Lizzie Armitstead, winner of 2016 Strade Bianche
Lizzie Armitstead will compete in the Women's Tour de Yorkshire race on April 30, with the route starting from her home town in Otley.
With the event expanded from a circuit race to a full road race for 2016, and handed a UCI ranking, riders from all over the world will take to the start line.
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