Sport In Profile UK Issue 05 | Page 51

tour de yorkshire Get Involved The races are due to start at around midday and it will be free for people to watch anywhere along the route. There is also the option of watching the action unfold live on television in the UK and across Europe with a huge television audience expected, helping to give Yorkshire plenty of exposure. If you would like to play a more active role there is also the option to take part in the Tour de Yorkshire ride which promises to be one of the most popular and challenging sporting events in the British calendar. This will take place on the morning of Sunday 3rd May before the pro race and promises to be a superb spectacle. Sport in Profile Magazine wishes anyone taking part in the event the best of luck. Stage 3 3rdMay Wakefield to Leeds 167km This will be a return to some of the course raced in 2014 for the Yorkshire Grand Départ of the Tour de France. There will be a twist however as the riders will start in Wakefield before heading south to Barnsley before moving on to Holmfirth to take up the Grand Départ route but in reverse. They will race to Ripponden before riding the iconic Cragg Vale which was the country’s longest continual climb in the Tour de France and now becomes the longest continual descent. Riders will then go to Hebden Bridge, Oxenhope and Haworth before taking on a steep climb at Goose Eye. They’ll then see Ilkley again and enter a sprint at Arthington and the finish line in Roundhay Park in Leeds. www.letour.yorkshire.com -Twitter : @letouryorkshire www.sportip.biz 51