Riding up that hillpublished at 10:58 British Summer Time 29 April 2017
Tour de Yorkshire 2017: Race update
Tough going for the women as they powered up that steep and windy climb.
Summary
Coverage from Stage Two of the Tour de Yorkshire 2017
Nacer Bouhanni wins men's race with big burst in final 200m in Harrogate
Otley's Lizzie Deignan wins the women's race at the Tour de Yorkshire
Also key action from the race on Saturday 29 April 2017
Both races covered the same 122.5km course which began in Tadcaster and ended in Harrogate
Riding up that hillpublished at 10:58 British Summer Time 29 April 2017
Top three at the Cote de Lofthousepublished at 10:57 British Summer Time 29 April 2017
Tour de Yorkshire 2017: Race updateCote de Lofthouse top three
- Lichtenberg
- Pieters
- King
Lizzie Deignan working hard on Cote de Lofthousepublished at 10:54 British Summer Time 29 April 2017
Tour de Yorkshire 2017: Race updateLizzie Deignan is now working to catch riders in front of her on the strength-sapping Cote de Lofthouse
Big screens and clowns in Riponpublished at 10:52 British Summer Time 29 April 2017
Tim Dale
BBC Local LiveRipon appears to be looking forward to the arrival of the women's race later this morning.
Pieters is 'leader of the pack'published at 10:50 British Summer Time 29 April 2017
Tour de Yorkshire 2017: Race updateAs they head up that steep slope Amy Pieters of WiggleHigh 5 is leading the pack.
Break-away pack well aheadpublished at 10:47 British Summer Time 29 April 2017
Tour de Yorkshire 2017: Race updateThe ten riders have really stretched that gap out now as they head up that tough and punishing climb the Cote de Lofthouse
Fabulous decorations line route of Tour de Yorkshirepublished at 10:46 British Summer Time 29 April 2017
Louise Fewster
BBC Local Live YorkshireTowns and villages all along the route have gone to great lengths to ensure a warm welcome to the cyclists and spectators.
Here's some of the great decorations I found in Tadcaster this morning.
Ten riders in the break-awaypublished at 10:39 British Summer Time 29 April 2017
Tour de Yorkshire 2017: Race updateThe break-away pack are a good bit ahead of the rest of the peloton.
Steep climb ahead at Cote de Lofthousepublished at 10:30 British Summer Time 29 April 2017
Tour de Yorkshire 2017: Race updateThe riders are about to head up the steep and winding Cote de Lofthouse. The climb is described as long and hard.
Strong attacks from Blaak and Pieters as Dales roads loompublished at 10:20 British Summer Time 29 April 2017
Tour de Yorkshire 2017: Race updateValsecchi is back in the pack now. There have been some strong attacks from both Chantal Blaak of Boels-Dolman and Amy Pieters of Wiggle High5
Road blocks lifted in Tadcaster for nowpublished at 10:17 British Summer Time 29 April 2017
Valsecchi leading this morning's racepublished at 10:12 British Summer Time 29 April 2017
Tour de Yorkshire 2017: Race updateItalian Silvia Valsecchi of team Bepink had a strong lead a few moments ago but she's since been reeled in.
Tour de Yorkshire: Cycle races mark Tadcaster flood rebuildpublished at 10:04 British Summer Time 29 April 2017
Andrew Aloia
BBC Sport OnlineBrewing beer and a broken bridge are two things Tadcaster are famous for, but today it has redefined itself as a host of one of Britain's marquee cycle races.
The Tour de Yorkshire women's race and stage two of the men's event start on the now infamous rebuilt 18th Century bridge over the River Wharfe that partially collapsed in 2015.
Image source, Getty ImagesQuote MessageIt is fantastic that the stage is starting on the bridge. Its collapse is a horrific memory for the town and now it will bring everyone together."
Nicola Eades, Tadcaster Flood Action Group
A look back to the 2016 racepublished at 10:02 British Summer Time 29 April 2017
Image source, PAKirsten Wild saw off Britain's double junior world road race champion Lucy Garner and Lizzie Armitstead to win the women's Tour de Yorkshire in 2016.
World champion Armitstead formed part of a three-rider breakaway, but the pack recovered late on for Dutch rider Wild, 33, to clinch a sprint finish.
Wiggle High5's Garner, 21, was second - the first of five British riders in the top 10, with Floortje Mackaij third.
Gap gonepublished at 09:58 British Summer Time 29 April 2017
Tour de Yorkshire 2017: Race updateThe leading pack have been reeled in.
But Boels-Dolmans are attacking again.
And again.
They want this.
Sprint - then attackpublished at 09:55 British Summer Time 29 April 2017
A rider from the Be Pink team won the sprint but since then Boels Dolman and Wiggle High 5 are pushing an attack.
There's now a mixed group of six riders who have put space between themselves and the rest.
It looks like Boels Dolman are getting Chantal Blaak into position to push on.
A look ahead - and uppublished at 09:50 British Summer Time 29 April 2017
Here's the sprints and hills that riders will be tackling today.
Knareborough sprint shortly.
Image source, Tour de YorkshireSprint coming uppublished at 09:44 British Summer Time 29 April 2017
Tour de Yorkshire 2017: Race updateThe first intermediate sprint section should be coming up in a couple of minutes.
The peloton is still together.
It appears the attacks have temporarily stopped and the pace has slowed a little.
Big names in placepublished at 09:43 British Summer Time 29 April 2017
Tour de Yorkshire 2017: Race updateLast year's winner Kirsten Wild, Olympic champion Anna van der Breggen and Lizzie Deignan are all in decent positions.
Just over 100km to go.
Quick, quick, quickpublished at 09:38 British Summer Time 29 April 2017
Tour de Yorkshire 2017: Race updateIt is going to be quick today - the pace shows no sign of slowing at the moment:
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