Yorkshire Grand Depart Stage 2
You might have already seen our time-lapse video of Stage 1 of the 2014 Tour de France from Leeds to Harrogate. We're dead excited about the Tour visiting our home county and even more excited about Stage 2 finishing just down the road from our Sheffield HQ! Stage 2 from York to Sheffield is a tough one. It includes nine (9!) categorised climbs, including the iconic Holme Moss and the deadly Jenkin Road, which ramps up to a 30% gradient! On a recent recce of the course, riders from Giant-Shimano said they might have to get off and push when they get to Jenkin Road after 190km of racing. Luckily we were in a car when we took the video, so that wasn't necessary, though we did get caught up in some of the road works taking place ready for the tour's arrival in July! Here it is:
The Stats
- Start: 6th July 2014 10:00am, York
- Distance: 200km (124 miles)
- Highest Elevation: 497m
Climbs
- 47km: Côte de Blubberhouses, Cat 4
- 85km: Côte d'Oxenhope Moor, Cat 3
- 112.5km: Côte de Ripponden, Cat 3
- 119.5km: Côte de Greetland, Cat 3
- 143.5km: Côte de Holme Moss, Cat 2
- 167km: Côte de Midhopestones, Cat 3
- 175km: Côte de Bradfield, Cat 3
- 182km: Côte d'Oughtibridge, Cat 3
- 196km: Côte de Jenkin Road, Cat 4
Intermediate Sprints
- 68.5km: Keighley
Places of Interest
Click through to fast-forward to each place of interest:
- 33km: Knaresborough
- 66km: Addingham
- 78km: Keighley
- 84km: Haworth
- 100km: Heden Bridge
- 106km: Cragg Vale
- 119kn: Ripponden
- 130km: Huddersfield
- 144km: Holmfirth
- 150km: Holme Moss
- 170km: Langsett
- 180km: High Bradfield
- 196km: Jenkin Road
- 200km: Sheffield - FINISH!
Go-Pro Stats for the nerds
- Still photos, 1 frame per second, 1080p
- Roughly 18 frames per second
We've not got any plans to film Stage 3 because, well, it's just not Yorkshire is it? If you'd like to see it done, though, let us know on Facebook or Twitter and we'll think about it!
25 April 2014
