2016 Women's Tour de Yorkshire
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| Dates | 30 April | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 135 km (83.89 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 3h 22' 26" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Winner |
 Kirsten Wild (NED)
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(Team Hitec Products) | |
| Second |
 Lucy Garner (GBR)
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(Wiggle High5) | |
| Third |
Floortje Mackaij (NED)
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(Team Liv-Plantur) | |
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Youth |
Lucy Garner (GBR)
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(Wiggle High5) |
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Team | Great Britain (National Team) | |
The 2016 Women's Tour de Yorkshire was a cycling one-day race that took place in Yorkshire in April 2016. It was the first edition of the Women's Tour de Yorkshire and was organised by Welcome to Yorkshire and the Amaury Sport Organisation. The race started in Otley, ended in Doncaster and was rated as a 1.2 event.
The race was won by Kirsten Wild (Team Hitec Products) in a bunch sprint. Notable race entrants also included reigning world champion, Lizzie Armitstead who raced for the Great Britain national team, as well as the return of former world time trial champion, Emma Pooley. Pooley stated she would make her return to cycling as part of her build up and bid for Olympic selection.
Wiggle High5
Lares–Waowdeals
Cylance Pro Cycling
Hitec Products
Team Liv-Plantur
Podium Ambition Pro Cycling
Drops Cycling Team
Ale Cipollini
Boot Out Breast Cancer Cycling Team
Team Breeze, Team WNT
Team Footon Velosport
Fusion RT Fierlan
Team Ford EcoBoost
Les Filles Racing Team
Team Jadan Weldtite
Great Britain
Starting in Otley, the race headed east towards Harewood, where the women would tackle the first categorised climb of the day – the 1.2 km Côte de Harwood averaging 5% in gradient. The race would continue east, heading through East Keswick taking on the second classified climb of the day – the Côte de East Rigton. The second climb was slightly shorter, at 0.8 km, but boasted a steeper average gradient of 8.2%. The race now headed south, to the intermediate sprint point in Scholes. After the sprint point, the route would take the riders south east, to Sherburn-in-Elmet, then south to Knottingley. After passing through Pontefract the route headed south through Wentbridge, South Elmsall and Hooton Pagnell. After skirting round the westerly side of Doncaster the riders would go through the second intermediate sprint point at Warmsworth and would almost immediately tackle the final and shortest classified climb of the day, the 0.5 km 6.5% Côte de Conisbrough Castle. The final stages of the race saw the route pass through Tickhill and Bawtry before heading north to finish line in Doncaster.
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