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Lizzie Deignan, photo courtesy of Welcome
to Yorkshire
Route guides to the four stages of the Tour
de Yorkshire 2018 (3rd to 6th May 2018),
which starts in Beverley, and news in the
build-up to the race. Read about the 2018
Tour de Yorkshire.

The road to Alpe d'Huez, by Maurice Koop, Licence CC BY-ND 2.0
The Tour de France returns to Alpe d'Huez in 2018. Before that, there's a Grand Départ in the Vendée, an uphill finish at Mûr de Bretagne, and a rattle over the cobbles to Roubaix; after it come the Pyrenees, and a 31-km individual time trial on Stage 20, then the traditional Paris finish.
Read a stage by stage guide to the Tour
de France 2018.

This circular road cycling route starts in
Harrogate, and
heads up to Pateley Bridge then Lofthouse. It
climbs the Côte de
Lofthouse, which featured on the 2017 Tour de
Yorkshire, then returns
via Grewelthorpe, Kirkby Malzeard, Galphay,
Studley Royal and Ripley to
Harrogate. It's on quiet, country roads, features
beautiful scenery,
and there's the challenge of a steep ascent.
Read about this Côte
de Lofthouse road cycling route.

This circular road cycling route starts in Grassington, and
heads north up Wharfedale then Littondale to Halton Gill. It climbs to
Malham Tarn, then returns via Malham, Kirkby Malham, Airton, Hetton,
and Cracoe to Malham. The roads are quiet, and the ride takes in lanes
lined with dry stone walls, open fells, and villages of limestone-built
houses, as well as views of Malham Cove.
Read about this Yorkshire
Dales road cycling route.

The best and most popular cycleway in Harrogate, the Nidderdale Greenway
goes about 4 miles to Ripley, using the trackbed of a disused railway.
It opened in May 2013.

Our
guide to the bike trail on Yorkshire Water's land at Fewston reservoir,
through the Beecroft Plantation and Timble woods. Read about the Fewston,
Beecroft, & Timble woods bike trail.
Read more about cycling
in Harrogate.