Tour of Britain Visits Yorkshire Coast

Stage 2 of cycling's tour of Britain visits the Yorkshire Coast today.

The peloton will be passing though Robin Hood's Bay, Whitby and Sandsend from around one o' clock.

Jonathan Day is managing director of British Cycling Events he says it will be a spectacular stage for the race.

Stage 2 of the event will be in Robin Hood's Bay, Whitby and Sandsend just after 1pm.

Jonathan explains what spectators will see.

The first riders could arrive in Sleights from around 12:45, Robin Hood's Bay from 12:57, Hawsker from 13:07, Whitby from 13:13 and Sandsend from 13:21.

Stage two on Wednesday 4 September takes place in the Tees Valley and North Yorkshire with a 152.1-kilometre leg from Darlington to Redcar, crossing the climbs of the North York Moors National Park. The stage begins at 11am, with live coverage on ITV4 from 10:45am, Jonathan says the live TV coverage of the event should be good exposure for the local area.

Paul Magnier soared to the win on the first stage of the Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain Men yesterday, with a scintillating sprint finish victory for the 20-year-old Soudal Quick-Step rider in Kelso.

With the stage starting and finishing in the Scottish Border town of Kelso, the riders tackled an undulating 181.9km course with 1,885m of climbing and three categorised climbs - two of which were scaled twice.

Magnier’s win - his sixth of the year - saw him take the leader’s jersey and the best young rider jersey, which will be worn by Donaldson tomorrow. With all the intermediate sprint wins under his belt, Johansen is top of the points classification.

Speaking after the stage, Magnier said:

“I’m really happy to take the victory for the team today. Incredible - we did an amazing team performance today. We tried Remco [Evenepoel] and Julian [Alaphilippe] on the climb but it was really hard so in the end, they tried for me in the bunch race. They give you wings when such big riders are working for you.”

Paris 2024 Olympic Games gold medallists Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) and Tom Pidcock (INEOS Grenadiers),are among the competitors in the Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain Men.

Olympic road race and time-trial champion Evenepoel, and cross-country mountain bike champion Pidcock, will be joined by a brace of British silver medallists from the team pursuit squad in Ethan Hayter (INEOS Grenadiers) and Ethan Vernon (Israel – Premier Tech).

Hayter, who is also the current Lloyds Bank British national road race champion, is part of an INEOS Grenadiers line-up who will feel well at home on stage three in South Yorkshire, with team members Ben Swift, Connor Swift, and Ben Turner, hailing from Rotherham, Thorne, and Doncaster respectively in that region.

Connor and Ben arrive at the Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain Men having finished first and third respectively at the British national gravel championships in Scotland this weekend. The INEOS Grenadiers line-up is completed by race debutant Tobias Foss, the 2022 world time-trial champion.

Vernon will be joined by a trio of Brits in his team with Jake Stewart, Stevie Williams, and recent history maker Joseph Blackmore, who last weekend became the first British rider to win the Tour de l’Avenir. Australian pair Nick Schultz and Simon Clarke, twice a top 10 overall finisher from his seven participations, complete that line-up.