The 2018 Tour de Yorkshire was a four day cycling stage race held in Yorkshire over 3–6 May 2018. It was the fourth edition of the Tour de Yorkshire, organised by

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. The 2018 TDY differed from its predecessor in that the event was extended to four days from three, with the women's event being extended to two days over the 3 and 4 May 2018.

Route

The Tour was extended in September 2017 to allow for greater creativity in the route planning. Additionally, the British Cycling chief executive Julie Harrington said: "

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will give even more people a chance to see our great sport at close quarters." In December 2017, the start and finish locations were announced as

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and

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, Barnsley and

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and Scarborough, and Halifax and

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Teams

Twenty teams were announced as partaking in the event. These were: * Aqua Blue Sport (

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) * Astana Pro Team (

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Stages

Stage 1

;3 May 2018 —

Stage 2

;4 May 2018 — Barnsley to

Stage 3

;5 May 2018 —

to Scarborough,

Stage 4

;6 May 2018 — Halifax to

Classification leadership table

In the Tour de Yorkshire, four different jerseys were awarded. The

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was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses were awarded to the first three finishers on all stages: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively. Bonus seconds were also awarded to the first three riders at intermediate sprints; three seconds for the winner of the sprint, two seconds for the rider in second and one second for the rider in third. The leader of the general classification received a light blue and yellow jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the Tour de Yorkshire, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race. The second classification was the points classification. Riders were awarded points for finishing in the top ten in a stage. Unlike in the points classification in the Tour de France, the winners of all stages were awarded the same number of points. Points were also won in intermediate sprints; five points for crossing the sprint line first, three points for second place and one for third. The leader of the points classification was awarded a green jersey. There was also a

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, for which points were awarded for reaching the top of a climb before other riders. Each climb was categorised the same, with four points awarded to the first rider over the top of each climb. Two points were awarded for the second-placed rider, with one point for third place. The leadership of the mountains classification was marked by a pink jersey. Another jersey was awarded at the end of each stage. This was a combativity prize and was awarded to the rider who "made the greatest effort and ..demonstrated the best qualities in terms of sportsmanship". A jury selected a list of riders to be eligible for the prize; the winner of the prize was then decided by a vote on

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. The rider was awarded a grey jersey. There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists in a team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest cumulative time.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tour de Yorkshire, 2018 2018 in English sport 2018 UCI Europe Tour

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