2017 Tour de Yorkshire

The second day of the 2017 Tour de Yorkshire going through Wetherby, West Yorkshire.

On 25 October 2016, the start and finish locations for the event were released: these were Bridlington, Scarborough, Tadcaster, Harrogate, Bradford and Sheffield.[5]

The stage routes were released on 2 December 2016.[6] The routes were Bridlington to Scarborough, Tadcaster to Harrogate and Bradford to Sheffield. The women's race was to be held on Saturday 29 April, over the Tadcaster to Harrogate route.

Stage characteristics and winners

Stage	Date	Start	Finish	Length	Type		Winner
1	28 April	Bridlington	Scarborough	174 km (108.1 mi)		Hilly stage	Dylan Groenewegen (NED)
2	29 April	Tadcaster	Harrogate	122.5 km (76.1 mi)		Hilly stage	Nacer Bouhanni (FRA)
3	30 April	Bradford	Sheffield	194.5 km (120.9 mi)		Medium-mountain stage	Serge Pauwels (BEL)

18 teams were selected to take part in Tour de Yorkshire.[7] Seven of these were UCI WorldTeams, with five UCI Professional Continental teams, five UCI Continental teams and a Great Britain national team. Teams could enter between five and eight riders.[8]

In the 2017 Tour de Yorkshire, four different jerseys were awarded. The general classification was calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. Time bonuses were awarded to the first three finishers on all stages: the stage winner won a ten-second bonus, with six and four seconds for the second and third riders respectively. Bonus seconds were also awarded to the first three riders at intermediate sprints; three seconds for the winner of the sprint, two seconds for the rider in second and one second for the rider in third.[8] The leader of the general classification received a light blue and yellow jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2017 Tour de Yorkshire, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.

The second classification was the points classification. Riders were awarded points for finishing in the top ten in a stage. Unlike in the points classification in the Tour de France, the winners of all stages were awarded the same number of points.[8] Points were also won in intermediate sprints; five points for crossing the sprint line first, three points for second place and one for third. The leader of the points classification was awarded a green jersey.[8]

There was also a mountains classification, for which points were awarded for reaching the top of a climb before other riders. Each climb was categorised the same, with four points awarded to the first rider over the top of each climb.[8] Two points were awarded for the second-placed rider, with one point for third place. The leadership of the mountains classification was marked by a pink jersey.[8]

Another jersey was awarded at the end of each stage. This was a combativity prize and was awarded to the rider who "made the greatest effort and [...] demonstrated the best qualities in terms of sportsmanship". A jury selected a list of riders to be eligible for the prize; the winner of the prize was then decided by a vote on Twitter. The rider was awarded a grey jersey.[8] There was also a classification for teams, in which the times of the best three cyclists in a team on each stage were added together; the leading team at the end of the race was the team with the lowest cumulative time.[8]

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Combativity prize	Teams classification
1[16]	Dylan Groenewegen	Dylan Groenewegen	Dylan Groenewegen	Etienne van Empel	Conor Dunne	LottoNL–Jumbo
2[17]	Nacer Bouhanni	Caleb Ewan	Caleb Ewan		Harry Tanfield	Team Dimension Data
3[3]	Serge Pauwels	Serge Pauwels		Pieter Weening	Dexter Gardias
Final[3]		Serge Pauwels	Caleb Ewan	Pieter Weening	Not awarded	Team Dimension Data

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