page_title: 2015 Tour de Yorkshire
section_title: Stage 1
hierarchical_section_title: 2015 Tour de Yorkshire / Stages / Stage 1
caption_attribution_description: Bradley Wiggins in a small group on Stage 1 at the top of the climb from Robin Hoods Bay .. but minutes behind the leaders
context_page_description: The 2015 Tour de Yorkshire was a cycling stage race that took place in Yorkshire in May 2015. It was the first edition of the Tour de Yorkshire and was organised by Welcome to Yorkshire and the Amaury Sport Organisation, who also organised the Yorkshire stages of the 2014 Tour de France. The race started in Bridlington on 1 May and ended in Leeds on 3 May. It included three stages and was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the 2015 UCI Europe Tour.
  The first stage of the race was won by Lars Petter Nordhaug in a sprint from a small group. He kept his lead through the second stage, which ended in a bunch sprint, and was able to extend it slightly in the third and final stage of the race. He won the general classification in the race by eleven seconds. Samuel Sánchez was second and Thomas Voeckler was third. Nordhaug also won the points classification and Team Sky won the teams classification. The mountains classification was won by Nicolas Edet
context_section_description: 1 May — Bridlington to Scarborough, 174 km (108 mi)
  The first stage of the race began in Bridlington on the North Sea coast. The riders first travelled north-east to Flamborough, where they turned to the north-west. Initially this kept them along the coast, but soon took them into the North York Moors, where the first climb was the Côte de Dalby Forest. This came after 51.5 kilometres (32.0 mi); the categorised portion of the climb was 0.6 kilometres (0.37 mi) at 8.9%. The riders then turned to the south-west and descended to Pickering, where the first intermediate sprint was positioned. The route turned north, back onto the Moors, where they reached the Côte de Rosedale Abbey after 92 kilometres (57 mi). This was the longest climb of the day: 2.8 kilometres (1.7 mi) at 7%. The riders continued north as far as Castleton, where they turned east. After 123.5 kilometres (76.7 mi), the riders climbed the Côte de Grosmont (0.4 kilometres (0.25 mi) at 16.9%), then the Côte de Briggswath (1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi) at 6.2%). From here, they returned to the coast at Whitby, where there was another intermediate sprint; the riders then turned south. The final climb of the day came after 146.5 kilometres (91.0 mi); it was the Côte de Robin Hood's Bay (1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) at 10.3%). The riders then continued south to the finish line in Scarborough, doing a loop around the town before finishing on the sea front. In total the day included 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) of climbing, although the highest point was just 350 metres (1,150 ft) above sea level. Thomas Voeckler (Team Europcar) described the stage as "much tougher than we thought" due to the small roads.
  An initial breakaway was formed by Mark Christian (WIGGINS), Loïc Chetout (Cofidis), Eddie Dunbar (NFTO), Mark Stewart (Madison Genesis) and Rasmus Quaade (Cult Energy Pro Cycling). They built up a five-minute lead but Team Sky chased hard; the break's lead was reduced to a few seconds by the Côte de Rosedale Abbey. A new breakaway was formed here by Perrig Quéméneur (Team Europcar) and Tim Declercq (Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise), while Marcel Kittel (Team Giant–Alpecin) was dropped and abandoned the race shortly afterwards. With 50 kilometres (31 mi) remaining, the peloton descended into Egton in wet conditions. Team Sky were riding at the front of the peloton. Sky's Ben Swift and Ian Boswell and NFTO's Eddie Dunbar crashed. Dunbar suffered a broken clavicle and Swift a shoulder injury: both were forced to abandon the race.
  The crucial move of the race came with 40 kilometres (25 mi) remaining as the race went through Whitby. A 15-man group formed here. This was reduced to five riders on the Côte de Robin Hood’s Bay. Philip Deignan (Team Sky) rode hard on the climb, with only Stéphane Rossetto (Cofidis), Samuel Sánchez (BMC Racing Team), Voeckler, and Deignan's teammate Lars Petter Nordhaug able to follow him. Despite attacks on the way into Scarborough, these five riders came to the finish line together. Nordhaug won the sprint ahead of Voeckler and Rossetto. The peloton was more than a minute behind; the sprint was won by Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team).
  Thanks to bonus seconds, Nordhaug led the race by four seconds ahead of Voeckler. He also led the points classification. The mountains classification was led by Quéméneur. Quéméneur was also awarded the combativity prize after the online vote: Dunbar won the vote, but was unable to receive the prize because he had been hospitalised due to his crash.
caption: Bradley Wiggins (third from the left) in a small group during stage one
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