• Four paralympic road races included for the first time
The road race world championships in Yorkshire next year will tap directly into memories of the 2014 Tour de France’s Grand Départ with the flagship men’s elite race on 29 September. The climax of eight days’ racing will replicate the first stage of the Tour’s loop into the Yorkshire Dales national park for a large part of the 284.5km course starting in Leeds and finishing in Harrogate.
Just as the Tour did five years earlier, the 2019 world championships will head north-west out of Leeds through Otley and Skipton to tackle the ascents of Buttertubs and Grinton Moor before heading back into Harrogate, the principal host town for the 11 races in eight days of competition for junior men and women, under-23 men and elite racers.
Written by William Fotheringham
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/sep/26/yorkshire-road-race-world-championships-2019 under the title “Yorkshire summons spirit of 2014 Tour for road race world championships”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
