Race fans are starting to arrive up at the finish line at Ilkley Moor.

Get there early to get a good view!

Manon Lloyd manages to stay clear of the peloton and rolls over the intermediate sprint line to take three bonus seconds. She started the day 10 seconds off the pace.

Behind her, the peloton is much more animated with Kirsten Wild, who won the sprint finish in Doncaster yesterday, beating Dani Rowe across the line.

Wild's effort was to stop Rowe and help her team-mate Elisa Longo Borghini, who is chasing the overall win.

Rowe picks up another second though and is now six seconds better off than Megan Guarnier, who is also among the favourites.

Around 40km remaining and everyone is now back together.

Manon Lloyd's dig is almost over. The British rider is heading back with the peloton, as is fellow escapee Katia Ragusa.

But Lloyd is refusing to give this up just yet and stomps on her pedals again and is now 20 seconds clear again.

There are just 50km remaining on today's stage and everyone is getting geared up for the intermediate sprint in about 5km time.

First over the line gets three bonus seconds. Will Dani Rowe be in the mix again, trying to extend her advantage over her rivals for the overall win?

The finish line in Ilkley is almost ready for the women on the second Tour de Yorkshire 2018 stage.

It's a leg-burning finish as the final stretch takes them up to the Cow and Calf rocks on Ilkley Moor.

They're around 50km from the finish.

Katie Ragusa has company in the shape of Trek-Drops rider Manon Lloyd.

Fantastic race action and scenery captured in this stunning shot.

British rider Manon Lloyd, racing for Trek-Drops, has sprinted clear of the peloton to join Katia Ragusa out front. The duo have a lead of just 20 seconds though and with a an individual sprint coming up, that lead might not last too long.

Just 60km remaining in the race.

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The main body of riders and leader Katie Ragusa have been yo-yoing for a few minutes.

The Italian Bepink rider has been out on her own with a gap of over a minute but various breakaways and jockeying within the peloton has now seen that cut to around 15 seconds.

There's around 65km to go, with around 20km to the next intermediate sprint.

The riders are now on a relatively flat section of today's course with no major interruptions.

There's a further sprint to come but that's not until around Scholes, which is north east of Leeds.

They'll then face a couple of climbs which culminate in the finish line in Ilkley.

Let battle commence for positioning.

Katia Regusa from the Italian Bepink team still leads with a gap of around 30 seconds to the main peloton.

It appears she's working hard and that gap may grow.

The racers have passed into West Yorkshire after the race start in South Yorkshire.

Check out this shot from the start of the women's race earlier this morning, it's been shared on the race's official Twitter feed:

Katie Archibald's race is over. She hit her head hard and hurt her shoulder in the crash a few minutes ago. She is heading to hospital for a check-up.

It's not great news for the Wiggle High5 team - although I'm sure the team's thoughts are with her - because she would have been a key rider in helping Elise Longo Borghini try to win the stage.

Archibald would have been employed chasing down breaks and helping fetch food and drink for her Italian team-mate. And with only six riders maximum per team, Wiggle have a significant disadvantage.

90km remaining and Katia Ragusa of the Italian Bepink team has got bored and had a dash off the front of the peloton. There was no real reaction so Ragusa is left with a long solo ride for home.

Britain's Olympic and world track champion Katie Archibald has tasted tarmac.

The Wiggle High5 rider looked like she might have touched wheels with a Trek-Drops rider in the peloton. She's getting a bit of attention but the race disappears down the road without her.

The peloton is still all together.

Volunteers at Wentworth Woodhouse have painted colourful circles onto their lawn with the help of artist James Brunt, making a spectacular piece of artwork.

Both the men and women's race will pass through the village during stage two of the Tour de Yorkshire.

It's fair to say that these riders can really turn the pedals.

The women's group just hit 40mph as they head into Swinton.

Richard Cadey
BBC Yorkshire Live

I'm in Mexborough this morning waiting for the women's race to whizz through the town and while I wait amongst the crowds - I noticed this:

It's Alan’s brilliant bike sculpture made from radiator parts.

Wonder whether he'll connect it to his plumbing at home after the event?

The riders are around 20km in and, as yet, they are all together in a bunch.

There are a couple of stragglers already but the racers are filling the road.

After the riders have finished their 128km, they will be rewarded with a view like this up at Ilkley's Cow and Calf.

The rock formation is iconic in Yorkshire and is next to the moor with the famous song.

Take a look at the view from the finish line here:

Stage 1 of the Tour de Yorkshire kicked off in Beverley yesterday.

Image source, SWPIX

The men and women's race saw cyclists pace their way through East Yorkshire before sprinting towards the finish line in Doncaster.

Dutch rider Kirsten Wild won a sprint finish to claim the first stage of the women's race and North Yorkshire's Harry Tanfield, claimed victory in the men's race.

Image source, SWPIX

The female cyclists have already embarked on their 128km race today while the men get 149km which will take them on three categorised climbs.

Today's race goes straight up Blacker Hill on the outskirts of Barnsley. And Britain's Alice Barnes, who finished third yesterday, leads the field on to the climb.

It's a 2.2km ascent, a nice early morning stretch of the legs for the bunch.

All the main favourites - Megan Guarnier, Elisa Longo Borghini and Dani Rowe are at the pointy end of the race.

Britain's 17-year-old Pfeiffer Georgi, who is in the Queen of the Mountains jersey, is nowhere to be seen.

British rider Nikki Juniper of the NJC-Biemme-Echelon team jumps clear in the final few metres to move level with Georgi in the standings.

Peter Scrivener
BBC Sport

Any rider with ambitions of winning the overall title needs to have good legs today because the first over the line at the summit finish is likely to be the overall champion and with such a tough finish, it's difficult to pick a winner.

Stage one's victor Kirsten Wild is a pure sprinter and has already said the climb to the iconic Cow and Calf Rocks on Ilkley Moor will not suit her but she will do her best to help a Wiggle High5 team-mate to victory.

Italian champion Elisa Longo Borghini could be the one for the British team, although she has not had the best of starts to 2018.

The Boels-Dolmans team is regarded as the strongest in the women's peloton and they could well be smarting after missing out on the sprint finish in Doncaster.

Of their squad American Megan Guarnier could be the one they back for the overall title, although don't discount world champion Chantal Blaak.

Of the British riders, Dani Rowe rode a tactically astute race on Thursday to pick up four bonus seconds. She can climb and those seconds, while they may not seem like much, could prove crucial.