Tour de Yorkshire Stage 3 Race Report

by | May 4, 2019

An historically challenging stage between Bridlington and Scarborough made its third appearance in the Tour de Yorkshire today as the general classification took a closer step to being decided.

A wet and windy start did nothing to dampen expectations of riders as they set off at a keen pace with a view to attacking and gaining valuable points and seconds ahead of an even tougher final stage tomorrow.

The first break of the day formed early on with nine riders splitting from the pack and grabbing an almost two minute lead.

The first climb of the day at the Cote de Silpho saw Rob Scott (WIGGINS Le-Col) take the points ahead of Mikey Mottram (Vitus Pro Cycling) and John Archibald (Team Ribble). Someone must’ve hit repeat, as the riders replicated the exact same result at Cote de Hooks House Farm.

Mikey Mottram managed to change position from second to first in both intermediate sprints ahead of Romain Sicard (Total Direct Energie) and with 64km to go the 9 man break had been reeled in slightly, only holding a 55 second lead. A mixture of Team INEOS, CCC, yesterday’s stage winner’s Katusha Alpecin and two jersey holders Roompot-Charles pulling at the front of the peloton reined the break in further still. It was INEOS that would up the pace even more and swallow up the original breakaway.

This was just the clam before the storm, as a strong group that included six riders from INEOS, namely one Chris Froome, reigning champion Greg Van Avermaet, British National Champion Connor Swift and the overall race leader Jesper Asselman, broke away and left the peloton reeling.

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Asselman dropped from the break once and managed to ride back on but could not keep the pace and was dropped for good as the elite group ascended the final climb and pushed on to the headwinds that awaited them at the seafront finish.

It would set up another exciting Scarborough sprint to decide who would take the stage win with British riders Connor Swift and Scott Thwaites both pushing on with Van Avermaet, Chris Lawless (Team INEOS) and Alexander Kamp (Riwal Readynez) all looking strong.

Team Riwal Readynez really pushed hard from the front today to set up their man Kamp and he delivered, taking the win with a millimetre perfect attack ahead of Lawless.

It would be Lawless however who took the overall race lead, backing up his third place finish a day prior in Bedale with a second place finish to take both the Yorkshire Bank Bike Libraries leader’s jersey and the Asda points jersey.

Stage 3 Results

STAGE RESULT
1.     Alexander Kamp – RIW (DEN)
2.     Chris Lawless – INS (GBR)
3.     Greg van Avermaet – CCC (BEL)
4.     Rasmus Tiller – TDD (NOR)
5.     Scott Thwaites – VIT (GBR)
OVERALL INDIVIDUAL TIME CLASSIFICATION
1.     Chris Lawless – INS (GBR) 10h38’15’’ 00″
2.     Alexander Kamp – RIW (DEN) s.t.
3.     Greg van Avermaet – CCC (BEL) 10h38’21’’ 06″
4.     Andreas Nielsen – RIW (DEN) 10h38’25’’ 10″
5.     Scott Thwaites – VIT (GBR) s.t.

Chris Lawless (Team INEOS)

Yorkshire Bank Bike Libraries GC Jersey

Chris Lawless (Team INEOS)

Asda Points Jersey

Rob Scott (WIGGINS Le-Col)

LNER King of the Mountains Jersey

John Archibald (Ribble Pro Cycling)

Dimension Data Most Aggressive

TdY Preview - Stage 4

The Tour de Yorkshire finishes on Sunday in Leeds.

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Interview – Christine Majerus – Winner ASDA Green Points Jersey – WTdY 2019

by | May 4, 2019

Christine Majerus; 2019 winner of the ASDA Green Sprinters Points Jersey in the Women’s Tour de Yorkshire, chats after her win.

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Interview – Marianne Vos – ASDA WtdY Winner 2019

by | May 4, 2019

3 Times World Champion Marianne Vos wins the ASDA Women’s Tour de Yorkshire 2019 on her 1st visit to the Race… Taking the win on Stg2 into Scarborough in a 3 rider Sprint over the line. Marianne chats after the race.

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Race Report: Stage 1 – Womens Tour de Yorkshire – Barnsley to Bedale

by | May 3, 2019

It was a stage for the sprinters and, unlike their male counterparts in yesterday’s TDY stage, the peloton refused to let the break steal the limelight and a bunch sprint saw Lorena Wiebes (Parkhotel Valkenburg CT) cross the line ahead of Christine Majerus (Boels-Dolmans) and Alison Jackson (Team Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank).

A rainy start to the day did nothing to dampen spirits in Barnsley as hosts of fans gathered to see some of the world’s best female cycling talent take to the start line of the Asda Women’s Tour de Yorkshire.

The race saw its strongest field to date with the top two riders in the UCI World Tour rankings Annemiek van Vleuten and Marianne Vos ready to tackle the General Classification.

The extremely talented field also hosts domestic and world talent with eyes on the Yorkshire Bank Bike Libraries Blue leader’s jersey and it is hard to pick an out and out favourite.

Anna van der Breggen, fresh from her record-equalling fifth consecutive victory in La Flèche Wallonne Féminine, will be one to watch and don’t rule out home favourite Lizzie Deignan, who may say she is here looking to get more kilometres into her legs ahead of the UCI Road World Championships in September, but will definitely have one eye on taking back the Asda Tour de Yorkshire Women’s title that she last held in 2017.

The race rolled out of Barnsley at a steady pace and as the riders approached the first intermediate sprint at Pontefract 20km in, the bunch was still together with Susanne Andersen (Team Sunweb), Marianne Vos (CCC-Liv) and Christine Majerus (Boels-Dolmans) all taking points.

There were plenty of attempts to break after this point with none gaining too much traction as a strong peloton retained control, Sheffield’s Lizzy Banks (Bigla) was looking active and after a couple of attempts managed to break with serious effort to gain a 2-minute lead over the bunch as Leah Dixon (Brother-Tifosi p/b On Form) rode on to join her.

It would be Banks who would take the only Queen of the Mountains points of the day, resulting in her gaining the LNER Red QOM jersey.

Interview – Lizzy Banks – LNER Best Climber Red Jersey – Stage 1 – Womens Tour De Yorkshire 2019 by Cycling Shorts

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Interview – Leah Dixon – Stage 1 Women’s Tour de Yorkshire 2019 Grey Jersey by Cycling Shorts

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Just before the Harrogate Circuit, a key feature on the UCI Road World Championships route this coming September, four riders joined the break.

Kelly Murphy (Storey-Racing), Ingrid Lorvik (Hitec Products-Birk Sport), Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Valcar Cylance Cycling) and Lauren Kitchen (FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futoroscope) all rode on to contest the next sprint in Harrogate. Kitchen took the spoils here ahead of Confalonieri and Lorvik.

The gap out of Harrogate was at just 37 seconds and the peloton started to ride aggressively to reel in the break. Trek-Segafredo made eye-catching moves with Audrey Cordon-Ragot, Tayler Wiles and Lizzie Deignan all offering big pushes for their team.

Lauren Kitchen in the break held on to take the Black Sheep Straight section of the race, winning her height in beer but it was here original break partner Leah Dixon who took the Dimension Data Digital Jersey.

As the race came into Bedale, the break was caught and although the Barnes sisters from CANYON//SRAM pushed from the front it was Parkhotel Valkenburg’s Lorena Wiebes who would sprint on to take the stage win.

Stage 1 Results

STAGE RESULT
1.     Lorena Wiebes – PHV (NED)
2.     Christine Majerus – DLT (LUX)
3.     Alison Jackson – TIB (CAN)
4.     Roxanne Fournier – MOV (FRA)
5.     Lisa Brennauer – WNT (GER)
OVERALL INDIVIDUAL TIME CLASSIFICATION
1.     Lorena Wiebes – PHV (NED) 3h35’14’’ 00″
2.     Christine Majerus – DLT (LUX) 3h35’17” 03″
3.     Alison Jackson – TIB (CAN) 3h35’20” 06″
4.     Susanne Andersen – SUN (NOR) 3h35’21” 07″
5.     Lauren Kitchen – FDJ (AUS) s.t.

Lorena Wiebes (Parkhotel Valkenburg)

Yorkshire Bank Bike Libraries GC Jersey

Lorena Wiebes (Parkhotel Valkenburg)

Asda Points Jersey

Lizzy Banks (Bigla)

LNER Queen of the Mountains Jersey

Leah Dixon (Brother-Tifosi p/b On Form)

Dimension Data Most Active Jersey

Asda Women's TdY Preview - Stage 2

The Asda Women’s Tour de Yorkshire comes to a conclusion with stage 2 on Saturday morning.

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Based in the North East of England; photographer Chris Maher specialises in sports photography with his main interests in Cycling and Super Bikes. Chris has covered sports events from local and national level right up to the Olympics for CyclingShorts.cc.
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Interview – Lizzy Banks – Stage 1 – Women’s Tour De Yorkshire 2019

by | May 3, 2019

Lizzy Banks chats to Chris Maher of CyclingShorts.cc after taking the LNER Best Climber Jersey in Stage 1 of the Women’s Tour de Yorkshire 2019.

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Tour de Yorkshire Stage 2 Race Report – Barnsley to Bedale

by | May 3, 2019

A sprint finish was predicted and a sprint finish was delivered, as the peloton reeled in the early breakaway in the last few kilometres; allowing Rick Zabel (Katusha-Alpecin) to fly over the line to take stage two in Bedale.

The race saw an early breakaway formed with Tom Stewart (Canyon dhb p/b Bloor Homes), Fabien Grellier (Total-Direct Energie), Jake Scott (SwiftCarbon Pro Cycling) and Chris McGlinchey (Vitus Pro Cycling p/b Brother UK) all racing away from the bunch.

Three of these riders would take the sprint points too as Tom Stewart crossed the Pontefract line ahead of Jake Scott and Chris McGlinchey. The break was then joined by two more riders in the form of WIGGINS teammates James Fouché and Robert Scott.

With 12km to go until the day’s only classified climb at the Cote de Lindley the break was still out in front, although their lead had been cut to around a minute twenty.

It was one of the WIGGINS riders who animated himself enough to take the King of the Mountains points, as James Fouché raced ahead of sprint winner Tom Stewart with Chris McGlinchey taking another third place.

From here the riders got their first and only look at the UCI Road World Championships circuit under race conditions and it seems that the crowd had the same idea as droves of supporters lined the route and watched the peloton ride up Parliament Street and past what will be the finishing straight in September.

Harrogate also saw the second sprint of the day and roles were reversed from the first sprint as Jake Scott took the spoils ahead of Chris McGlinchey and Tom Stewart.

With only a 60 second advantage as the race left Harrogate, it was thought that the bunch sprint would eventually be caught – the peloton wanted no part of another breakaway stage win.

16km to go saw the breakaway riders start to attack each other ahead of the advancing bunch but it was only around 3km to go that the peloton finally regrouped. It was here that the sprint teams started to organise themselves and a bunch sprint ensued.

A few riders looked as though they could take the stage but an emphatic ride from Rick Zabel gave Katusha-Alpecin their first stage victory in Yorkshire.

Continuing Roompot-Charles’ great form at this year’s TDY, Boy van Poppel took second place and with it the Asda points jersey; ahead of Team INEOS’ Chris Lawless who took third.

Stage 2 Results

STAGE RESULT
1.     Rick Zabel – TKA (GER)
2.     Boy van Poppel – ROC (NED) 
3.     Chris Lawless – INS (GBR)
4.     Andy Tennant – DHB (GRB) 
5.     Dan McLay – GBR (GBR)
OVERALL INDIVIDUAL TIME CLASSIFICATION
1.     Jesper Asselman – ROC (NED) 7h14’50’’ 00″
2.     Rick Zabel – TKA (GER) 7h14’51” 01″
3.     Boy van Poppel – ROC (NED) 7h14’55” 05″
4.     Filippo Fortin – COF (ITA) s.t.
5.     Jacob Hennessy – DHB (GBR) s.t

Jesper Asselman (Roompot-Charles)

Yorkshire Bank Bike Libraries GC Jersey

Boy van Poppel (Roompot-Charles)

Asda Points Jersey

Jacob Hennessey (Canyon DHB p/b Bloor Homes)

LNER King of the Mountains Jersey

Jake Scott (Swift Carbon Pro Cycling)

Dimension Data Most Aggressive

TdY Preview - Stage 3

The Tour de Yorkshire continues on Saturday morning with the final stage of the women’s race, it’s followed in the afternoon with stage 3 of the men’s race.

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Chris Maher

Chris Maher

Photographer & Writer

Based in the North East of England; photographer Chris Maher specialises in sports photography with his main interests in Cycling and Super Bikes. Chris has covered sports events from local and national level right up to the Olympics for CyclingShorts.cc.
Website: www.ChrisMaher.co.uk

Anna Magrath

Anna Magrath

Editor & Writer

Anna Magrath founded CyclingShorts.cc in 2008 and invited some of her cycling friends; coaches, photographers, writers and pro cyclists of different disciplines to join her, bringing you all things cycling related.

Over the years Anna has supported grass roots cycling events, riders and teams. Anna has a particular interest in Track, Road, womens cycling, recreational cycling and cycling related art. She has reported from the top cycle races on the world calendar including the Tour de France, Olympics, World Cups & World Championships.

Want to get involved? Why not get in touch.

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