Whistle gets them up the hillpublished at 15:43 British Summer Time 28 April 2017
Tour de Yorkshire 2017: Race update
Just at the bottom of the hill, a steam engine blows its horn to will them up
Summary
Live coverage from Stage One of the Tour de Yorkshire 2017
Celebrating the colour and the spectacle of the Tour
Also key action from the race on Friday 28 April 2017
Event begins in Bridlington with official start at 12:35
Race will travel through Pocklington, Pickering and Whitby
Stage one will end in Scarborough
Whistle gets them up the hillpublished at 15:43 British Summer Time 28 April 2017
Riders lean into the downhill sectionpublished at 15:40 British Summer Time 28 April 2017
Tour de Yorkshire 2017: Race updatePeloton coming down the hill now - a lot of squatting down to reduce their aerodynamic profile
Second climb of the day loomspublished at 15:39 British Summer Time 28 April 2017
Tour de Yorkshire 2017: Race updateAnd here we are, the Cote de Goathland
Yorkshire is showing its pride this afternoonpublished at 15:37 British Summer Time 28 April 2017
Andy Marsters
BBC Local LiveThere's plenty of Yorkshire pride on show around the route of the Tour de Yorkshire this afternoon.
In Scarborough, one man has brought a long flag that looks like it would be more at home at Glastonbury.
While in Bishop Wilton, one of the smaller villages on the route, they've gone all out to decorate:
Riders on the top of the worldpublished at 15:35 British Summer Time 28 April 2017
Tour de Yorkshire 2017: Race updateRight on the top now of the North York Moors, and the riders will be very happy the weather's not been terrible.
It's bad enough driving up there..
Gap forever fallingpublished at 15:31 British Summer Time 28 April 2017
Tour de Yorkshire 2017: Race updateThat ever-changing gap is now up to 2:15 or thereabouts, less than 60km to go now
It's all downhill from here...published at 15:30 British Summer Time 28 April 2017
Tour de Yorkshire 2017: Race updateThe leaders now get to have a bit of respite as the section before the climb is largely down hill
Watch: View from the lead car of the Tour de Yorkshirepublished at 15:27 British Summer Time 28 April 2017
Andy Comfort
BBC Radio HumbersideI'm travelling all the way to the finish line in the lead car this afternoon, which gives me a great view of Yorkshire.
Here was the scene a little earlier from Malton, just before the riders came through:
Cote de Goathland toughest on Stage Onepublished at 15:20 British Summer Time 28 April 2017
Tour de Yorkshire 2017: Race updateHere are the facts and figures for the Cote de Goathland:
Put simply, the riders are facing a 1.3km climb at 7.5%.
It'll be the toughest of the day so far...
Tour de Yorkshire 2017: Next climb on the horizonpublished at 15:15 British Summer Time 28 April 2017
Tour de Yorkshire 2017: Race updateJust 15km to go until the next climb, the Cote de Goathland
Tour de Yorkshire 2017: Meanwhile at the finish line....published at 15:11 British Summer Time 28 April 2017
Julia Lewis
Presenter, BBC Radio YorkThere's still some time until the riders will see this sight, but Scarborough is ready
All we need now is a few spectators and cyclists:
Voeckler conserving energy during first stagepublished at 15:03 British Summer Time 28 April 2017
Tour de Yorkshire 2017: Race updateTour de Yorkshire 2016 winner Thomas Voeckler is currently near the back of the peloton.
I'm sure he'll start to push forward as we get to the closing stages of day one.
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End of twitter postTour de Yorkshire lead group in actionpublished at 14:56 British Summer Time 28 April 2017
There's still a long way to go in this race, so the breakaway group have a lot to do to keep up their lead.
Considering they've been cycling for two hours so far you think they'd look a little more tired:
Image source, Tour de YorkshirePickering is ready to greet the Tour de Yorkshirepublished at 14:53 British Summer Time 28 April 2017
Andy Marsters
BBC Local LivePickering is the next big town that will host the Tour de Yorkshire riders this afternoon.
The spectators are ready and the bunting is up.
There's even people climbing the walls:
Tour de Yorkshire: The art of the hill climb at Garrowby Hillpublished at 14:50 British Summer Time 28 April 2017
One of the most gruelling parts of today's Stage One of the Tour de Yorkshire was the climb up Garrowby Hill, the highest point of the Yorkshire Wolds.
But the competitors at least had an artistic distraction to take their mind off the pain: huge artworks by Wildlife artist Robert Fuller.
Here's Robert setting up his outdoor art exhibition:
Breakaway gap now under two minutes in Tour de Yorkshirepublished at 14:47 British Summer Time 28 April 2017
Tour de Yorkshire 2017: Race updateThe peloton continues to hunt down the lead group, with the gap now under the two-minute mark.
Tour de Yorkshire: Spectators improvise for best viewpublished at 14:46 British Summer Time 28 April 2017
On the outskirts of Pickering, some spectators have got their spot firmly reserved ahead of the Tour de Yorkshire passing.
I hope they have carried out a full risk assessment.
Lead car of Tour de Yorkshire arrives in Pickeringpublished at 14:43 British Summer Time 28 April 2017
Andy Comfort
BBC Radio HumbersideThe lead car has now arrived in Pickering, so the cyclists won't be far behind.
From here, they'll head over the moors back to the coast.
This is the view they'll get here, we're not quite sure what happened to that poor dummy cyclist in the bush:
Pickering gears up for arrival of Tour de Yorkshirepublished at 14:39 British Summer Time 28 April 2017
Mike Kemp
Reporter, BBC Radio YorkThe riders are expected in Pickering at about 15:00 but the publicity caravan is already here hyping up the crowds.
The riders can look forward to a warm welcome before they head over the moors towards Goathland.
Enjoy the race, but stay safe!published at 14:37 British Summer Time 28 April 2017
Peter Scrivener
BBC SportA lady nearly makes the headlines for all the wrong reasons in Norton on Derwent as she skips across the road moments before the seven riders out front whizz by.
A second later and she’d have brought all of them down like skittles.
Stay safe if you’re watching and stay clear of the riders!