAW Matt MGT GBR
125 PATON Iain GBR GBR 12’14”
126 FRY Joseph GBR GBR 14’33”
127 STEWART Mark GBR GBR 16’38”
128 PATTEN Daniel WGN GBR
129 MARKUS Barry ROP NED 19’16”
130 HEPWORTH Richard RAL GBR 20’14”
131 POLS Ruben TSV BEL
132 BRIGGS Graham JLT GBR B:02″
133 CLACHERTY Frazer GBR GBR 21’31”

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25 JEANDESBOZ Fabrice DEN FRA
31 WIGGINS Bradley WGN GBR
33 DAVIES Scott WGN GBR
53 DOUGALL Nicolas DDD RSA
61 SIMON Julien COF FRA
66 MOLARD Rudy COF FRA
82 BYSTRÖM Sven Erik KAT NOR

BRITISH RIDERS

1 LAWLESS Christopher JLT GBR 00″
2 YATES Adam OGE GBR ‘ ‘
3 STEWART Tom MGT GBR ‘ ‘
4 DOWNING Russell JLT GBR ‘ ‘
5 CHRISTIAN Mark WGN GBR ‘ ‘
6 BIBBY Ian NPC GBR ‘ ‘
7 LAMPIER Steve JLT GBR ‘ ‘
8 LOWSLEY-WILLIAMS James NPC GBR ‘ ‘
9 ROWSELL Erick MGT GBR ‘ ‘
10 SLATER Alistair JLT GBR ‘ ‘
11 CULLAIGH Gabriel GBR GBR ‘ ‘
12 MOSES Thomas JLT GBR ‘ ‘
13 LEWIS Gruffudd MGT GBR ‘ ‘
14 HOLMES Matt MGT GBR ‘ ‘
15 BRADBURY Edmund NPC GBR ‘ ‘
16 HANDLEY Richard ONE GBR ‘ ‘
17 HOLOHAN Liam WGN GBR ‘ ‘
18 APPLEBY Dale NPC GBR ‘ ‘
19 TENNANT Andrew WGN GBR ‘ ‘
20 WILLIAMS Stephen JLT GBR ‘ ‘
21 CUMMINGS Stephen DDD GBR ‘ ‘
22 LLOYD Rhys NPC GBR ‘ ‘
23 ROWE Luke SKY GBR 38″
24 EDMONDSON Joshua NPC GBR 01’12”
25 OLIPHANT Evan RAL GBR 01’38”
26 ROBBINS Tristan MGT GBR ‘ ‘
27 MC EVOY Jonathan NPC GBR 02’55”
28 PARTRIDGE Robert NPC GBR ‘ ‘
29 LOWE Sam WGN GBR ‘ ‘
30 KENNAUGH Peter SKY GBR ‘ ‘
31 WILKINSON Ian GBR GBR 03’12”
32 WILLIAMS Peter ONE GBR 04’24”
33 FENN Andrew SKY GBR 05’43”
34 OPIE Chris ONE GBR ‘ ‘
35 FERGUSON Grant GBR GBR 08’26”
36 PYM George RAL GBR 10’44”
37 WOOD Oliver GBR GBR ‘ ‘
38 CRONSHAW Matt MGT GBR ‘ ‘
39 PATON Iain GBR GBR 12’14”
40 FRY Joseph GBR GBR 14’33”
41 STEWART Mark GBR GBR 16’38”
42 PATTEN Daniel WGN GBR ‘ ‘
43 HEPWORTH Richard RAL GBR 20’14”
44 BRIGGS Graham JLT GBR B:02″ ‘ ‘
45 CLACHERTY Frazer GBR GBR 21’31”

POINTS
1 GROENEWEGEN Dylan NED TLJ 15
2 EWAN Caleb AUS OGE 12
3 ARNDT Nikias GER TGA 9
4 BOUDAT Thomas FRA DEN 7
5 VAN POPPEL Danny NED SKY 6
6 TURGIS Anthony FRA COF 5
7 MORA Sebastian ESP RAL 5
8 GERTS Floris NED BMC 5
9 LAWLESS Christopher GBR JLT 4
10 VOECKLER Thomas FRA DEN 3
11 DOMAGALSKI Karol POL ONE 3
12 BRIGGS Graham GBR JLT 3
13 SMITH Dion NZL ONE 2
14 PAUWELS Serge BEL DDD 1
15 VAN LERBERGHE Bert BEL TSV 1
16 POLITT Nils

KOM

1  WILLIAMS Peter GBR ONE 5
2  WALLAYS Jens BEL TSV 3
3  POLITT Nils GER KAT 2
4  MORA Sebastian ESP RAL

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