Summary

  • Thomas Voeckler wins Stage Three of Tour de Yorkshire at Scarborough

  • Sunday's final stage from Middlesbrough to Scarborough contained six categorised climbs

  • Big crowds lined route at steep Sutton Bank climb

  • Tour riders tackled stamina-sapping final day in North Yorkshire

  • Updates on Sunday 1 May 2016

  1. Gap to lead group now closingpublished at 13:54 British Summer Time 1 May 2016

    The gap to the break away group is now down to just 50 seconds.

    It was as much as two minutes earlier.

  2. The riders heading to Grosmontpublished at 13:53 British Summer Time 1 May 2016

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  3. Second big climb of the day coming uppublished at 13:50 British Summer Time 1 May 2016

    Nick Wilmshurst
    BBC Local Live, Leeds

    Blakey Ridge is almost upon us, it's the second big incline of the day. But the wind is making its presence felt.

  4. Weather doesn't put off spectatorspublished at 13:47 British Summer Time 1 May 2016

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  5. When 10 becomes eightpublished at 13:37 British Summer Time 1 May 2016

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  6. Whitby gets ready for arrival of pelotonpublished at 13:35 British Summer Time 1 May 2016

    The interest is starting to build in Whitby as the peolton heads for the moors

    Whitby
  7. Sutton Bank is the 'Alpe D'Huez of Yorkshire'published at 13:27 British Summer Time 1 May 2016

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  8. Weather punishing for riderspublished at 13:24 British Summer Time 1 May 2016

    Talking of the weather, we're almost in Helmsley and it's tipping it down on the route.

  9. Incredible crowds up Sutton Bankpublished at 13:23 British Summer Time 1 May 2016

    Wow... make sure you have your volume turned down for this!

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  10. Watch: Will the rain let up today?published at 13:22 British Summer Time 1 May 2016

    Clare Nasir
    Weather presenter, BBC Look North

    Wondering if the rain will let up?

    Have a look behind the scenes and at the latest forecast here.

  11. Lead riders clear of the climbpublished at 13:16 British Summer Time 1 May 2016

    Nick Wilmshurst
    BBC Local Live, Leeds

    And that's it for the leading pack, they're now going down hill.

    But they're still peddling, I'd free wheel it if I were them. But I suppose that's why I'm sitting at a computer in an office and they're on bikes competing at a top level.

  12. People line the route up Sutton Bankpublished at 13:13 British Summer Time 1 May 2016

    See, what was I telling you about the crowds up Sutton Bank?!!

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  13. Riders tackle the 'Bankpublished at 13:13 British Summer Time 1 May 2016

    This photo doesn't really do the pain that these riders will be going through as they power up Sutton Bank.

    Sutton BankImage source, @sebpiquet
  14. Getting into the spiritpublished at 13:12 British Summer Time 1 May 2016

    Nick Wilmshurst
    BBC Local Live, Leeds

    How cute is this!

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  15. Sutton Bank takes its tollpublished at 13:10 British Summer Time 1 May 2016

    The riders are really having to put the effort in now, we're a lot slower than the 41.2kph average speed the riders were getting earlier.

    Crowds are able to get so close to the riders!

  16. 'Massive crowds' for riderspublished at 13:09 British Summer Time 1 May 2016

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  17. How steep is steep?published at 13:07 British Summer Time 1 May 2016

    Nick Wilmshurst
    BBC Local Live, Leeds

    I understand that at the very start of the climb up Sutton Bank, riders are greeted with an incline of 25%. Just the 25%.

  18. Peloton arrives at big Sutton Bank climbpublished at 13:05 British Summer Time 1 May 2016
    Breaking

    Nick Wilmshurst
    BBC Local Live, Leeds

    And the riders have arrived at one of today's steepest climbs at Sutton Bank.

  19. Scene at top of Sutton Bankpublished at 13:01 British Summer Time 1 May 2016

    It's misty, it's murky it's Yorkshire in May.

    You've got to love it!

    Sutton bank
  20. Leading pack advantage reduces furtherpublished at 12:57 British Summer Time 1 May 2016

    As things are about to get steeper, the gap reduces

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