Date: Thursday, 5 June 2025
Start Time: 11:30

Essential Race Details

Stage 1 takes riders from the wooded trails of Dalby Forest to the coastal finish in Redcar.

• Distance: 85.6 km

• Start Time: 11:30

• Start Location: Dalby Forest Visitor Centre

• Finish Location: Coast Road, Redcar

• Race Level: UCI Women's WorldTour

• Pro-cycling stats: Official race statistics

• Official Site: Race website

• GPX Download: Download the course file

Other Stages

Stage 2: here
Stage 3: here
Stage 4: here

Stem Notes

Course Analysis

Total Distance: 85.6 km
Duration: Expected 2hr 15min - 2hr 30min
Course Structure:

• Forest roads and rolling terrain (0 - 23.5 km)

• Moorland crossing with major climb (23.5-48km)

• Technical section through villages (48-58km)

• Flat coastal run-in (58-85.6km)

Section 1: Forest Start (0-23.5km)

The opening section takes riders through Dalby Forest and surrounding countryside on predominantly wide, well-surfaced roads.

• Gentle rolling terrain through forest roads

• Pass through historic market town of Pickering

• Take a right of the main road at 23.5km to start the Moors road

Section 2: Across the Moors (23.5-48km)

This section features a climb up and cross the exposed North York Moors. QOM at the top

• Main climb begins at Hutton-le-Hole (27.9km) - QOM

• Exposed moorland roads with potential crosswinds. Weather can play a significant factor.

The entire climb is 6.3km long:

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The start of the hill segment is below:

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and then the end of the hill segment is below:

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Along the top its typical Yorkshire Moors:

Followed by a straight forward descent into Castleton

Section 3: Kicks and Twists (48-58km)

After descending from the Moors, take a left in Castleton village and riders face a challenging sequence of short, steep climbs.

• Sharp left turn into Castleton initiates section into the 2nd QOM

<component-start> { "type": "segment", "title":"Castleton high street to bus shelter", "segmentNumber": "8672144", "segmentStatsText":"Type: Ride Climb category: 4th Distance: 3.2 km VVOM: 3.88 Average gradient: 3.3% Maximum gradient: 17.1% Elevation gain: 138 m Min elevation: 129 m Max elevation: 267 m QOM athletes: 352 QOM elapsed time: 08:27 QOM moving time: 08:27 QOM speed: 22.4 km/h QOM VAM: 979 m/h QOM relative power: 4.21 W/kg"} <component-end>

Exposed after the top of the first climb.

Into narrow descent:

Then into the next climb:

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Followed by another descent into the final climb, which starts steeper at the bottom (10%) for 300m and then levels off (800 meters in total at 5%)

Section 4: Coastal Run-in (58-85.6km)

The final section offers fast, flat roads.

• Wide, main roads

• Intermediate sprint at Newton-under-Roseberry (67.1km)

• Final 3km along coast road

• Flat finish on Coast Road

• Exposed coastal section - potential for crosswinds

Weather Outlook