2018 Tour de Yorkshire

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: "[This] will give even more people a chance to see our great sport at close quarters."[2]

In December 2017, the start and finish locations were announced as Beverley and Doncaster, Barnsley and Ilkley, Richmond and Scarborough, and Halifax and Leeds.[1]

Stage characteristics and winners[4]

Stage	Date	Start	Finish	Length	Type		Winner
1	3 May	Beverley	Doncaster	182 km (113.1 mi)		Flat stage	Harry Tanfield (GBR)[5]
2	4 May	Barnsley	Ilkley	149 km (92.6 mi)		Hilly stage	Magnus Cort Nielsen (DEN)[6]
3	5 May	Richmond	Scarborough	184 km (114.3 mi)		Hilly stage	Max Walscheid (GER)[7]
4	6 May	Halifax	Leeds	189.5 km (117.7 mi)		Hilly stage	Stéphane Rossetto (FRA)[8]

Twenty teams were announced as partaking in the event. These were:[9][10]

In the Tour de Yorkshire, four different jerseys were awarded. The general classification 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.[16] 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.[16] 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.[16]

There was also a mountains classification, 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.[16] 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.[16]

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 Twitter. The rider was awarded a grey jersey.[16] 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.[16]

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Combativity prize	Teams classification
1	Harry Tanfield	Harry Tanfield	Harry Tanfield	Mike Cuming	Harry Tanfield	Madison Genesis
2	Magnus Cort	Magnus Cort			Tom Baylis	BMC Racing Team
3	Max Walscheid		Magnus Cort		Peter Williams
4	Stéphane Rossetto	Greg van Avermaet	Greg van Avermaet	Stéphane Rossetto	Stéphane Rossetto
Final		Greg van Avermaet	Greg Van Avermaet	Stéphane Rossetto	Not Awarded	BMC Racing Team

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