Tour de Yorkshire (2016) Photos April 29 - May 1

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Birthday boy Bradley Wiggins and Gary Verity, CEO of Welcome to Yorkshire. The birthday cake won't help Brad shed the 8 kilos he's gained over the winter.	All smiles before the race, but Bradley Wiggins abandoned the race on opening day not wanting to risk sickness from the cold and wet conditions before the Rio Olympics	Nathan HAAS (Dimension Data)
Yoann BAGOT (Cofidis) on the slick cobbles at the start in Beverley	Local Beverley dignitaries along with Gary VERITY and Christian PRUDHOMME	Beverley stage 1 start scene
		Stage 1 rollout before the 187 km route to Settle
		Early break
	Sebastian MORA (Team Raleigh) and Nils POLITT (Katusha) leading the two men break	Peter WILLIAMS (One Pro Cycling) securing the KOM jersey on the first day
	Sprint finish in Settle	Dylan GROENEWEGEN (LOTTO NL - JUMBO) wins Stage 1 in 5:09:11 ahead of 2nd Caleb EWAN (ORICA GreenEDGE) and 3rd Nikias ARNDT (GIANT - ALPECIN)
	The winner post race
Your Stage 1 winner, Dylan GROENEWEGEN (LOTTO NL - JUMBO)		and first race leader, Dylan GROENEWEGEN (LOTTO NL - JUMBO)
KOM leader, Peter WILLIAMS (One Pro Cycling)

Stage 2:  Otley → Doncaster, 136 km  Full Results and Report

	The wet sprint finish in Doncaster
	Best shot of the finish	Danny VAN POPPEL (SKY) beats yesterday's winner and race leader, Dylan GROENEWEGEN (LOTTO NL - JUMBO) while Nikias ARNDT (GIANT - ALPECIN) was third for the 2nd straight day
	Your Stage 2 winner, Danny VAN POPPEL (SKY)	Race leader after Stage 2, Dylan GROENEWEGEN (LOTTO NL - JUMBO)

Stage 3:  Middlesbrough → Scarborough, 198 km  Full Results and Report

British bike racing fans arriving for the start of Stage 3 in Middlesbrough	Stage 3 start ceremony	Early break
Anticipation
Tommy V... we'll see him again later
	The winning break formed with about 27 km to go led by Nicolas ROCHE (Team Sky) with Steven KRUIJSWIJK (Lotto NL-Jumbo), Thomas VOECKLER (Direct Energie), Adam YATES (Orica GreenEDGE) and Anthony TURGIS (Cofidis)	Thomas VOECKLER (Direct Energie) was in fine form today
Thomas VOECKLER (Direct Energie) and Nicolas ROCHE (Team Sky) lead with a big crowd lining the final km to the finish in Scarborough	The chase group one minute later	Thomas VOECKLER (Direct Energie) powers away from Nicolas ROCHE (Team Sky)
Thomas VOECKLER (Direct Energie) wins ahead of Nicolas ROCHE (Team Sky)	... claims the overall win too. Blurry in the distance, 3rd Adam YATES (ORICA GreenEDGE) + 9s and 4th Anthony TURGIS (COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS)
	Luke ROWE said the UK is the world’s hardest place to race
Your Stage 3 winner, Thomas VOECKLER (Direct Energie)		and overall winner, Thomas VOECKLER (Direct Energie) by 6s
Lord Thomas Of Yorkshire	Your 2016 overall podium...	Overall podium: 2nd Nicolas ROCHE (Team Sky) + 6s, 1st Thomas VOECKLER (Direct Energie) and 3rd Anthony TURGIS (Cofidis) + 16s
Team Sky won the teams competition again this year		He gave up the leader's jersey on the final day but Dylan GROENEWEGEN (TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO) still won the sprint points competition
More jersey winners	Interview with Tommy V	At 36 years of age, he's still got it