Sky’s Nordhaug wins opening Yorkshire stage

SCARBOROUGH, England: Neither Bradley Wiggins nor any other Brit managed to light up the opening stage of the Tour de Yorkshire on Friday but British team Sky did triumph through Lars-Petter Nordhaug.
The Norwegian outsprinted a pair of Frenchmen to the line at the end of the 174km run from Bridlington to Scarborough as Thomas Voeckler took second ahead of Stephane Rossetto.
Nordhaug leads the three-day Tour, which ends in Leeds on Sunday, thanks to the 10-second time bonus he received on the line for winning.
“It’s great to take the victory,” said the 30-year-old. “With all the spectators here it’s massive and I feel like I’m riding at home riding for Sky.”