Tour de Yorkshire 2020

[armchairclimber]

Wow, what a route this year. A really challenging 4 days with a breeze along the East coast (which is pretty lumpy) followed by three days on some of Yorkshire's best road climbs.
Usually we have to wait until the queen stage from the Piece Hall in Halifax for the real action, but, after Buttertubs and Grinton Moor on stage 2, the day 3 route takes in some beauties ... including Scapegoat Hill, plus the brutish climb out of Todmorden and an early visit to Halifax for the Shibden Wall (carnage). That might even eclipse stage 4, even though that does feature some classic climbs, Goose Eye, Barden Moor, Greenhow etc.

Easily the best route so far in my book ... and not just because the route comes within a couple of miles of my house several times.

Routes for 2020 Tour de Yorkshire announced | Tour de Yorkshire -

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[fauniera]

Very good. Any other cobbled climbs apart from Shibden Wall?

 

[armchairclimber]

No. sadly. Though I will keep trying to make a Yorkshire cobbled classic happen.
Stage 3 is pretty brutal if racing is hard ... Scapegoat Hill and Cote de Todmorden are pretty tough.

 

[armchairclimber]

Some images to whet your appetite. The brutish cobbled climb "Shibden Wall".

These iconic Shibden Wall scenes will return for the Tour de Yorkshire 2020 race

This year will see riders face one of the toughest tests of the Tour derace when they return to the Calderdale.

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