UCI 2019 Yorkshire World Championships in Harrogate
Cambridge Crescent, Harrogate
For 9 days in September, the eyes of the world will be on Harrogate as
never before. Yes, there was the Eurovision Song Contest in 1982, when Nicole took the big prize. We all remember the
Tour de France in 2014, which was incredibly exciting, but it was only
here for a day. I wasn't around in the time of Queen Victoria, despite
what people say; there may have been some big days in the life of the
town back then. Nothing bigger though, I suggest, than the UCI 2019 Yorkshire World
Championships.
Here, you can find out about everything that's going on in Harrogate
during the Championships.
Read about UCI 2019 Yorkshire World Championships in Harrogate
here.
The UCI 2019 road World Championships take place in Yorkshire from
21st to 29th September, with Harrogate as the central hub.
The event kicks off with para-cycling road races on the first
Saturday, and a mixed team time trial the next day. The final weekend
sees the elite women race from Bradford to Harrogate via Nidderdale on
Saturday, and the elite men take on a course from Leeds through the
Yorkshire Dales to Harrogate on Sunday.
It will be the course for the mixed team time trial on the opening
Sunday, and it'll feature in various other races during the week. The
climax of the Championships is the final weekend, when the women's and
men's road races take place. They both do several laps of the
Harrogate circuit after the main routes.
The start-finish line is on West Park, outside the United Reform
church. The circuit takes the riders out to Beckwithshaw, back via
Penny Pot Lane, along two sides of the Valley Gardens, and through the
Duchy estate. It brings them to the Ripon Road, and after a little
detour down Swan Road to the Royal Pump Rooms, they head up Parliament
Street to West Park and the start-finish line.
Cycle
Expo Yorkshire will take place on Saturday 21st & Sunday
22nd September 2019 at the Yorkshire Event Centre, Great Yorkshire
Showground.
Many of the 5,000 people taking part in the official sportive are
likely to attend, as parking at the Showground for the sportive (£10)
includes family entry (2 adults & 2 children) to the Cycle Expo on
Saturday and Sunday.
Cycle Expo Yorkshire is described as 'the UK's most interactive cycle
show'.
The longest lasting closure is at the finish area on West Park
(between Albert Street and Brunswick Place). This will be completely
closed from 18th September to 1st October 2019.
Fixed road closures
The road closures on the rest of the Harrogate circuit will generally
be from 2h before the first rider is due, until it is safe to reopen.
Fixed closures are to have a 'green-amber-red' system.
Green: roads open as usual, but parking restrictions apply
Amber (2h to 30mins before the race): race route closed, but
dedicated vehicle and pedestrian crossing points open (stewards will
be present to manage crossing)
Red: race route closed; pedestrian and emergency vehicle crossing
points only
Rolling road closures
Where fixed road closures aren't required, rolling road closures
(similar to those used on the Tour de Yorkshire) will be implemented
to allow the race to pass through.
On Sunday 22nd September 2019 there's an (open road) official UCI
sportive, starting and finishing in Harrogate. It is open to 5,000
people (and maybe more places will be made available).
There are 3 routes - 72km, 98km, and 145km. From the map, it looks as
though it finishes at the Yorkshire Showground (also where Cycle Expo
takes place).
UCI 2019 Yorkshire World
Championships in Harrogate: agenda
Royal Hall, Harrogate
These are some of the events on the agenda during the World
Championships in Harrogate (other than the races themselves).
Friday 20th September 2019
Friday 20th September 2019: Gala dinner at Harrogate Convention
Centre with Yorkshire 2019 sponsors. £95 + VAT
Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd September 2019
Saturday 21st September 2019: Watch the para-cycling from Mother
Shipton's Cave, Knaresborough. 10am to 5.30pm
Saturday 21st September 2019: Opening Ceremony, including music from
Skelmanthorpe Brass Band & Harrogate Theatre Choir, West Park Fan
Zone, 5 to 5.45pm
Saturday 21st September 2019: Live music, West Park Fan Zone - Hyde
Park Brass (6pm), The Motown Sparklettes (7pm), Blue Horizon (8pm)
Saturday 21st September 2019: Knaresborough classic cars (Market
Place) and Party in the Castle with live bands. 11am to 10pm
Saturday 21st September 2019: Opening ceremony after the
Para-cycling, West Park Stray Fan Zone, time TBC
Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd September 2019: Cycle Expo
Yorkshire, Yorkshire Showground. 10am to 5pm
Monday 23rd September 2019
Monday 23rd September 2019: Chris Sidwells talks about his book on
Tom Simpson at the Katusha pop-up. 6.30 to 8.30pm
Monday 23rd September 2019: An Evening with Bradley Wiggins at
Harrogate Theatre, 7.30 to 10pm
Thursday 26th September 2019
Thursday 26th September 2019: Ride with Johan Museeuw and see the
junior men's road race. Start from the Corner Haus and ride with the
1996 World Champion. £22.15. 10.30am to 2.30pm
Thursday 26th September 2019: An Evening with Alex Dowsett, 6.30 to
8.30pm. In association with Little Bleeders haemophilia charity. (He
could be World Time Trial Champion by then!)
Thursday 26th September 2019: Smartphone Quiz Night at the Harrogate
Arms, 11 Parliament Street. Free, charitable donations welcome. Starts
8.30pm
Friday 27th September 2019
Friday 27th September 2019: The Cycling Podcast at Harrogate Royal
Hall, with guest Matt White. 7.30pm
Friday 27th September 2019: Taste the beers of Flanders with Visit
Flanders at the Corner Haus. 7 to 9pm
Friday 27th September 2019: Boroughbridge Welcomes the Worlds,
community event with big screen, food, drink, music, and a kids
assault course. 2 to 8pm
Friday 27th September 2019: DJ set with Jarvis Cocker at West Park
Stray Fan Zone, 8.30pm
Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th September 2019
Saturday 28th September 2019: Ride with Johan Museeuw and see the
elite women's road race. 10am to 2pm (paying)
Saturday 28th September 2019: An Evening with Johan Museeuw (contact
Corner Haus for tickets). Corner Haus, 7 to 9pm
Saturday 28th September 2019: Litany (star female vocalist from
Harrogate) on stage at West Park Stray, 4.50pm
Saturday 28th September 2019: UK Foo Fighters on stage at West Park
Stray, 6.05pm
Saturday 28th September 2019: The Pigeon Detectives on stage at West
Park Stray Fan Zone, 7.40pm
Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th September 2019: Party in the Car
Park, Crown Hotel. Music, bars, and barbecue. Free entry. 12 noon to
7pm
Sunday 29th September 2019: Rapha End of the Worlds Party at
Starling Café Bar, 47 Oxford St. £10. 6 to 11pm
Sunday 29th September 2019: The Feeling on stage at West Park Stray
Fan Zone, 6.30pm
All week
Some events are going on all week, or for most of the week:
All week, 9am to 6.30pm (and later on certain weekend days): Fan
Zone, West Park Stray
All week, 10am to 11pm: Corner Haus, 28a Swan Road. Harrogate's
Belgian pub hosts Visit Flanders. On the Harrogate circuit, and all
race screened in the bar
All week, 9am to 11pm: Rapha & Canyon Community Hub with food
& drink and meet the pros, Starling Café Bar, 47 Oxford
Street. Opening party Saturday 21st September 2019, 6-9pm
All week, 11am to 8pm: Katusha Sports pop-up, 36 Parliament Street.
Special events, talks, and pro rider appearances (Alex Dowsett)
Saturday 21st to Wednesday 25th September 2019: Resurrection Bikes
fun and unusual bikes to try out in the West Park Fan Zone. 10am to 12
noon
Thursday 26th & Friday 27th September 2019: jumble sale of bike
parts, clothing and accessories, at Westcliffe Hall. 10am to 4pm
All week, 6am to 8pm: UCI-themed rides at Go Revolution
All week, normal opening hours: Harlow Carr rainbow pass - unlimited
access to the gardens
All week, 8am to 1145pm: West Park Hotel, food, beer, and gin in the
archway
All week, various times: Harlow Hill Methodist church, activities,
refreshments, and WC
Wednesday 25th to Sunday 29th September 2019: VIP hospitality
packages at the Pedal Inn Hospitality Hub by the West Park finish line
